Renfrewshire Council

About Renfrewshire's play park investment programme

We aim to provide fun, inviting places to play for young people and families.

Our play park investment programme either installs brand-new equipment as part of a full renewal of the play park or refurbishes existing equipment.

Since 2021, more than £3.6million has been invested by the council, Scottish Government, and a small amount of community fundraising, in 42 play parks across Renfrewshire.

The Scottish Government has confirmed future funding for Renfrewshire of £768,000 for 2025 and 2026. This will take the total investment in our play parks to £4,924,000.

Previous engagement with communities

Play park refurbishment works will begin from February 2025 at the following locations: 

• Barshaw Park, Laura's Playpark, Paisley - renewal
• Braids Road, Paisley - part renewal/part refurbishment  
• Elm Drive / Maple Drive, Johnstone - renewal  

We engaged with communities across the local areas to identify the type of equipment they'd like to see in their new play parks. 

Their feedback was factored into the designs and the new equipment that will be installed in the play parks include toddler and junior multi-play units, gravity riders, swing frames, rope swings, sweeping seesaws, spinners, twizzy bars and inclusive roundabouts.  

Contractors Sutcliffe Play Ltd, Proludic Ltd and Scotplay & Sports Ltd have been appointed to carry out the refurbishments with work due to start at the three sites from February 2025 and be completed by April 2025. 

The £424,000 investment in the 3 play parks is being fully funded from the Scottish Government's Play Area Renewal Fund. 

Share your views on future enhancements

We are now planning enhancements to the following play parks in Renfrewshire as part of the next stage of our investment programme for 2025 and 2026:  

• Robertson Park original castle play area, Renfrew - play area renewal 
• Barshaw Park BMX track, Paisley - upgrade (convert to pump track) 
• Poplar Avenue, Johnstone - play area renewal
• Poplar Avenue, Johnstone - new outdoor gym equipment (funded by #YouDecide)
• Ferguslie Gardens (bottom play area), Paisley - part-refurbishment 
• Campbell Street, Johnstone - play area renewal 
• Stuart Road, Bishopton - play area renewal 
• East Fulton, Linwood - new play area  
• Braehead Road, Paisley - new play area.

We are carrying out public engagement activities to inform the designs for these sites.

You can share your views and tell us what you'd like to see included at these locations by taking our surveys.

There is an online survey for each location:

• Robertson Park play area, Renfrew, survey
• Barshaw Park BMX track, Paisley, survey
• Poplar Avenue play area, Johnstone, survey
• Poplar Avenue outdoor gym equipment, Johnstone, survey (participants must be aged 14 and over)
• Ferguslie Gardens play area, Paisley, survey
• Campbell Street play area, Johnstone, survey
• Stuart Road play area, Bishopton, survey
• East Fulton play area, Linwood, survey
• Braehead Road play area, Paisley, survey.

The deadline to complete the surveys is Sunday 23 March.

If you're not able to complete a survey online, you can request a copy of the form by emailing us at ei@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by post to:

Georgia Bell
Renfrewshire House
Cotton Street
PA1 1JB

You should return your form by email or to the postal address before Sunday 23 March.

What happens next

After this stage of the consultation, we'll use your feedback to inform the designs for the enhancements at each play park.

More information

If you need more information on the survey or play park investment programme, please email ei@renfrewshire.gov.uk or write to: 

Georgia Bell
Renfrewshire House
Cotton Street
PA1 1JB