Parks and Open Spaces
Leisure Services 
are reviewing Poole’s Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and wanted to find out how you rate Poole’s parks and how you make use of the open spaces in the Borough.
- 83% are satisfied with the care and maintenance of green and open spaces in the Borough
- 79% use the park or open space nearest to your home and 52% use Poole Park
You identified the following the as the most important criteria for parks and open spaces:
- clean and tidy (80%)
- accessible for all (42%)
- well maintained (41%)
To find out what young people think about the quality of Poole’s open spaces, Poole’s Youth Forum was sent on a minibus tour to ‘road test’ Poole’s open spaces including Arne Avenue in Alderney, Poole Park and Merley Village. They were asked to report on what facilities are available, how the open space is used by their age group and to suggest what could be improved in the future.
Leisure Services are now examining the results to assess where the quality and use of open spaces is low and what can be done to improve them. The findings of the consultation will be presented to the Council’s Environment Overview Group later this year.
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