The Pilar de la Horadada City Council is investing €1,100,999.16 to improve and refurbish 41 children’s play places and green spaces around the municipality. The project is supported by the Alicante Provincial Council as part of the “Planifica 2024-2027” (Planifica 2024-2027) for €606,785.
Twenty-four parks will be renovated along the shore, with 17 renovated inland. All pavements will be replaced with shock-absorbing safety measures. Some will have synthetic turf, shade sails, and perimeter fencing constructed. Three new children’s play spaces will be built in existing parks: 30 de Julio, Antonio Gálvez, and Mar Egeo/Alelhí.
Rufino Lancharro, the Councillor for Infrastructure, stated that “it is time to replace the paving of most of the existing children’s play areas and green spaces in Pilar de la Horadada,” which is the project’s focus. The project will also use this chance to create “three new whale-shaped children’s play areas for the coast and a multi-sensory area with floral themes and capacity for 100 users up to 14 years old in the 30 de Julio Park.”
Children’s areas will be renovated
Coastal areas include Calle Mar Egeo/Bergantín, Calle Gladiolo, Calle Mar Egeo/Alelhí, Calle Catamarán/Trokadero, Calle Catamarán/Pirata, Calle Mar Egeo/Pista, Calle Mar Egeo/Mar Cantábrico, Avda. Virgen Asunción, Calle Mar Rojo, Avda. Colón, Parque Antonio Gálvez, Avda. Sánchez Lozano, Calle Arpón, Rambla Jesuitas, Avda. Cdad. Murciana, Calle Ramón Tabuenca, Calle Brujas, Calle Dublín, Calle Rotterdam, Calle Fernando de Rojas, Calle Oslo, Calle Alemania, Calle Coimbra.
Inner area: Avda. La Venta, Calle Jacinto Benavente, Calle Matamoros, Calle Miguel Servet, Parque Catalina Sanchez Sánchez, Parque 11M, Parque 30 de Julio Zona, Parque Pedáneo José Albaladejo Moya, Parque Pablo Victoria Rios, Parque Victoria Artigot, Parque Amelio Martínez Pérez, Paseo Cooperativa Agrícola, Avda. de Los Segundas, Calle Cantabria, Cañada de Praes, and Pinar de Campoverde.
Egeo Sea/Alelhí Street Park.
A multi-play area modelled like a giant blue whale will be erected here, suitable for children aged 3 to 12, and capable of accommodating up to 30 simultaneous users. This enables both sensory and physical play activities. The upper level is accessible via a net climbing arch or a frontal climbing wall. Once at the top, the children go across a suspended floor made of tight nets, which adds energy to the course while also encouraging balance and motor coordination. To descend, the compact structure includes two tube slides in the back, as well as fireman’s poles and other climbing elements like vertical nets and climbing walls, transforming the course into a comprehensive physical challenge. On the lowest level, the structure has six play panels arranged beneath the whale’s body to provide sensory and cognitive stimulation. This layout provides younger users with a safe and accessible setting, fostering parallel play and social engagement.
It also has a whale-style multi-game for children aged 3 to 6, which provides a safe, exciting, and fine-tuned play experience targeted to young children’s motor skills, with the ability to accommodate up to 6 simultaneous users. The structure consists of a low, elongated, whale-shaped body connected by a tube that enables for exploration and symbolic play. It contains a climbing ramp for easy access to the upper level, where children can slide down a tiny slide or descend a fireman’s pole, which teaches balance, coordination, and self-confidence.
30th of July Park
A 7.25-metre-high, flower and nature-themed children’s play element will be placed. Designed for 100 simultaneous users aged 0 to 14. It has a structure of high-tenacity polypropylene ropes with a steel core inside that allows us to ascend to a 5-metre-high polyethylene tube slide. Another 6-metre-high polyethylene tube slide awaits us farther up. The tower’s micro-perforated steel sheeting provides 62 m² of shade. The tower’s outside contains colour-controlled LED lighting, and it is surrounded by numerous interconnected net and rope networks that form climbing walls and balance ropes.
The game is highly inclusive and is equipped with multiple possibilities for both manipulation and coordination, including a fireman’s pole, an arm slide, 6 game panels (ball maze, 3 in a row, 4 in a row, gear game, clock, and dominoes), 1 basket swing, 1 swing with a cradle seat for the little ones, 1 swing with an inclusive seat for people with reduced mobility, 1 climbing bridge, 1 hanging hammock, 1 foot rotator, 1 flower-themed tube telephone, 3 nest baskets as a cli
Antonio Gálvez Park
There will be a new themed building in the shape of a gigantic, skeletal whale, designed as a large-scale, three-dimensional play area. It is intended to promote active play, coordination, and teamwork among up to 40 users aged six to fourteen. The structure is made up of a network of curved metal arches that form the contours of the whale’s body, with various play elements arranged inside: climbing nets, protruding circular rubber surfaces that serve as support platforms or resting areas, nest-like nets for resting or swinging, and multiple play panels built into the sides. The front part provides open access with numerous rubber protrusions for relaxing, while the back ends with a big tail that includes a suspended basket swing, extending the play experience beyond the main body.
The Whalebone Net complex has many entrance points and various play zones, ranging from climbing and balancing to exploration, interaction, and relaxation. The arrangement of the elements within the structure enables for simultaneous play by a large number of people, each with a distinct level of difficulty to suit their age and ability.
Author: Derek Appleton
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