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Lochshore Community Play Links
Lochshore Community Play Links aims at developing play facilities as a means to explore industrial and social heritage connections across the Garnock Valley and engage people in a fun and creative way.
This project complements North Ayrshire Council's plans of developing Lochshore at Kilbirnie Loch into a parkland destination, by developing play installations that improve links between Lochshore and local communities.
Dress for the Weather and Urban Pioneers, in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and Garnock Connections, worked on designs for three new play structures in Kilbirnie, Dalry and Beith, that will celebrate the historic connections between each town and Lochshore. Community workshops took place in each town to engage people in the design of the installations. These sessions included discussions about designing a structure that encourages play and gathering, supports biodiversity and highlights local heritage connections. You can read more about the the different of workshops that were run here: idea gathering workshops, play workshops and concept workshops (Kilbirnie, Dalry and Beith).
The new play installations will be located in Kilbirnie Public Park, Dalry Public Park and Orr's Trust Public park in Beith, and will promote imaginative and creative play.
The new play installations will be located in Kilbirnie Public Park, Dalry Public Park and Orr's Trust Public park in Beith, and will promote imaginative and creative play.
Outputs achieved
9 x community workshops
1 x play installation
Beith workshop
Kilbirnie park
Location of heritage play installation
The new Garnock Community Hub, Lochshore
Lochshore Park Concept Masterplan
Aerial view of the steelworks and the Lochs
Did you know?
Several logboats, or dug-out canoes, have been found in and around Kilbirnie Loch. The first discovery was in 1868 and there were two further discoveries in 1930 and 1952. Analysis of pollen from the mud embedded into the timber of the logboat found in 1952 suggests that the logboat might originate from between 3000 BC and 700 BC.