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The main factor in the council’s decision to close to Crawley's adventure playgrounds was financial.

But Crawley Borough Council leader Peter Lamb said the council have always said they have been open to alternatives.

Last week he said: “While the council is already committed to keeping Cherry Lane and Waterlea Adventure Playgrounds open, we have always said we were open to viable community solutions for retaining the other playgrounds and we are not currently considering any other use for either site.

Children at the Millpond adventure playground

“We hope that such a solution may yet be found, but we need to be clear that reopening the sites proposed for closure or retaining supervised play would only be possible if an external organisation were willing to commit to providing hundreds of thousands of pounds of external funding each year.”

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And the project team of Natalie Campbell, Daniel Armstrong, David Grafham and Kathy Rogers believe they can achieve this - but they need more information.

Mr Armstrong said: “The potential for private and fundraising events are huge.

“Once the council tell us the exact figure about the running costs, we will then have a target and we can make this viable option.

Crawley's Adventure Playgrounds: How they can be saved and run successfully