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Chatham-Kent offers various community parks with amenities such as picnic shelters, playgrounds, swimming or splash pads. These parks are the perfect place for your family picnic or for spending quality family time with your kids. Use RecConnect for park locations and details of park amenities.
You can prevent injury by encouraging children to play safely. Make sure that they:
· Wait their turn
· Sit down on swings
· Go down slides feet first
· Hold onto handgrips and railings |
Playground Equipment Safety Tips
To ensure that playgrounds are safe for our children we need to work together! Parents please remember to:
· Remove cords and drawstrings on children’s hoods, hats and jackets.
· Tuck in all clothing that can get caught on playground equipment.
· Have your child wear a neck warmer instead of a scarf.
· Make sure your child does not tie ropes or skipping ropes to slides and other playground equipment.
· Have your child remove their bicycle helmet before using playground equipment. Bicycle helmets can get trapped on the equipment and strangle a child.
· Supervise children on the playground.
· Check the playground equipment prior to your child using it. Damaged equipment or equipment in need of maintenance can be reported by calling 519.360.1998.
Contact Information
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Community Development
Recreation Facilities
Park Avenue Business Centre
25 Creek Road,
Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5J3
Phone: 519.360.1998
Fax: 519.352.4241
e-mail: CKrecfacilities@chatham-kent.ca