Leyton Green
Respite Centre

London Borough of Waltham Forest

This much-used and essential site for disabled children started out with a small, underused back garden and a large car park, and ended up with a large garden area and a small car park. Who said there's no such thing as progress?

APES designed the site to be a fun, inclusive and green space to support the play needs of disabled children. Following consultation with the kids, the site was completely excavated, renovated and landscaped.

The children benefit from a number of smaller play features including musical instruments made from recycled materials, a long bridge leading to a small castle and an accessible slide, a fireman’s pole and a six-sided accessible swing structure. A greenhouse and raised beds were built with hard wood recycled from discarded railway sleepers sourced from the Hungerford Bridge at Didcot.

Year
2010

Location
London Borough of Waltham Forest

Build Time
6 weeks

Price
£45,000