A £135k project for children in Nottingham has opened today with the unveiling of a new bike track on Victoria Embankment. Built by the City Council’s Parks and Highways teams, the track features a miniature road layout with traffic lights, zebra crossing, roundabout, and junctions. The aim is to allow children to learn road skills and road safety in a fun and engaging environment.
The track is suitable for toddlers using balance bikes and stabilisers up to 11 year olds. Scooters are also welcome.
It is hoped there will be formal courses on road safety and learning to cycle on the course in the future. At present, the park is free to use and open to the public at any time, right through the week. At various points at the track, Ridewise will be in attendance with free bikes to ride and their instructors will be offering tips and advice, plus Parklives will be running various activities.
Cllr Dave Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture, said: “It is wonderful to see the opening of the junior bike track. What a great way to introduce children to road safety from a really young age, while providing a really engaging space to enjoy the outdoors. They can play, and have fun but learn at the same time.”
A Roar-Some new competition allows children in Nottingham to design and win their own amazing bean-bag of their dream dinosaur! Inspired by the Dinosaurs of China exhibition in Nottingham, Entrants must be aged 11 and under; competition open from Monday 10 July – Saturday 30 September. Winner and two runners up receive family tickets to the Dinosaurs of China exhibition in Nottingham; winner also receives a giant bean bag featuring a print of their drawing Entries submitted online here
Children aged 11 and under have the chance to win a giant bean bag featuring their drawing of their ‘dream dinosaur’ by entering a competition that is being run by the Nottingham-based manufacturing company, GreatBeanBags™, to celebrate the Dinosaurs of China exhibition that has landed in the city this summer.
The first prize winner will receive the giant bean bag featuring a printed version of their own drawing, as well as a family ticket to the Dinosaurs of China exhibition currently showing at Nottingham’s Wollaton Hall and Lakeside Arts, Nottingham.
Two runners up will receive a family ticket to the Dinosaurs of China exhibit as well as having their dinosaur design showcased on the website.
The competition launched on Monday 10 July and will close at midnight on Saturday 30 September 2017. Parents are invited to submit their children’s designs by email via the competition website; all entries will then be shown in the online gallery.
Nottingham’s biggest and most popular FREE festival returns with three days of unmissable family entertainment! From Friday 4 – Sunday 6 August, Riverside Festival will take over Victoria Embankment for one of the highlights of the Nottingham events calendar. Stretching a mile along the banks of the River Trent, enjoy live music on the Monument, Jazz and Folk Stages. Enjoy a Mini-Big-Top & Fun Fair; Street Theatre; and on Sunday, see the Dragon Boat Challenge and now famous Duck Race; Food and Drink Stalls; Roaming Dinosaurs; Saturday Night Fireworks and much more…..
The children’s zone activities include the building of a tree installation; puppet theatre; creating clay flowers; festival hat making; building your own kite; storytelling (from none other than Nottingham Playhouse’s Dame); circus skills workshops and a Nottinghamshire Scouts activity area. Be aware that this year the Children’s Zone has moved from the Children’s Play Area (besides the paddling pool) to the Memorial Gardens at the rear of the War Memorial itself.
Visitors to Riverside can also enjoy a range of food and drink including Italian (pizza), Caribbean, Indian, Greek and Mediterranean, plus gourmet burgers and sausages, noodles and wraps in addition to traditional treats in candy floss and doughnuts.
Following the fireworks display (from 10.30pm Saturday), Nottingham City Transport will run a shuttle bus service from the Trent Bridge end of the site to get people back into the city centre along with a Hackney Cab rank in the same area.
Car parking is available at a cost of £6 per car per day with entrance via Riverside Way, off Queens Drive. To plan your journey visit www.traveline.info
