The Glover Playgrounds are three
playground
A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people ...
s in the
Adelaide Park Lands in
Adelaide,
South Australia. They were established by
Charles R.J. Glover, a
Lord Mayor of Adelaide and a philanthropist. Despite maps to the contrary he had no relationship with the
West Terrace
West Terrace is a populated place in the parish of Saint James, Barbados. The National Cultural Foundation of Barbados is located in West Terrace.
See also
* List of cities, towns and villages in Barbados
This is a list of cities, towns and ...
playground.
South Terrace, Adelaide
The playground in
Park 20 on
South Terrace South Terrace may refer to:
*South Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
*South Terrace, Fremantle, Australia
{{Road disambiguation ...
near
Pulteney Street was established in 1918. The original shelter shed is still present. Its coordinates are
LeFevre Terrace, North Adelaide
The playground in
Park 6 on LeFevre Terrace opposite the corner with Tynte Street was established in 1920 with a donation of £500 from Glover. It is locally known as the helicopter playground after one of the current pieces of equipment.
On 2 November 2014, a "Little Library for Little People in a Little Park" was established, which is a small free library for book-swapping. The books are all aimed for children using the playground or nearby. The library was set up by a trio of volunteers (Julia Blanka, Valdis Dunis and Viviana Waller) with support from the Adelaide City Council, and is affiliated with the Little Free Library organization.
The playground has electric
barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ in the UK, US, and Canada, barbie in Australia and braai in South Africa) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that use live fire and smoke t ...
s, picnic tables and toilets as well as playground equipment.
The toilet block contains a kiosk, now closed. Its co-ordinates are
East Terrace, Adelaide
The playground in
Park 15
The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide area (which includes both Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide) from the surro ...
on
East Terrace near the corner with
Wakefield Street was established in 1925 . The original shelter shed is still present. It's co-ordinates are
References
Adelaide Park Lands Committee Agenda Item 5.2, 25 January 2006 Committee of Adelaide City Council.
Parks in Adelaide
Playgrounds
{{adelaide-geo-stub