Plans have been revealed for a major new playground in Cliffe Castle Park.

The proposed play area, just below the existing playground, would have separate areas for three different age groups.

Equipment would include a crawl tunnel, basket swing, wooden train and ship, sandpit, climbing frame and megaphones.

There would also be a wheelchair-accessible roundabout and an eight metre-high tower with tube slide, climbing wall and scramble nets.

The playground plans come just weeks before Bradford Council consults the public over its multi-million-pound plans to revitalise the whole park.

The restoration is likely to receive Heritage Lottery Fund cash, but the Council is seeking alternative funding for the play area.

It has not revealed costings, but has drawn up detailed designs in partnership with Cliffe Castle Park Conservation Group.

The playground team recently began visiting schools and clubs to talk to local children about their ideas before finalising blueprints. The proposed playground would be set into the hill, on the same level as Cliffe Castle Museum, and would overlook the Aire Valley.

Three sides would be fenced but the other would have large boulders and wildflowers and wild grasses.

Set into the playground’s surfacing would be play markings such as hopscotch and “Cliffe the Caterpillar”.

There will be distinct areas for young toddlers at the walking/crawling stage, young children who want to run, climb and role-play, and children aged six to 14 who want more of a challenge.

The playground project will run in parallel to the bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to refurbish the whole park.

The aim of the bid – which has already received stage one approval from the fund – is to restore the parkland to its Victorian splendour while catering for today’s communities.

Gillian Biggs, Bradford Council project development officer, said a public consultation on the entire Cliffe Castle Park refurbishment project would take place on Saturday.