EQUIPMENT is to be removed from two children's play areas because they are no longer up to scratch.

St Helens Leisure Committee has been told the play areas at Sankey Valley Park and Liverpool Road, Pewfall, no longer meet current standards and are in the wrong locations.

The Sankey Valley area is hidden from view within a wooded landscape and close to a pond and the committee believe it no longer provides a safe and welcoming environment. And the Pewfall site is away from the main community and has an access on to a main road.

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