Official Opening Saturday 27 April 2024 from 10am
Olympians, including 2016 gold medallist Joe Clarke, will be joining us for the official opening of Westbridge Park in Stone following its £1.5m transformation.
There’s a host of free activities planned for the day from 10am with music, entertainment and sports taster sessions. And a ‘skate jam’ in the wheeled sports bowl from 12noon until 4pm.
Things to do on the day:
Stalls
- ASB Harmony
- Dog Enforcement Education
- Police bike tagging
- Ramblers
- Staffordshire Victims Gateway and Restorative Justice Service including Uniting Staffordshire Against Hate
- Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
- Stone Litter Group
Activities
- Face Painting
- Fire Engine
- Freedom Leisure - heritage dressing up
- Girl Guides arts and crafts and games
- Nature Walks at 11.30am and 1pm from the Woodland Play Area
- Police Bike Tagging
- St. Dominic's Priory School providing games
- Skate Jam - 12noon to 4pm in Skate bowl
- Stafford and Stone Canoe Club 'Paddle to Paris' event
- Stone Bowling club taster sessions
- Taster squash session (MUGA)
Entertainment
- Angie Mack Hoop Walkabout
- Bumble Bees Walkabout
- Police Mascot
- Stone Scouts and Guide Band
- Vibe 1, formerly Stafford FM
Refreshments
- Girl Guides HQ Charity Coffee Morning
- Ice Cream Van
- Stafford and Stone Canoe Club
The £1.5m development of Westbridge Park was completed in December 2023 and includes new play facilities for all ages, a bespoke concrete wheeled sports facility, Multi Use Games Area, upgraded and refurbished car parks, extensive new pathway network with routes of varying lengths around the park, new signage, new street furniture, picnic areas, on site toilets, enhanced landscaping and planting, key space for local events and football pitches.
Take a look at the Masterplan imagery of the park (pdf 5.2mb)
Wheeled Sports
Bendcrete are delivering the wheeled sports facility which is now open. Feedback from skaters has helped shape the final designs. Take a look at those designs (pdf 1mb).
Thank you for all your feedback in previous consultations.
Background Papers:
- Consultation 2021
- Cabinet report (pdf 1.5mb) 7 October 2021 - financial details for the leisure strategy in Stone.
- Masterplan and Final Proposals (pdf 12mb) for outdoor recreational activities and leisure facilities at Westbridge Park 2018
- Phase 2 of the consultation results (pdf 2.8mb)
- Phase 1 of the consultation (pdf 5.1mb)
Future updates will be made available on this webpage and through the media.
For more information please contact smcdonald@staffordbc.gov.uk.
Stone Leisure Centre
The multi-million pound Leisure Centre opened in April 2019 and includes a six lane 25-metre swimming pool, gym and fitness studios under one roof. The leisure centre is run by Freedom leisure on our behalf.