{"id":101013,"date":"2025-08-29T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:44:09","slug":"west-bridgford-abbey-park-outdoor-gym-officially-opens-with-new-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101013\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bridgford: Abbey Park outdoor gym officially opens with new equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An outdoor gym at Abbey Park in <a href=\"https:\/\/westbridgfordwire.com\/west-bridgford-library-to-close-for-three-days-for-maintenance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Bridgford<\/a> has opened with exciting new fitness equipment thanks to the efforts of a local community association and supported by Rushcliffe Borough Council\u2019s (RBC) ongoing investment into park and play facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The gym now features an array of fitness activities such as a warm-up area, jumping platforms, sloping bars, low parallette bars and high seating and an inclusive street workout structure after Abbey Park Community Association drove forward the project.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-294702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-gym-group-has-now-been-set-up-at-the-site-as-a-result-of-the-new-facilities-.jpg\" alt=\"A gym group has now been set up at the site as a result of the new facilities\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" title=\"West Bridgford: Abbey Park outdoor gym officially opens with new equipment\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>It also includes inclusive parallel bars, an abs board, a wheelchair accessible calisthenics rig and freestyle bars at the facility on Buckfast Way.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has prompted a new female fitness group to use the new facility, co-ordinated by association volunteer and local resident Ruth Kerry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-294700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-facilities-are-designed-for-use-by-resident-of-all-ages.jpg\" alt=\"The facilities are designed for use by resident of all ages\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" title=\"West Bridgford: Abbey Park outdoor gym officially opens with new equipment\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cWe are thrilled to have this additional equipment on Abbey Park. I realised many women might feel intimidated to use it on their own (as I did) so I hit upon creating a group targeting likeminded ladies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-294699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-new-facility-on-Buckfast-Way-in-West-Bridgford-.jpg\" alt=\"The new facility on Buckfast Way in West Bridgford\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" title=\"West Bridgford: Abbey Park outdoor gym officially opens with new equipment\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been amazed at the response, and we now have upwards of 30 women who have signed up. I\u2019ve even had local children asking if a group could be set up for them too, which is wonderful. Hopefully we can work with RBC and Proludic to facilitate this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wishes to join the group is encouraged to contact Ruth Kerry via the Abbey Park Local Facebook Group. The park can be accessed on the NCT number 5a bus which stops opposite the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RBC\u2019s Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Leisure &amp; Wellbeing, ICT &amp; Member Development Cllr Jonathan Wheeler joined the group at the opening of the new facility, supported by local councillors Cllr Penny Gowland and Cllr Julie Chaplain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThis latest addition highlights another milestone as part of over \u00a31m of investment in our outdoor sport, wellbeing and leisure opportunities since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to have these new upgrades and we want even more people to enjoy our great facilities. Our parks and fitness spaces are the perfect places to meet friends, work out and have fun!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Abbey Park Community Association are a great example of a local group who meet twice weekly at the gym to exercise and socialise in the outdoors. It\u2019s great to see them enjoying the facilities on their doorstep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investment in additional inclusive equipment is important to us, so that all our residents can enjoy our wonderful exercise and play equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Works at the site are being completed by Bunny based equipment supplier Proludic Ltd who designed the updated features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An outdoor gym at Abbey Park in West Bridgford has opened with exciting new fitness equipment thanks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-101013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}