Barrow on Trent Children s Questionnaire This questionnaire has been designed with the help of Children at Sale and Davys School in Barrow upon Trent Where do you live? Outside Barrow village Barrow village What do you like most about Barrow? Draw a tick by the side of as many of these as you like: The playground park The community park School Church River Countryside Piece and quiet Village Hall People Barrow Club Playgroup Houses Footpaths Wildlife Is there anything else you like most? Do you like the play facilities in Barrow? Yes/No/Don t know If you answered no, what changes would you like to see? I would like to see no graffitti in the park stopping litter and graffiti more secret places a cleaner footpaths more equipment to play o less graffiti newer up to date equipment cleaner,bigger, better things no graffitti under slide, ruins park
cleaner newer things football pitches to train on & skate board park knock down park build better slides etc New play equipment in play park - remove grafitti from slide Not a lot of rubbish in the park / a better park Park not good for little kids because of grafitti under slide Better play facilities and it will be good No more swear words Cleaner, newer play facilities and for them not to be vandalised Fishing tickets for the lagoon What is your best memory so far of living in Barrow? playing with friends riding my bike in a really bad storm the wildlife, lots of ducks on river the lovely people Summer barbeques fun days and things held at the club water fights, fun days, barbeques school barbeque all the fun days at club and CP. going\on a walk at 6.00 and finding the wildlife my friends teddy parachute day at church 2006 farm school barbeque my neighbours during floods my dad got his boat out my birthday party the club playing Bingo My birthday When I went out for the day in Barrow with my friends Meeting Anna When I meet Danielle Going to a sleep-over at my friends house / community park meeting my best friend Ollie school barbeque school barbeque School barbeque
That people are all getting on When I was little I went to play with Anna and I still do What do you like least about Barrow? The playground park The community park School Church River Countryside Piece and quiet Village Hall People Barrow Club Playgroup Houses Footpaths Wildlife Is there anything else you like least? Everybody knows everyone's business and whereabouts all big kids coming and breaking stuff being cut off from everything, villages, s etc always litter all over the place swamp in community park There is rubbish all over the place Litter - there is mostly a lot of rubbish in the field There are nice people in Barrow that ride on their bikes in the middle of the road without hanging on to the handlebars The roads and swamp How the word spreads quickly What is missing in Barrow? Shop / lollipop lady Football pitch
a none permit onlyfishing zone s pond better play equipment village Sporty clubs run at the communitypark. Shop.Post office s s, toilets, rugby posts in C.P. bike tracks, post office cycle path and post office tennis courts sweet more fund raising days & small sweet more things to stop vandalism Shop fun!!! toilets skateboard park and sweet supermarket post office Little village A Shop Skateboard park / Shop / skate path Shop A bigger park Post office cycle path Cycle paths Shop / post office Nature trail What do you do in Barrow, out of school? Play in the village
fishing go to friends house play play with friends ride my bike and play with my friends go to friends house go to park, ride bike and scooter Play aut with friends go to their houses go for walks and bike rides,play out. Go to the club and fun days see friends, go to park on our bikes play with friends events that take place go for walks and bike rides,play out. Go to the club and fun days play with friends play on bike, climb trees football play in partk, talk to friends play out play on my bike play with friends go on bike play friends community park visit friends play friends on bikes go to my Nanas go to community park Go to friends houses Play with my friends in the Community park Play inside Go to my friends/ come to xxxx events Football Ride our bikes with my friends I have gone to the Church fete Go to BBQs and have fun in the park Play with friends and paly football I go to friends houses What do your friends, who don t live in the village, think about Barrow? They think it is a really nice village Like it boring no things to do peaceful area
nice friendly village nice and peaceful Boring, because there isn't anything to do Nice and fun they like to visit village it s a fun place boring old fashioned it s a nice peaceful village cool and fun place a bit boring boring nothing to do alright like it that it is for old people and we don't have any s they like it like the peace think its peaceful think its very nice like it cause their friends live there nice and would like to live here really good because friends live there nice place and its calm Its very nice - would like to live there Good Nice and playful Like it because their friends live there Barrow is peaceful Ollie said Barrow is a good place - its very peaceful Will said that it is so good It is really nice, quiet and everyiones very kind, Danielle says Quiet and playful place They say that it s a nice place and would like to live here Boring, no new things to do If you live outside the village, would you like to live in Barrow Yes/No/Don't know If you answered Yes, Why? Because I can see all my friends because all my friends live there
because I could play with people from school who live in the village because my friends live there friends live there because my friends live there quiet and playful Because my two best friends live there Do you think a cycle route to Barrow would bring more people to the Village? Yes/No/Don t know Are there enough footpaths in Barrow? Yes/No/Don t know Do you think cars drive too fast through Barrow? Yes/ No/Don t know Do you think there should be more things for young people to do in Barrow? Yes/No/Don t know If you answered Yes what more things would you like to see? I would like more play facilities more children's clubs and adventure things more bins, shelter for the rain climbing frame another park ramps more clubs sporty clubs at community park, e.g. rounders cricket football etc. something mixed for boys and girls, not skatepark bike trascks climbing frame biking places, fun clubs use village hall more, different equipment in CP. (climbing frame, tunnel, firemens pole coner that sells sweets better park equipment and less rubbish lyoing around basket ball different things in park, chill out zones tennis courts tennis courts s, bike park tennis court small playground with little sand pit football pitches, moto cross tracks ramps and s
football pitches, clubs basket ball and dance club moto cross tracks ramps and s skateboard park, nets of the goal posts moto cross tracks, football pitches ramps s small play area for under 5s, speed restrictions cycle route better park skatboard park and no swamp quiet play areas, no grafitti, bike ramps separate park bigger park for older chilcren A better play area / special playground for playgroup / different toys designed for young people Parks especially for little people - more parks - Barrow cricket club More playgrounds / some huts A little sandpit Skateboard park / More things to play with A rugby pitch and football nets Football nets at the community park - marked out pitch Skateboard park Skateboard park / place where bikes can go Shop / more sports facilities More chill-out, chatty areas. New facilities Do you think Barrow should have public toilets? Yes/ No/ Don t know If you do not live in Barrow, would you like to visit? Yes/No/Don't know If you answered Yes, why? Because Barrow is great most of my friends live here because I like it because my friends live here because of wildlife because of the peace because all the flowers make it look nice to see my friends meet other people nice walk my friends live there because my friends live there Barrow is a nice village because my friends live there
It is peaceful Because it has lots of places to play because I would like to see all of Barrow Because it is a really nice place to visit To visit friends Do you think a General Shop would be well used in Barrow? Yes /No/Don't know Thank you very much for answering these questions. All of your answers will be looked at and used to help design a Village Plan which includes things that are important to children today in Barrow, and future Barrow Children. Please give your completed questionnaire to your teacher at school.