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Today we visited Meadowside Extraordinary park in Whiteley, Fareham. The playground was that good, I felt the need to do a whole blog post to do it justice, rather than just a short tweet! We loved everything about our visit including the free parking at Whiteley shopping area (5 minute walk and very handy/useful bribery when needing to pop to the shops too!). Despite the gloomy, black clouds, even the weather was kind to us too, on a slightly chilly September afternoon. It struck me immediately how inclusive the park was as I spotted the wheelchair swing, trampoline and roundabout, as well as the adapted bouncers, swings and even a specialist picnic bench with a gap for a wheelchair user. Miss S and her big brother were able to play together in the park more than they had ever been able to do before. Their giggles on the trampoline and the roundabout, just made my heart burst, they finally have a playground they can play in together properly! This is exactly as it s