A children’s slide has been taped off after being vandalised over the bank holiday weekend.

The equipment in Broomfield Park, Swanscombe has had one side of the safety bars at the top completely ripped off.

Frazer Barnes said “It so sad. That slide and rocketship has been there since I was a baby.”

The incident is believed to have happened at around 1pm on Monday May 1.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Assocation councillor Peter Harman said: “It is hugely disappointing. It is going to be taped off for a while as we don’t know how long it is going to take to replace the equipment or get it repaired.”

Swanscombe resident Frazer Barnes is disappointed at the vandalism of the slide he remembers enjoying when he was a child back in the 1990s.

“It’s so sad,” he said. “That slide and rocket ship have been there since I was a baby.”

A spokesman for Kent Police said: “An online crime report was submitted at 10.43am on Tuesday 2 May 2023 reporting that a children’s slide had been deliberately damaged inside a play park near The Grove, Swanscombe.”

Police say enquires are ongoing.