A flagship award-winning seaside play park is set to be overhauled for the first time in more than 20 years.

The Lower Leas Coastal Park play area in Folkestone, which first opened in 2000, is billed as the largest free adventure play area in Kent.

It has since served thousands of youngsters who have enjoyed the use of the facility which Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) and Visit Kent say is also the largest in the south east.

The site is home to a large main play structure with tube slides, towers, net tunnels and aerial slides.

This is alongside the likes of 'The Bounty shipwreck', climbing walls, sand diggers and a harbour with rocking boats completing its fun zone.

But now, more than two decades on, FHDC wants to revamp it by the summer of 2026.

With its existing equipment heading towards the end of its operational life, a questionnaire has now been launched urging residents to put forward their wishes as to how the play area can be improved.

The council wants the new equipment to replicate the stature, design and materials of what is currently at the park while minimising its ecological impact.

FHDC's cabinet member for assets and operations, Cllr Jeremy Speakman (Green) said: “This will be a major investment and we’re working on trying to secure extra funding for the project, so we obviously want to get it right.

“All ideas will be considered so please do get involved by completing the questionnaire.

"Your valuable input will help make the Lower Leas Coastal Park play area an awesome place to visit for decades to come.”

The council says a refurbishment of the Green Flag award-winning site would also improve accessibility, including for parents and carers, following the addition of a changing places toilet earlier this year.

Those wishing to participate in the survey can do so here.

Feedback must be completed by 10am on February 24.

Back in March, the park had to be closed for several weeks after yet another landslide above it.

The area has had at least nine landslides this year, caused by a combination of excess wind, unstable ground and the weight of trees during high winds possibly weakening the stability of the cliff.

Areas affected have included Lower Sandgate Road, Sunny Sands and the Road of Remembrance - the latter of which remains closed.