Children's Park, Kollam Explained

Children's Park, Asramam
Alt Name:	Children’s Park, Kollam Children’s Traffic Park
Type:	Children's park
Location:	Kollam City, India
Coords:	8.8964°N 76.588°W
Operator:	Kollam Municipal Corporation
Status:	Open all year

Asramam Children's Park (also known as Children's Park, Kollam) is a park for children, situated at Asramam in Kollam city, Kerala. The park is owned by Kollam Municipal Corporation, India.^[1] It is also called Children’s Traffic Park. This park is considered as a part of Asramam Picnic Village, main centre for recreational activities in Kollam city.^[2] A model Adventure Park and a 200-year-old British Residency (which is considered as a Government Guest House) are situated very close to this park.^[3]

Location

• Kollam KSRTC Bus Station – 1.2 km
• Kollam Junction railway station – 3.8 km
• Chinnakada – 1.2 km
• Kollam Port – 3.4 km
• Kollam Ferry Terminal – 1.2 km
• Andamukkam City Bus Stand – 2.6 km

Facilities and attractions

The Children's Park in Asramam is one of the major attractions of Kollam city. The Government of Kerala modernized the park with Central Government aid in 2009–2010.^[4] It got another facelift in 2014, with the addition of a swimming pool and new rides.^{[5] [6]}

• Gateway
• Compound wall
• Mandapams
• Restroom complex
• Open-air auditorium
• Toilet block
• Swimming pool
• Restaurant
• Shopping stalls
• 250kv Transformer
• Multi-purpose Gymnasium
• Video Games

Rides

• Air Balloon ride
• Battery cars
• Break Dance ride
• Dashing/Bombing Cars
• Cycles
• Duck boat
• Flying singer rider
• Giraffe Train ride
• Sun-Moon wheel

Nowadays, this children's park is a regular exhibition ground for the Kollam Flower Show.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Picnic Village, Asramam . Kerala Tourism . 2015-02-26.
2. Web site: Model Adventure Park, Kollam . Zone Kerala . 2015-02-26.
3. Web site: Asramam, Kollam . Malayala Manorama Online . 2015-02-26.
4. Web site: Rs 2.86 cr to develop Asramam Children's Park . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226154851/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article91837.ece . dead . 26 February 2015 . The New Indian Express . 2015-02-26.
5. News: New rides at children's park . The Hindu . 2015-02-26. 6 July 2009 .
6. Web site: Tourism-Kollam . Kollam Diaries . 2015-02-26.
7. Web site: Kollam Flower Show to begin tomorrow . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226153137/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article23470.ece . dead . 26 February 2015 . TNIE . 2015-02-26.