STRATFORD Recreation Ground is getting a £250,000 makeover after plans for a splash pad dried up. A further £100,000 was also allocated to replace the play equipment and enhance the sandpit to make it more accessible. A splash pad is a recreation area, often in a public park, designed for water play but with little or no standing water. The cost of this is £250,000, so a further £100,000 will have to be stumped up. “The play area itself, I know from living in Bridgetown, lots of families use it.