ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS
Adventure days
CRAWLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND 1954
We built those big adventure playgrounds in those pioneering days we used the best of timber constructed great walkways the kids came from the neighborhood from two to twenty one they swung upon those Tarzan swings oh boy did they have fun
The streets were full of laughter in those bye gone days when the kids did all gather there to while their days away there were tiny tots and punks with bikes skin heads and greasers too little kids in fancy dress ans kids with just one shoe
They built their wooden dens there and painted them real cool there were tall beams with commando nets with ramps and slides a few
The games they played were roustabout run out and give chase there was laughter on the playgrounds then with smiles upon each face we use big tools and hammers with saws to cut and prime there were hordes of children playing there all having special time
The leaders all wore long hair and the kids were satisfied no health and safety limits the just common sense and rhymes.
All you need to and want to know about Adventure playgrounds.
WHAT IS AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND?
The term now includes a variety of examples ranging from unsupervised architectural designed play areas, commercially designed theme parks, play areas designed specifically for the disabled child, park play areas, neighberhood centres to pet areas, farmland projects or activity centres. Whilst the true Adventure Playground is in fact none of these.
They are areas of land set aside in a neighbourhood where local children have free access to play structures, play facilities indoors and out which are supervised by trained play staff. Within these sites the children are encouraged to take risks through play pursuits, aerial runways, slides, walkways, commando nets, etc.
They are able to be actively involved in construction work and use of tools and materials under guidance and supervision. Theses schemes are neighbourhood orientated with local parent’s management committees and fund raising initiatives.
A variety of activities can be planned including outings; social activities play activities and community events. Each site can include possibilities such as gardening, pet’s areas, nursery areas and youth sections as well as barbecue areas etc. There is no limit to the range and variety of activities and functions on an adventure playground. Its development and its content depend to a great extent on the imagination of its users and the empethy of its leaders and staff
. A true Adventure Playground is a Community of children and parents involved in sharing and enjoying the fruits of play.
The following extract is from the London Play website which povides support to childrens play projects throughout the city of London.
Adventure and taking risks is an important part of growing up: it is the way that children learn about themselves and the world around them. Adventure playgrounds provide children with the opportunity to take adventurous risks, safe in the knowledge that professional help is there if needed.
There are literally hundreds of adventure playgrounds in the UK providing school-aged children with opportunities to play that are difficult to find elsewhere in our busy, urban environment.
Fenced and secure, adventure playgrounds are oases of nature in the middle of neighbourhoods. Typically, adventure playgrounds are open access: there's no charge to come in (though some have had to introduce charges to make ends meet), and children are free to come and go as they please - after school, at weekends and during school holidays.
Most adventure playgrounds have quiet places for children to read or do homework, many have computers, some have after-school clubs which provide formal child-care for working parents. Some run youth clubs for teenagers, others provide a meeting place for parent and toddler groups. All adventure playgrounds have their own buildings as well as outdoor spaces and play structures; and each has its own unique character.
Sorenson was a Danish Architect and planner who had observed closely the city children playing on building sites and although he was not an opponent of playground equipment,he wanted it limited to see-saws, swings and sand-boxes.
He had long observed that the children in his area were attracted to playing on construction sites and not on the conventional playgrounds. They appeared excited by the endless possibilities that the construction site offered them in creating their own adventures. Thus Sorenson developed the germ of an imaginative idea,the junk playground.
Thus in a journal article as early as 1935 Sørensen the founder of the concept of Adventure Playgrounds wrote: "Finally we should probably at some point experiment with what one could call a junk playground. I am thinking in terms of an area, not too small in size, well closed off from its surroundings by thick greenery, where we should gather, for the amusement of bigger children, all sorts of old scrap that the children from the apartment blocks could be allowed to work with, as the children in the countryside and in the suburbs already have. There could be branches and waste from tree polling and bushes, old cardboard boxes, planks and boards, "dead" cars, old tyres and lots of other things, which would be a joy for healthy boys to use for something.
Of course it would look terrible, and of course some kind of order would have to be maintained; but I believe that things would not need to go radically wrong with that sort of situation. If there were really a lot of space, one is tempted to imagine tiny little kindergartens, keeping hens and the like, but it would at all events require an interested adult supervisor..." Earlier In 1931 he had published Park Politics in Town and Country, a book that would be highly influential for European urban landscape planning but has now been largely forgotten.
In it he coined the phrase ‘Junk Playground’ from his observations of children playing on empty building sites. He decided to integrate this idea into the designs for the open spaces he and his colleagues were designing for the new Danish housing associations and parks. Sørensen and Dragehjelm thought that natural play was the ideal play and worked best in natural and rural surroundings.
It was Sorenson who was to found the first recorded Junk Playground in the deprived neighberhood of Emdrupt,Copenhagen .
It was opened in August 1943 as part of a housing project with 719 large-family households and was an immediate success. At Emdrup nothing was static or expensive.
It was filled with junk - wood, rope, canvas, tires, wire, bricks, pipes, rocks, nets, logs, balls, abandoned furniture, wheels, vehicles, and an unimaginable assortment of other things.
The first play leader of the Emdrup adventure playground John Bertelsen wrote in an article in 1946 stating:
"The adventure playground is an attempt to give the city child a substitute for the play and development potential it has lost as the city has become a place where there is no space for the child's imagination and play.
Access to all building sites is forbidden to unauthorized persons, there are no trees where the children can climb and play Tarzan. The railway station grounds and the common, where they used to be able to fight great battles and have strange adventures, do not exist any more. No! It is now not easy to be a child in the city when you feel the urge to be a caveman or a bushman".
EARLY LONDON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS
A little about Lollard St Aventure Playground and its play leaders
Lollard street actually opened in 1953 its first leader was Harry who was a family man and apparently quite a character in personality and dress.Its frst play hut cost the princely sum of £1000 to construct. However it was not liked by the local populace who called it" The Ruins". The site now boasted an old lifeboat and a van amongst its attractions which the kids pulled around.Harry was later replaced by Joe Benjamin who despite his radical outlook and way with kids only stayed for a short period.In later years he remarked that the powers in control where not prepared for adventure play.Joe went onto sart up a new site at Grimbsy adventure playground. The Lollard Street playground management however was in 1957 joined by Drummond Abernethy and its next playleader was the legendary Pat HS Turner who quickly made his mark on the character of the playground.
Pat quickly encouraged all manner of community involvement.The playgroundactivities now included cooking around open fires,camping,gardening,jiving along with poetry.He was in later years to write of those days in his book Somthing Extraordinary..
THE FIRST ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS/GALLERY http://www.adventureplay.org.uk/Gallery/
CITY PROJECTS http://www.cityprojects.org/cityprojects_content.php?id=167&i=11
LONDON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS http://www.london4kidz.co.uk/adventure-playgrounds.html
JUNK PLAYGROUNDS http://threatnyouth.pbworks.com/f/Junk%20Playgrounds-Roy%20Kozlovsky.pdf
Adventure playground HISTORY http://threatnyouth.pbworks.com/f/Junk%20Playgrounds-Roy%20Kozlovsky.pdf
ADVENTURE PLAY http://www.adventureplay.org.uk/RK%20Adventure%20Playground.pdf
CAN PLAY WILL PLAY http://www.fieldsintrust.org/downloads/can_play_will_play.pdf
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS/ TONY CHILTON http://www.londonplay.org.uk/file/1316.pdf
Lady Marjorie Allen after her first visit to Emdrupt stated that " It was like a revelation, I knew in the first instance of seeing it, they had hit on something tremendously important". "They are decidedly messy occupations and they make the planners who are mostly tidied minded unhappy". "Nevertheless, they must never forget children enjoy being dirty and untidy, adults abhor it, we have to decide whether we are to make playgrounds for children, or playgrounds that please the planners". "It is a rewarding experience for children to take and to overcome risks, to learn to use lethal tools with safety". Shortly after, on her return to the UK, Lady Marjorie Allen formed the Under 14 Council; which was to be known in later years as The Save The Children Fund.
By 1946, local councils were campaigning strongly for play, in particular for adventure playgrounds in the UK. By 1951 the N.P.F.A had itself formed a committee lead by Lord Luke, to look into the matter, following Lady Allen;s public platform via a Times article on juvenile crime.
Lady Allen responded to the article, she wrote ;"that municipal playgrounds were often as bleak as barrack squares and just as boring".
"You are not allowed to build fires". "You will head for a juvenile court if you started to dig the expensive asphalt to make a cave". "There are no bricks or planks to build a house, no workshop for carpentry, mechanical work, painting or modelling and of course no trees to climb".
M. Paul Friedberg Landscape design innovator , confirms, “Our problem is that", "We want the child to be living in a padded box". "But a child has to have the real world, fraught with challenges to overcome.”
Meanwhile in the U.K Drummond Abernethy was appointed as Secretary of the Playground Committee of the N.P.F.A at playfield house in 1948.
Drummond's energy and vision led to the establishment of other projects and played a significant role in refining Sørenson's ideas into adventure play. The name change from junk to adventure play was designed to create a more positive public image but it also marked Drummond's extension of the original philosophy.
Drummond and Lady Marjorie Allen together are widely viewed as the two most prominent figures in the development of adventure play in Britain.
Notting Hill adventure playground in 1960s
These early adventure playgrounds tended to be run with extremely limited resources and to be short lived due to lack of funds, loss of site or lack of local support. Lessons were learnt and the London Adventure Playground Association (LAPA) was established.
Eventually a number of playgrounds were set up on permanent sites with adequate funding. This funding was increasingly provided by the local authorities, who had come to recognize the value of such facilities. By 1973 when i was managing Pin Green adventure playground in Stevenage Herts, sixty one such playgrounds had been established across the country.
In the years following it was the N.P.F.A through its national officers and work over the years led by Drummond, Lord Luke, Lady Marjorie Allen, Mary Nicholson, and the N.P.F.A's numerous retired officers from the armed services. That the concept of such play initiatives as adventure playgrounds were developed and grew nationally.
This radical step forward, led to the development of numerous national play projects and campaigns in the U.K.
Thereby ensuring that child’s play was taken seriously by government bodies and local authorities in the years ahead. Following an article in the Times newspaper on the subject of juvenile crime in 1951, the N.P.F.A offered grant aid for the first two experimental adventure playgrounds.
Lord Luke was appointed by the N.P.F.A as the Chair of such a play committee in 1951. Then by 1954 the N.P.F.A had their own published guidelines on the development of adventure playgrounds, courtesy of Mary Nicholson.
Adventure Playground in the UK also emerged alongside movements in the 1960s Europe, that worked to reclaim derelict urban spaces, many caused by the devastation of World War II. These were filled with trash and debris, the sites were considered unfit even for parking cars and were therefore abandoned by developers. However, children had no qualms about these forbidden sites, often playing happily in rubble heaps.
They seemed to prefer the informality of dirt and scraps to formal jungle gyms. Eventually parents and park designers realized that these non-traditional materials inspired creative, thoughtful play. The adults and children worked together to construct the kinds of play spaces the children wanted.
The playgrounds they built were not just play spaces; they were fodder for studies by child psychologists. Proponents for Adventure Playgrounds claimed that the play environment they provided would help kids retain resilient and positive world-views.
Adventure Playgrounds continually proved the value of learning experiences outside of school. Children could use the playground for exploring many real-life activities. (and even the imagined ones). Many of the constructions were clubhouse-type buildings that fostered elaborate games of pretend. Other equipment was designed for children to create multi-media art projects.
From the early 1970s the N.P.F.A Play-leadership Department gradually changed its administrative structure and image.
Former Adventure Playground leaders were employed as regional officers.With a mandate to set up regional play associations throughout the UK.
With people such as Mick Fitzmaurice,Tony Chilton, Andy Scott, Gyles Brandraith, Bob Hughes, Nick Bamforth, Pat Kirkwood, Rob Wheway etc. Spearheading new initiatives and encouraging the formation of new adventure playgrounds in new towns, rural communities as well as inner city areas.
With the success of the Stevenage adventure playgrounds thanks to the work of Donne Buck and others like David Kershaw and Betty Pickersgill.
Stevenage was shown as an example how local authority and voluntary community play associations could work togrether in encouraging the growth of adventure playgrounds nationally throughout the seventies. http://the-canyon.org.uk/?q=node/8
There are many factors that led to the birth of adventure play, but none so important as the psychological theories of childhood which emerged in the 1930's. These new ideas about childhood and play entered the mainstream culture and began to affect politics, town planning and child care practices.
Within this climate of innovation Sørensen and Hans Dragehjelm (a school teacher) created their Family and Children's Park proposal. For several years both men had been interested in designing and building appropriate play spaces for the children of Copenhagen.
TRIANGLE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE DISABLED.
Despite these remarkable developments adventure playgrounds were still failing to meet the needs of one important group of children - those with disabilities.
To fill this gap, a number of holiday schemes were set up in conjunction with the Cheyne Centre in Chelsea.
The success of this venture fuelled enthusiasm for an adventure playground where children with disabilities could learn through free play. In February 1970 the Handicapped Adventure Playground Association (H.A.P.A) opened its first playground in Chelsea.
My friend and colleague Dorothy Whittaker was its first leader.This was the worlds first adventure playground for disabled children.
H.A.P.A opened a further 5 adventure playgrounds across North, West and South London. In the 1990’s, H.A.P.A had changed its name to Kids Active and more recently merged with another charity KIDS.
Whilst working with local playgroups, Mrs Diana Casswell first had the idea that certain children she was working with would benefit from adventure play. From this idea Diana Casswell, along with her husband Reverend Peter Casswell, set about starting the first adventure playground for children with disabilities outside of inner London.
From the beginning, a group of committed and experienced people joined the management committee to see the creation of E.L.H.A.P.
The first major hurdle was to find a suitable site for an adventure playground and by September 1976 negotiations had been completed with the charity Bernardo's for use of this site. Work to adapt it began immediately.
A workable area had to be fenced off, structures and play facilities built and pathways laid. Indoor adaptations also had to be made including additional toilet accommodation together with provision for wet weather activities.
In the summer of 1977 E.L.H.A.P opened, being well used from the start and as facilities and awareness grew the playground became increasingly popular. Within a short time of opening demand was such that a timetable of use had to be created to allow all the users to regularly visit. Without the dedication and determination of the Casswells and the other founding members, E.L.H.A.P could never have existed. DRUMMOND ABERNETHY AND E.L.H.A.P.
 From its first days E.L.H.A.P was fortunate in having the support of Drummond Abernethy. Drummond lived locally in Loughton and always had a particularly keen interest in E.L.H.A.P.
Upon his retirement from the National Playing Fields Association in 1978 Drummond became chairman of E.L.H.A.P. This was a position he retained until ill health forced him to stand down in 1986, although he remained on the executive committee until his death.
A large part of ELHAP's success is attributed to Drummond Abernethy... Under his guidance ELHAP developed into a thriving playground and its unique experiences have now been enjoyed by many thousands of children with disabilities.
Since 1977 ELHAP has offered adventure play opportunities to children and young people with disabilities from the local area. It remains one of only seven specialist playgrounds in the South East of England, but is regarded by its supporters as the most unique and magical of all the adventure playgrounds. Drummond Abernethy, with his wealth of adventure play experience, used to describe ELHAP as the "the very best adventure playground for children with disabilities."
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE BACKS ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS 2009.
Today in 2010 the government is to try to turn around the “no ball games” attitudes of councils and parents with the building of a new network of adventure playgrounds that encourage children to take risks and get dirty. Details of the plans were announced by Ed Balls, the former children’s secretary, and Andy Burnham, the former culture secretary when they released a national play strategy. signs placed on walls by councils and residents’ groups. When the idea for more adventure playgrounds was first announced in 2008 children’s plan alongside a series of other measures designed Ministers pointed to research showing how over-protective society has become, with one in three parents refusing to allow children to play outside their house or garden. As many as a quarter of those aged 8-10 have never even played outside with an adult. They are concerned that children are being deprived by being kept inside, a trend encouraged by over-protective parents and “no ball games”
Today there around around a thousand adventure playgrounds in Europe, largely in Denmark, Switzerland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and in England. In Germany alone there are some 400 adventure playgrounds. Japan has a significant number of adventure playgrounds as well.
THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND London play adventure playground newspaper http://www.a-n.co.uk/publications/article/341480
http://www.playwales.org.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=192&page=255&skin=0 Childs play study 1977. http://www.jrf.org.uk/node/2278.
Downloads. Download childhood obesity and adventure playgrounds - 40.pdf play wales INTERNATIONAL PLAY ASSOCIATION http://ipaworld.org/category/play-resources/resources-and-links/
CAN PLAY WILL PLAY http://www.fieldsintrust.org/downloads/can_play_will_play.pdf
 LIST OF LONDON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS Addresses and contact numbers Apples and Pears 28 Pearson Street, London E2 8EL Tel. 020 7729 6062, email Website Age range: 6 -15. Voluntary sector. Ark in the Park Hermit Road Recreation Ground, Bethell Avenue, London E16 4JT Tel. 020 7511 4253 Age range: 5 -14, fully includes disabled children, youth club. Local authority. Barnard Park Copenhagen Street, London N1 0WF Tel. 020 7837 1512, email Age range: 6 -16. Local authority. Bartlett Park Bartlett Park, Upper North Street, London E14 6JP Tel. 020 7987 4891 Age range: toddlers and schoolchildren. Local authority. Battersea Park Prince Wales Drive, Albert Bridge Road, London SW11 4PY Tel. 020 8871 7539 Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Bethwin Road Bethwin Road, London SE5 Tel. 020 7703 4281, email Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Burgess Park 285 Albany Road, London SE5 0AN Tel. 020 7277 1371, email Age range: 5 -15. Local authority. Cape Play and Youth Project Crouch End Hill, London N8 9EG Tel. 020 7272 4243, email Age range: 5 -19. Local authority. Charlie Chaplin Bolton Crescent, Kennington, London SE5 0SE Tel. 020 7735 1819, email Age range: 5 -19. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2002 and 2009 London Adventure Playground of the Year Awards. Chelsea Royal Hospital Grounds, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR Tel. 020 7730 4093, email Website Age range: 5 -15, run by KIDS, particularly for disabled children and their families. Voluntary sector. Coldharbour The Course, New Eltham London SE9 3JB Tel. 020 8851 3153 Age range: 6 -15. Local authority. Cornwallis Cornwallis Road, London N19 4LP Tel. 020 7281 0094 Age range: 6 -13. Local authority. Crumbles Castle Bingfield Street, London N1 0BJ Tel. 020 7278 8640, email Age range: 5 -14. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2001 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Deptford New King Street, Deptford, London SE8 3JE Tel. 020 8691 1310, email Age range: 5 -19. Local authority. Dog Kennel Hill Dog Kennel Hill, London SE22 7AA Tel. 020 7274 6197 Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2000 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. ELHAP 119 Roding Lane North, Woodford Bridge, London IG8 8NA Tel. 020 8550 2636, email Website Age range: 5 -18, particularly for disabled children. Voluntary sector. Ellen Brown 145 Grange Road, London SE1 3UE Tel. 020 7231 1356, email Age range: 8 -15, previously Spa Road Adventure Playground Local authority. Evergreen Beehive Close, London E8 3JT Tel. 020 7275 9004, email Age range: 5 -15, inclusion of disabled children, nature gardens. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2005 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Fredericks Westcott Road, London SE17 3SY Tel. 020 7587 3840, email Age range: 5 -15. Local authority. Winner of the 2006 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Glamis Glamis Road, Shadwell, London E1W 3EE Tel. 020 7702 8301 Website Age range: ages 8 and up, under 8s can attend with an adult. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2007 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Glyndon Elmley Street, Plumstead, London SE18 7NJ Tel. 020 8317 0655 Age range: 5 -14, under 5's mon-fri, no outside structures, football pitch, swings. Local authority. Grove Gordon Grove, London SE5 9DT Tel. 020 7737 0956, email Age range: 6 -16, formerly Angel Town (Brixton Arts Group). Voluntary sector. Hackney Marsh Daubeny Fields, London E9 5PP Tel. 020 8986 7245 Age range: 5 -15. Local authority. Hampstead Heath (Parliament Hill) Highgate Road, Parliament Hill Fields, London NW5 1QR Tel. 020 7482 2116 Age range: 5 -12, children aged 5 -7 must be accompanied by a parent, 8 and over can attend alone. Local authority. Hayward Market Road, London N7 9PL Tel. 020 7607 0033 Age range: 5 -15, run by KIDS, particularly for disabled children and their families, youth club wed nights. Voluntary sector. Home Park Winchfield Road, Sydenham, London SE26 5TQ Tel. 020 8659 2329, email Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Homerton Grove Wardle Street, London E9 6DX Tel. 020 8985 9202, email Age range: 5 -16. Voluntary sector. Honor Oak Turnham Road, Brockley, London SE4 2JD Tel. 020 7639 3838, email Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Hornimans Southern Row, London W10 5AN Tel. 020 8969 5740, email Website Age range: 5 -16, must be aged 5 by 1 Sept. Voluntary sector. KAPH (Kids Adventure Play Hackney) Spring Lane, Big Hill, London E5 9HQ Tel. 020 8806 6149, email Age range: 5 -19, run by KIDS, primarily for disabled children and their families. Voluntary sector. Kennington Park Bolton Crescent, London SE5 0SE Tel. 020 7735 7186, email Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Kimber Kimber Road, London SW18 Tel. 020 8870 2168 Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. King Henry's Walk 11 King Henry's Walk, London N1 4NX Tel. 020 7254 4783, email Age range: 6 -13, youth club Thur and Fri evenings 7pm - 9:45pm ages 13 - 19. Local authority. Lady Allen Chivalry Road, London SW11 1HT Tel. 020 7228 0278, email Age range: 5 -14, run by KIDS, primarily for disabled children and their families, open access times: term time tues - fri 3-5pm, sat 10am-12pm and school holidays mon-fri 10am-12pm, not open sundays. Voluntary sector. Leyton Square Peckham Park Road, London SE15 6TL Tel. 020 7277 7591 Age range: 5 -15. Local authority. Little Wormwood Scrubs Little Wormwood Park, Dalgano Gardens, London W10 6AD Age range: 6 -14. Local authority. Log Cabin 259 Northfield Avenue, London W5 4UA Tel. 020 8840 3400, email Age range: 4 -15. Particularly for disabled children and their families but fully inclusive. Voluntary sector. Lollard Street Lollard Street, Kennington, London SE11 6PX Tel. 020 7582 0208 Website Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Loughborough Park Moorland Road, London SW9 8UA Tel. 020 7926 1049, email Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Lumpy Hill 15 Market Road, London N7 9PL Tel. 020 7607 3586 Age range: 5 -14. Voluntary sector. Marble Hill Marble Hill Park, Richmond Road, Twickenham, London TW1 2NL Tel. 020 8891 4930, email Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Markfield Markfield Road, London N15 4RB Tel. 020 8880 1495, email Age range: 5 -17, specialist project for disabled children. Voluntary sector. Martin Luther King Sheringham Road, London N7 8PF Tel. 020 7607 0845, email Age range: 5 -14. Voluntary sector. Max Roach Wiltshire Road, London SW9 7NE Tel. 020 7274 6693 Age range: 5 -15. Local authority. Meridian Thames Street, London SE10 9DQ Tel. 020 8853 1843 Age range: 5 -16, term time 3:30-8:30, sats and school holidays 11:30-7pm, closed Sundays. Local authority. Michael Williams Palace Fulham Palace, Bishop's Avenue, London SW6 6EA Tel. 020 8222 8585, email Age range: 5 -16, closed access for disabled children. Voluntary sector. Mint Street Southark Bridge Road, London SE1 Tel. 020 7403 3747 Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Notting Hill Venture Community Centre, 103 Wornington Road, London W10 5YB Tel. 020 8960 3234, email Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Oasis Children's Venture Priory Grove, London SW8 2PD 020 7720 4276, email Age range: 6 -16, BMX dirt track; previously Larkhall Adventure Playground. Voluntary sector. Peckham Rye Homestall Road, London SE22 0SB Tel. 020 7635 0430, email Age range: 8 -15. Local authority. Play Space 1 Coral Street, London SE1 7BE Tel. 020 7803 0988, email Age range: 5 -16, children under 5 most be accompanied by an adult. Voluntary sector. Plumstead Blendon Terrace, London SE18 7RR Tel. 020 8317 9432 Age range: 6 -15. Local authority. Rockingham Estate Dickens Square, London SE1 4JL Tel. 020 7403 8337 Age range: 5 -16. Voluntary sector. Sands End Marinefield Road, London SW6 2LN Tel. 020 7736 6572 Age range: 5 -16. Voluntary sector. Shakespeare Walk Shakespeare Walk, London N16 8TB Tel. 020 7249 8405, email Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Shoreditch Mintern Street, London N1 5ES Tel. 020 7729 3770 Age range: 5-15 Local authority Slade Gardens Lorn Road, London SW9 0AB Tel. 020 7737 3829, email Website Age range: 5 -16. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2003 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Somerford Grove Northumberland Park, Park Lane Close, London N17 0HL Tel. 020 8808 0533, email Website Age range: 5 -15. Voluntary sector. Winner of the 2008 London Adventure Playground of the Year Award. Somerville Queens Road, New Cross London SE14 Tel. 020 7732 1403, email Website Age range: 5 -16. Voluntary sector. St John's Wood St John' s Wood Terrace, London NW8 0LP Tel. 020 7586 1884, email Age range: 5 -12. Voluntary sector. Stewarts Road Stewarts Road, London SW8 4UG Tel. 020 7498 3330, email Age range: 8 -21, open 3:30-8pm mon-fri, 12-6 sat and sun. Voluntary sector. Streatham Vale Streatham Vale Park, Abercairn Road, London SW16 Tel. 020 8764 3688 Age range: 5 -16, one o'clock club for babies and children up to 5 years. Local authority. Surrey Docks Trident Street, London SE16 2LN Tel. 020 7232 0846, email Age range: 8 -15. Local authority. The Dumps Oakview Road, Bellingham, London SE4 3QF Tel. 020 8698 2991 Age range: 5 -19, has chickens, guinea pigs and rabbits. Local authority. Three Corners Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB Tel. 020 7833 0795 Age range: 6 -14. Local authority. Timbuktu Grenville Road, London N19 4EJ Tel. 020 7272 2183, email Age range: 5 -14. Voluntary sector. Toffee Park 30 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QN Tel. 020 7251 0190, email Age range: 6 -13. Voluntary sector. Triangle Ashmole Street, SW8 1NE Email Voluntary sector. Tulse Hill Tulse Hill Estate South, London SW2 2EY Tel. 020 8674 3975 Age range: 5 -16. Local authority. Waterside Play and Youth Project London N1 Playground currently being rebuilt, will reopen autumn 2009. Running daytrips and outings during summer holidays but availability is limited. Weavers Viaduct Street, London E2 Tel. 020 7729 1295, email Age range: 8 -16, under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. Voluntary sector. White Horse White Horse Road, London E1 0NL Tel. 020 7790 5984 Age range: 0 -14, under 8s must be accompanied by an adult. Local authority. Willington Road 55 Willington Road, London SW9 9NB Tel. 020 7737 7929, email Age range: 5 -16, nature garden, sports pitch. Local authority. Woolwich Pett Street, Woolwich, London SE18 Tel. 020 8855 7321, email Age range: 6 -16. Local authority. York Gardens Lavender Road, London SW11 2UG Tel. 020 7223 3269 Age range: 5 -16. Local authority.
List of Southampton adventure playgrounds
Coxford Adventure Playground
Olive Road (In the dip) Coxford Southampton Telephone: 023 8078 3546 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 8078 3546 end_of_the_skype_highlighting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newtown Adventure Playground Northumberland Road Newtown Southampton Telephone: 023 8022 1260 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 8022 1260 end_of_the_skype_highlighting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weston Adventure Playground Hurstbourne Place Weston Southampton (Behind Canberra Towers) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoe Braithwaite Play Centre Fraser Close (Off Buchanan Road) Lordshill Southampton Telephone: 023 8074 0668 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 8074 0668 end_of_the_skype_highlighting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thornhill Adventure Playground Telephone: 023 8083 3004 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 8083 3004
LIST OF PORTSMOUTH ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS
Stamshaw Park adventure playground
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Buckland Park play centre, Malins Road
•023 9283 2611 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 9283 2611 end_of_the_skype_highlighting •Term time: Tuesday to Friday, 3.15 to 7pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm •School holidays: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm.
Landport adventure playground, Arundel Street
•023 9282 4571 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 9282 4571 end_of_the_skype_highlighting •Term time: Monday to Thursday, 3 to 6.45pm and Sunday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm •School holidays: Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm.
Portsea venture playground, Aylward Street
•023 9275 3237 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 9275 3237 end_of_the_skype_highlighting •Term time: Monday to Thursday, 3.30 to 7.15pm and Sunday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5.45pm •School holidays: Sunday to Thursday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5.45pm.
Paulsgrove inside outside playground
•023 9222 1527 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 023 9222 1527 end_of_the_skype_highlighting •Term time: Monday to Friday, 3 to 6.45pm and Sunday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5.45pm •School holidays: Sunday to Thursday 10am to 1pm and 2 to 5.45pm.
PORTSMOUTH ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS http://www.playinportsmouth.org.uk/pages/home/play-service/adventure-playgrounds
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