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A welcome to Outdoor Play UK

A huge welcome to Aaron Reynolds

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A huge welcome to Aaron Reynolds who joined the Outdoor Play UK Team this week as a Playspace Designer. Aaron has spent time this week in our Devon based workshop meeting the rest of the team and getting familiar with our products and processes.

Here at Outdoor Play UK we have years of experience in manufacturing and installation of bespoke wooden playground equipment suitable for a variety of age ranges, schools, nurseries, community centres, holiday parks and public play spaces across all areas of the UK.

We are excited to be working with Aaron on new product design ideas and both existing and future projects! From all of us at Outdoor Play UK, Welcome to the Team!

Outdoor Classroom Day

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🌧️☂️ Don’t let the weather put you off! 🌧️☂️

Get on those coats and wellies and head outside!

Today we are celebrating #OutdoorClassroomDay

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Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day.

❗ Don’t miss out, save 10% on all our Shelters & Dens ❗

🌦️ Our full range of Shelters & Den products can be found here:

https://outdoorplayuk.co.uk/shelters-classrooms/

 

Including our Bespoke Dartmouth Gazebo that can be tailored to suit your needs with various customisable options and additional extras.

There are multiple options for creating your own unique gazebo to suit your play area.

For formal quotations please email 📧

And quote code NOV23. available until 31/12/23

 

Woodland Lookout intalled at Sherwell Valley

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The weather has certainly changed over the last few days! 🌧️☂️☁️

Our large selection of shelters and dens features a wide range of shelter and shade solutions for all weather outdoor learning and play. A fantastic variety of products to enhance any outdoor environment, providing a place for children of all ages to develop their social skills no matter what the weather, come rain or shine.

A child looking through the woodland lookout windowHave you seen the Woodland Lookout that we recently installed at Sherwell Valley Primary School ? The school chose to keep the natural coloured finish of the timber instead of the green timber finish shown on our product information sheet. We love this look and hope that the school are enjoying their new shelter!

Engravings on the school woodland look out shelterThe enchanting woodland lookout shelter features attractive nature inspired engravings and can include coloured green timber to seamlessly blend into any natural environment.

Perfectly placed in more rural locations, this shelter provides a place for outdoor socialisation and is a great addition to any play space, nature garden or public play area.

If you are interested in installing a similar woodland lookout shelter, outside classroom or any wooden play equipment at your school, park or holiday camp then why not give us a call on 01803 814 523

Wooden climbing trees for children's play areas

👀 NEW PRODUCT ALERT 👀

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Freshly installed at Highfields Spencer Academy last week.

Here’s a sneak peek at one of our BRAND NEW products, 🌳 Forest Climbing Trees 🌳.

Part of our NEW soon to be released N-RANGE ADVENTURE TRAIL, made up of 9 adventure trail favourites, newley redesigned with a modern and quirky look that will be COMING SOON, so watch this space and check back for more information in the near future!

See the timber climbing tree product page here

National Day for Play - Outdoor Play UK promotions

National Day for Play

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Following on from the National Day for Play which is celebrated each year across the UK on the first Wednesday in August with this years theme being #PlayingOnAShoestring we would like to offer 10% off of our brand new range of Skill Build Blocks which come in three different sets with two different colour choices.

Play is essential at all ages and stages of childhood, and is particularly important during times of crisis.
Play helps children and young people make sense of the world around them, deal with challenges, and build resilience.
Play is fun, enabling children and young people to make friends, blow off steam, and cope with stress and anxiety.
Play is vital for children and young people’s health, happiness, and skills development including creativity, imagination, and sense of adventure.

Click here to see our full range of Skill-Build Blocks

Our movable range of Skill-Build Blocks creates open-ended active and imaginative play to any supervised play area. The movable blocks have been designed to inspire and challenge children, and help develop gross motor skills. Children will build confidence as they test their balancing, traversing, jumping, and social skills, creating a new obstacle course each day.

For formal quotations please email
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And quote code PLAYDAY23. available until 31/09/23
T&C’s Apply, prices based on unit price only and excludes delivery. Excludes Scotland & Wales.

☎️ 01803 814523

 

A wooden play house painted in pink adorned with fairies

Pink Play House

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A very special project, for one very lucky little girl! 🧚🏻‍♂️

Made from sustainably sourced timber, this pretty pink playhouse will have a wonderful arched wooden door set within an arched frame, a shuttered peephole window to watch the fairies through and etched carvings of daisy flowers fairies and foliage making this play house a little girls dream.

A pretty pink playhouse made from timber

Most of the wooden play equipment that we make and install at schools, parks and play areas has a natural wood finish but not this pretty in pink playhouse.

A pretty pink play house with fencing and arched doorEvery so often we are asked to make something a little different for someone special and below are the initial design concepts for the pink playhouse which is currently under construction at our workshops here in Devon. Come back soon to see work in progress and the finished article.

A pink play house for a lucky young lady

A feather edge pitched roof with mock chimney finish this beautiful play shelter which will inspire hours of outside fun. Click here to see more of our outside shelters dens and playhouses

We can’t wait to see this play house assembled and installed !

Outdoor play equipment including a wooden tractor

Outdoor Play UK exhibit at the NEC Holiday Park Resort 2022 Show

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Although much of the outdoor play equipment that we supply goes to schools, nurseries and community centres we also supply many holiday parks and holiday villages throughout the UK.

NEC Holiday Park Resort 2022 Show

This year at Outdoor Play UK we decided to attend the NEC holiday park & resort show to display some of our wares. The show runs at the UK’s biggest showground, the NEC near Birmingham. The holiday park and resort show is hosted annually an runs for two days allowing exhibitors like us to display our play equipment to the 5000 plus visitors.

Wooden play farm animals including a cow

Wooden trains, tractors & boats for playgrounds

Exhibitors at the show include water parks, country parks and theme parks all of whom offer outdoor play equipment to their guests. Our emphasis is to provide high quality timber playground equipment and to create beautiful outdoor play spaces and learning environments that provide children with the right to free play. View our imaginative play equipment here.

A wooden play tower with blue plastic slide

Wooden play towers slides and swings

Our use of natural materials wherever possible helps to enhance a child’s experience through the use of the outside environment. This is proven to have a positive effect on the development of children’s creativity, communication, cognitive and gross motor skills. View our towers and climbing frames here.

Playground wooden totems and archway

Bug pods and planters for play areas

Another of our big selling points is that we use quality play grade timbers which are made from laminated redwood and we are one of few companies to pressure treat our timbers after the manufacturing process, when all cut and drill holes have been made. This is to ensure the timber is guaranteed against structural failure due to timber rot or insect attack, while prolonging its life and improving the return on investment. View our planters, pits and pods here.

Playground wooden planters, totems and bug pods

Wooden play animals for playgrounds

The show has been very good for us and has attracted a lot of interest in our wooden play equipment and in particular our new range of modular wooden pieces that we will soon be selling direct to holiday parks and schools alike. This range includes wooden play tractors, boats, planes and farm animals which provide stunning visual impact and hands on play for younger children. View our wooden farm animals and insects here.

Outdoor play wooden farm animalsIt was great to attend the show and to meet so many people who are looking at new ways to improve their outside play space. We hope that we are able to help you develop your ideas, creative vision and children’s imaginations to make your dream outdoor play space a reality.

Whether you were able to attend the show or not, we’d love to hear from you and your plans for developing your play space.

Outdoor Play UK refurbishes the Den in Teignmouth Devon

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The Den play area in Teignmouth is a local attraction that has recently won a green flag award for being one of the most popular open space destinations for resident and tourists visiting Devon and the South West.

Play area entrance wooden archwayThe Den offers a variety of attractions for both children and adults alike including the large, award winning refurbished children’s play area, a multi-use games area and an all new adventure golf course facility.

Outdoor Play UK were contacted last year to quote for an overhaul of the children’s play area and were very happy to be awarded the work.

The Den play area in TeignmouthA few months on and we started the installation of the play equipment at the Teignmouth sea front park. The scope of the work was all encompassing and included a range of our own wooden play equipment to be installed and some steel equipment supplied by Kompan a leading play equipment manufacturer.

Wooden play boat installed in play spaceThe play equipment includes a range of sensory and inclusive kit for children aged from two years to 12 years that encourages play and social activity among the children including investigation and some problem solving.

The six-week coastal themed refurbishment of the play area went well and all was completed on time ahead of the opening on July 22nd. After the opening ceremony there were some nice comments from the local councillor.

Cllr Cox said: ‘I am very pleased about the play park, it is a real boon for Teignmouth and it will help us with our tourist industry.

Children enjoying a circular see sawWooden play equipment manufactured and installed by a local Devon based company

‘It is also a great boon for locals, it is very good that this has arrived on time and on budget and I think it goes to show that Teignmouth is the premier holiday destination of the south coast!’

The outdoor play equipment includes a six-metre high ocean multi-play structure with a coastal theme, a range of sensory and inclusive equipment and other new play equipment that promotes swinging, sliding, balancing, rocking, traversing, climbing, hanging, spinning and gliding. In addition, Safety surfacing of various types was used to surround the play equipment.

A playground trampoline with safety surfacingOne of the most popular pieces of play equipment is the wooden play boat pirate ship which is always a favourite for the children and part of our imaginative play equipment range. The range includes play equipment that is accessible for children with sensory, physical or learning disabilities, including the wheelchair friendly carousel.

Playground swing set with swinging nestThe partly covered steel slide is also proving a huge success along with the variety of wooden play equipment. The pay area is divided in to separate age-based play areas allowing progression throughout the different age zones, encouraging children to challenge themselves, providing self-learning opportunities to discover risk and build their self-confidence.

A long slide installed in a play areaIt is nice to see the traditional play equipment in use including a see saw, traditional swings and climbing frames and pole climbers.

This installation of play equipment in Devon was one of the biggest undertaken by us at Outdoor Play UK and we are very proud of the finished result and the benefit it will bring in years to come for the residents and visitors of South Devon.

Read more at the Mid Devon Advertiser

Wooden shelters for outdoor learning in school field

Outdoor play and learning shelters

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Over the last few months, many customers in Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Dorset have come to us with requests for shelters ready for the summer months.

A wooden outdoor learnng shelter for childrenOutdoor learning is increasing popular with schools and nurseries as folk see the benefits it can bring to students development and overall health. Children of all ages can benefit from outdoor learning which can take many forms ranging from informal lessons in wooden shelters or outside classrooms through to trips away which combine adventure and education.

Inside the outdoor classroom for kidsAs the Institute outdoor learning institute put it, ‘Purposeful experiences in the outdoors can be a catalyst for powerful and memorable learning’ regardles of childrens age.

We offer a wide range of wooden shelters which are ideal for childrens play and learning. All of our shelters can be made bespoke to suit your needs such as adding tables, whiteboards/chalkboards, bench seating, leather roofs and bespoke sizes.

An open fronted wooden shelter for childrens schoolHere Above we have a bespoke half shelter with chalkboards and our Dartmouth Gazebo. They are great for outdoor learning, nature play and much more! All of our products are made using play grade red wood laminated timbers that come with a 20 year guarantee and provide a strong, durable and attractive finish which are friendly to children and the environment.

We offer a range of different seating types from bench seating to sets that can be set apart should you need to distance children. Aftercare and maintenance of shelters is equally important for the long-term success as the design and installation of the shelter but with our durable materials this is kept to an absolute minimum.

Contact us today to get a quote for your own shelter!

An outdoor play boat in a play park

Our new play boat HMS Ipplepen sails in to Devon

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When it comes to outdoor play most children like a play boat in which to explore their imagination. When we got a call from the local childrens play park asking if we could design and install a play boat we leapt at the chance of using our new design.

Having already launched HMS Bounty and HMS Blackpool, HMS Ipplepen was now going to become the latest addition to the fleet. Built using play grade redwood timber from FSC certified forests, the new design play boat comes with a bow sprite, waves lapping the bow, seating, clear port holes for keeping an eye out for pirates and a covered aft deck where the captain and crew can shelter in high seas.

HMS Ipplepen play boat installed in alocal outdoor play park

HMS Ipplepen play boat installed in a local play area

Imaginative play is so important for the development of children’s and what better way to encourage playground fun than to provide large pieces of play equipment such as boats, planes or tractors. Once you have fueled a child’s imagination they will happily play and explore the limitless opportunities while inspiring social and dramatic interaction and play. See more of our imaginative play products here

Imaginative play equipment installed in Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Dorset

Ideal for play parks, school playgrounds and holiday park play areas, play boats and other imaginative play equipment will provide hours of fun. One minute the boat is a pirate vessel allowing swashbuckling adventurers to rule the waves, the next its exploring the high seas looking for land and bounty. All it needs is a captain to helm the boat and crew to bring it back to harbour.

Play of this sort encourages role playing amongst the kids, they can embark on a voyage of exploration while developing their social and emotional skills and getting some physical exercise and fresh air as they play.

Made from durable smooth to touch sustainable timbers our playboats will last well and provide years of safe, fun play. Like all of our play equipment, our range of playboats come with our 20 year guarantee and will keep large numbers of children happy, active and engaged for a long time !

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