Play In The Park

What is Play in the Park?

Come and join with your little one in our Play in the Park May half term and summer sessions to have fun together. Drop-in from 10.00 until 14.00pm with regular songtimes.

Outdoor stay and play sessions for under 7s across the city in Ward Street, West Park and Phoenix Park with:

Active play resources such as balance beams and stepping stones
Rhymes and songs to join in with
Individual play boxes and play prompts to stimulate and engage your little one, with a range of sensory and physical activity resources
Chance to chat with other caregivers

Sessions are Pay As You Feel with support from National Lottery Community Fund

Come and join with your little one in our Play in the Park sessions to have fun together. Drop-in from 10.00 until 14.00pm with regular songtimes.

Outdoor stay and play sessions for under 7s across the city in Ward Street, West Park and Phoenix Park with:

Active play resources such as balance beams and stepping stones
Rhymes and songs to join in with
Individual play boxes and play prompts to stimulate and engage your little one, with a range of sensory and physical activity resources
Chance to chat with other caregivers

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“A brilliant place to take your children, lots of activities to keep them occupied. I was pleasantly surprised when i found that it suited both my 1 and 3 year old, I find it very difficult to find activities that suits both ages. The staff were lovely, they took time out to speak to all the parents which was lovely. There was also a lot of interaction between the staff and children also. Overall a very great experience!”

Rena – 2024

Capacity and Environment

To ensure we deliver a quality and safe play session there are small group numbers to help create a relaxed and calm environment. We encourage booking ahead due to limited numbers, but there are some drop-in spaces reserved for each sessions.

Individual play boxes with a range of resources
A variety of physical play stations

We advise you to bring and wear clothes suitable for outdoors – including the unpredictable British weather and will only cancel sessions should it be too rainy.

You are welcome to bring your own snacks to picnic with and a picnic blanket.

Structure of sessions

Play in the Park sessions have a short time singing and reciting rhymes every hour.

In between there are fun and varied activities to engage and entertain your little one within your own individual play box, and active play resources such as balance beams and stepping stones to allow hands-on learning and exploring through play, in a safe, natural outdoors environment within the city.