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Adventure Playgrounds

Throughout the city we currently offer 4 Adventure Playgrounds with purpose-built structures and Play Centres. All sites are staffed by a fixed team and occasional casual workers. The city has just received funding via Sport England and Single Regeneration Board to build a 5th, state of the art Playground, in the heart of Paulsgrove which is due to serve 3,000 children and parents. Please see the links below for all of our site information.

Our service aims to be child centred, friendly, safe and fun so that children can play regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, cultural background, physical and mental abilities.  However the nature of this play means children who use one of the Playgrounds cannot be confined to the playground or its grounds or prevented from coming and going as they please.  These Playgrounds are not aimed as Childcare. Children learn much by taking self-chosen risks: stretching themselves: making judgements; gaining in self-confidence.  They learn about their capacities and how they have the power to extend them.  Through challenge children learn how to assess risk and thereby develop the capacity to form sound judgement, capacity they will come to rely on as adults.

For further information call us on 023 9282 2251.

Registration

All Playgrounds are registered under OFSTED requirements and all staff are suitable to work with children and young people.

Adventure Playgrounds

Open access and FREE for children aged 5 to 13, fully staffed all year round:

Stamshaw Park Adventure Playground (Tel: 023 9269 0241)

Open Term Time: Tue to Fri 3.15 - 7.00pm & Sat 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm
School Holidays: Tue to Sat 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm

Buckland Park Play Centre, Malins Road (Tel: 023 9283 2611)

Open Term Time: Tue to Fri 3.15 - 7.15pm & Sat 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm
School Holidays: Tues to Sat 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm

Landport Adventure Playground, Arundel Street (Tel: 023 9282 4571)

Open Term Time: Mon to Thu 3.00 - 6.45pm & Sun 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm
School Holidays: Mon - Fri 10am - 1pm and 2 - 6pm

Portsea Venture Playground, Aylward Street (Tel: 023 9275 3237)

Open Term Time: Mon to Thu 3.30 - 7.15pm & Sun 10am - 1pm and 2 - 5.45pm
School Holidays: Sun to Thu 10am - 1pm and 2 - 5.45pm

Paulsgrove InsideOutside Playground 

Monday to Friday: 3.00 - 5.30 pm