Family Business
We are a family run business, the same family still operate the business today.
Here at Creative Play, our team have been designing, manufacturing, and installing high-quality playground equipment in a variety of spaces around the UK since 1991. For nearly 30 years we have created more than 14,000 play areas for customers such as schools, nurseries, holiday parks, parish councils, pubs, farm parks and many more…
We are a family run business, the same family still operate the business today.
We believe over 11 million people across the UK have enjoyed Creative Play Equipment
We have 350+ combined years’ experience in the play industry
We have worked with many big established companies including Burger King, Chester Zoo, Alton Towers, the NHS and even the BBC!
Our product designs have been adding fun, imaginative flourishes of excitement to schools, local authorities, and the leisure and hospitality sector since 1991.
Employing a meticulous and extensive design process for the creation of play equipment suitable for children of all ages, the BS EN safety standards have always been at the core of our efforts. Dedicated to delivering high-quality play value, our designers continue to strive towards inclusivity and a green ethos.
Consultations guide partners to the best equipment for their needs and budget before it is brought to life by our dedicated team of designers, helping customers realise their dream play spaces.
They ensure play areas are laid out for maximum fun, to the highest of safety standards, and the strictest of space requirements. Providing visual creations for schools, councils, and attractions, as well as detailed plans for our installers, they bridge the gap between ideas and realisation.
Our playground manufacturing prioritises sustainability and durability with materials like recycled plastic and robust timbers. Aligning efforts with Carbon Net Zero goals, we operate from our own factory and have been busy enhancing processes for over 30 years.
Employing high-tech machinery alongside traditional woodworking skills, all our products are compliant with BS EN safety standards, and are weather resistant. The bespoke nature of our work means we can accommodate almost any budget, and over four decades have refined the craft to deliver precisely what customers want for school playgrounds, communities, and hospitality sites.
We provide a prompt and efficient delivery service transporting our playground equipment throughout the UK. Utilizing our own fleet and trusted partners means we have a great track record in timely arrival.
Deliveries and installations are overseen by our dedicated Installation Managers. With regular and accurate progress updates, they ensure stringent safety standards are adhered to while maintaining deadlines and quality assurances. All installers and project managers are DBS-checked.
Installation instructions are available for supply-only orders. Free delivery and installation available for qualifying UK mainland orders.
Let us help look after your investment. Annual inspections and maintenance ensure playgrounds remain in top condition and continue to be compliant with BS EN safety standards. They are carried out by independent, qualified RPII (Register of Playground Inspectors International) inspectors, letting us know of any required repairs.
As a company who design and manufacture all our own bespoke permanent playground installations, replacement parts are always available, even decades after purchase.
Over our time of trading we have built up a huge amount experience in delivering exciting, innovative outdoor learning environments and sports & recreational facilities. We started business working primarily with pubs designing and creating the classic fibreglass play trees and now creating high quality equipment using timber from trees! Customer service is top of our agenda and we are proud to be one of the leading playground and sports equipment providers in the UK. We look at each and every project as a totally unique space that needs to provide children with an area they find exciting, simulating, safe and above all fun!
All of our outdoor playground equipment is designed and manufactured in-house and meets the stringent requirements of BSEN1176. We take the safety of our customers and all end users seriously, which is reflected in the materials we use and the design and manufacturing processes employed.
We offer a range of playground surfacing, tested to BSEN1177 standards, including wetpour safety surfacing, rubber mulch & artificial grass.
We believe reducing the impact we have on the environment aids both our surroundings and the business and are continually looking for ways to be more environmentally conscious in all parts of the business.
We source and use sustainable materials where possible, including our timber, recycled rubber mulch safety flooring and SBR base used for under artificial grass and wet pour safety surfacing.
We have waste management targets as part of our KPI’s and aim to reduce waste and increase recycling both in the office and on site.
We also manage our impact on the environment through our fleet, with regular changes to our vehicles, replacing them with more efficient and lower emission models. The most recent addition to the fleet includes a hybrid vehicle.
We are also part of a cycle to work scheme, encouraging our employees to diversify their mode of transport into work.