Children's play areas
Play areas are amongst the most important environments for young people outside the home. We're responsible for 51 play areas across the county, which are inspected and maintained on a regular basis by Street Scene Services. Further information about our play areas and locations can be found below. If a particular park isn't listed, this will be owned by another organisation such as a town or parish council.
Play equipment
Play helps to develop social skills, confidence, physical coordination, strength, and flexibility, which become lifelong skill sets that are carried forward into adulthood. Our play areas are designed with various play equipment apparatus, which provide spontaneous, enjoyable, challenging, stimulating and educational play for all ages, whilst meeting current safety requirements.
Play area locations and additional information
- Name
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Abney Avenue Play Area
- Description
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Playground with some inclusive features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Abney Avenue
Albrighton
WV7 3QZ - Facilities
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- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Benches/picnic tables
- Grassed area
- Multi use games area
- Football area
- Hard packed gravel pathways
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Alexandra Park
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Chestnut Avenue,
Craven Arms
SY7 9AE - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Name
-
Arundel Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Arundel Close, Ruyton XI Towns
SY4 1LY - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Name
-
Birch Grove Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to juniors
- Location
-
Birch Grove,
Ruyton XI Towns
SY4 1LG - Facilities
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- Junior play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Broadlands Way Play Area
- Description
-
Woodland play area with some inclusive features suited to all ages
- Location
-
Broadlands Way,
Oswestry
SY11 2YG - Facilities
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- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Benches/picnic table
- Ball court
- Football pitch
- Grassed area
- Woodland trails
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Brockton Meadow Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Brockton Meadow,
Worthen
SY5 9QN - Facilities
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- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Basketball area
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Brook Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Brook Road,
Craven Arms
SY7 9PX - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Name
-
Bryn Melyn Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with accessible features suited to all ages
- Location
-
Bryn Melyn,
Llynclys
SY10 8AF - Facilities
-
- Multi use games area
- Bench/shelter
- Grassed area
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Brynhafod Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Jemmet Close,
Oswestry
SY11 1RU - Facilities
-
- Multiplay/climing frame
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Chestnut Meadow Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Chestnut Meadow,
Bucknell
SY7 0BD - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Picnic table
- Car park
- Tarmac pathway
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Chirk Bank Play Area
- Description
-
Playing field/play area with some accessible features suited to all ages
- Location
-
Trehowell Avenue,
Chirk Bank
LL14 5EF - Facilities
-
- Combined junior/senior play area
- Large grassed area
- Outdoor gym equipment
- Benches/picnic table
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Churchfields Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Churchfields,
St. Martins
SY11 3HZ - Facilities
-
- Junior play area
- Picnic table
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Cordwell Park Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to all infants and juniors
- Location
-
Cordwell Park,
Wem
SY4 5BE - Facilities
-
- Junior/senior play area
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Name
-
Dahn Drive Play Area 1
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Dahn Drive,
Ludlow
SY8 1XZ - Facilities
-
- Junior play area
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Dahn Drive Play Area 2
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Dahn Drive,
Ludlow
SY8 1YG - Facilities
-
- Junior play area
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Doctors Meadow Playing Field
- Description
-
Playing field/play area with some accessible features suited to all ages
- Location
-
Aldersley Way,
Ruyton XI Towns
SY4 1JR - Facilities
-
- Combined junior/senior play area
- Large grassed area
- Football pitch
- Outdoor gym equipment
- Benches/picnic tables
- Nature walk
- Car park
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Dolgoch Play Area
- Description
-
Junior play area
- Location
-
Dolgoch,
Llyncls
SY10 8LN - Facilities
-
- Junior play area
- Grassed area
- Picnic table
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Fishmore View Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Fishmore View,
Ludlow
SY8 2PS - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Friars Field Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Friars Close,
Ludlow
SY8 1UR - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Hartmann Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Hartmann Close,
Cleobury Mortimer
DY14 8DE - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
High Fawr Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
High Fawr,
Oswestry
SY11 1SU - Facilities
-
- Combined junior/senior play area
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Name
-
Holly Green Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to all ages with some accessible features
- Location
-
Holly Green,
Oswestry
SY11 2PZ - Facilities
-
- Junior play area
- Teen play area
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Juniper Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Juniper Close,
St. Martins
SY11 3QL - Facilities
-
- Climbing frame
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Llwyn Coppice Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Llwyn Road,
Oswestry
SY11 1EP - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Grassed area
- Woodlands walk
- Name
-
Lowe Hill Gardens Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited infants and juniors
- Location
-
Lowe Hill Gardens,
Wem
SY4 5TY - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Name
-
Maes Alwyn Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Maes Alwyn,
Weston Rhyn
SY10 7JP - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Grassed area
- Benches
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Marches Meadow Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to juniors
- Location
-
Marches Meadow,
Ruyton XI Towns
SY4 1JY - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Bench
- Tarmac pathway
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Milars Field Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Milars Field,
Morda
SY10 9PU - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Mill Park Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Mill Park,
Whitchurch
SY13 1PB - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Morda Teen Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to teens
- Location
-
Weston Road,
Morda
SY10 9ET - Facilities
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- Teen play equipment
- Outdoor gym equipment
- Skatepark
- Bench/shelter
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Newington Way Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Newington Way,
Craven Arms
SY7 1UG - Facilities
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- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Grassed area
- Benches/picnic tables
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Newington Way Skatepark/Muga
- Description
-
Sports area suited to juniors and teens
- Location
-
Newington Way,
Craven Arms
SY7 1UG - Facilities
-
- Skatepark
- Pump track
- Multi=use games area
- Outdoor gym equipment
- Bench/shelter
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Normandie Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants
- Location
-
Normandie Close,
Ludlow
SY8 1UJ - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Parker Leighton Way Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Parker Leighton Way,
Morda
SY10 9RF - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Benches
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathway
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Parys Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Parys Road,
Ludlow
SY8 1XL - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathway
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Quail Ridge Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants
- Location
-
Quail Ridge,
Ford
SY5 9LF - Facilities
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- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Name
-
Sandpit Lane Natural Play
- Description
-
Urban greenspace
- Location
-
Sandpit Lane,
Hilton
WV15 5PX - Facilities
-
- Football goal
- Grassed area
- Name
-
St. John's Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
St. Johns Lane,
Ludlow
SY8 1PT - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Station Crescent Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to infants
- Location
-
Station Crescent,
Craven Arms
SY7 9RR - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Steventon New Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Steventon New Road,
Ludlow
SY8 1JZ - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Name
-
The Grove Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to all ages
- Location
-
The Grove,
Wem
SY4 5EG - Facilities
-
- Junior/senior play area
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Name
-
The Hobbins Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
The Hobbins,
Bridgnorth
WV15 5HJ - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Name
-
Tollgate Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Tollgate Road,
Ludlow
SY8 1TQ - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Football field
- Benches
- Sandpit
- Name
-
Trefonen Playing Field
- Description
-
Play area suited to all ages with some accessible features
- Location
-
School Lane,
Trefonen
SY10 9DY - Facilities
-
- Junior/senior play area
- Football field
- Multi-use games area
- Benches/picnic tables
- History walk
- Outdoor gym equipment
- Car park
- Tarmac pathway
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Unicorn Road Recreation Ground
- Description
-
Play area suited to all ages with some accessible features
- Location
-
Unicorn Road,
Oswestry
SY11 2ED - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Skatepark
- Grassed area
- Tarmac pathways
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Vashon Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants
- Location
-
SY8 1XZ
- Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Grassed area
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Wayland Road Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to all ages with some accessible features
- Location
-
Wayland Road,
Whitchurch
SY13 1RP - Facilities
-
- Junior/teen play equipment
- Infant play equipment
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Whispering Oaks Play Area
- Description
-
Play area suited to infants
- Location
-
Orchard Close,
West Felton
SY11 4LY - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Whitcombs Orchard Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to infants
- Location
-
Whitcombs Orchard,
Cleobury Mortimer
DY14 8RN - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Whitemeadow Close Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some inclusive features suited to infants and juniors
- Location
-
Whitemeadow Close,
Craven Arms
SY7 9QP - Facilities
-
- Infant play equipment
- Junior play equipment
- Grassed area
- Bench
- Suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
- Name
-
Wilfred Owen Green Play Area
- Description
-
Play area with some accessible features suited to juniors
- Location
-
Bridgeman Road,
Oswestry
SY11 2JP - Facilities
-
- Junior play equipment
- Seating/picnic area
- Grassed area
- Maze
- Hard packed gravel pathways
- Generally suitable for wheelchair users, people with mobility impairments and pushchairs
Safety
All sites are regularly inspected to ensure that the play areas are safe, the equipment is functioning properly, and the area is clean and cleared of debris and any harmful objects.
Inspection and maintenance of play areas
All our play equipment is thoroughly inspected to make sure that it's safe for continued use. Our Play Area Team are trained and certificated with The Register of Play Inspectors International (RPII). In between inspections regular maintenance takes place on equipment and on the surrounding greenspace.
Annual inspection
Yearly inspections are undertaken by independent members of the Association of Play Industries to ensure that our play areas continue to meet British and European safety standards. This inspection establishes the overall level of safety of the equipment, foundations and surfaces including maintenance issues, vandalism problems, wear and tear, weather-related issues and any installation faults. In addition, when new equipment is installed the equipment in question is subject to an independent post-installation inspection.
Play equipment repairs
Sometimes damaged play equipment can be repaired straight away. If this isn't possible the damaged item will be immobilised or taped off until it's possible for the repair to be made. If the repair requires the replacement of a standard item that's held in stock, a repair will be carried out as soon as possible.
Repairs requiring a non-standard item will take longer, as parts will usually have to be ordered. In these cases, we'll try to complete repairs within eight weeks, but this is dependent on the delivery time from our suppliers.
Occasionally, an item of equipment will be so badly damaged that it will cost more to repair the item than it's reasonably worth. In this case the equipment will be removed.
Report a problem
If you want to report a problem in a play area or if you find a fault with any of the play equipment you can report it here.