Environmental health 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

Abney Avenue Play Area

Description

Playground with some inclusive features suited to infants and juniors

Location

Abney Avenue
Albrighton
WV7 3QZ

Facilities
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.