Building & Maintenance

Resources to help you keep your structures healthy, your staff confident, and your playground inspired.

Natural Play

Fallen trees as climbing structures

This briefing note covers practical issues in using fallen trees as climbing structures in your playground - including sourcing, moving, risk assessing, maintaining and adding play value.

Natural Play

Natural Play: A good practice guide to Children's tree swings

The good practice guide is intended to help outdoor playworkers to manage the risks - and benefits - associated with rope swings, and to provide practical advice on how to site, install and use them effectively.

Activities

How to build a Go-Kart

At London Play we love a Go-Kart. Here's our handy how to guide on building your own.

Building & Maintenance

Playground Maintenance with LPD: 2

Jerome and Luis are back with some more easy tips on playground maintenance. In this episode the pair look at screws, coach bolts and studding - literally riveting stuff (but ever so useful)

Building & Maintenance

Playground Maintenance with LPD: 1

Episode 1 in a series of videos from the guys at London Play Design, aiming to build confidence and know how on the most common repair and maintenance jobs on your site. This first episode deals with replacing deck planks on your structures, with a few handy hints and tips from the lovely Luis and