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Adventure playgrounds

Play is an important part of every child’s development and essential both to their health and happiness.

Adventure playgrounds provide free, safe and supervised outdoor play spaces for children aged 6 and over who live or go to school in Islington.

The adventure playgrounds in Islington are run by three different organisations:

  • the council manages four playgrounds
  • Awesome Adventure Play manages six playgrounds
  • KIDS manages one adventure playground

Children must register with the provider before attending. Choose your playground below to find opening times and registration details. 

Cape, Cornwallis, King Henry’s Walk, Three Corners, Waterside and Barnard adventure playgrounds

Managed by Awesome Adventure Play. 

Summer holidays opening times

All six adventure playgrounds will be open from Monday 20 July to Friday 28 August, offering free, supervised play for children and young people at these times:

  • 10:30am to 1:30pm
  • 2:30pm to 5:30pm

Free healthy meal

A free healthy meal will be available for children at all six adventure playgrounds between 12:30pm and 1:30pm in the morning session. This is part of the free Holiday Activities with Food programme.

Childcare Hour for working parents

To support working families, Awesome offers an optional Childcare Hour between 1:30pm and 2:30pm, which costs £6 per child.

Children can remain safely at the playground during the lunchtime closure, so they can attend both the free morning and afternoon play sessions without needing to be collected or taken home.

This option enables a full day of supervised play from 10:30am until 5:30pm, with families only having to pay the one-hour childcare session.

School term opening times

Cape adventure playground

Monday to Friday, 3:15pm to 6:15pm for free play sessions.

Find out more about Cape adventure playground.

Cornwallis, King Henry’s Walk, Three Corners, Waterside and Barnard adventure playgrounds

Tuesday to Friday, 3:30pm to 6:30pm for free play sessions.

Saturday's Family Play sessions take place 11:30am to 4:30pm for free play sessions, open to all ages with a parent or carer.

Find out more about these playgrounds:

For more information and to register your child, visit Awesome Adventure Play.

Crumbles Castle, Lumpy Hill, Martin Luther King and Timbuktu adventure playgrounds

Islington Council is temporarily managing Crumbles Castle, Lumpy Hill, Martin Luther King and Timbuktu adventure playgrounds this summer. It will be looking for a new provider to take on these four facilities in the long term. For more information, see the council’s announcement.

Summer holidays opening times

All four adventure playgrounds will be open from Monday 20 July to Friday 28 August, offering free, supervised play for children and young people. The playgrounds are open Monday to Friday, from 10:30am to 5:30pm.

A free healthy meal will be provided for all children as part of the free Holiday Activities with Food programme.

Find out more about these playgrounds:

School term opening times

The council will be looking for a new provider to take on these four facilities in the long term. Please check back here for further updates nearer the time.

Hayward Adventure Playground

Hayward Adventure Playground managed by KIDS is a specialist playground for children with special educational needs or disabilities and their siblings.

For more information visit Hayward Adventure Playground - Kids. 

 

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