Custom-Made Children's Play Equipment: You Dream It, We Build It
‘From little acorns, big oak trees do grow’ The Tree House at Moseley Old Hall has grown somewhat quicker than usual. Built from FSC oak, weighing 13 tonnes and telling the story of Charles II’s hiding in an oak tree after the lost battle of Worcester, this is an exciting and unique design and construction. … Read more
This is the beginning of the large oak tree house we are building for the National Trust at Moseley Old Hall in Wolverhampton. The oak – all eight and a half tonnes of it – is now on site and we will be posting further pictures of the ongoing build, and hopefully a timelapse video, … Read more
Further to our recent post showing the four boys preparing to walk across Iceland (www.greatbigscaryworld.com) how is it I wonder, that my travelling sons manage to place themselves in areas that are threatening to be the subject of natural disasters? By this I mean one son was on a remote Pacific island during the Thailand … Read more
This project was completed – in the face of the worst weather conditions for 100 years – in early 2014. The apparatus is green oak with a stabilising stain and the playhouse – weighing five tons, with six separate play areas, has an engraved redwood frame, oak cladding and posts and cedar shingle roof. This … Read more
The Thameside Nature Park Play Area is now open. The Essex Wildife Trust opened the lighthouse themed play area on Saturday, 19th July, with their mascot badger doing the honours. We’re proud to place this unique, themed play area in our portfolio as one of our finest creations. We hope that its bespoke features will … Read more
Delighting children is one of the most rewarding parts of making play equipment. This is the last Tudor themed Wendy house that we delivered to Chloe, aged 4, as a birthday surprise. Bathed in warm sunlight from the setting sun, she was not expecting what she saw. When she finally took it all in she … Read more
Despite having been made nearly three decades ago, our original tudor style Wendy house, the very creation that initiated the birth of this company, is still standing. This structure is testament to the longevity of our products and we are proud to see it still looking as good as it first looked so many years … Read more
Built of sweet chestnut and sawn oak mainframes – both durable timbers – Sandringham Forest outdoor adventure play area is one of our latest creations. As we held the official opening, children were queueing up, desperate to start playing on the new play area. As soon as we cut the ribbon, they were off, climbing … Read more
We took this growler – an authentic replica of a Massey Ferguson tractor – all the way to Kongeparken in Norway . The park is partnered with Massey Ferguson in respect of one particular ride, and we were asked to produce a one-off realistic play tractor – so here it is! It really feels as … Read more
We built this brightly decorated wooden play train at short notice for a school that had ordered an original with another company. Unfortunately, this company went into receivership, so we stepped in and made a similar design to help out, and here it is! Not as magnificent, perhaps, as our usual constructions, but nevertheless much played … Read more