4 Top Tips for Indoor Playground Developments
4 Top Tips for Indoor Playground Developments An indoor playground is a great development idea for schools, leisure sites, and sports grounds. An extra space for play out of the elements helps any site remain well-attended and well-loved all year round. With the winter months coming up, prepare your play sites for a combined indoor […]
Bring Creativity into Your Unique, Themed Playground Design
Bring Creativity into Your Unique, Themed Playground Design Your sports or play area deserves a unique playground design that is exciting and fits in with the surrounding area. A themed playground with a colourful bright design is a great way to generate buzz around a new or refurbished play area. Get your local community interested […]
Your Expert Guide to FlexCourt for Sports Surfaces
FlexCourt multigame sports surfaces are a premium indoor and outdoor sports court material. PlaySmart is FlexCourt’s UK distributor. We are therefore, here to give you the run-down of how your outdoor sports areas can benefit from FlexCourt sports surfaces Where should you Install FlexCourt? As a multigame sports surface, FlexCourt is appropriate for sports court surfaces for […]
Playground Safety Surfacing Standards
Playground safety surfacing has requirements, also known as standards, to live up to. Whether you’re a school, council, playground equipment manufacturer or landscape architect, you need to understand the playground surfacing requirements to ensure the safety of your playground is top notch. So, what are the playground surfacing standards? The main ones you’ll hear about […]
Playground design ideas
We’ve come up with five playground design ideas to help spark your imagination once you’ve decided the best surface for your playground. For each design idea, we’ve give you a couple of examples, so no matter what stage your design is at, you’ve got plenty to consider! 1. Shapes A simple, yet effective playground design […]
Best Surface for a Playground
When designing or maintaining a playground it is very important to ensure the ground is the best it can be. Patterns and designs within the play area can stimulate a child’s mind. Therefore, if aesthetics is a top priority for you, your surfacing selection needs to be a key consideration. Regardless of this though, choosing […]
Top 10 Installations of 2019
We’re coming to the end of another successful year (doesn’t time fly!). 2019 has seen a whole range of play installations undertaken, from the bread-and-butter that is grass mats to the brand new combination of artificial grass and wet pour. We figured we would round up our favourite projects to give you our Top Ten […]
10 Reasons to Choose Synthetic Playground Surfacing
Before we dig in to our 10 reasons to choose synthetic playground surfacing, we want to make it clear what we mean by that. ‘Synthetic’ surfaces are products such as; bonded rubber mulch, rubber wet pour, artificial grass and rubber grass mats. ‘Natural’ play surfaces include; bark, gravel, sand and woodchip. 1. It lasts longer […]
6 Things to Consider When Designing a Playground
There are a lot of things to consider when designing a playground. Regardless of whether you are updating an old area or developing a brand new one, we wanted to highlight the top 6 priorities. By thinking about each of these areas, you are more likely to create a playground which both intrigues children and […]
Umberslade Farm Park Case Study
New Wet Pour Rubber Surfacing at Umberslade Farm Park We have recently installed RubbaSmart in the newly renovated Indoor Play Barn at Umberslade Farm Park. RubbaSmart is our Wet Pour Rubber material that creates a smooth, secure surface. At Umberslade, young children can enjoy the opportunity to bottle feed newborn lambs and calves. They can also […]
