Adam Brookes - Wicksteed Playgrounds

Creating inclusive, exciting and challenging play spaces 🤸‍♂️🛝 multi-use games areas ⚽️🏀 and outdoor gyms 🏃🏾‍♂️🏋️‍♀️ for @WicksteedPlay

[Adam Brookes - Wicksteed Playgrounds @WicksteedAdam]

Good to be back in #Tamworth last week and drop by at the Castle Grounds 🏰 What an amazing #playarea it is! 🤸 Here is a link to the drone footage we shot not long after it opened https://t.co/ig7F60GeTs #wicksteed #playmuststay #ukmanufacturing 🇬🇧

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

A few highlights from our 150 Years Showcase 🎉

Factory tours ✔️
Site visits ✔️
Networking ✔️
Play testing ✔️

Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate 150 years of play and British manufacturing.

🎬 Highlights video coming soon...

#Wicksteed150 #150YearsOfPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

Play isn't just for kids 😉

Our visitors couldn't resist testing the equipment during today's factory tour!

This #InternationalDayOfPlay, we're celebrating the joy of play for all ages.

#ProtectPlayProtectChildhood #PlayMatters

[Play England @PlayEngland]

Bringing the power of play to the doorstep of power!

@PlayEngland was honoured to support the International Parents’ Day reception at No.10, celebrating the vital role parents and carers play in children’s lives.

https://t.co/vZ4WytQLZw

#ItAllStartsWithPlay! #ParentsDay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

Take a look at how our Swirl Inclusive Roundabout is brought to life here at HQ.

Precision engineering, skilled craftsmanship and British manufacturing at its best.

This is Wicksteed and this is where play begins.

#WicksteedPlay #BuiltToLast #ManufacturingUK #PlayEquipment

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

A proud moment at Number 10 Downing Street ✨

Championing the power of play alongside children and families. We look forward to sharing more from the day soon.

Read more: https://t.co/BAv7C7A8Dy

#ItAllStartsWithPlay #PlayMatters #TogetherWePlay @TomHayesBmouth

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

Our Managing Director Katherine Perkins is featured in @PlayNationMag with A Lifetime of Play.

Read her reflections (pgs 30-34) on nearly 40 years in the sector, Wicksteed's heritage and the future of play.

🔗https://t.co/Wxzh3ESZwX

#Wicksteed150 #150YearsOfPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Wicksteed family as a Contracts Manager for the South East of England. Find out more details here: 👇

https://t.co/J9EUVN2S9X

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

We’re proud to be featured in the latest issue of Landscape & Urban Design magazine, celebrating 150 years of British manufacturing and play innovation 💚

📖 Read online now: https://t.co/jbOR2sN9iJ

#PlaygroundDesign #OutdoorPlay #BritishManufacturing #150YearsOfPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

Trampolines bring big play value boosting movement, balance and shared fun 💚

Our range includes a wheelchair‑accessible trampoline, ensuring children of all abilities can bounce and play together.

#PlayForAll #InclusivePlay #WicksteedPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

🎥 Take a walkthrough of our new inclusive play area at North Dock, Llanelli 💙

Designed for all ages and abilities—because play should be for everyone 🙌

👉 Planning a project? Get in touch and let’s bring it to life.

🎥 | Dawn Fearn

#InclusivePlay #PlayForAll #Wicksteed

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

Looking to fund a community or play project?

The FCC Community Action Fund is now open: https://t.co/sEUJ68HyQk

✅Grants from £10k–£100k available
📅Closes 20 May 2026

If you’re planning a project, it’s worth checking your eligibility & we’re here to help bring it to life.

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

A bird’s-eye view of Westerton Play Area 🌳🛝

@EDCouncil has a newly transformed space featuring our iconic Canopy Multiplay Unit from the Treetops Range, plus spinning, swinging & imaginative play for endless adventure.

#Wicksteed #TogetherWePlay #PlaygroundDesign

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

A big thumbs up from local children 👍Everill Close play area has been transformed and is already being enjoyed by the community.

#ItAllStartsWithPlay #CommunityPlay #InclusivePlay #Wicksteed

📸| Barnsley Parks and Green Spaces

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

In 2026, we’re celebrating 150 years of British manufacturing in Kettering and a legacy built on engineering, innovation, and play 🎉

From engineering innovation to the UK’s leading playground manufacturer, Wicksteed has shaped generations of play.

#Wicksteed150 #BritishMade

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

We’ve supplied the UK's first Vertex climbing unit at Rhyddings Park for @HyndburnCouncil.
Our Area Sales Manager Lewis shared: “I used to be a climbing instructor, so seeing this climbing unit go into a playground is especially good to see.”

#TogetherWePlay #ItAllStartsWithPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

We were proud to welcome Rt Hon @RachelReevesMP to HQ, alongside @rosie_wrighting @TomHayesBmouth
& Eugene Minogue of @PlayEngland

The £18m investment in play areas will shape #inclusive #play spaces that bring #communities together across the UK.

#ItAllStartsWithPlay

[Eugene Minogue @EugeneMinogue]

Today I joined the Chancellor, @RachelReevesMP, together with @TomHayesBmouth MP, Chair of the @APPGonPlay and @Rosie_Wrighting MP for Kettering, for a visit to @WicksteedPlay to discuss the Government’s £18 million investment in England’s playgrounds and the role of the British play industry in delivering it.

https://t.co/Ga527NfN5f

This investment is welcome. It is the first national commitment to children’s play since the 2008 National Play Strategy and has the potential to improve up to 200 playgrounds in the areas that need it most. But it a starting point, not a finish line!

At yesterday’s @APPGonPlay, we brought together organisations from across the sector to set out what is needed for meaningful, long-term change. That includes not only capital investment in playgrounds, but a wider approach that recognises the importance of adventure playgrounds, staffed play provision and the playwork workforce. Without these, we risk improving playgrounds while leaving untouched the deeper issues affecting access, inclusion and children’s everyday experience of play.

Having the chance to discuss this directly with the Chancellor today was only important, but pivotal. While our conversation focused on three priorities for delivering lasting impact:

- A transparent, evidence-based model so investment reaches communities facing the greatest inequalities
- Strong national guidance to support councils to plan, design and maintain inclusive and sustainable playgrounds
- Long-term certainty for the British play industry

We also discussed the wider structural reforms needed: a National Play Strategy, Play Sufficiency legislation, and our bold, new strategy - It All Starts with Play! which sets out a ten-year pathway to restoring a play-based childhood in England.

It was a valuable opportunity to showcase the breadth and depth of British engineering, manufacturing and craftsmanship at Wicksteed. My thanks to Katherine Perkins and the team for hosting us and for demonstrating the capability and innovation that sit behind British-made play equipment.

@PlayEngland will continue working across Government, Parliament and the sector to secure further investment, stronger policy and a coherent, rights-based national approach to play. That includes ongoing advocacy for adventure playgrounds, the playwork profession and play sufficiency as essential public infrastructure.

#ItAllStartsWithPlay!

[Play England @PlayEngland]

£18m for England’s playgrounds & the British play industry

Today we joined @RachelReevesMP, @TomHayesBmouth & @Rosie_Wrighting at @WicksteedPlay to discuss how this investment can improve playgrounds & support manufacturing and jobs

https://t.co/uKvGLFJ9cB

#ItAllStartsWithPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

A real honour to welcome @RachelReevesMP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Wicksteed today — along with @rosie_wrighting, @TomHayesBmouth & @EugeneMinogue from @PlayEngland.

We showcased our British-made play manufacturing and the passion behind it.

#ItAllStartsWithPlay

[WicksteedLeisure @WicksteedPlay]

What a difference! 🌟

Hand Lane Play Area in Wigan is now an inclusive play space designed by Wicksteed—safe, accessible, and built for fun!

#PlayForAll #WicksteedPlay #CommunitySpaces #BeforeAndAfter @WiganCouncil