Eccleshill Adventure Playground

Eccleshill Adventure Playground, locally known as The Big Swing, is an Adventure playground that has operated in Eccleshill Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire since 2006. It is located beside the Ravenscliffe estate and provides open access adventure play for children and young people from five years to sixteen.[1]

The Big Swing
TypeAdventure playground
LocationEccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Nearest cityBradford
Operated byEccleshill Adventure Playground
OpenFree and open to 13s and below Tuesday-Friday 3:30 – 6:00 pm
Saturday: Family session for all ages
WebsiteOfficial website

The playground is staffed by playworkers and runs a mobile play programme in deprived areas and a playworker apprentice programme.[2][3]

The Big Swing

The Big Swing, which gives the playground its name, is the biggest of its kind in the north of England.[4] An Adventure playground, The Big Swing has den and structure building, a cooking camp with fire, a 50 ft zip-wire, tools and loose parts, a jumping tower and slide, a playhouse, and two sunken trampolines.[5]

References
  1. "Eccleshill Adventure Playground (The Big Swing)". divabradford.org.uk. Diva Bradford. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. Griffiths, Kathie (9 May 2016). "More than £760,000 from the Big Lottery Fund shared between groups including Eccleshill Adventure Playground and the University of Bradford". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford, UK. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. "All about us". thebigswing.org. Eccleshill Adventure Playground. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. "Bradford's Big Swing is back in action". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford, UK. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. "Top 10 best free adventure playgrounds in the UK". playgroundprofessionals.com. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2016.


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