Register Your Child for Adventure Play
We want you to come and play! Register your child for our adventure playgrounds now. For children aged 6 years and upwards.
Read more
What we do
We run services for children and families in Islington. Find out what we’re up to at the moment.
Read moreAbout Islington Play Association
Islington Play Association has been fighting for children’s rights for well over 40 years. We work closely with parents, carers and community members to ensure that the best possible environment is created for children and young people.
Find out more
Latest
BBC Sounds on Adventure Playgrounds featuring our CEO
Have a listen to our CEO being interviewed on the fundamental importance of free play for children via the link below:
The Imperilled Adventures of the Adventure Playground – BBC Sounds
...
Read more
IPA Art Gallery
At adventure playgrounds the children choose the content of their play. They decide what to do with their time, their space and their bodies.
One of the great joys of being...
Read more
Fabulous Murals at Toffee Park: Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Children at Toffee Park Playground have worked and played alongside artists from Mine Sweeper Collective to make two wonderful murals at their playground.
The pictures above do more than words to...
Read more
Paradise Park Children's Centre
Our beautiful centre hosts a nursery with excellent outside play facilities and a myriad of family support and health services.
View playground
Our Spaces to Play
Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground
We are working hard to make sure that the children of Islington still get access to excellent play opportunities during this stage of the pandemic. We plan to stick with...
Read more
Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground
We are working hard to make sure that the children of Islington still get access to excellent play opportunities during this stage of the pandemic. We plan to stick...
Read more
Martin Luther King Adventure Playground (Temporarily Closed)
Martin Luther King Adventure Playground is currently closed for improvements . We now have a temporary building and are waiting for toilets and electricity to be installed.
Martin Luther King Adventure...
Read more
Timbuktu Adventure Playground
We are working hard to make sure that the children of Islington still get access to excellent play opportunities during this stage of the pandemic. We plan to stick with...
Read more
Toffee Park Adventure Playground
We are working hard to make sure that the children of Islington still get access to excellent play opportunities during this stage of the pandemic. We plan to stick...
Read more
58% of Islington’s population live in social housing – 68% of these children attend adventure playgrounds
Why Play matters
Play is what happens when children are given the space to be themselves and explore their world, learning about what works and what doesn’t, in pursuit of their own intrinsic aims.
