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.
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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 50 years. We work closely with parents, carers and community members to ensure that the best possible environment is created for children and young people.
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Latest
Summer 2025 FREE Play at Adventure Playgrounds!
Join Us for a Summer of Free Play!
Looking for exciting, active, and totally free things to do this summer? Come and join us for Summer Play at our Adventure Playgrounds...
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May Half-Term FREE Play at Adventure Playgrounds!
This May Half-Term, Islington Play Association is offering free play sessions at four Adventure Playgrounds for children aged 6 and up. Activities include den building, gardening, crafts, sports, dancing, cooking,...
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Free Play at Adventure Playgrounds during Easter break!
At this Easter break, Islington Play Association is running FREE play services at four Adventure Playgrounds. Children can get stuck into egg hunting, den building, gardening, sports, dancing, cooking, crafts...
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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.
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Our Spaces to Play
Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground
Crumbles Castle is overlooks Bingfield Park. as you enter the playground you will find yourself transported out of the city and into a nature-filled wonderland with hidden swings and secret...
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Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground
Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground is a warm, welcoming space where children can run free, have water fights, help out in the vegetable garden and join in the kick about.
It is...
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Martin Luther King Adventure Playground
Martin Luther King Adventure Playground takes up a whole corner of Paradise Park and is a special place just for children.
It is important that parents and carers understand that our...
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Timbuktu Adventure Playground
Timbuktu is a safe haven – the garden that everyone wants to play in. Come make new friends, paint your portrait, climb on the rope bridge, hide in the treehouse,...
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Toffee Park Adventure Playground
We are excited to announce that our Toffee Park Adventure Playground will be undergoing a major redevelopment! While this means the playground will be temporarily closed, we are committed to...
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40% 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.
