Campsites and caravan parks with great outdoor spaces have a real edge, especially when they offer something for the whole family. One of the most effective, and family-friendly, investments is a well-designed playground.
Adding safe, engaging outdoor play equipment to your garden not only appeals to families with young children, but also encourages longer stays, increased spend, and repeat visits.
In this guide, we’ll explore the benefits of outdoor playgrounds, the types of equipment available, safety considerations, and how Active Garden can help you create the perfect play space for your venue.
Why Install a Playground at Your Site?
1. Attract More Families
Parents are more likely to choose a destination with a playground, knowing their children will be entertained. A well-designed garden play area transforms your venue into a family-friendly destination, especially during weekends and school holidays.
2. Increase Dwell Time and Customer Spend
When children are happily playing, parents can relax and enjoy their stay for longer. This often translates to a better customer experience overall.
3. Stand Out from the Competition
Adding an outdoor play area is an excellent way to differentiate your venue from others in the area. A resort with a playground is more likely to be recommended and shared on social media.
What Kind of Playground Equipment is Suitable for Commercial venues?
At Active Garden, we specialise in supplying and installing commercial-grade outdoor play equipment that’s ideal for hospitality venues.
Our playground solutions are built to deliver maximum fun while ensuring long-lasting performance in high-traffic environments.
All our playground equipment is built for heavy, repeated use and designed to withstand the demands of outdoor, public environments. Many products come with steel ground anchors, pressure-treated timber, and stainless steel or galvanised fittings to ensure long-term durability. Plus, everything we supply meets or exceeds EN1176 safety standards, making it suitable for commercial installation in public settings such as pubs, schools, and parks.
We understand that holiday destinations need outdoor equipment that is safe, robust, weather-resistant, and appealing to a wide age range—and our carefully selected range is designed to meet those needs:
● Wooden Climbing Frames: Our commercial wooden climbing frames are a top choice for venues looking to create an exciting and durable outdoor play space. We offer a wide range of options to suit different age groups, spaces, and budgets, including:
● Active Climbing Frames & Play Towers – Designed and built in-house, our modular climbing towers can be fully customised—from platform heights and layouts to climbing features and slides. Made from premium timber and installed by our expert team, they offer unbeatable value, durability, and a bespoke play experience tailored to your play area.
● Hy-Land Climbing Frames – These pre-designed commercial towers provide solid play value and meet EU safety standards. While suitable for tighter budgets, they come with fixed layouts and don’t include installation as part of the price, making them less flexible than our custom-built Active range.
● Panelled and Themed Climbing Frames – Add visual appeal and storytelling potential to your playground with colourful, themed towers and panel-based designs.
● All Out Play Playhouses – Beautifully crafted wooden playhouses and castles that encourage creative, open-ended play while complementing natural pub garden settings.
All our climbing frames are built from high-quality timber and commercial-grade materials to ensure long-lasting performance and weather resistance. They’re also designed to blend seamlessly with natural gardens, helping you create a welcoming space that children love—and parents appreciate.
Swings and Slides: A classic and cost-effective option, our standalone swing sets and slides can be added to any garden play area. Available in various sizes and materials, they’re suitable for toddlers through to older children.
Toddler Towers and Early Years Equipment: Designed for younger children, our toddler towers and Early Years play units focus on imaginative and sensory play, with lower platforms and safety-first features. These units are perfect for creating an inclusive, family-friendly space.
Trim Trails and Clamber Stacks: Adventure trim trails and clamber stacks offer physical challenges that help build balance, coordination, and confidence. They’re a fantastic way to create an obstacle course-style layout that encourages repeat visits.
Other Options to Enhance Your Playground: Add extra play value and comfort with freestanding play units, timber items like stepping logs and crawl tunnels, sandpits, fun spring rockers, and outdoor shelters or gazebos. These flexible features are ideal for smaller spaces and help create a welcoming, family-friendly environment.
Safer Surfacing, an important area generally overseen.
In addition to supplying robust, commercial-grade equipment, we also provide a full range of safety surfacing solutions that reduce the risk of injury from slips, trips, and falls—particularly from climbing frames, swings, and elevated platforms. We ensure that every safe surface we supply and install complies with EN1177 standards for safety surfacing, giving pub owners complete peace of mind that their outdoor play area meets the required guidelines for public use. All our surfacing options are designed to meet or exceed critical fall height (CFH) standards, ensuring they provide the necessary cushioning to minimise the risk of serious injury in the event of a fall. They’re also non-slip, permeable, and suitable for year-round use, making them ideal for busy playgrounds.
At Active Garden, our team can help you select the most suitable surfacing option based on your space, equipment, and budget—whether you’re upgrading an existing play area or building a new one from scratch. Popular safety surfaces include: Rubber Grass Mats (Safagrass), Rubber Chippings / Bark /, Bonded Rubber Mulch, Wet Pour Surfacing, Artificial Grass with Shock Pad, Rubber Tiles
Installation service – all done for you.
At Active Garden, we provide professional playground installation services throughout most of the UK mainland, including England, Wales, and parts of Scotland. Our experienced installation team handles everything from ground assembling and securing the play equipment, ensuring each playground meets all relevant health and safety regulations, to installing adequate surfacing that is compliant with regulations.
Whether you’re installing a compact toddler play zone or a large-scale climbing adventure, we deliver a hassle-free service that gets your pub playground up and running quickly and safely.
Custom Designs and Expert Advice
No two spaces are the same, which is why we offer bespoke playground design services tailored to your available space, customer base, and budget. We can help you create a fun, functional play space that complements your venue’s aesthetic and appeals to your family customers.
Our friendly, knowledgeable team will guide you through every step—from equipment selection and layout planning to surfacing advice and safety compliance—ensuring you make the most of your investment.
Invest in a Pub Playground from Active Garden
Investing in an outdoor playground is a smart move that delivers long-term value. From increased customer satisfaction to stronger family appeal, an outdoor play area can transform your outdoor space into a buzzing, family-friendly destination.
Whether you’re upgrading your playground or starting from scratch, Active Garden can help you design a fun, practical, and safe play area tailored to your venue.
Ready to create your playground? Contact Active Garden today for expert advice, a tailored quote, and a no-obligation consultation.
