We're All Grown Up!
Creative Play have achieved so much over the past 30 years. We have worked with thousands of customers, designed hundreds of fantastic products and created over 14,000 play areas. Why not read some of the fun facts about Creative Play below!
Years!
The number of years we have been creative fantastic playgrounds!
Playgrounds
We build an average of 29 playgrounds every month – we like to keep busy!
Targets
Sport is a great hobby for individuals of all ages and abilities! We have 26 Sport Target Panels within our product range, to get those budding Olympians started young!
Old friends
We have been working with our primary timber supplier for 25 years, ensuring we know the quality and performance of the raw material.
Months
We offer a 24 month, no quibble guarantee on all playground installations.
Click here for further information about our guarantees!
Our Factories & Offices
We moved to our current Chester premises in 1999, which means we have been here for 22 years!
Anniversary
2021 – Our 30th Anniversary!
Guarantees
Did you know we have 20 years guarantee on our timbers?!
Click here for more information about our guarantees!
Vehicles
We have 19 Creative Play vehicles out and about across the UK offering services to our customers for sales, install and maintenance – 2019 is the year we also bought our newest delivery lorry!
Our focus over the next 5 years is to reduce our reliance on traditional fuels. To date we have 2 electric and 1 hybrid vehicle with more on their way soon.
Warrington Hospital
We have worked with thousands of organisations across the UK including Warrington Hospital which we completed in 2018.
Check out the Case Study!
Jigsaw Play Towers
2016 – The year our Jigsaw Play Tower System was launched – it is now our biggest selling product of all time!
ISO9001: 2015
In 2015, our manufacturing and production process were accredited to ISO9001 standard, an internationally recognised Quality Management System.
Thousand
There are roughly 14,000 Creative Play playgrounds across the UK – who knew?!
Chester Racecourse
Unlucky for some but not for Creative Play, in 2013 we worked with Chester Racecourse installing one of our now best loved products The Pirate Ship.
Check out the Case Study!
Million
We estimate nearly 11 million children have enjoyed a Creative Play playground over the last 30 years!
Chester Zoo development
In 2010, we worked with Chester Zoo to create an exciting new playground
Check out the Case Study!
Experienced People
9 years! The average experience of each member of the Creative Play team, and this is increasing every year! As a whole the company has a combined experience within the playground industry of more than 400 years!
2008
In 2008, Creative Play bought Playgrounds UK, a specialist safety surfacing company, to bring in-house surfacing teams, expertise and reduce our reliance on third parties – allowing us to provide better value and higher quality services to our customers
times a month
We manufacture one of our most popular products, the Dart Activity Centre, on average 6 times a month – although it has gone through a couple of design changes, this product is 29 years old!
Playground Advisors
We have 5 experienced Playground Advisors based throughout the UK who can visit your site and provide an in-depth consultation for your playground ideas
Four(ty eight)!
Within our range we have Four(ty eight) different trim trail items to chose from – the biggest range within our product catalogue!
CNC Machines
The number of CNC machines in our factory. Fun fact… we bought our first one in 1999!
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2002
In 2002, we introduced square timbers as the primary material within out manufacturing processes as opposed to round timbers – did you know they split less than round timers?!
Creative Play is launched
Creative Play launched 1991
The company started out supplying pubs and breweries with fibre glass products just like this one!
The number of years we have been creative fantastic playgrounds!
We build an average of 29 playgrounds every month – we like to keep busy!
Sport is a great hobby for individuals of all ages and abilities! We have 26 Sport Target Panels within our product range, to get those budding Olympians started young!
We have been working with our primary timber supplier for 25 years, ensuring we know the quality and performance of the raw material.
We offer a 24 month, no quibble guarantee on all playground installations.
Click here for further information about our guarantees!
We moved to our current Chester premises in 1999, which means we have been here for 22 years!
2021 – Our 30th Anniversary!
Did you know we have 20 years guarantee on our timbers?!
Click here for more information about our guarantees!
We have 19 Creative Play vehicles out and about across the UK offering services to our customers for sales, install and maintenance – 2019 is the year we also bought our newest delivery lorry!
Our focus over the next 5 years is to reduce our reliance on traditional fuels. To date we have 2 electric and 1 hybrid vehicle with more on their way soon.
We have worked with thousands of organisations across the UK including Warrington Hospital which we completed in 2018.
Check out the Case Study!
2016 – The year our Jigsaw Play Tower System was launched – it is now our biggest selling product of all time!
In 2015, our manufacturing and production process were accredited to ISO9001 standard, an internationally recognised Quality Management System.
There are roughly 14,000 Creative Play playgrounds across the UK – who knew?!
Unlucky for some but not for Creative Play, in 2013 we worked with Chester Racecourse installing one of our now best loved products The Pirate Ship.
Check out the Case Study!
We estimate nearly 11 million children have enjoyed a Creative Play playground over the last 30 years!
In 2010, we worked with Chester Zoo to create an exciting new playground
Check out the Case Study!
9 years! The average experience of each member of the Creative Play team, and this is increasing every year! As a whole the company has a combined experience within the playground industry of more than 400 years!
In 2008, Creative Play bought Playgrounds UK, a specialist safety surfacing company, to bring in-house surfacing teams, expertise and reduce our reliance on third parties – allowing us to provide better value and higher quality services to our customers
We manufacture one of our most popular products, the Dart Activity Centre, on average 6 times a month – although it has gone through a couple of design changes, this product is 29 years old!
We have 5 experienced Playground Advisors based throughout the UK who can visit your site and provide an in-depth consultation for your playground ideas
Within our range we have Four(ty eight) different trim trail items to chose from – the biggest range within our product catalogue!
The number of CNC machines in our factory. Fun fact… we bought our first one in 1999!
YOUTUBE LINK
In 2002, we introduced square timbers as the primary material within out manufacturing processes as opposed to round timbers – did you know they split less than round timers?!
Creative Play launched 1991
The company started out supplying pubs and breweries with fibre glass products just like this one!