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Play areas, safety surfacing and sports areas, built by our own team
Since 2012 we have designed, built and repaired playgrounds, MUGAs and outdoor spaces for schools, nurseries, councils, parish councils and housing developers. Based in Darton, Barnsley, working across Yorkshire and the UK.
01226 897819 info@nwsplay.co.uk nwsplay.co.uk
From a single swing to a 10m play tower
We supply and install play equipment to suit the space you have, the age range using it and your budget.
Tell us about your site and we will recommend kit that fits, then install it to the right standard with the safety surfacing to match.
- Tower units
- Inclusive play
- Sensory play
- Climbing frames
- Early years
- Swings and roundabouts
Community playgrounds
- Built to the standards councils ask for
- Installed by our own team
- Safety surfacing laid to the right fall height
Schools and nurseries
- Kit that works for break and lunch time
- Can tie in with the curriculum
- Options for a wide age range
Your space, your way
- Free design help
- Mix and match equipment
- Bespoke accessories and panels
Get children moving without them noticing
Trim trails build strength, balance and confidence, and children just see a fun course to play on.
Each trail is built around your space and the children using it, so it can be as short or as long as you need.
- Monkey bars
- Balance beams
- Stepping stones
- Parallel bars
- Trapeze rings
- Climbing walls
- Great for break time, lunch time and after school clubs
- Encourages teamwork and social skills
- Improves agility, balance and coordination
Outdoor gyms for parks, schools and estates
Outdoor exercise keeps growing in popularity. We install fitness kit for adults and children, from cardio machines to strength and stretching stations.
Fitness kit sits well alongside an existing play area and gives schools a great way to vary PE lessons.
Cardio
- Air walker and air skier
- Cross trainer
- Arm and pedal bikes
- Cross country skier
Strength
- Parallel bars and chin up bars
- Sit up bench and bench press
- Bicep curl and pull down
Stretch and flexibility
- Hip twister and leg stretch
- Tai chi spinners and shoulder wheel
- Squat station
For children
- Big rig and skier
- Tandem rowing machine
- Double bike and monkey bars
Done properly underneath, so it lasts on top
Every play area, MUGA and surface is only as good as what is under it. We do our own groundworks, excavation and drainage.
We use well maintained plant and work to strict health and safety procedures, so the job is done safely as well as properly.
- A safe, level base for your surfacing
- Drainage so it does not hold water
- Longer life for the finished surface
- Spoil taken away, or reused on site for mounds and landscaping
Ground investigation
We check the ground before we start, looking for soil conditions, services and anything that could cause problems.
Site clearance
The area is cleared for easy access, topsoil is stripped and slopes are levelled. Retaining walls are built if needed.
Stabilisation
A compacted stone base to suit the finish, whether that is wet pour, tarmac, artificial grass or a stone path.
Services and drainage
Temporary or permanent drainage, and any water or electric changes done by qualified trades.
Safe, colourful and built to last
Wet pour rubber gives a seamless, safe surface under play equipment, in any colour you like, with graphics laid straight into it.
It is laid to the right depth for the fall height of your equipment, on a properly prepared stone base.
- Meets critical fall heights
- Slip resistant and lets water through
- No hidden hazards, easy to keep clean
- Colours that stay bright for years
- Graphics can cover old damage and freshen up tired wet pour
The natural look, without the bark
Rubber mulch looks like bark chippings but is far harder wearing, and it is one of the most popular play surfaces we lay.
- Meets critical fall heights
- Drains freely, so no puddles
- Stays put in all weathers
- Discourages weeds and fungus
- Made from recycled rubber
- Little to no maintenance
- Play areas
- School safety surfacing
- Walkways and paths
- Flower beds
Rubber mulch
A more natural look, great for paths and play areas in green spaces. Colours can be mixed on site.
Wet pour
A smooth, seamless finish with bright colours and graphics. Ideal for nurseries and younger children.
Multi use games areas, start to finish
A MUGA makes the most of the space you have, giving schools and councils one area for football, basketball, netball and more.
We handle the whole job, from the first idea through groundworks, surfacing, fencing, goals and line markings.
We make our own MUGAs, goals and fencing, all made in Britain.
- Artificial turf
- Tarmac
- Rebound mesh
- Goal ends
- Basketball
- Line markings
Full size MUGA
Around 30m x 15m. Heavy duty, for juniors right through to adult sport.
- Basketball nets at different heights
- Choice of goal sizes
- Anti climb fencing
Junior MUGA
Around 20m x 12m. Ideal for primary schools and smaller spaces.
- 1m or 2m high fencing
- Junior goals and basketball
- Ideal on tarmac
Goal ends
Standalone goals or goal ends built into a MUGA, designed and made by us.
- Full size around 3m x 2m
- Junior around 2m x 1.2m
- Galvanised British steel, basketball optional
- 20 year warranty on steelwork, galvanising and stainless steel
- 5 year warranty on powder coating
Fencing sized to fit, in any colour
Play area railings, sports fencing and school perimeter fencing, made by us in Britain, cut to suit your site and supplied in a choice of RAL colours.
Matching gates or a chicane entrance, and rebound mesh panels for the lower section of sports fencing so the ball comes back into play.
- Rebound mesh for MUGAs and ball courts
- Bow top and vertical bar for play areas
- Weld mesh perimeter and safety fencing
- Self closing gates
- Mix and match colours for posts and panels
Green all year round
Artificial turf gives you a usable surface in all weathers, for sport, play areas, seating areas and paths.
- Sports grade and play grade options
- Sports turf classed as FIFA equivalent, international match standard
- Sand dressed or needle punch
- UV stable, so the colour holds
- Shock pads under play equipment for fall heights
- Cheaper to look after than real grass
- Full pitch
- MUGAs
- Play areas
- Gardens
- Coloured turf
Fit and forget surfacing, brought to life with markings
Tarmac is the most popular surface for school playgrounds and courts. Add thermoplastic markings and it becomes a place to play and learn.
- Porous tarmac drains well and needs little upkeep
- Finished with precast concrete kerbs
- Thermoplastic games, sports lines and car park markings
- Lead free, anti slip and long lasting colours
Let's talk about your project
Tell us what you have in mind and we will come back to you with ideas and a price. Photos of the site help us price it quicker.
01226 897819 | info@nwsplay.co.uk | nwsplay.co.uk
NWS Play, Unit 20, Darton Business Park, Barnsley Road, Darton, Barnsley S75 5QX