Play in the Park every summer :)

What is Play in the Park?

Come and join with your little one in our Play in the Park sessions to have fun together. Drop-in from 10.00 until 14.00pm with regular songtimes. 
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Outdoor stay and play sessions for under 7s across the city in Ward Street, West Park and Phoenix Park with:

• Active play resources such as balance beams and stepping stones
• Rhymes and songs to join in with
• Individual play boxes and play prompts to stimulate and engage your little one, with a range of sensory and physical activity resources
• Chance to chat with other caregivers

Sessions are Pay As You Feel in 2024 with support from National Lottery Community Fund.

Sessions were Pay As You Feel in 2023 with support from:
Grantham Yorke Trust at Ward Street Park
Heart of England Black Country Communities Fund at West Park and Phoenix Park

​For our full Policies please click here.

A brilliant place to take your children, lots of activities to keep them occupied. I was pleasantly surprised when i found that it suited both my 1 and 3 year old, I find it very difficult to find activities that suits both ages. The staff were lovely, they took time out to speak to all the parents which was lovely. There was also a lot of interaction between the staff and children also. Overall a very great experience!"
Rena, August 2022

Choose your session

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Capacity and environment

 To ensure we deliver a quality and safe play session there are small group numbers to help create a relaxed and calm environment. We encourage booking ahead due to limited numbers, but there are some drop-in spaces reserved for each sessions.

• Individual play boxes with a range of resources
  
• A variety of physical play stations

We advise you to bring and wear clothes suitable for outdoors - including the unpredictable British weather and will only cancel sessions should it be too rainy.

You are welcome to bring your own snacks to picnic with and a picnic blanket.

Structure of sessions

 Play in the Park sessions have a short time singing and reciting rhymes every hour.  

In between there are fun and varied activities to engage and entertain your little one within your own individual play box, and active play resources such as balance beams and stepping stones to allow hands-on learning and exploring through play,  in a safe, natural outdoors environment within the city.
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Really fun session, very friendly organisers, my daughter enjoyed all the stuff in the box! And the Sing song section :/) definitely be going and booking up again :-)”
​August 2022

In each session you will find:

• Friendly Faces!
• Songs and rhymes to sing along to
• Your own play station area 
• Active resources including stepping stones and balance beams
• Individual play boxes with
  • Sensory objects
  • Construction materials
  • Physical development games
  • Role play items

How do I get there?

Ward Street Park, Wolverhampton, WV2 2RE

By foot

From town go down the Bilston Road (A41) - continue down A41 until you reach 'Forester's Arms'. Turn right and follow until you reach Coningsby Drive. Walk down Coningsby Drive until you reach the park!

​By public transport

 Bus - number 79 from the bus station. Leave the bus at the 'Angel Inn'. Turn right onto Ward Street and follow until you reach the park!

Metro - from St George's to Priestfield. Look out for 'Forester's Arms'. Turn right and follow until you reach Coningsby Drive. Walk down Coningsby Drive until you reach the park!

​By car

Use postcode WV2 2RE and above directions.
​On-road parking available.

Phoenix Park, Wolverhampton, WV2 3JS

​By foot

Walk down Phoenix Street, to the bottom where you will see Phoenix Nursery School and a park entrance. Go through this entrance. You will see us from there! 

​By public transport

 Bus - numbers 8, X8, 530 from bus station or 1 from Police Station . Get off 8 and X8 at Silver Birch Road, walk down to Phoenix Street and follow directions above. For 530, leave at Whitaker Street, go down Dixon Street until Phoenix Street and follow directions above. For 1, leave at Knox Street and follow directions above.

​By car

Use postcode WV2 3JU and above directions.
Some parking available on-road at Park entrance at WV2 3JU, or on Phoenix Road.

West Park, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PW

​By foot

 Access from Southgate:​ Walk straight down path, you will get to the Tea Room on left. ​Access from gate opposite Connaught Road (near West Park Hospital and the toilet block​):  Walk straight down the path, the Tea Room will be in front of you and we are to the side.

​By public transport

 Bus - From the bus station - walk past the Molineux Football Stadium past Banks Brewery and take the side roads down to the Park entrances.

​By car

Use postcode WV1 4PH and above directions.
Some parking available next to Park, look for parking restriction signs.

We hope to see you soon!