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Playground equipment names

There are lots of different pieces of play equipment that you can choose to include when designing your playground. It can be quite overwhelming trying to whittle them all down when creating your perfect space.

We’re hoping to make that a bit easier for you by telling you the names of popular pieces of playground equipment. That way, you’ll know exactly what to ask for when chatting with your playground manufacturer.

Popular playground equipment names

It helps to break down different pieces of play equipment into product groups like adventure, natural and swings. There are so many amazing designs to choose from, so let’s dive in!

children using trim trail adventure playground equipment

Adventure

Adventure playground equipment gets children active and is great exercise. You might also see it called trim trial equipment. It helps them develop their problem solving abilities as well as working their muscles and motor skills. The names of popular adventure playground equipment include:

  • Chain bridge
  • Barrel tunnel
  • Cross over chain
  • Balance beams
  • Log, tyre or rope traverse
  • Wobble bridge
  • Rope walk
  • Monkey bars
  • Traverse walls

Scatterlogs

Scatterlogs are great additions to play areas and are a fun way to help children get up to play towers. They’re a carefully crafted wooden climber made with lots of logs secured together so children can climb across them while they play.

Natural

Natural playground equipment is great! It helps children connect with the natural world around them and lets your play area blend into its surroundings. It includes things like:

  • Mud kitchens
  • Discovery tables
  • Bug hotels
  • Climbing boulders

Creative

As the name suggests, creative playground equipment encourages children to tap into their imaginations. Equipment includes large blackboards and whiteboards, re-usable window canvases, and concave and convex mirrors.

Role play

We love designing exciting role play equipment that really sparks imaginary play. There are some designs that customers ask for time and time again because children love them so much:

  • Vehicles including tractors, trains and boats
  • Shops
  • Castles
  • Hobbit houses

role play equipment in a local playground

children using a rope swing

Sports

Many customers ask us whether we can create sports areas within playgrounds. We offer a wide range of sports goals multi-use games areas (MUGAs), daily mile tracks, playground fitness equipment and much more.

Swings

Swings are very popular pieces of playground equipment and have been for a very long time. Because of their longevity, many playground manufacturers have come up with a variations on the classic design. You’ll hear us talk about:

  • Basket (or bucket) swings
  • Infant and junior swings
  • Rope swings

We hope this has given you a great overview of different playground equipment names. If you’d like to learn more, browse our product pages and get in touch with our design team. We’d be delighted to help you get the playground of your dreams!

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