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!
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
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!