Design for Play: a guide to creating successful play spaces

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Index of Photographs, Design for Play 2008

Introduction

	Wyvis Street Play Space, Tower Hamlets
	Climbing Forest, Coombe Abbey Country Park

Design Principles

Principle 1: Successful play spaces are 'bespoke'

	Balmaha Play Landscape, Stirlingshire
	Milton Keynes Bus Station Skate Park

Principle 2: Successful play spaces are well located

	Invermead Close, Hammersmith & Fulham
	Mast House Terrace, Tower Hamlets
	Milton Keynes Bus Station Skate Park

Principle 3: Successful play spaces make use of natural elements

	Chapelfield Play Area, Cowie, Stirlingshire
	Wyvis Street, Tower Hamlets
	Princess Diana Playground, Kensington & Chelsea

Principle 4: Successful play spaces provide a wide range of play experiences

	Trefusis Playing Field, Kerrier Cornwall
	Waverley Park, Stirling
	Causewayhead Park, Stirling

Principle 5: Successful play spaces are accessible to both disabled and non-disabled children

	Inclusion by Design, KIDS
	Princess Diana Playground, Kensington & Chelsea

Principle 6: Successful play spaces meet community needs

	Cowley Street Teenage Space, Lambeth
	Spacemakers, Bristol

Principle 7: Successful play spaces allow children of different ages to play together

Wyvis Street, Tower Hamlets

Principle 8: Successful play spaces build in opportunities to experience risk and challenge

	Cutsyke Play Forest, West Yorkshire
	Climbing Forest, Coombe Abbey Country Park

Principle 9: Successful play spaces are sustainable and appropriately maintained

	Causewayhead Park, Stirling
	Horsham Park

Principle 10: Successful play spaces allow for change and evolution

Dilkes Park, Thurrock

Summary

Causewayhead Park, Stirling