In the next week or so, adventure playgrounds in Great Britain should receive an email from our friends and colleagues at Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, inviting them to participate in a survey to support and celebrate adventure playgrounds across Great Britain.
Roanoke College’s Data, Communities, and Playgrounds (DCPg) Project has developed a new interactive map based on data collated by London Play, Play England, The Playwork Foundation and individual volunteers including Jackie Boldon and Mick Conway. For more information about the origins of our list, visit playwork.foundation/apliststory.
This new combined list formed the foundation of Roanoke College’s subsequent desktop research, which gathered publicly available information to create a unique profile for each adventure playground to be featured on the StoryMap.
Now, we need the help of adventure playgrounds to validate and improve the information about their sites. There will also be the opportunity to add extra details and resources to enrich each adventure playground’s profile.
Why get involved?
💸 Participation is completely free – Roanoke College will host and update the map annually
📍 Put your adventure playground on the map (literally!)
🌍 Be part of the “live” picture of adventure playgrounds across Great Britain
🤝 Connect and collaborate with other adventure playgrounds
📣 Share your listing with your communities, funders, supporters, and boards
⏱ The survey only takes about 10 minutes to complete
The StoryMap is expected to go live this Autumn 2025. Once it’s launched, we’ll share the link with the Adventure Playground Network and post it on our website – and from there, it’s free to share far and wide!
If you’re an adventure playground and don’t receive an email within the next week, please contact PCRGroup@roanoke.edu to request it again.
If you’d like more information about the Network (including the StoryMap), you can email apn@playwork.foundation – a shared inbox managed by The Playwork Foundation and Dr. Mike Wragg of Leeds Beckett University, Play Bradford and Big Swing Adventure Playground fame.
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