A 50-meter zip wire, natural climbing structures and sand.
A big sandpit, a basket swing, a roundabout and logs and ropes to climb, so it works from toddlers right up to about twelve.
A nautical ship to climb, a double slide and talking tubes, all fenced, and it suits toddlers up to about 11.
Big sandpits to dig in and a newer Junior Play Zone for the youngest.
Timber beams and rope webs to climb, little nature games tucked around, and a basket swing.
Palace garden play area with towers, a dragon, a grotto, sand and a splash pad, for kids under 12 and included with palace admission.
A big pirate galleon to board, a treehouse and plenty of sand.
A giant sandpit, a timber treehouse to climb, ropes and swings.
The zip wire is the draw, with swings and slides for kids still working up to it, and accessible equipment too.
Paddington-themed toddler swings, a play train and small row-house slides, with a separate climbing area for older kids.
Swings, a seesaw and a sandpit, a few steps from the lake.
A ship to climb, a slide through a shark's jaws and sea-themed sensory play for the youngest.
Timber trails, a zip line and a mud kitchen tucked between the wildlife-watching spots, so kids burn off energy between the quiet bits.
Bamboo to weave through and worm-hole tubes to slide down, all near a giant oak with a canopy walk.
Free museum with a water, light and building play area for ages 3 to 5 and Wonderlab experiments for ages 7 to 14.
Treehouses, rope bridges, zip wires, sand pits and rock pools, with a café next door.
Free museum with dinosaur, mammal and volcano galleries, plus baby change, feeding spaces and lifts.
A roaring T. rex, then Triceratops and Iguanodon fossils up close.
Patterns on touchscreens, robot trails to follow and water ripples your kid can play with and stay dry.
A hands-on gallery for kids up to 6, with water for floating and sinking, a construction area, and light, shadows and sound to play with.
Foam bricks to build with, stories to invent, and a mini museum just for under-threes.
Soft play shaped like aircraft to climb and slide through, with a separate corner for toddlers.
A playzone of little trains, boats and a cable car your kid gets to drive, made for under-fives.
Race down giant friction slides, watch lightning experiments, then get hands-on with everything else.
Two floors of make-believe story worlds to crawl through, then an outdoor garden to spill into when they need air.
Kids sort pretend mail, run their own post office and take the slide down. Made for the age that loves playing grown-up jobs.
Free museum and gardens with an animal walk of alpacas and goats, a big walrus, a gallery of musical instruments, a butterfly house and an aquarium.
Free maritime museum with AHOY, a play gallery for kids up to seven, and a giant map of the world to walk across.
A creative play pavilion with sessions for babies, toddlers and kids up to eight, including storytelling for under-fives and sessions for adults with new babies.
An indoor amusement park with rides, games and mezzanine soft play areas for toddlers, plus a pizza and ice cream restaurant on site.
Old tea clipper where kids take the wheel, spin on a compass roundabout and climb through a Kraken play area.
Indoor soft play sized for children from toddlers up to about four feet tall, run out of a community center.
A smaller, long-established indoor soft play inside a shopping center, for toddlers and kids up to ten.
A large indoor soft play space with plenty of room to climb, slide and run around, and it hosts birthday parties too.
Soft play in a community hub with three levels, two slides, crawl tunnels and hidey holes, plus a junior section for young climbers.
A giant inflatable arena with an under-4s area and Inflata Tots preschool sessions where toddlers and grown-ups bounce together.
Soft play and adventure park with slides, climbing walls, go-karts, mini golf and UV-lit tunnels, plus a Toddler Village for under-fives.
Adventure soft play with a homemade-food cafe and an outside space, a long-running spot for toddlers and preschoolers to climb and run around.
South Bank observation wheel with slow enclosed pods for spotting landmarks over the river.
A big indoor soft play for toddlers to climb and slide, with a cafe for the grown-ups.
A pretend town for young kids, with role-play spaces set up as a cafe, supermarket, vet, medical center and construction site.
Historic observatory where kids stand with one foot on each side of the Prime Meridian, with the city's only planetarium next door.
Historic fortress with the Crown Jewels, armor and tower stories, best for kids around 8 and up.
Soft play inside a leisure center for kids up to ten, with a separate area just for the under-fives.
