Founded | June 2006 |
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Type | Non-profit organization |
Purpose | Charitable |
Location |
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Area served
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Bradford, West Yorkshire |
Method | adventure playground |
Staff
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6 |
Website | www |
The Big Swing | |
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Type | Adventure playground |
Location | Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire |
Nearest city | Bradford |
Operated by | Eccleshill Adventure Playground |
Open | Free and open to 13s and below Tuesday-Friday 3:30 - 6:00 PM Saturday: Family session for all ages The Big Swing Opening Times |
Official website |
Eccleshill Adventure Playground, locally known as The Big Swing, is an Adventure playground that has operated in Eccleshill Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire since 2006. It is located beside the Ravenscliffe estate and provides open access adventure play for children and young people from five years to sixteen.
The playground is staffed by playworkers and runs a mobile play programme in deprived areas and a playworker apprentice programme.
The Big Swing, which gives the playground its name, is the biggest of its kind in the north of England. An Adventure playground, The Big Swing has den and structure building, a cooking camp with fire, a 50ft zip-wire, tools and loose parts, a jumping tower and slide, a playhouse, and two sunken trampolines.