Case Studies

St Catherine's Primary School, Manchester

The School had a requirement to create a new and exciting outdoor classroom and play area and asked Broxap (and their playground division Hand Made Places) to provide this...

Chatten Free School, Essex

A courtyard has been transformed into a ‘practice’ park to help young people with autism gain experience of being in a public place while still in a supportive school environment...

St Mary’s Garden Village, Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye’s skyline has formed the inspiration for new community facilities at a residential development.

Peel Park, Bradford

Hand Made Places have installed a natural and wildlife themed play area which enhances this already beautiful green space.

Boldon Children's Centre, Boldon Colliery

Hand Made Places completed a project at the Boldon Children’s Centre in Boldon Colliery, a small village in Tyne and Wear. The project saw us install a Caversham Gazebo for children to use as covered outdoor area...

Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Hand Made Places worked with Parkdean Holiday Resorts UK Ltd., to create a bespoke tree house style play unit which incorporated a range of different features to create a fun piece of apparatus for the children visiting Vauxhall Holiday Park...

Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, East Sussex

Hand Made Places created a bespoke animal themed playground in keeping with Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare's aesthetic.

Beaulieu National Motor Museum - Bespoke Play Bus

Hand Made Places were successful in gaining the contract to produce a bespoke play unit for the Beaulieu National Motor Museum. This world renowned museum is home to many historical vehicles including both Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the Flying Ford Anglia from the Harry Potter films.

Old Dalby C of E Primary School

Hand Made Places were approached by Old Dalby C of E Primary School in Leicestershire. They wanted to convert a small area into a multiplay activity area.

Appleby Magna Recreation Ground

Hand Made Places were approached by Appleby Magna Parish Council to provide them with a wide range of playground equipment for an already established recreational ground in Appleby Magna, Derbyshire.

St Stephen's C of E First School

Hand Made Places manufactured and installed brand new playground equipment for St Stephens Church of England First School in Redditch.

St Peters Catholic Primary School

Hand Made Places installed a large range of play equipment at St Peter’s Catholic Primary School the equipment was installed to promote active play.

St Johns C of E Primary School

St Johns C of E Primary School in Hampshire required a series of different pieces of playground equipment in order to enhance their outdoor area.

Park View Primary Academy

Hand Made Places recently installed playground equipment at Park View Primary Academy in Leeds. The new outdoor play equipment is used to encourage physical play, and provide a new innovative way of learning in early years pupils.

Neasden Primary School

Neasden Primary School in Hull required a range of outdoor play and gym equipment, in order to promote a more active lifestyle.

King George V Playing Fields

King George Playing fields in Chew Magna, Somerset requested a play area that would help to enhance their community life.

Holybourne Park

Hand Made Places installed a bespoke Beddington Climbaround at Holybourne Park. This single piece of play equipment is host to a multitude of fun activities

Herne Junior School

Sunshine Gym supplied a range of children’s outdoor gym equipment to Hand Made Places, for their project at Herne Junior School in Hampshire.

Crondall Primary School

Crondall Primary School in Crondall, Hampshire required a series of different pieces of play equipment to try and encourage their reception pupils to lead an active lifestyle from a young age.

Grangefield School - Imaginative Play Equipment

The school required a large imaginative play structure to accommodate a whole class of children, a lovely two level castle created a fantasy world to learn...

YMCA Sovereign Centre, Reigate - Play Area

The YMCA Sovereign Centre in Reigate required a complete play area, suitable to be used by anyone up to the age of 16; all with varying capabilities...

Clarke's Piece - Recreational Play Area

The Great Easton play area was the brainchild of local land owner Nick Clarke. He had a vision in which the children of the village had a place to...

Howes Primary School

The talented team at Hand Made Places worked with the school to create a vibrant area full of play equipment to enhance the quality of outdoor education...

Sandford Holiday Park, Dorset - Parkdean Holiday Parks

The bespoke play area development at Sandford Holiday Park was part of a £200,000 contract we entered in to with Parkdean Holidays....

Waddesdon Manor - Bespoke Embankment Slide

We worked with our client to create a bespoke contour embankment slide for the children to be able to whizz through the woodland on a mini adventure....

Barley Croft Primary School - Playground Equipment

Hand Made Placed provided various items of playground equipment in a design which offered additional elements of imaginative...

Downderry Primary School - Outdoor Learning Area

Hand Made Places created a vibrant outdoor learning and play area which fulfilled the schools need for physical challenges and imaginative play...

Raglan Primary School - Outdoor Learning

We created a haven for outdoor learning at Raglan Primary School with a Viking Longboat Classroom and a Storytelling Gazebo to create imaginative play...

Goodway Nursery School, Birmingham

The nursery school asked Hand Made Places to provide an activity centre which was both physically challenging and provided imaginative play opportunities....

St Theresa's RC Primary School, Nottingham

Hand Made Places helped the school to revamp their KS1 and early years outdoor learning areas, providing play equipment for all ages and abilities....

Fullhurst Community College

The school had asked us to provide large outdoor shelters for their students, providing a social area in all weathers....

Oak Tree Primary School and Nursery, Mansfield

Oak Tree’s early years outdoor setting required a makeover to provide a fun, safe environment for outdoor learning and play. Hand Made Places were excite...

Varndean School, Brighton

As part of a Public Funded Initiative (PFI), Varndean School wanted to create an amphitheatre area which was functional and had a natural feel to...

Barncroft Primary School, Havant

Barncroft Primary School in Havant were looking for a challenging physical play area to be used by all the pupils along with some all weather surfacing...

Darell Primary School, Richmond

Our projects with the school have incorporated various aspects of playground equipment including; a small sensory area with raised beds, imaginative play...

Rook's Nest Academy, Wakefield - Playground Equipment

Rooks Nest Academy were looking for inspiring playground equipment to transform their unexciting outdoor play space whilst also providing.....

White Rock Primary School, Torbay

White Rock asked Hand Made Places to transform a disused area to maximise the space available to the pupils but to also enhance the outdoor learning...

Rosudgeon Village Play Area - St Hilarys Parish Council, Cornwall

Rosudgeon play area was in need of new, imaginative playground equipment and we were only too happy to get involved with the project....

Imperial War Musuem Play Area, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire

The Imperial War Museum were looking to provide a play area for their ever increasing visitors at its location in RAF Duxford. Hand Made places were.....

Waverley School, Birmingham

Built as part of the BSF Birmingham scheme and Hand Made Places are excited to ....