We love finding new parks and playgrounds to explore – and especially in the summer holidays. We went along to St Ives to check our their huge adventure playground and had an amazing time.
Planning your trip to St Ives
St Ives park is near Bingley, around half an hours drive from Halifax. There is a huge car park with plenty of spaces, and you can also get buses up there from the centre of Bingley. There’s a lovely little cafe with outside seating, lots of space for picnicking, and an ice cream van next to the play park.
Exploring St Ives estate
You can do some lovely walks around the grounds, and there is lots to see with horses to visit, a lovely lake to walk around, and hidden little gardens to explore. You can easily get a buggy around the main parts, or you can off-road with a carrier or older legs if you want to explore the nearby moorland and cliffs.
Adventure playground at St Ives
The star of the show for Olivia was definitely the adventure playground. It has so much to do for all ages, and she particularly loved the tall wooden castle towers with slides, the climbing walls, the tyre swings and the lovely musical playground area with squeaking planks and a musical tile set you can walk on.
After exploring the park we had ice creams on the grass and found this beautiful carved wooden chair to perch on.
Have you been to St Ives? Which is your favourite bit?
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