adventure playground
noun
chiefly British
: an outdoor area that has fixed and movable structures (such as slides and rope ladders) on which children can climb and play and that often also has equipment and loose materials for building projects and modifying preexisting structures
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The estate’s park and gardens are also home to Dynamo Camp, an impressive recreational-therapy program for children with disabilities and critical illnesses that includes the first wheelchair-accessible adventure playground in Europe.
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Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
There's also an adventure playground, a splash park, and plenty of nature and park benches to go around.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
Two 300-foot-long land bridges connect the park to the waterfront, which Badin says was once separated by a major roadway, and more than 160 play structures, including a five-acre adventure playground with castle-like towers, swinging bridges and a sensory garden.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
New for summer 2022: an adventure playground featuring a low ropes course with climbing ladders and play structures.
—Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
Grand Teton is an adventure playground, featuring iconic mountaineering and backpacking routes, as well as world-class fishing and boating on Jackson Lake and the Snake River.
—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2019
The documentary film is about a Welsh adventure playground of the same name.
—Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021
The project also will include new restrooms, a splash pad, a pump track and an adventure playground.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 July 2021
Ideas floated by the city for potential new park amenities include splash pads and spray grounds, a multipurpose event lawn and an adventure playground with features to climb, jump, and slide, and zip on.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 24 June 2021
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Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
There's also an adventure playground, a splash park, and plenty of nature and park benches to go around.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
Two 300-foot-long land bridges connect the park to the waterfront, which Badin says was once separated by a major roadway, and more than 160 play structures, including a five-acre adventure playground with castle-like towers, swinging bridges and a sensory garden.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022
New for summer 2022: an adventure playground featuring a low ropes course with climbing ladders and play structures.
—Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
Grand Teton is an adventure playground, featuring iconic mountaineering and backpacking routes, as well as world-class fishing and boating on Jackson Lake and the Snake River.
—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2019
The documentary film is about a Welsh adventure playground of the same name.
—Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021
The project also will include new restrooms, a splash pad, a pump track and an adventure playground.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 July 2021
Ideas floated by the city for potential new park amenities include splash pads and spray grounds, a multipurpose event lawn and an adventure playground with features to climb, jump, and slide, and zip on.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 24 June 2021
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First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above
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“Adventure playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adventure%20playground. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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