 About us
Free Range
Playgrounds is run by Shaun
Packham. Twenty years ago I started
work as a play worker in Peckham on
an adventure playground and maybe
due to my very poor footballing
skills I found myself drawn to
building structures and painting
murals. This led to full time work
as a playground builder with the
London Borough of Southwark. Since
1990 I’ve been self employed
working on carpentry in gardens,
gradually becoming more specialised
in playgrounds.
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I see
outdoor play as incredibly important in
the development of children. I have a
nine year old boy who, like all
children, is drawn to computer games
and TV. The solution, other than
constantly escorting him to the local
park, is to create an interesting play
environment in the garden. We have a
swing, trampoline and play hut and
I’m being pressured to build a
skate board ramp at
present.
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"The
games of our children are their most
serious business."
- Michel de
Montaigne
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My structures tend be quite simple,
with no elaborate decoration. I do not
do fairy castles or pirate ships as I
prefer to create something that will
allow the children’s imagination
to do the work, so that one week the
structure may be a fairy castle but the
next week it could be a space ship.
This approach is definitely more
economical. If your budget is limited,
I can advise you on mass produced play
equipment and help with its
installation. I can also advise on the
purchase and installation of
trampolines. Click here
to get in
touch.
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