Hortham Play Park
South Gloucestershire
Despite limited space and budget, we managed to squeeze a lot of play features into this public park. Swings, monkey bars, a grass mound and tunnel linked by bridges to a pair of platforms and a balance trail.
Creative Playground Builders in Cheltenham
Adventurous outdoor play environments for school playgrounds, community spaces and nursery gardens.
Adventure outdoor play, built for fun
A safe and exciting space for children to play
Monkey Business Design is one of the trusted playground builders in Cheltenham, designing and building unique outdoor play zones for children. We create unique play zones within school playgrounds, community spaces and nursery gardens.
Our team of playground builders delivers high-quality, durable play structures customised according to the outdoor environment, keeping the safety needs of your child in mind. Using sustainable wooden play structures ensures that nature becomes your child's playground.
Sustainable wooden play structures
Every child deserves a place within nature where they can explore, climb, learn and play. At Monkey Business Design, we build creative and sustainable playgrounds for schools and communities. We blend safety, sustainability, and educational value in the play structures and designs.
From imaginative wooden play towers to secure all-inclusive play zones, we are experts in this matter. Our team ensures that all playgrounds are designed and the structures are built with high-quality materials so that they can withstand changing weather and wear and tear.
Built to play and built to last: durable timber play structures
At Monkey Business Design, our team specialises in creating outdoor spaces which are purposeful for children. We make durable timber play structures such as climbing frames, wildlife hides, balance trails, and craft play towers for school playgrounds and community spaces.
All our woodland-inspired installations blend seamlessly with the natural landscape. Our focus is to design and produce sustainable timber play structures that will last for a lifetime. Our timber structures will encourage explorative power in your child. We are also experts in designing wildlife-focused play structures and projects through The Habitat Project. Are you looking to transform your outdoor space into a natural haven? Join hands with our team.
Our Work
Play and habitat projects we have completed
Weston Rec Woodland Trail
Bath, 2026
Active Weston, a community group in Bath, invited us to design a woodland trail for all ages through a small wood at the top of the rec. We built a mix of wonky beams, monkey bars, stepping logs, a vertical net and swing rope, all in the wettest conditions you couldn't hope for. Hence the photos show it under mud!
Chris and the team have done a great job in creating and installing our woodland trail. The whole thing was well designed, well planned, and installed in difficult conditions (rain, mud) with perfect results. Children of all ages love it (and a few adults too!) Thank you.
Peter Heywood , Active Weston (March 2026)
St Peter & Paul's School
Bristol
SSPP was one of our earliest schools and we delighted ourselves and the school community with a large tree platform, two stages (one of them chair accessible), a small Larch climbing frame and a pergola festooned with hanging baskets. Almost all of the timber was sourced from Somerset.
Stoke Lodge Primary
Bristol
The school PTA invited us to build a canopy that could shield a whole class from the sun and rain - an outdoor classroom effectively. Despite a tight budget we managed to exceed expectations with this cable drum and S-shaped bench design anchored deep into the tarmac surface.
We all LOVE the shelter and seating - the children have been using it every day this week.
Will Ferris , School Head, Stoke Lodge Primary
Snapdragons Nursery
Weston Road, Bath
Following repair works to play equipment at two Snapdragons childrens’ nurseries, we were commissioned to design and build a mini adventure space at their terrific Weston Road site, along with a pretty shingle-roof hut.
Blue Lodge Wildlife Pond
South Gloucestershire
A wildlife pond and wildflower area designed and dug from scratch, photographed one year on with established marginal planting and a meadow edge teeming with insect life.
We now have a wonderful wildlife pond and wild flower area that is teeming with insect life. Thank you!
Rupert Barrington , Pond customer, South Gloucestershire (2024)
Testimonials
What our clients say
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