Natural Play & Wooden Structures

Brockwell Park, Wick

Gloucestershire, 2026

Wick and Abson Parish Council in South Gloucestershire invited us to transform their popular park. We designed as a focal point a handsome Galleon with lots of ups and downs, moored alongside a large spiders web. We also built an agility trail and a twin tower play structure for smaller children.

The Ranch, Southmead's Adventure Playground

Bristol

We were invited to build a fun and attractive raised platform amongst the trees for younger children. In addition to the slide, nets and ramps, there's room for the addition of more ascents and descents in the future. We have also repaired several items of their original equipment and installed a fat rope swing, monkey bars and more.

Worked with this team over various assignments that included time critical and valuable work for our children’s trust. They are very inventive with design and also know their stuff compliance wise. Their quality of build is very good and they are easy and friendly to deal with. I would use them again if I am working on similar projects.

Katy Miller , Southmead Development Trust

Callington Primary Academy

Cornwall

We designed and built a large playground shelter which will double as an outdoor classroom. We also supplied a new agility trail and tepee for Key Stage 1 but usable by KS2 children.

Charlton Farm Children's Hospice

Somerset, 2026

We won the contract to create a new play and sensory space for this Somerset hospice. After several design permutations we settled on a farm theme and installed a life size play tractor, shepherd’s hut shelter and several items of wheelchair accessible play equipment. We also created some colourful pollinator haven flower beds in this lovely countryside location.

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.

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)

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

Redcliffe Children's Centre

Bristol

This popular city centre nursery has a great mix of structured and free play. The centrepiece is a pair of tree platforms linked by a rope bridge. We created this play structure as the centre piece of a larger project with a bike track. There’s an artificial grass mound and tunnel, living walls, mud and sand play, rubber surfacing and other play equipment. This platform has a shop window below. The cut out leaf shapes have coloured acrylic which project autumn colours inside the space when it’s sunny.

Chris has recently built a majestic cedar shingled roof for the sandpit at our nursery school. Not only does it look beautiful, and remind our children of the barn at Leigh Woods, it will be great in all weathers. Chris has also done plenty of other work for us, including a full playground redevelopment and is always on hand to support with maintenance and upkeep. We’re pleased with the quality and value for money that Monkey Business provides.

Sam , Head of Redcliffe Nursery School

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.

Kingswood Prep School

Bath

We were asked to design and build a handsome tower with various ups and downs, including monkey bars and a double slide.

Maiden Beech Primary

Crewkerne, Somerset

A large hexagonal platform built around a lovely tree links by a wobbly bridge to a second platform with a few ways up and down and the option to add more in the future. A large grassed mound has a slide and wonky balance log, tunnel and playground telephone.

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.

Merebrook Primary Barn

Worcestershire

Merebrook Primary barn was renovated by us alongside some landscaping work for their Forest School.

Family Tree House

South Gloucestershire

We were commissioned to build a fun grandchildren’s tree house which also had to look fab. Includes beam bridge, floor hatch, Larch cladding, Cedar shingle roof and stained glass windows.

Play Houses, Huts & Shelters

Across the South West

Everything we design and build is original and solidly made. Big on character, play value and value for money. Low on enviro footprint. Fancy your own tropical cabana, jungle tree house, wonky cottage or your own home in miniature? How about a charming little town with a mill, blacksmith, baker etc for your museum play area? Our imaginations are the limit.

Pergolas & Swing Projects

Bristol & Bath

Handmade timber pergolas and swing frames for private gardens, schools and parks, built in durable Larch and Oak and designed to suit the space they sit in.

Chris and his team are expert in their field. From listening to our requirements, feedback, planning and the final agreed structures. Half of our garden has been transformed into a play area for a very special little granddaughter to enjoy... but her grandparents love it too.

Robert Brown , Bristol (2025)

Other Structures & Models

Workshop & site builds

Here are some more of the structures we have made, renovated or dreamt up. Our skilled team of designers and carpenters are up for a challenge, big or small.