Gate 2/800 Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton 3214
Fully fenced 8000m2 inclusive playground with themed zones. Multiple accessible swings including infant swing, retreat huts, sand play, waterplay, gradual accessible ramps. Reviews confirm 2yo enjoyed 'every aspect'. Wheelchair-accessible carousel and treehouse. Waterplay is fenced-in. Parents can genuinely relax with all ages here. Award-winning design.
Description explicitly calls this Hamilton's first fully inclusive playground, with fully accessible paths connecting all areas, dedicated accessible parking bays, accessible family bathrooms with adult sized changing tables, a wheelchair accessible carousel, and a ramped treehouse. The swings labelled wheelchair accessible are actually a basket swing, an inclusive swing and a high back swing, all transfer in seats rather than a swing the chair rolls onto.
Magical Bridge Playground at Claudelands Park is Hamilton's first fully inclusive playground and one of the most celebrated play spaces in New Zealand. Designed from the ground up with universal accessibility at its core, the 8,000m2 fully fenced playground ensures every child can participate regardless of ability. It includes 3,500m2 of themed zones covering slide, balance and bounce, swing, and spin zones, as well as retreat huts, waterplay, a playhouse, and a stage. It received a Merit Award at the 2024 Recreation Aotearoa Parks Awards in the Playground of the Year (over $500,000) category, designed by Hamilton City Council and Magical Bridge Trust.
HistoryOpened within the last 5 years (as of the McNoe 2026 survey).
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteThe Magical Bridge Playground features a fully accessible treehouse reached by a gradual ramp, multiple wheelchair-accessible swings including a large supportive basket swing, and accessible play structures.
Source: accessibleplaygrounds.co.nzOn siteThe Magical Bridge Playground at Claudelands Park spans 8,000m² with 3,500m² of themed zones including a slide zone, balance and bouncing areas, and is fully fenced.
Source: hamilton.govt.nzOn siteMagical Bridge Playground is an 8,000m² fenced playground with themed zones including slide, balance and bounce, swing, and spin zones, plus retreat huts, waterplay, a playhouse and stage.
Source: hamilton.govt.nzOn siteEquipment includes swings (including infant swing, high back swing, basket swing, inclusive swing), swings, climbing mounds, embankment slides, tee-pee, tower (with tubular slide), rotonet, wheel chair accessible carousel, bowl spinner, balance disk, water play, play house, flying fox.
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteJunior-suitable items include basket swing, infant swing, water play, bowl rocker, deep dish rocker, rotonet, inground carousel, fenced.
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteSpecialised equipment: a carousel.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesMagical Bridge Playground features modern, fully accessible family bathrooms equipped with adult-sized changing tables, numerous picnic tables and BBQ stations, a fully fenced perimeter, and dedicated accessible parking bays close to the entrance.
Source: accessibleplaygrounds.co.nzAmenitiesThe Magical Bridge Playground has a fully fenced perimeter offering parents peace of mind, and a shaded sand play area with diggers as a popular tactile feature.
Source: accessibleplaygrounds.co.nzAmenitiesMagical Bridge Playground offers parking (with additional seasonal spaces) and shaded seating areas.
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