One of the best playgrounds in Auckland and Hamilton. Different zones for different ages. There's waterplay. There's an awesome zipline, trampolines, unique swings. The best part of it all.... It actually has a useful amount of shade over the kids areas. Also great for wheel chair accessibility.
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Claudelands Park
Corner of Brooklyn Road and, Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands, Hamilton 3214
Why these ages?
Magical Bridge Playground - 8,000sqm FULLY FENCED accessible destination with a separately-fenced junior area sized for toddlers (bowl rocker, inground carousel, rotonet). Artificial turf throughout, inclusive swings, shade sails. Explicitly built for ages 1-12. Rare case of a big destination play where a parent CAN let a 2-4yo roam.
Access notes
The description calls this Hamilton's first fully accessible playground, built on flat parkland with artificial turf throughout, disability friendly toilets, a wheelchair accessible carousel, and high back, basket and inclusive swing seats you transfer into rather than a swing the chair rolls onto.
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Claudelands Park's Magical Bridge Playground is Hamilton's first fully accessible playground, an 8,000 square metre fenced play space built for children and families of all abilities. Set within 14 hectares of flat, tree-lined parkland on the corner of Brooklyn Road and Heaphy Terrace, it suits ages 1 to 12, with a fenced junior area for the youngest visitors.
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