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Play and Informal Recreation

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Contact the Cultural Services Manager
play@forest-heath.gov.uk Tel: 01638 719774

The service aim is "to promote and facilitate the development of children and young people, through play, active pursuits and creativity".

We provide play and informal recreation facilities across the district, including indoor and outdoor play space, facilities and activities.

Listed below are the services we offer with links to further information where available. As this site grows, more links will be added.


  • Equipped children's play areas. To date we manage 38 individual play areas across the district. All are subject to regular condition and safety inspections with the aim of maintaining them to the highest possible standards.
  • Inspection service to parish councils and playing field associations.
  • Teenage play/pocket parks for young people.
  • Wheeled sports areas (skate parks) in Newmarket, Mildenhall, Brandon and Lakenheath.
  • Indoor soft play facility at the Dome Leisure Centre Mildenhall.
  • Lady Wolverton Pavilion, Newmarket, used by a children’s nursery.
  • A wide range of children’s activities and holiday programmes for children.
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