Little Ladybird Play Tower

Little Deer Play Tower

The Little Deer Play Tower is an expansive, low-level timber play structure designed for younger children — combining generous scale with age-appropriate challenge. Its extended linear layout spreads play across a wide footprint, encouraging children to journey between towers rather than compete for a single point of interest.

Three towers linked by traverse challenges

Three pitched-roof towers are connected by rope bridges and traversing elements, creating a continuous route from one end of the structure to the other. Because the challenge is horizontal rather than steeply vertical, the Little Deer suits early years and lower primary children who are still developing confidence, balance and coordination. There’s a clear beginning, middle and end to the journey something young children find genuinely motivating.

Varied access and gentle descent

A cargo climbing net and stepped access points offer contrasting ways to reach the decks, while a straight slide provides a rewarding, confidence-building descent. Panels and openings at deck level add points of interest along the route and invite pausing, looking out and playing in place.

Rich play value for younger children

The Little Deer supports physical development through climbing, balancing and traversing; imaginative play within its sheltered tower spaces; and social play as children follow each other along the route, take turns and play alongside one another. Its width means several children can play simultaneously without crowding a real advantage in busy nursery and infant settings.

UK manufactured, built to last

Constructed from laminated timber and manufactured in the UK, the Little Deer is engineered for dimensional stability and a long service life. Laminated sections resist the warping and splitting associated with solid timber, keeping maintenance minimal and total cost of ownership low. Modular construction allows the layout to be specified to suit your site, and every unit is manufactured in full compliance with applicable playground safety standards.

The Little Hedgehog Play Tower from ESP takes an open-deck approach, replacing enclosed roofs with a light, airy frame that keeps clear sightlines across the whole structure, useful on sites where supervision matters, from nursery outdoor areas to busy school playgrounds.

Two linked decks sit at the centre of the unit, edged with timber balustrades and brightly coloured panels punched with portholes and cut-out shapes for peering, posting and imaginative play. A wide moulded slide provides the main descent, with generous side walls and a gentle run-out. Around the perimeter, a climbing wall panel with moulded holds gives an achievable first climbing challenge, while a rope element offers a second route up for children ready to test themselves. Contrasting handholds mark the transitions, helping younger users read the structure and plan their way through it. The open framing beneath the decks creates natural den space for quieter, ground-level play.

Structural components are produced from laminated timber, engineered for dimensional stability. Laminated sections resist the twisting, splitting and surface checking that degrade solid round timber over time, so the unit holds both its appearance and its structural performance through years of continuous outdoor use with noticeably lower maintenance demand across its lifespan.

Manufactured in the UK, the Little Hedgehog gives specifiers shorter lead times, direct technical support and full material traceability. It is fully compliant with BS EN 1176 and supplied with the documentation required for inspection and sign-off.

Well suited to early years settings, primary schools, local authority parks and residential development open space, it delivers strong play value across a compact footprint.

Contact ESP to discuss specification, surfacing, installation and site-specific layouts.

The Woodpecker Play Tower from ESP is a twin-tower climbing structure built to deliver high-energy, imaginative play in busy public spaces and to keep delivering it season after season.

Two pitched-roof towers sit side by side, linked by a rope bridge that gives younger climbers their first real test of balance and nerve. Getting up there is half the fun. A timber staircase with handrails offers an easy, confidence-building route for less-adventurous children, while a vertical climbing ladder, an angled rope scramble net and a chain net wall give bolder users a genuine physical challenge. The descent is handled by a wide, high-sided polyethylene slide, with coloured panels adding visual interest and defining sheltered den space beneath the decks.

Every structural component is produced from laminated timber. Unlike solid round timber, laminated sections are engineered for dimensional stability, resisting the twisting, splitting and warping that shorten the working life of conventional play equipment. The result is a unit that holds its appearance and its structural integrity under continuous public use, with lower maintenance demands across its lifespan.

The Woodpecker is manufactured in the UK, giving specifiers shorter lead times, direct technical support and full traceability of materials. It is fully compliant with BS EN 1176, the European safety standard for playground equipment, and is supplied with the documentation required for inspection and sign-off.

Designed for local authority parks, school playgrounds, nurseries and residential development open space, the Woodpecker Play Tower suits schemes where durability, compliance and play value all have to be evidenced. It works equally well as a standalone centrepiece or as the anchor of a wider play area.

Contact ESP to discuss specification, surfacing options, installation and site-specific layouts.

Little Woodpecker Play Tower

The Little Woodpecker Play Tower is a compact twin-tower timber structure. Every element  deck height, step rise, handrail position is designed to give children a structure they can master rather than one they have to be lifted onto, building confidence and independence.

Two towers, one shared play space

Two pitched-roof towers sit side by side, linked by a connecting deck to create a small, contained world at height. The scale is deliberately modest: young children benefit from being able to see the whole structure at once, understand where the routes go, and stay within sight of supervising adults. It’s a design that builds confidence rather than testing it.

Age-appropriate access and descent

A gentle stepped ramp and stair access with handrails give young children secure, manageable ways up, supporting the development of coordination, balance and sequencing. A short, wide slide provides a rewarding descent at a gradient suited to little ones thrilling enough to be worth repeating, gentle enough to be approached without hesitation.

Play value for early years

Activity panels at deck level invite manipulation, counting, matching and mark-making, extending play beyond the purely physical. The roofed towers create sheltered spaces for role play, den-making and quiet retreat, vital for young children who need somewhere to regulate as well as somewhere to climb. And because two children can occupy the towers comfortably, the structure naturally supports the parallel and early cooperative play typical of this age group.

UK manufactured from laminated timber

Built from laminated timber and manufactured in the UK, the Little Woodpecker resists the warping and splitting common to solid timber, keeping maintenance low and service life long. Every unit is manufactured in full compliance with applicable playground safety standards.