Suitable Age Groups
Sensory Play Tunnel
Spark curiosity, imagination and sensory exploration with the Sensory Play Tunnel from ESP PLAY. Beautifully designed and packed with engaging features, this striking play unit creates an immersive, sensory-rich environment where children can crawl, explore, touch, look and discover — all within one captivating piece of equipment. Perfect for nurseries, primary schools, EYFS outdoor provisions, SEN settings, parks and community play areas, the Sensory Play Tunnel is a wonderful way to bring sensory play to life outdoors.
A Truly Sensory Experience
The Sensory Play Tunnel has been carefully designed to engage multiple senses at once. Soft, tactile artificial grass panels line the walls of the tunnel, inviting children to touch and feel as they explore. Coloured acrylic windows let natural light filter through in beautiful shades, transforming the interior with changing colours as the sun moves throughout the day. Clear viewing panels offer peek-through opportunities for sociable play and curious observation, while the tunnel form itself encourages children to crawl, hide and adventure their way from one end to the other.
The result is a multi-sensory environment that supports visual, tactile, proprioceptive and imaginative development — all in a way that feels exciting, playful and welcoming.
Supporting Early Years Development
For early years and SEN settings, the Sensory Play Tunnel offers exceptional value. Crawling and moving through the tunnel supports the development of gross motor skills, coordination, balance and body awareness, while the sensory features support concentration, regulation and engagement for children of all abilities. It is particularly beneficial for children with sensory processing needs, providing a calm, contained environment that helps them feel safe, focused and ready to explore.
The tunnel also encourages imaginative role play, storytelling and cooperative play, with children naturally creating their own adventures — from secret hideouts and magical caves to space tunnels and woodland dens.
Beautifully Designed in Natural Timber
The Sensory Play Tunnel is crafted using premium-quality timber, giving the unit a warm, natural finish that blends beautifully into early years outdoor provisions, natural play schemes and landscaped environments. The clean lines and modern silhouette ensure it looks just as at home in contemporary settings as it does in traditional nursery and school gardens.
Built to Last
Manufactured to the highest standards, the Sensory Play Tunnel is engineered for outstanding strength, durability and weather resistance. Built to withstand intensive daily use and the demands of the British weather, it represents an excellent long-term investment for any outdoor learning or play environment. The premium materials and quality finish ensure the tunnel continues to look and perform at its best for many years to come.
Designed, Manufactured and Installed by ESP PLAY
Like every product in our range, the Sensory Play Tunnel is designed, manufactured and installed by ESP PLAY's expert in-house team — giving our clients complete confidence in the quality, safety and longevity of the finished installation.
Trusted Quality from ESP PLAY
As one of the UK's leading playground and outdoor learning specialists, ESP PLAY combines premium materials with expert design and installation. Whether installed as the centrepiece of an EYFS outdoor provision, a SEN sensory garden, a community play scheme or a nursery setting, our Sensory Play Tunnel delivers lasting wonder, engagement and developmental value.
Get in touch with ESP PLAY today to find out more about the Sensory Play Tunnel and how it can transform your outdoor space.
SKU: SEN-MISC01
Material Specifications
Laminated Timber
Glulam redwood timber poles provide exceptional strength, have a greater resistance to splitting, and offer a high quality smooth finish.
Sawn Timber
Sawn redwood timber from FSC sustainable sources, all pressure treated to class 4 after all manufacturing processes have been completed.
Quality Steel Fixings
All nuts, bolts, screws and brackets are zinc plated or stainless steel to prevent against corrosion and to ensure longevity and safety.
Steel Cored Ropes
Colourful steel cored polypropylene ropes are used to ensure safety, durability, and vandal resistance.
Anti-slip Panels
Colourful steel cored polypropylene ropes are used to ensure safety, durability, and vandal resistance.
HDPE Panels
High Density Polyethylene panel are highly durable and vandal resistant. The multicolored panels allow for intricate designs to be routed for additional play value.
Handholds
Large size professional handholds made from resin bound sand with stainless steel threaded inserts and anti-spin secondary fixing point.
Timber Paint
A high quality, satin finish, oil-based wood stain that is child-friendly and won’t stain clothes or peel away from the timber.
Painted Steelwork
Steelwork is either aluminium or galvanised mild steel and is treated and primed prior to receiving a vibrant painted finish.
Product Labels
Aluminium labels are affixed to all our equipment at quality control stage prior to dispatch. Each label contains our details, the product ID, and year of manufacture.
FSC Sourced Timber
We only use timber that has been responsibly sourced from managed forests with the FSC accreditation.
Timber Treatment
We pressure treat all our timber with Tanalith E wood preservative after all of our manufacturing processes are complete to class 4 which prevents against all forms of wood decay and insect attack.
| Free Fall Height | N/A |
| Minimum Surfacing Area | N/A |
| Minimum Space Required | 5600mm x 3600mm |
| Dimension of Largest Part | N/A |
| Mass of Heaviest Part (Kg) | N/A |
| Wheelchair Accessible | N/A |
| Spare Part Availability | N/A |
| Min persons required for assembly | N/A |
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