Trends · data through September 2026

Playgrounds in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 174 stores from 165 playground chains in the United Kingdom.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
165
Tracked stores
174
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked playground chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Glasgow and The Playbarn sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Glasgow - +9.1%
2 T The Playbarn - +3.8%
  • Glasgow
  • Little Bugs Playhouse
  • Frenchay Park Play Area
  • Great Barton
  • Edlington Rec
  • Fun HQ Cardiff
  • Otterspool Adventure
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

174 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Glasgow (3)
  • Little Bugs Playhouse (1)
  • Frenchay Park Play Area (1)
  • Great Barton (1)
  • Edlington Rec (1)
  • Fun HQ Cardiff (1)
  • Otterspool Adventure (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Playbarn 4
  • 2 G Glasgow 3
  • 3 R Recreation Ground 2
  • 4 T The Little Lancashire Village 2
  • 5 L Little Acorns 2
  • 6 T The Adventure Zone Soft Play 2
  • 7 G Gamer-X 1
  • 8 W Wild and Free Adventure Playground 1
  • 9 P Pineapple and Bears Play Hub 1
  • 10 B BumpyLand SoftPlay 1
  • 11 L Little Legends Playhouse 1
  • 12 T Treasure Island Play Ltd 1
  • 13 C Cheeky Monkeys Playcentre 1
  • 14 K Kidsplayvillage 1
  • 15 S Seven Site 1
  • 16 M Maze 52 logo Maze 52 1
  • 17 K Kassiopi Cove 1
  • 18 J Jungle Mayhem 1
  • 19 S Summer Road Play Area 1
  • 20 P Play Oldham 1
  • 21 F Farmer Freds Adventure Playbarn 1
  • 22 B Bridgwater Play Barn 1
  • 23 J JungleMazeia Soft play & children's activity centre 1
  • 24 T The Play Place 1
  • 25 K Kidzmania 1
  • 26 F Fun Valley Derby logo Fun Valley Derby 1
  • 27 T The Jungle Playcentre 1
  • 28 S Second Steps Stay & Play 1
  • 29 T Temple of Fun logo Temple of Fun 1
  • 30 F Fun Junction Play and Party Centre 1
  • 31 L Little Lane Play Village 1
  • 32 P PB's Play Village 1
  • 33 B Brockweir and Hewelsfield Play Area 1
  • 34 F Fizzy Lizard 1
  • 35 C Castlemania Indoor Adventure Play 1
  • 36 P Play Valley Sheffield logo Play Valley Sheffield 1
  • 37 J Jungle City 1
  • 38 C Clambers Playcentre 1
  • 39 R Rainbow Fun 1
  • 40 Y Ystrad Mynach Play Park 1
  • 41 T The Role Up Play Village 1
  • 42 C Cub and Calf Parent Hub 1
  • 43 S Sprouts Play Barn 1
  • 44 P P12layground Balgarthno Road 1
  • 45 G Go Kids Play 1
  • 46 H Hendon Park Playground 1
  • 47 L Larkhill Space Station 1
  • 48 K Kiltoonies 1
  • 49 M Mini Monsters Soft Play 1
  • 50 F Fusehill Park 1

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