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A month of sparks, saw dust, and an exciting windowed slide ready for site. Plus a peek at what's going on behind the scenes...

Our latest work experience student turned hand sketches into a hand-built scale model, working through an accessible play structure concept design in a week.

A month of work experience students, a look back at our favourite slides, and steady progress in timber and steel. Plus a Constructionline Gold announcement.

Here are some of our favourite playgrounds in the North West, all within an hour's drive. Parents, we've got you covered too. Every destination has a great café, coffee shop or pub nearby for a well-earned refreshment after playtime.

New installs, works in progress, and some familiar faces we checked in on, here's what happened in August.

A Guide to Designing Inclusive, Exciting, and High-Value Play Spaces.

Read about our Design Process and how we create amazing playspaces

At Massey & Harris, every design starts with curiosity and ends with delight. Whether we’re creating a full play scheme, a bespoke item, or a new product, our process ensures we solve the right challenge in the right way.

Have a great idea for a roundabout and want to make it a reality? Get in touch with us to make it happen.

Discover practical ways to use your PE & Sport Premium for outdoor play and fitness. Download our free guide with ideas, examples and design inspiration for schools.

Engaging trim trail circuits that boost balance, coordination and agility while encouraging outdoor play.

Turn your space into an outdoor gym! Our Fitness Trails combine strength, balance, and coordination challenges to keep everyone active and engaged.

As the financial year draws to a close, our most popular playground essentials are available for express delivery, supporting councils to maximise remaining budgets and deliver visible community outcomes.

2026 in Colour is our guide to using colour in play spaces, setting out how colour can shape play behaviour, experience, and inclusion across our equipment. Informed by the RAL COLOUR FEELING 2026+ trends and grounded in real playground design.

We reveal our new branding!

Want to create amazing playgrounds? We're always on the lookout for amazing people who can help us contribute to the world of play.

Do you require compelling graphics to sell your dream and vision? Let us help with that.

Launching our new website was a culmination of months of development and design and puts our product front and centre.

Spring has well and truly sprung, even if the weather is still typically Mancunian with sideways sleet, driving rain and lovely blue skies that occasionally join us, but the temperamental weather hasn’t dampened the spirits here at Massey & Harris HQ.

A mix of revisiting familiar spaces, getting new designs out the door, and sharing a bit more about what we do. We even caught a bit of sunshine along the way, which is always welcome!

A busy few weeks on site, in the workshop and online. A new playground complete in Salford, a video feature, and some fresh thinking on why Robinia keeps finding its way into great playgrounds.

Set within Bramall Hall’s historic parkland, the Adventure³ Playground features a bespoke multi-level play unit with climbing nets, a tunnel slide, and sensory-rich elements designed to engage children of all ages.

A compact vertical playground at Soho Primary School, built to maximise play opportunity in tight urban space using multi-level wooden cubes and nets.

Massey & Harris designed, manufactured, and installed the Lyle Park Playground in London. A vibrant, syrup-inspired play space featuring bespoke detailing, natural materials, and imaginative equipment across two distinct play zones.

The first phase of a full park redesign, this revamped play area blends castle cladding, dragon details, and inclusive equipment, bringing new energy and imagination to Wythenshawe Park.

A dynamic climbing structure engineered by our team brings CAP.CO’s imaginative play concept to life, celebrating science through movement and adventure.

At the heart of Southall’s Green Quarter, the Linear Park features a bespoke play scheme inspired by the site's industrial past, bringing play, heritage, and green space together.

A sleek mezzanine-to-ground office slide for Ticketmaster, offering a polished focal point in a stylish meeting space.

A giant UFO tower landed at Heaton Park, creating a bold focal point for adventurous and imaginative play, alongside accessible roundabouts, springers, and climbing features.

A new rope play area for Alexandra Park in Edgeley, replacing outdated equipment with a rope climber, slide tower and custom rope bridge designed to fit the existing site.

A custom windmill-themed play unit for Windmill Park, built around the site's existing levels and embankment, with a spinning water wheel and sails for imaginative play.

Beyond Play: How a long standing relationship allowed an SEN school to develop their outdoor space and let children truly flourish.

Tucked within the sprawling grounds of RHS Bridgewater, this oasis of play invites children to explore and imagine in a space where Play is Wild.

A striking Play Cube at Salford Quays, blending natural oak with industrial-inspired design to create a unique, contemporary play feature.

High above Loch Katrine, the Roderick Dhu Lookout Tower features a striking timber-clad design, built on a bespoke steel framework that we designed, fabricated, and flew in by helicopter.

We worked with Hobbledown to design, manufacture and install two towering stainless steel tunnel slides (our largest to date!) bringing high-speed thrills to this unique London adventure park.

A sleek tunnel slide running from the top floor to reception, the UK Fast Office Slide makes a dramatic statement, blending functionality with bold design.

Transforming the outdoor space and providing learning space in an outdoor setting with a bespoke steel shelter.

We partnered with CAP.CO to design and fabricate the bespoke steel substructure, slides and crawl tunnels for a sprawling adventure playground at Windsor Great Park, creating a captivating fusion of play and landscape.

A unique slide in the Liftshare office, engineered to add joy and movement through the workplace.

A bespoke timber and stainless steel play space, featuring tall towers, slides, group swings, and collaborative sand play, all set within a landscaped natural environment.

Two towering Bud structures create a nature-inspired climbing adventure with slides, rope routes, and tree-like forms echoing the park’s woodland setting.

A bold play space in Glasgow’s Sighthill redevelopment, with vibrant pink steel, net play, and sculptural Adventure³ units designed to energise and inspire.

A bold tunnel slide for Axiom Telecom in Dubai, finished in corporate colours with custom decals to reflect the company’s brand and tagline.

Dramatic stainless steel slides inside Bilton Grange’s new Earle House boarding house, connecting multiple levels in playful fashion.

Transforming a popular Manchester Park with amazing play opportunities.

Situated in the heart of Ancoats, Ancoats Green has been transformed and showcases a stunning bespoke bottle play unit referencing the former flint glass bottle works.

Bespoke spiral and wide slides, a mound crawl tunnel, trough slides and flower themed talk tubes bring Hey Duggee's clubhouse to life in CBeebies Land, Alton Towers.

We collaborated with KSR Architects to design, manufacture, and install two striking spiralling stainless steel tunnel slides, adding a playful and innovative feature within the striking IO House design.

The Weston Play Zone at IWM Duxford features a standout Playful Plane, alongside rope play, parachute shelters, and a sweeping vapour trail walkway, bringing aviation-inspired, inclusive play to life.

Bespoke stainless-steel tunnel slides designed and manufactured for Studio Lambert as part the "Slides and Ladders" game in Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2.

Commissioned to complement the National Football Museum, this city-centre play space was designed by Massey & Harris to bring active play into the heart of Manchester.

A groundbreaking play unit for a school steeped in history, our bespoke Adventure³ unit developed for schools.

A bespoke Robinia timber playground designed and built for Jodrell Bank, inspired by constellations of the galaxy and created to encourage exploration, balance and imaginative play within the arboretum landscape.

We collaborated with Studio Morison to create the Bullyard Playground, a vibrant play space in the heart of Coventry city centre.

Adding to the growing Manchester Skyline is a series of stainless steel towers that create wonderful play opportunities for all.

A natural play space at Dixons Marchbank Primary, featuring Robinia play equipment, encouraging creativity, movement, and social play.

A dramatic 4.8 m spiral tunnel slide at Skyler Colour Studio in London, inviting clients to glide from the back of the salon to reception.

A stunning stainless steel tunnel slide for a private London home, designed, fabricated, and installed by Massey & Harris to add playful elegance and style.

A vibrant boat-themed play area at South Street, Rochdale, featuring a bespoke ship play unit and a range of engaging, nautical-inspired equipment.

A Robinia school playground design with sand play, climbing features, inclusive access routes and outdoor fitness equipment. Built to support active play, strength, coordination and imaginative learning in a natural setting.

A playful pocket of green in the heart of Manchester, featuring our bespoke “Dilly the Snail” slide and a vibrant mix of equipment designed to spark joy in the city centre.

A new playground for Islington Park in Salford featuring a custom 8 tower configuration of our Steel Lamba Play Unit range, packed with play features and complimented by inclusive swings.

Bespoke play structures designed and fabricated by Massey & Harris for Chilton Square in King’s Cross, London. A sculptural, sustainable play space created in collaboration with Root and Erect and Maylim.

A bold office slide designed to bring a fun new dynamic to Mind Candy’s creative workspace.