Need a break from staring at the screen? Tired of aimlessly searching for the next play activity for your kids? Fret not! Here are our top 10 picks for the best playgrounds around our little red dot to let loose in a whirlwind of fun!
1. Coastal Playgrove
Need a getaway in the east? Coastal Playgrove (formally Big Splash) is home to the tallest outdoor playground in Singapore with a Nature Playgarden and Water Play Area!
The Play Tower stands at 16 metres high and features a four-storey high Vertical Challenge, which is a vertical net play area with an array climbing obstacles that includes stepping pods, hammocks, grip wall and disk swings. Reward yourself with a satisfying slide down from the third or fourth floor and start all over again!
Escape the heat at the Water Play Area or immerse yourself in the lush greenery at Nature Playgarden. One of the must try spots in the playgarden is the bamboo tunnel trail that leads you in a sense of mystery and wonder.
Address: 02 E Coast Park Service Rd, Singapore 449874
2. Forest Ramble
Journey to the west to be one with the trees with Forest Ramble! Located in Jurong Lake Gardens, the 2.3 hectare playground is the largest nature playground in the heartlands. It features 13 different adventure stations for children to explore, and takes inspiration from animals that can be found in Jurong Lake Gardens. The adventure stations allow children to leap around like a squirrel or splash around like an otter.
Forest Ramble also has inclusive play elements that allows children of all capabilities to play together in nature, such as the innovative high-element bridge.
Address: Jurong Lake Gardens, 104 Yuan Ching Rd
3. WonderLand Playground
Witness the characters of Alice in Wonderland jump out of the pages in this whimsical playground at Dawson Vista. Fans of the children’s fairytale classic can look forward to colourful play structures like the Mushrooms Adventure, a Clock Trampoline and a tree house fixture that features the Cheshire Cat!
Address: 80 Strathmore Ave, Singapore 141080
4. Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden
Located at Singapore Botanic Gardens, the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden is the first garden in Asia dedicated to children. The playground’s goal is to educate and instil a love for nature in children and aims to accomplish this by being a complete nature-learning environment. The garden features a farm, an orchard, and a forest with its own stream and ponds for children to unleash their adventurous side!
Address: In the Bukit Timah Core of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, 481, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259769
5. Battleship playground
Sail up north to the Battleship Playground at Sembawang Park! A tribute to the Sembawang Naval Base, the playground features an impressive wood and metal structure that’s modelled after a warship. Aspiring explorers can expect multiple climbing structures like a rock wall, nettings, fireman poles and slides throughout the ‘ship’. Psst… Get ready to say ahoy captain as your worries drift away while playing!
Address: Sembawang Park, Sembawang Rd
6. Great World Playland
Fancy a break from shopping? Find your retreat at the Great World Playground that’s located
on the second floor of Great World! ‘Travel’ around the world in the playgrounds innovative play structures such as a majestic hot air balloon play structure, pirate ship and a train.
Address: 1 Kim Seng Promenade, Singapore 237994
7. Choa Chu Kang Mega Playground
Take playtime to the next level in this Mega Playground at The Arena @ Keat Hong, Choa Chu Kang! There are three playgrounds in one for kids of varying ages to play to their heart’s content.
One of the three playgrounds is dubbed the “treehouse” playground for its green and wood themed structures with tube slides connecting them. The next playground is the “acorn” playground with unique acorn-shaped pods to look out from. The last playground is the pirate playground meant for younger kids to have a more accessible yet enjoyable play.
Address: 428 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4, Block 428 Singapore 680428
8. Splash-N-Surf
Cool off with a wide variety of water activities at Splash-N-Surf at the Singapore Sports Hub! The space features a Kids Water Playground that has a kids pool and water play area and a Lazy River. Unfortunately, the dare-devil Stingray activity has been temporarily suspended.
Address: Level 3 Kallang Wave Mall Near gate 21 of National, stadium, 397629
9. Aeroplane Playground
Let your imagination take flight at the Aeroplane playground at The Oval @ Seletar Aerospace Park! Enjoy two aeroplane play spaces where you get to board your “flight” in a plane and even go up the “control tower” to direct air traffic below!
Address: Seletar Aerospace Park, 2 Park Ln, Singapore 798386
10. Inclusive Playground @ Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
All children, regardless of their condition, should be allowed to play without worries. You can find an inclusive playground at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park! Launched in 2015, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park is the location that launched the first inclusive playground.
The playground features a wheelchair accessible swing (with a ramp and safety locking),, slide with rollers, and a sand play table. The playground emphasises on having children of different abilities playing together, hence the playground also has a wheelchair accessible ground-level merry-go-round with safety gates which has two seats for able-bodied kids to be with their friends.
Address: 310B Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, Singapore 562310
With so many diverse and unique playgrounds to choose from, you and your family will be spoiled for choice for the next outing!
