The Wind in the Willows park in Great Holm, Milton Keynes is a themed park around the characters in the story.
As you approach the park there’s a huge wooden structure – Toad Hall – where you walk through to discover the rest of the park which is made up of wooden play equipment.
Theres a wooden car and a wooden boat which were a huge hit with my nearly 2 year old daughter, as she’s starting to get into imagantive play and loved to play with the steering wheels. She also had a great time going in and out of the small tunnel, and running over the top of it!
There’s also a small wooden climbing frame, with a bucket on a pulley and a slide. Ivy didn’t quite get the concept of the pulley bucket, but loved whizzing up and down the slide!
There are bits where you can put sticks and stones in the the little bucket, and put it down a tube – I’m hoping Ivy will be encouraged to play with this more as she gets older!
Theres also another section with bigger equipment – a big swing, see saw, roundabout, wooden assault course, and baby swings.
Ivy didn’t take much notice in this area, we did have a little go on the roundabout – but I think slightly older children would get more out of it.
Although Ivy did love all of the characters around the park from the Wind in the Willows story! There are five different characters around the park, and Ivy loved going up to them and saying what animals they were, and climbing all over them! Considering that the park opened up in December 2016 these are in excellent condition, along with the rest of the park, and it makes a lovely addition to the park.
The Wind in the Willows park is so far my favourite park that we’ve visited in Milton Keynes. The equipment is in amazing condition, and there’s a great mix of equipment to play with, and I love that it all fits in with the Wind in the Willows theme.
I’d say that this park is more suitable for under 5’s, as a lot of the equipment is aimed towards them, and my nearly 2 year old loved it – I couldn’t get her to leave!
It’s also worth mentioning that this park isn’t enclosed, but it’s surrounded by the redways and and a quiet residential road, so I didn’t feel too worried about that.
I think we’ll definitely be visiting this park fairly regularly!!
How to Find it
Petworth Park is located in Great Holm, Milton Keynes – the best postcode to use is MK8 9BG. Use the map below for directions.
It’s worth noting that the park is based in a residential area, so please park considerably if you’re driving.
