We’ve been on another adventure to visit a new (to us) park lately, and went to explore Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park. This park had a big refurb in 2019 and the main highlight of it is the large wooden climbing frame structure called Twisted Adventure Park. We visited one afternoon and ended up spending a good few hours here!
The climbing frame is huge, and has several different parts to it and ways to get up it. There’s a wobbly bridge, a tunnel, a climbing wall, a balance beam bridge, metal bars and a slide. My 2-year-old daughter Ivy was in her element here, it was essentially a toddler climbing paradise for her!
Ivy is a confident toddler so was more than happy climbing around this unaided, but if you don’t have as confident children there’s still loads of space to see your kids and help them around the climbing frame. Ivy particularly loved the balance beam bridge and was whizzing along quickly before moving to hide in the tunnel! I love that there are lots of different ways to get up to the climbing frame, and lots of different areas to hide and play in! We came to visit with one of Ivy’s friends and the two of them were running along and playing in areas together and having great fun!
There’s also a cool seesaw which we had fun playing on, swings, and an accessible roundabout. The roundabout is really cool as it has a little scooter on it, making it easy to whizz around which Ivy loved!
Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park also has a smaller area suitable for younger children. There’s a climbing frame with a slide, swings and rockers in a fake grass area. My 2-year-old had fun playing here, especially on the little climbing frame – but she had much more fun playing on the bigger climbing frame!
I think this is one of my favourite parks in Milton Keynes we’ve visited! There’s so much to do that Ivy didn’t get bored, and we spent hours running around and climbing. She had the best time climbing through the tunnel and hiding, running along the wobbly bridge and even loved the balance beam bridge. There was plenty of space around the climbing frame that I could follow her along on the ground, as she’s a very confident child and didn’t need me to follow her along on it – although there is lots of room to do so if you wanted to keep a closer eye on your kids.
How to Find it
You can find Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park just behind the meeting place in Bancroft, Milton Keynes. The best postcode to use is MK13 0QB – use the map below for directions.
I Enjoyed Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park, Where Can I Go Next?
If you’ve enjoyed Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park, and want to make more of an adventure of it, you can take a walk to view the Bancroft Roman Villa which is just a 5-minute walk away from the park. It’s the most extensively excavated of Roman settlements in Milton Keynes and the archaeological dig revealed an underfloor heating system! Lots of things were found here, and the outline of the villa still stands today. We visited back in the summer of 2020, and my now 11-year-old loved it!
It’s all set in North Loughton Valley Park, which is a lovely walk and you can go see the concrete cows. If you’re looking for a longer walk, go down to North Loughton Valley Park where you’ll also find Train Park, which is a 15-minute walk away past the concrete cows. You can also keep going to Lodge Lake, which is about a 30-minute walk away from Bancroft Twisted Adventure Park.
