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Timberplay has been working with an outdoor play start-up called William’s Den to create
a brand new attraction in East Yorkshire. We spoke to the fi rm’s sales director Ben Harbottle, to fi nd out how it all came together and what’s next for the fi rm…
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ast Yorkshire’s newest family attraction, William’s Den, has just enjoyed its fi rst season, thanks to Timberplay which designed and delivered the outdoor play area. William’s Den sought to create an attraction that provided
a variety of naturally inspired play opportunities, from the UK’s largest timber indoor play areas with a difference, to sand and water sites, playful landscaping, challenging outdoor equipment, and den building. Timberplay worked with William’s Den to create outdoor play which embraced landscaping to create a space which appeals to children across a wide age range. The inclusion of sand and water pumps and channels boosts the
play value within the site signifi cantly. Older children have the challenge of the climbing structure and the cableway. Toddlers can embrace the role play within the Platform House or get high (no not like that) in the Cradle Swing. Timberplay sales director. Ben Harbottle, explains how the
attraction has been fi ve years in the development process, with Timberplay coming onboard early, while Touchwood was involved in creating the indoor play elements. “Williams Den has been in development since 2012, when Christian and Tor Carver had the vision of developing a unique attraction that would mirror the organic play opportunities that they experienced in their own childhoods’ growing up on farms. Christian and Tor met with Timberplay very early on in this development, in 2013, and they worked together on developing a plan that would exploit the play potential of the landscape as well as utilising products from Richter Spielgeräte.” Tor Carver, owner of William’s Den, explains that he
wanted to create something notable for the local area: “East Yorkshire is a beautiful county with a rich history, despite this it is often misrepresented within the press. We wanted to
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