Train and Carriage Sets

Play Trains, Ships, Tractors and More

 Playground Equipment Guide

Read on for a handy guide to our ever-popular playground vehicles for nurseries, schools, EYFS, parks and other settings for children.

Whilst providing plenty of space for numerous children to play at the same time, we ensure our play trains, ships, tractor and climbing equipment don’t take up lots of playground space. Drawing on themes which are timeless, these outdoor apparatus are a great way to keep children’s imaginations and bodies active as they play.

Bright, colourful, and designed to fuel creative minds, children adore our large playground vehicles.

Promote Imaginative Play

Providing children with high-quality equipment for imaginative play confirms its importance whilst fostering powerful opportunities for creative play. From collaboration to communication, language development and understanding of the world, children gain so many advantages when imaginations are unleashed.

Value-Laden Ethos

What better way to ensure pupils feel valued than to build play spaces that are welcoming and exciting? Fine-quality construction and detail-driven design mean play trains, play ships, play tractors and EYFS climbing equipment at Fun & Active Playgrounds are top-notch.

Early Years Express Play Train Set

From Thomas and Friends to traditional train sets and Chuggington, trains continue to spark the imagination of children of all ages. The Early Years Express Play Train for nurseries, parks, EYFS settings and schools is a bright, compact design with instant appeal.

Taking up little room in the playground, the open design lets children move freely from train to playground and back as they play. Wheels, seats, carriages, and colour make the play train a fun place for both role play and rest.

Double seats in each carriage mean lots of pupils can enjoy the outdoor train set at playtimes. Promoting easy interaction between different sets of children, the playground train is a great way to boost cohesion across classes and year groups as children socialise together.

EYFS Playground Equipment: Nessie Climbing and Activity Set

Under, over, up, down and around – there are so many ways to travel Nessie. Each piece of our EYFS playground equipment challenges children to do something different. Travel through the hole, climb the stairs, step up, step down, run in and out – pupils will adore finding new ways to traverse Nessie.

Yet there’s more. The EYFS climbing and activity set has space to sit down, areas to make music, storage and activity panels – there’s plenty to keep multiple children active and stimulated whilst at play.

Playground Pirate Ship

Sail away to distant shores, every day of the week. Fuelling creative play, whether it’s a voyage, round the world sailing race or a pirate crew to rival Blackbeard’s, children will race to get to the pirate ship every playtime.

3 seating areas and plenty of space, mean multiple groups of pupils can sit, relax, socialise, and chill. Whether passengers, crew or friends catching up, there’s room for numerous children to move around the play ship with ease.

From the waves at the bottom of the playground ship to the mast and flag which fly up high, this is playground equipment that will never grow old, fuelling enjoyment through the type of imaginative play that’s timeless and so fun.

Steam Express Playground Train Set

Add a sense of excitement to play spaces with the Steam Express Train Set. The full-scale playground train will whisk children away somewhere special every playtime.

Self-contained carriages with seating, a crawl through tunnel and windows aid children’s imagination as they play. With so many ways to interact with the playground train, pupils don’t have to wait to take their turn.

Hold on to the handrails as the train flies through the air. Hide in the tunnel from the monsters! There’s even room for two, three, four children to ride the railcar together. A practical and thrilling outdoor play train set guaranteed to foster a wide range of creative play for children.

Play Tractor and Trailer Set

What better way to understand our world than to be down on the farm on Toby the Tractor? Stimulating imaginative play which criss-crosses so many areas of the curriculum, helps children expand their understanding of the world as they play together.

Transport the animals, collect the hay, harvest the apples, wheat or potatoes – there’s so much to do down on the farm! Wheels and plenty of seating make the playground tractor a guaranteed hit whilst encouraging children to interact and play together.

Our customisation service means you can make any changes to any of our designs. Whether you want to customise the carriages with alternative animals, change the colours or make other adaptions to any of our designs, our bespoke service leaves those options open to you.

Trusted Playground Equipment Supplier, UK

Fun & Active Playgrounds is a leading supplier of various playground equipment to schools across the UK. Elevating school playgrounds, nursery play spaces and other settings for children for over 10 years, you can be sure our play equipment has all the practical elements you need for safe play and good value.

All of the outdoor apparatus we sell is recyclable. Built for heavy use by large numbers of children, our play trains, pirate ships and other playground equipment are made from hardwearing HDPE. HDPE is a highly-resistant material that withstands uv-light, is weatherproof and won’t warp, crack or fade so children can use our equipment all year round.

Every piece in the collection comes with a 10-year guarantee for your peace of mind.

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