Encouraging all kinds of physical activity and imaginative play, outdoor climbing frames provide the perfect way to keep kids active and support child development throughout their younger years.
Here at Wicken Toys, we stock a variety of metal and wooden outdoor play equipment for toddlers, children, and teens, providing wonderful Christmas gifts or birthday presents for all ages.
So, if you’re searching for the top outdoor toys this New Year, we’re here to share our list of best-selling climbing frames to help you find your family’s new favourite outdoor play set!
Top Wooden Climbing Frames
Wood climbing frames with swings and slides have been staples in back gardens, public parks, and school playgrounds for decades. Not only do they look appealing, thanks to their use of natural materials, but these sturdy wooden play structures are also designed to be safe for kids to play on for a long time.
At Wicken Toys, we supply a wide range of natural wood climbing frames for domestic use. From playhouses to jungle gyms, here are some of the top designs that our customers loved this year!
Top Wooden Play Centres
Want a wooden play centre with a slide, but have limited outdoor space? The Plum Climbing Pyramid is the perfect solution, combining a climbing wall, slide, and cargo net with a split-level deck and hidden den.
Plus, if you would prefer a wooden climbing frame with 2 swings, you can add a double swing section!
An impressive step up for larger gardens is the Plum Climbing Cube XL with swings. This wooden climbing frame with a slide and monkey bars offers even more ways to play in a relatively compact structure.
The extended cube comes with a crow’s nest platform and a fireman’s pole for extra-exciting adventures.
Top Wooden Playhouses
If you’re starting small and want something a bit closer to the ground, the TP Forest Pirate Galleon Wooden Playhouse could be just the ticket. This wooden boat climbing frame contains multiple areas above and below deck, plus accessories to make the experience more realistic, from sails to the ship’s wheel.
Or, if you’re looking for something bigger with more features, the Plum Discovery Adventure Playcentre is a brilliant wooden activity climbing frame. With two different-sized slides and the option to add swings, plus built-in gardening and painting areas for sensory play, it’s both fun and educational!
While it’s not a climbing frame, the Plum Discovery Mud Pie Kitchen is also a top-selling wooden garden play set, which can make a great addition to the playcentre if there’s enough outdoor space.
Top Wooden Castles and Forts
From knights under siege to royals ruling the palace, every child enjoys pretending to be a king, queen, or soldier, which is why our wooden castle climbing frames and wooden forts are so popular!
Standing at almost 3m high, the All Out Play Castle is a sizeable playhouse that contains multiple levels, steps, and swing bars. With wooden battlements and arched windows, it makes a truly majestic den.
However, if you want something even larger with more areas to explore, the All Out Play Castle and Tower Set features two towers connected by a bridge, one of which has a 10ft wave slide for exciting escapes.
On the other hand, if you would like a castle-style playhouse with a slide for your child but don’t have as much space to play with, the All Out Play Gatehouse is much smaller at around 1m x 2m.
Or, for the best of both worlds, the All Out Play Climbing Den and Gatehouse Set combines the gatehouse with a treehouse-style climbing den on stilts, connected by a bridge for journeying back and forth!
Top Customisable Climbing Frame
When you think of the ultimate wooden outdoor play set, you’re probably envisioning an extensive wooden playhouse and climbing frame that includes a raised den, swings, a slide, and more across multiple levels.
However, with so many different elements available and spatial constraints to consider, parents often prefer to customise the features and layouts of wooden children’s play equipment as much as possible.
If you want to create your own climbing frame, the Creative Playthings Williamsburg premium pack is ideal.
This best-selling climbing frame is available in many different configurations, allowing you to choose one with features that suit your family. Even better, you can start out with a smaller model and add compatible Creative Playthings accessories over time to keep customising your set-up!
With a wider variety of features, sizes, and weight limits, these structures can see children through their primary and secondary school years, too, providing a hangout spot for tweens and teens.
Top Metal Climbing Frames
Perhaps due to their simplicity, metal climbing frames aren’t quite as popular as wooden outdoor toys.
That said, sometimes simple and sleek is exactly what you might be looking for – especially if there isn’t enough room for a sprawling, bulky playground structure in your garden.
That’s where basic yet effective outdoor toys like the Plum Deimos Metal Dome climbing frame come in, providing a more affordable yet still entertaining play frame that can become whatever kids imagine it to be.
For younger and smaller children, simple structures like the TP Explorer metal climbing frame and the TP UFO den climbing frame offer all the basics they need to develop their physical skills.
Meanwhile, when it comes to popular outdoor toys for teenagers, the BERG PlayBase is leading the pack.
Offering minimalist monkey bar frames in different sizes as the base, you can customise the PlayBase frame by choosing from a selection of sporty features that are fantastic for helping older kids to exercise.
Not only are there swings, slides, and climbing walls and nets suitable for younger kids – plus a basketball hoop for ball games – but with boxing bags, dip bars, pull-up bars, resistance bands, fitness ropes, gym rings, and tumble bars available, there’s no shortage of potential activities!
Order Climbing Frames Online From Wicken Toys
No matter the age of the children you’re shopping for or the available space in your garden, you’re sure to find a climbing frame that meets all your needs amongst the best-sellers at Wicken Toys.
As stockists of children’s wooden climbing frames, swings, wheeled toys, and more, we also run the biggest display site of outdoor play equipment in the UK! So, if you’re a try-before-you-buy kind of person, we would be happy for you to come down and see how our climbing frames look when they’re set up.
Whether you’re interested in a wooden playhouse with upstairs levels or a multi-feature jungle gym, we’ve got you covered with our huge range of outdoor toys for children of all ages.
Simply find your favourite climbing frame and place your order online – and if you have any questions about a product, or delivery or installation options, just give us a call on 01908 571 233!
