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JamesW  
#1 Posted : 13 January 2016 17:57:04(UTC)
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JamesW
Hi one off my clients are having a garden refurb in one off there nurseries and I need to know how far apart things can be on the ground to constitute a continuous play trail, so children can step between them and not jump. Is there any guidelines etc anyway. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Ian A-H  
#2 Posted : 15 January 2016 14:21:12(UTC)
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Ian A-H
I think the length of their legs will be the determining factor!
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Invictus  
#3 Posted : 15 January 2016 14:56:48(UTC)
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Invictus
Kids are all different sizes. We use to jump from the wall onto mattresses and you would keep moving them further away to make it harder to reach. But then again we were allowed to climb trees, swim in the lake, walk under conker trees without a hard hat and play conkers without goggles and gloves.
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firesafety101  
#4 Posted : 15 January 2016 15:57:02(UTC)
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firesafety101
Invictus I think you are a bit of a wimp jumping onto mattresses. We used to jump off the swing to see who would land furthest away on the concrete flags. Swing as fast as I could on the Maypole then let go, and then go and rupture myself on the Monkey Bars when I slipped while climbing onto the metal bars/ladder. ha ha I might have invented the Ministry of Funny Walks way back then.
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grim72  
#5 Posted : 15 January 2016 16:16:35(UTC)
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grim72
We used to jump off a 10 ft high brick wall around a friend's garden into a bush to break our fall. At least we did until one if us went straight through it one day. As a child I guess we don't complete risk assessments or see dangers the same as we do as adults :-) I did find this which might have some useful info in it: http://www.wicksteed.co....N1176%20and%20EN1177.pdf http://www.rospa.com/pla...1176-equipment-standard/
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