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See how the street play movement is growing across the UK

We’ve added a pin for every area where parents, residents, a community organisation or the council (and ideally, all of them together) are starting to change things for children through play streets and related ideas. The movement is growing! See what’s happening near you by entering the name of your local authority (council) in the box below. For more support on play streets and to connect with the play streets movement see our Support for play streets page.

Please note: these pages were last updated in summer 2024.

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What’s happening in Aylesbury Vale?

Aylesbury Vale district council worked with Buckinghamshire County Council on a pilot project supporting resident-led street play, as part of the Aylesbury Garden Town partnership. This ran successfully in November 2021.

The wider Buckinghamshire council are actively supporting street play. If you live in Buckinghamshire and want to get your street playing out – information about how to apply to the council to run a play street is on their website here. You can also join the local Facebook group

If you need help completing the form, contact the Play Streets Support Activator by email at [email protected].

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