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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 Edinburgh?

Thanks to much campaigning from parents, Edinburgh City Council have a street play policy in place, applications are processed here via Edinburgh Culture. You will need to complete a Public Space Events Application Form to hold a play street, which you can download along with guidance here. Any questions email [email protected].

Read how it was reported on the BBC back in 2018!

If you get stuck, we know of a resident, and parent, in Edinburgh who has run a play street and is happy to be contacted occasionally to explain to others how he did it, his shared email with his neighbours is MarchmontNeighbours@hotmail.com.

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