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HereWe’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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We know that street play has happened here, though currently there is no formal policy. You can encourage this by lobbying your council!
Oxford City Council supports street parties, you can find an application form here. This could be a good way to get started with a pilot play street.
To network with others who are organising street play sessions in Oxford you can join the Playing Out Oxford Facebook Group or for more information see Oxon Play.
Here’s a video on Vimeo about play streets in Oxford on ITV Meridian News.
Alice Ferguson posted this on 10/09/24
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