The Free Playground

Wicksteed Park has one of the biggest and best FREE playgrounds in Europe!  You can walk into the Park and use this playground 365 days a year.

The Playground was first developed by Charles Wicksteed in 1917 when he decided that he would use his engineering company to manufacture park seats and playground equipment.  The manufacture of the Park seats and equipment proved to be so popular that he went on to provide this equipment to Parks all over the world - in doing so making the Wicksteed name of Kettering famous.

In recent years over £250,000 has been invested on a huge variety of themed play areas - swings, see-saws, climbing frames, adventure modules and activities - all designed to keep the kids happily and safely entertained for hours! 

Located on the Free Playground is the Sandcastle refreshment kiosk, where you can get hot and cold drinks and wrapped snacks to keep your energy up!