Stay and play for families

Join us at Abney Park for our pay-what- you-can stay and play session for 0-5 year olds accompanied by their parent/carer. You are welcome to drop in on the day, but if we're busy, we'll give priority to people who have booked in advance. The sliding scale ticketing helps us to cover the cost of running these sessions, with supporters tickets, concessions and access tickets to ensure everyone can join in the fun.

There will be an indoor play space available in the community room with a home corner, soft play spaces and places to cosy up with picture books. Come and play, meet new friends and join in with some seasonal nature activities in our garden. We set up a mud kitchen, and there are trees with low branches for climbing, seesaws, and balancing logs. We’ll be outside in all weathers so please bring waterproofs and wellies. Stay as long as you want to - there will be a song circle around 10.30am, and a story to end the session around 11.15am.

The outdoor play area and community room are located next to the Abney Park Cafe. Follow the cobbled path from the Stoke Newington High Street entrance and you’ll see a side path to your right which leads to the garden. Please park buggies on the patio area and close the gate after you to keep the garden secure. Please enter through the same gate for the community room and remove your shoes before coming inside.

Access information : The outdoor play area is made up of a paved area, grass and woodland with bark underfoot. There are accessible toilets and baby changing facilities available in the community room. Ramp access at Church Street entrance, level access at Stoke Newington High Street entrance. This is a dog-free area, with the exception of service dogs on leads.