Explore our soft play castle, with rope bridges, climbing walls, lookouts and a slide to whizz back down to the drawbridge. Our centre has been enabled by the generous donations from The Lottery, SLDC, Frieda Scott Trust, Kendal Lions, Cumbria Community Foundation, Kendal Integrated Care and more. Outside In has been setup as a registered charity we would welcome further contributions.
Outside In is a charity-run play centre in Kendal, Cumbria. We are a community group of parents and people who want the best for children and families both here in Kendal and elsewhere throughout Cumbria and the South Lakes. We welcome everyone to our centre to play and have fun, relax, learn, share, socialise, get active, feel looked after, cared for and cared about.
Outside In is a charity-run play centre in Kendal, Cumbria. We are a community group of parents and people who want the best for children and families both here in Kendal and elsewhere throughout Cumbria and the South Lakes. We welcome everyone to our centre to play and have fun, relax, learn, share, socialise, get active, feel looked after, cared for and cared about.
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Outside In is a charity that began life as a community group made up of parents and local people wanting the best for children and families here in Kendal. We welcome families to our centre to play and have fun, relax, learn, share, socialise and get active. A safe and warm place where everyone is welcome at any time of the day (though we do let our staff go home at 6pm!).
I didn't, perhaps, realise just quite how much work would be involved in settling up the centre but we have made it after 3 years of very hard work! My children are 3 and 5, I am a veterinary surgeon and will be seen teaching children about animal anatomy and husbandry and bandaging in the role play vets from time to time.
Andrew, our centre manager, has worked in catering for the past 20 years and has recently had the experience of running his own pre-school children's activity classes. Hiya, I'm Claire, I have always lived in Kendal and have worked in many local childcare settings. I spent most of my time with younger children and babies and I adore providing opportunities for them to discover their own way in the world.
This fantastic version fo Kendal Castle made by Tigerplay packs a lot into the area. Swoop down on the spiral slide, climb up the climbing wall, balance across bridges and ropes, boing high on the trampette, climb up inside our giant tree and across onto Ye Olde Kendal rooftop walkway where you can learn a bit about Kendal's history.
We offer children's themed parties. We offer two packages for parties, each lasting 1.5 hours. The basic package includes entry to the play area, a reserved party table with unlimited soft drinks and water, and a buffet meal with sandwiches, crudites and dips, fruit, crisps/snacks, sausage rolls and cakes and ice cream.
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Lisa Curwen
Dec 21, 2021
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Victoria White
Nov 30, 2021
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Samantha Rippingale
Nov 18, 2021
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Charlotte Firn
Nov 17, 2021
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Mark Hadfield
Oct 31, 2021
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Harriot Oconnor
Oct 29, 2021
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If you are planning on coming don't bother. First time and an awful experience. Firstly leave your pram outside, so if you need the loo and you little on isn't mobile, I hope you can hold it. Had to ask for a clean high chair. Had to Ask for the table to be wiped from the session before. Toys in the under 2's area had rust on them and the batteries had ran out, i doubt they had been cleaned in a while, which made me feel like I didn't want my little one playing with them. Everything seemed hard work for most of the staff, bar one. There was a party on whilst I was in, and not enough seats for the
Philip Foxe
Oct 21, 2021
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Visiting from London with four year old granddaughter. Pouring rain all day. Took a while to find this place online. Glad we did. Easy to book. Very reasonable price. Helpful staff, good safe facilities. All the kids seemed to be having a lot of fun! Coffee and cake if required with comfortable seating for adults. Recommended.
Victoria Upton
Oct 15, 2021
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Kieron Banks
Oct 10, 2021
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Emma Hayes
Sep 12, 2021
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Claire Shepherd
Aug 13, 2021
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Rachel Perrier
Aug 05, 2021
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Tanya Peters
Aug 03, 2021
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Sara-Louise Hoque
Jun 15, 2021
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Jo Magean
Jun 05, 2021
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