Playground Safety Fencing

Jacksons Fencing takes pride in the safety features of its Anti-Trap Bow Top fences, timber Playtime® fencing, and steel Playtime® fencing. These products are meticulously designed to comply with the BS EN 1176 regulations, making them the perfect choice for schools and playgrounds. The wider gap between the hoops on the Anti-Trap Bow Top fencing is a key safety feature, ensuring that children cannot get their limbs stuck between the pales. With their adjustable timing mechanism, our self-closing gates further enhance security within an enclosed space. Rest assured, our Anti Trap Bow Top, safety gates, and playtime fencing have RoSPA approval.

Adjustments to widen the gaps on bow top fences and gates is a simple solution to avoid children’s limbs becoming stuck. Still, many companies that manufacture playground equipment continue to produce railings and fences which present potential dangers. As a responsible manufacturer, we strive to provide quality products and services. We recognise that we have a duty of care to provide the safest possible environment for children to play in so that the people who commission upgrading and installing new playgrounds can be sure that our children’s playgrounds are not potential death traps.

Various Acts of Parliament already cover liability, including the 1957 Occupier’s Liability Act, 1974’s Health & Safety at Work Act and 1999’s Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations. Today’s litigious society allows little room for manoeuvre for authorities who ignore or neglect these areas of responsibility, and injured children are always going to be high-profile media stories. Manufacturers and stakeholders responsible for the order or installation of playgrounds in the UK are faced with the prospect of instigating safe design while balancing an exciting play space that children will want to return to again and again. All of this needs to conform to parent expectations and reduce natural worries.

It is evident that there are measures in place that govern the installation of safer playgrounds. The onus is placed upon playground managers and those responsible for commissioning them to choose manufacturers that adopt these measures as standard. If the number of children injured during what should be a time of fun and play is to be reduced, it is crucial to ask, ‘Is your playground safe?’.