Windsor Great Park Adventure Play awarded leading industry accolade
Windsor Great Park Adventure Play is to be awarded one of the greatest honours in the themed visitor experience industry by the Themed Entertainment Association.
The award which is recognised on a global scale will be presented in its Los Angeles ceremony in March 2025 and Windsor Great Park Adventure Play will be awarded for outstanding achievement in its attractions category.
Commissioned by The Crown Estate to provide an inclusive family attraction in Windsor Great Park, Adventure Play was designed and built by UK-based specialists Creating Adventurous Places (CAP.CO) and supported by a large multidisciplinary team. The impressive uniquely designed attraction was opened in July 2023 and to date, has attracted over 130,000 visitors.
Built within The Savill Garden in an area called Autumn Wood, the playground has been designed to celebrate its surroundings and is sustainably built using traditional skills, including thatching, and primarily used timber from within the Windsor Estate.
The 2 acres site has been transformed with treehouse structures, tunnels, rope bridges, towers, and walkways, as well as weird and wonderful sculptures from giant musical instruments to flower megaphones, tricky puzzles, and the UK’s first roller slide.
Sensory experiences can be found throughout the play area, including a fragrant planting scheme, wind chimes, a seasonal interactive projector, and tactile sculptures of the wildlife that can be seen across the Windsor Estate.
Adventure Play provides adults, children, and young people with an ideal setting to climb, scramble, and test their physical bravery levels in a safe, purpose designed space, connecting them with nature, whilst minimising any negative human impact on the environment and local biodiversity.
Thea Awards
The Thea Awards were created by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) in 1994 to help realise a key mission of the association: bringing recognition to outstanding achievement, talent, and personal excellence within the themed entertainment industry. TEA’s Thea Awards have become internationally recognised as a symbol of excellence.
Rewarding excellence for the creation of compelling educational, historical and entertainment projects, the Themed Entertainment Association’s prestigious Thea Awards reinforce the value of experience design and themed entertainment approaches to engaging people worldwide.