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Adventure Awaits: The New Woodland Play at Moseley Old Hall

Last updated:
11 April 2025
The Mud kitchen area in the woodland at Moseley Old Hall features a wooden table, benches and sinks, with metal pots and pans scattered around. There are also colourful musical instruments on stands, such as a xylophone and hanging triangles.
What will you create in the mud kitchen? | © National Trust/Arun Chand

We’re delighted to announce a fun and exciting addition to our outdoor spaces — new woodland play areas designed to inspire young adventurers. Nestled within the woodland bordering the meadow, this play space will encourage creativity, fun in the outdoors, exploration, and a deeper connection to nature.

What the project is

The new play area features three distinct sections:

  • A new and improved mud kitchen with musical instruments for sensory exploration.
  • A natural play area with den-building opportunities.
  • An interactive zone near the Tree Hide, adding in learning opportunities and place for imaginative play

Children will have the opportunity to climb, explore, and create, with features including:

  • A climbing frame
  • Wooden musical instruments
  • Wooden Tepees
  • A storytelling chair
  • A unique 4.5m hollowed-out tree for children to discover - coming late May 2025.

This engaging play space will encourage children to interact with the natural world, while providing an exciting, safe environment for play and learning.

An 'A' shaped climbing frame in the Woodland at Moseley Old Hall, with a rope climb on one side, and wooden ladder on the other.
New adventures await at Moseley Old Hall | © National Trust/Arun Chand

How it may affect your visit

The works to the Woodland Play have now been completed and the areas have now reopened. There are still a few items of play to be delivered later in 2025 - so watch this space!

The new wooden storytelling chair, with 'Once upon a time' carved on the back rest is next to the firepit, surrounded by smaller log seats and wooden benches.
Let your imagination run wild in the woodland at Moseley Old Hall | © National Trust/Arun Chand
The front of the Hall in golden sunlight. There is green ivy growing around the front of the porch and there is a tree to the left of the image that is still full of green leaves.
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Moseley Old Hall 

An atmospheric Elizabethan farmhouse that saved a King

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

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