Play Archives

St.John's Wood Adventure Playground. Picture taken in 1963. Courtesy of the Donne Buck Archive.In this section you will find information about archival materials held by CPIS and other organisations. CPIS is trying to collate information on all play archives in England, so if you have any information related to this please contact us.

Donne Buck Archive
Donne Buck has over 50 years involvement in children’s play, including work on most of London’s adventure playgrounds. In 2007, Donne kindly donated a collection of printed documents, correspondence and photographs related to his work, to CPIS.

International Play Association Archive (IPA)
IPA is an international non-governmental organisation founded in 1961 that aims to protect, preserve and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental human right.

Lady Allen of Hurtwood Archive
Lady Allen of Hurtwood campaigned for children’s rights and welfare, and had a passionate interest in adventure playgrounds.

Play strategies

View play strategies developed by English local government areas on our regional map

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Need Information on play?

CPIS is a national information service on children's play, part of the NCB library

Contact us if you have a general enquiry about children's play or would like a literature search on a play topic

Tel: 0207 843 6303 or
       0207 843 6026

Email: cpis@ncb.org.uk