Natural play for families
Based within Bolton’s iconic Moss Bank Park, The Hive offers a unique space, made up of a series of gardens adorned with natural play equipment.
Designed with pre-schoolers and the under seven’s in mind, The Hive encourages young people to make lasting connections with nature through creative play. The Hive will be open for our 2024 season from 3rd April until 8th November, available for you to explore every week from Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-3pm (last entry at 2pm). The Hive has self-led play activities to inspire young minds, including water play, musical fun in our sound garden, bug hunting, den building, plus our mud kitchen.
There are two great ways to enjoy natural play at The Hive:
Family Day Pass
You can buy a day pass for £6.50 for a one-off visit to The Hive, valid for 6 people (adults and children combined). To purchase a family day pass please click the link below:
Family Season Pass
You can enjoy unlimited access to our natural play features, with our season pass for just £45, valid for 6 people (adults and children combined). For more information and to purchase a family season pass please click the link below:
Once you have purchased your season pass, we request that you register each visit online before you attend the site, in order for us to manage numbers. For your convenience this can be done up until 2pm on the date of your visit. The season pass day registration is free.
Natural Play Features
Whichever way you visit us you will get to enjoy wild adventure, outdoor play and have access to all our wonderful natural play features and equipment including:
Mud kitchen
Water play
Willow domes and tunnels
Stories and crafts
Music station
Activity trails
Events
We also have plenty of events throughout the year, please keep an eye out on the event page of the website and follow us on Facebook (search ‘The Hive at Moss Bank Park’) to keep updated on what we have to offer.
Take a look below for more information about our season/ day passes and check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
