Tour Our Centre Facilities

Our Facilities are open for sessions (such as 'Brilliant Babies' and 'Stay & Play' - please see our programme!); independent groups (such as 'Sing and Sign'); adult education seminars (e.g. child development and neurodiversity, see 'Events'); and are bookable by private groups for any purpose, such as hobby clubs, meetings and parties on both evenings and weekends (The Centre and the Small Meeting Room are bookable separately depending on your needs, see 'Bookings').

External Facilities include: disabled access lift, pushchair/pram storage, refuse bins, message board. See slideshow below (click arrows to left and right to scroll):

External view of the centre, with sloped path up to pushchair storage area, disabled lift, stairs to the main entrance and a large tree

Foyer includes: Waiting area (typically for visitors seeing the midwifery team) and information boards, plus access to the toilets:

Image showing the entrance, looking in from the main doors. There are three chairs in front of the staff computer desk to the right, entrance to the small meeting room on the left, and the Main Hall straight ahead

Main Hall: A large space with attached kitchen and access to the garden area, plus our equipment storage cupboard. We have collapsible tables (both child and adult height), chairs for children and adults, soft play mats, plenty of toys and art equipment. The Foyer and Kitchen both have child safety gates separating them from the hall.

Entrance to the main hall, a large double-height space with a wide, high triangular window showing a view of tree branches.

Small Meeting Room: This room is typically set up for health visitors and midwives, but on evenings and days they are not using the space, it is perfect for small group meetings or even solo work if you're in need of a temporary office space:

View from the door of the small meeting room, showing one table and a desk chair plus a reclining couch for midwives examinations

Toilets: We have an accessible toilet, plus baby changing facilities, potties, and child toilet seats. Wipes, nappies, maternity pads and breast pads are available for those who need them:

Disabled access toilet with two vertical and one horizontal grab bars, plus a horizontal swing-down bar and a lower height sink. There is also a plastic stool and child's toilet seat

Garden: Our garden has a play kitchen, a sandpit (open in the summer), a ball run, and messy play facilities (e.g. trays for water, sand etc.):

The outdoor play kitchen, which has a large wooden structure with metal bowls sunk in, pans, colanders and other equipment, some child-height wooden chairs. The garden is accessed from a door on the right-hand side of the main hall.

Kitchen: The kitchen is within the main hall, separated by a child safety gate. It is fully equipped with an oven, kettle, toaster, microwave, washing machine, pots, pans, cutlery, plastic and ceramic crockery, cleaning equipment etc. You are welcome to make use of everything in the kitchen if you book the hall for a party or other event:

view of the kitchen from the entrance gate, showing a long countertop including a sink, kettle and toaster, and washing machine below

Equipment: We have a huge number of toys, creative/art materials, floor coverings, puzzles, books, and permanent equipment (such as the indoor and outdoor play kitchens) suitable for all ages from baby to infant school age:

inddor play kitchen with six units including sink, oven and microwave (all non-functional!) plus child size cooking equipment

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