Explore Play Wales
In response to the Welsh Government’s new Active Travel Act Guidance, we have published a new issue of Focus on play. It considers how active travel can support children’s right to play, and how a strong focus on play can help create walking, wheeling and cycling routes that work better for children, families and communities.
This issue supports the play section of the Placemaking chapter of the guidance, which encourages a ‘Play on the Way’ approach. ‘Play on the Way’ is an approach that advocates for integrating play, in and around walking, wheeling and cycling routes.
When active travel guidance is implemented with children’s play in mind, it can help create neighbourhoods where children are visible, feel welcome and able to enjoy everyday opportunities to play. Focus on play – Play and active travel includes information about:
- why play and active travel belong together
- international and national play policy
- what children gain from a ‘Play on the Way’ approach and what gets in the way
- considerations for creating play-friendly active travel
- principles for creating play-friendly active travel
- play streets: creating space on the doorstep
- focusing on the journey.
This briefing is for local authority transport, planning, highways, public health and play teams, as well as elected members.