adventure playground

American  

noun

British.

1. a children's playground, often in a somewhat desolate urban area, that utilizes derelict industrial or commercial items or products for equipment, as used tires for swings and wooden crates for tunnels.

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adventure playground British  

noun

1. a playground for children that contains building materials, discarded industrial parts, etc, used by the children to build with, hide in, climb on, etc

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Etymology

Origin of adventure playground

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The Celtic Manor's portfolio also includes three golf courses, numerous restaurants, two spas, a country inn, a children's nursery and an adventure playground.

From BBC

There are more than 30 attractions, including Rapunzel's tower, Camelot adventure playground and a model train museum.

From BBC

Beverley Peyser, who ran the playground with a staff of fourteen teen-agers, explained to Ross, “This is a real adventure playground . . . . Here we’re doing things with earth, with water, with fire, with air . . . . Just the way kids in London during the Second World War used bombed-out sites to play in, to build exciting things with the rubble.”

From The New Yorker

A section of the the south bank of the River Clyde was transformed from declining dockyard into green space, theme park and adventure playground.

From BBC

I was very surprised to read this article, because, as I remember it. the adventure playground movement /started/ in England!

From New York Times