About Us

South West Play is based in the bustling and picturesque port of Newlyn, England's largest fishing port and home to the largest fishing fleet in the UK with over 40 acres of harbour. The fishing industry is one of the most important in the county contributing millions of pounds to the Cornish economy each year.

Not forgetting our roots - South West Play traded as a chandlery for over a decade supplying the local community. Having now diversified, our craftsmen use their unrivalled knowledge and traditional rope work and net making skills to excel within the ever growing playground manufacturing industry. We still cater for the fishing industry supplying a varied range of marine netting.

Our prime location allows easy access to the A30. Our intention is to provide a competitive consultancy service, regionally, nationally and internationally. We supply and install specialist equipment anywhere and having established a reputation for quality we have been repeatedly commissioned to work on many prestigious projects, the most recent being The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London, a bespoke project to mark their 250th anniversary.

We have established an excellent relationship with Legoland (Windsor) Ltd. We have also dealt with Chessington World of Adventures and we are quickly developing relationships with more localised attractions such as Crealy's Great Adventure Park in Devon and Cornwall, Land's End, Flambard's, Dairyland Farm World, Paradise Park and the indoor play area The Play Zone.

A number of Playbuilder projects have involved us throughout the UK but perhaps our most lengthy and well deserved contract was in the London Borough of Lambeth, having secured £2.5 million to develop 28 play areas by 2011. The funding is being used to refurbish existing play areas or develop entirely new play areas. We worked closely with several of the leading architects who were awarded tenders since January 2010, designing, manufacturing and installing a vast range of bespoke rope work and netting which has now been installed.

Our headquarters have been subject to a constant expansion process, our store in now 4000sq ft, arranged over two floors allowing us to manufacture some very large and impressive nets.

We've recruited skilled personnel and strengthened the equipment infrastructure with up-to-date acquisitions; we now have multiple 150 tonne Talurit presses to compliment our unrivalled ability.

The above photo depicts a complex 3.5m wide x 3m high funnel net being manufactured for Western Log Leisure Ltd, the end destination for the funnel net is Cadbury World in Birmingham. We stock a vast range of varied netting, ropes and wire rope. Retaining such a large stock enables us to quickly complete orders.
 

We are now celebrating our 3rd year under new management with our sales at a record high and continuing growth and success exceeding our projected targets. We are justly proud of our achievements and have every confidence in our ability to provide an even better service to an expanding clientele. South West Play invites its prospective clients to consider its progress over the past years and check out the wide range of activities covered by the company and asses its knowledgeable staff and associated facilities.

More information on completed projects