Bristol soft play centre for disabled children to open in 2027

Summarised from BristolLive's report · Updated 5 Nov, 22:10 · Archive

A charity-run soft play centre for disabled children is being built near Bristol and is expected to open in spring 2027.

A Bristol-based charity is building a soft play centre for disabled children at a disused motorway service station near the M48 Severn Bridge in Aust. The facility is expected to open in spring 2027 and will be the first of its kind in the UK. The project has taken a decade to develop and comes after Gympanzees held popular pop-up events around Bristol.

Gympanzees received nearly £1m from the National Lottery in April, with construction beginning in June. The charity needs to raise £8m to complete the works and has now reached its fundraising target of £350,000, with donations from over 1,100 people. Founder Stephanie Wheen said the support was 'unbelievable', noting that donors had been involved alongside people organising fundraisers and other events.

Once complete, the state-of-the-art facility will have 10 rooms and is expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors a year.

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• Huge new Bristol soft play centre for disabled children set to open at former motorway servicesIt will be the first of its kind in the UKBristolLive · 5 Nov, 12:22

In this story: Gympanzees · Bristol · Aust · M48 Severn Bridge · National Lottery · Stephanie Wheen

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