Our fantastic outdoor playground is themed on the local environment designed to look a bit like the lift itself.
In the play area there's a bridge, control house and mooring area and it cleverly uses blue surfacing so children can pretend they're on the water.
It's also fully accessible for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
Trails and guides
- The Let’s Play! area is also the starting point for our new nature and discovery trail. Follow the walking trail into our neighbouring Anderton Nature Park.
- Be an Anderton Boat Lift Inspector for the Day: Inspector's Trail
- Walk through Anderton Nature Park next to our Visitor’s Centre with our Nature Spotter's Guide to see the swans, moorhens and rare orchids
The Let's Play! at Anderton Boat Lift project funding
While the Canal & River Trust owns and cares for the Anderton Boat Lift, as a charity, we still need support for key projects. So our exciting new playground was made possible thanks to a £20,000 grant from the LEADER programme; a unique source of funding for rural areas across Cheshire, Warrington and the Dunham Massey area, managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council. LEADER takes a community-led approach to delivering European funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Last Edited: 19 September 2023
