Toddler soft play in Peckham
Peckham Pulse Soft Play
There’s a soft play area for children and toddlers at the Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre. It costs £1.35 for each play session which normally last 50 minutes except for the first session of the day which lasts a bit longer. The times for the sessions are as follows:
9.30am to 10.50am 11.00am to 11.50am
12.00am to 12.50pm 12.50pm to 13.00pm
13.00pm to 13.50pm 14.00pm to 14.50pm
14.50pm to 15.00pm 15.00pm to 16.50pm
17.00pm to 17.50pm
We went on a Thursday for the 11pm session (when my son had justed turned two). We had to queue a bit at the front desk to pay so if you want to make the most of your 50 minutes arrive a bit before the session begins. There is a baby area with a ball pool and different soft shapes, mirrors and space to crawl. This probably suitable to take babies as soon as they are crawling around, maybe even a bit before. There is a main climbing frame for the older children but I went on there with my son. I’m not sure if its officially allowed but there were other parents on the climbing frame and the person on duty didn’t say anything. There was a very fast yellow slide that my son enjoyed and he loved just running around the play frame. There was another really large ball pool. Some of the balls looked like they needed a bit of a clean though!
There is parking for the Peckham Pulse leisure centre but it is very small and parking is limited. I couldn’t get a space there so I parked in the car park for Lidl which is opposite the leisure centre. It is free parking here for 1 1/2 hours. However, after 1 1/2 hours if your car is still there you can get a hefty fine so be careful not to overun. You can also have 2 hours free parking at Morrison’s car park which is about a 5 minute walk away. Again, if you overun you can get a fined.
Avoid going in half terms and the school holidays as it gets filled up with older children quite quickly. When I went in the February half term and I was turned away from the 11am play session because it was full. I haven’t been on the weekends or after school hours but I imagine it’s pretty busy then too.
Peckham library is right next door to the leisure centre so you can always pop in there and look at the children’s books before or after your play session. There is also a 1.1km Surrey Canal Walk to Burgess park so if you haven’t tired out your child enough with the soft play and it’s a nice day you could walk to Burgess park and let them have a run around here. Perhaps take a picnic. Peckham Pulse also has a cafe which does children’s menus such as chicken nuggetts for £2.75. They also did a range of lunch and snack options for adults.