The survey, commissioned by Play England, Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland for Playday today (7 August), found that more than 50 per cent of adults played out at least seven times a week when they were growing up, compared to less than a quarter of children today.
More than a quarter of parents said that they feared being judged by neighbours if they let their children play out unsupervised, and even more believed that if their children played ball games or made a noise outdoors it would cause problems with other residents.
A lack of dedicated community space was cited by many as limitiing opportunities for children to play outside.
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