Nearly a quarter of parents say their local playground is in a poor state, and 14.5 per cent say it is derelict, unusable or unsafe.
Conducted by the Association of Play Industries (API), the survey gathered responses from 241 parents, with more than half saying that they are unhappy about the lack of high quality play in their area.
The results form part of a national #nowhere2play campaign.
Campaigners are calling on the Government to put more funding into playgrounds and create a national strategy on play to tackle inactivity, ahead of the Government’s obesity strategy due to be published in January.
The API campaign is asking parents and carers to post pictures of inadequate play facilities on social media with the #nowhere2play hashtag.
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