The Hive at Moss Bank Park

Based within Bolton’s iconic Moss Bank Park, The Hive offers a unique space, made up of a series of gardens adorned with natural play equipment.

Designed with pre-schoolers and the under seven’s in mind, The Hive encourages young people to make lasting connections with nature through creative play. The Hive has self-led play activities to inspire young minds, including water play, musical fun in our sound garden, bug hunting, den building, plus our mud kitchen.

The Hive is open from Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Saturday 1st November 2025.

Open every week, Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 3pm (please note last entry is 2pm). 

Priced at £6.50 per day, the Hive Family Day Pass provides access to the site to a family of 6, which includes any combination of adults and children.

 Family Day Pass

Save Money and Upgrade to a Season Ticket: If you think your family might be regular visitors to the Hive the most cost effective option is to purchase a season ticket. Priced at £45 this will give your family unlimited access to natural play until November 1st 2025. 

Family Season Pass 

Natural Play Features

Whichever way you visit us you will get to enjoy wild adventure, outdoor play and have access to all our wonderful natural play features and equipment including:

Mud kitchen

Water play

Willow domes and tunnels

Stories and crafts

Music station

Activity trails

And so much more! 

We also have plenty of events throughout the year, please keep an eye out on the event page of the website and follow us on Facebook (search ‘The Hive at Moss Bank Park’) to keep updated on what we have to offer.

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions.