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Give a child many hours of fun and memories to take into their future with these high-quality timber playhouses from established manufacturers of garden buildings. elbec only sell playhouses that comply with current safety standards, so that you can allow children to play with peace of mind when it comes to their personal well-being. Explore our collection of play houses with fun features and order online from elbec today.
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The Shire Stork Playhouse offers a light and airy space for your child to play in the garden. Key features include:
- More compact than its sister playhouse, the Pixie
- Built-in veranda, perfect to provide shade on a hot day
- Cottage like appearance that evokes a sense of magic
- Two opening four-pane windows with matching door
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The Shire Cubby is an enchanting playhouse that will give the little ones their own space to play. Key features include:
- Traditional-style single door with diamond porthole window
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Safety hinges to protect little fingers
- Quality tongue and groove flooring
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An attractive playhouse ideal for young children, this is a light and airy model with plenty of windows and a shady canopy, making it a brilliant focal point for fun. Key features of the Shire Pixie include:
- Two opening criss-cross windows with matching door
- Veranda included for shade and aesthetics
- Quality tongue and groove pine shiplap cladding
- Safety hinges to protect little fingers
This double storey playhouse is an attractive and neat garden building for children to play in, which comes with an upstairs bunk area for plenty of extra fun. Key features include:
- A two-storey playhouse with a compact footprint, maximising the space available
- Traditional single door with diamond porthole window
- 2 opening windows and 1 fixed window with safety hinges
- Styrene window glazing for added protection
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The smart and simple wooden Playhut from Shire incorporates quality and value. Ideal as a first playhouse.
- Includes Floor
- Opening window with safety styrene glazing
- Piano hinges to prevent trapped little fingers
- Quality tongue and groove pine shiplap cladding
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The Poppy playhouse from Mercia is a tried and trusted design and has been a long-standing favourite among children and customers alike since its introduction. Key features include:
- Attractive 'Georgian-style' architecture
- Complete with veranda
- Comes dip-treated but unpainted to allow personal customisation
The Poppy Playhouse with Tower from Mercia is a fabulous raised-platform building offering an exciting environment for your children to explore. Key features include:
- Attractive 'Georgian-style' architecture
- Complete with safety veranda
- Sturdy raised platform design with ladder access
The Salcey is a robust playhouse, providing a play space for children of all ages. The key features of the attractive log cabin design include:
- 28mm tongue and groove interlocking timber log walls
- Solid sheet OSB roof structure with green mineralised roofing felt are solid and sturdy
- Styrene glazed windows are shatter resistant for increased safety
- Traditional front facing canopy, multi-pane opening windows and matching windowed door
Create a magical play space for your children to inspire their imaginations and encourage them to play outside with this Double Storey Swiss Cottage garden playhouse. Key features include:
- Double-storey playhouse
- Swiss cottage design
- Shatterproof styrene glazed windows
- Planed and rounded timbers
- 12mm interlocking tongue and groove cladding
- 10-year anti-rot guarantee
The Shire Wigwam is a quirky playhouse based on the traditional Native American teepee. The unusual playhouse design includes a number of attractive features:
- Softwood construction providing the perfect base for decoration
- Safety features including shatter proof styrene windows and a piano-hinged door to prevent trapped fingers
- 12mm tongue and groove walls
- Unique design which offers hours of fun to children of all ages
This simple and compact playhouse makes a pretty cottage for small children to play in, with the attention to detail that lets them create imaginary worlds. Key features of the 4 x 4 Shire Bunny Playhouse include:
- Shiplap wall cladding with strong, tongue and groove construction
- Styrene window glazing for added safety and comfort
- Window and door comes with safety hinges as standard, keeping small hands safe
- Delivered flat-packed with all the parts and fixtures included
The children will love this compact wooden playhouse with its wonderfully traditional design. Key features include:
- Traditional-style single door with diamond porthole window
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
- Optional veranda for shade and aesthetics
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Give your child a first playhouse they will cherish with the charming 4 x 4 Mercia Snug Apex Wooden Playhouse. Some of our favourite details of this playhouse include:
- Safe and shatterproof styrene windows creates a light and homely play area for children's games
- Single door with a rounded handle and flower porthole window
- 12mm shiplap tongue and groove cladding creates an impressive look to this playhouse and makes it feel like miniature home for children
- A safe and fun place to play, with an EN71 safety rating (in accordance with European toy safety standards)
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Take your playhouse to new heights with the 4 x 6 Shire Bunny Tower Playhouse. Key features include:
- Matching door glazing and openable window
- A raised platform with an integrated ladder and railing gives a fun, vertical dimension to games
- Shatterproof styrene windows for improved safety
- 12mm shiplap timber cladding with tongue and groove construction
The simple and traditional style of the Club Playhouse from Shire will make this wonderful little building a hit with the children. Key features include:
- Safety hinges to prevent trapped little fingers
- Optional shaped facia on veranda, which offers both shade and aesthetics
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
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Light and airy with a shady canopy, the Kitty Playhouse from Shire is the perfect cottage-style wooden playhouse. Key features of this attractive model include:
- Opening criss cross window with matching door
- Veranda included for shade and aesthetics
- Safety hinges to prevent trapped little fingers
- Exceptional value for money
Climbing seems to be a favourite activity of children and this tower playhouse allows exactly that.
- Single door features a porthole and flower motif
- 1 fixed shatterproof styrene window
- Perfect for the more compact garden
The Mercia Poppy Tower Playhouse offers action packed fun for older children.
- Three windows with safety styrene
- Manufacturers guarantee for 10 years against rot
- Comes with slide!
Ideal for kids who love to play battle games, the Shire Command Post Playhouse is the perfect stronghold to make these games come to life. Key features include:
- Three fixed windows for survelliance
- Two opening ports for water pistol or foam dart defence
- Safety hinges to prevent trapped fingers
- Quality tongue and groove pine floor
An attractive and traditional option, the Den Playhouse from Shire is a fantastic place for children to learn and play, and will suit any garden. Key features include:
- Two window boxes as standard
- Decorative shutters on opening side windows
- Veranda with shaped fascia as standard
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
This wonderfully traditional playhouse from Shire gives children a special place to play and learn in, and can be personalised to their taste. Key features include:
- Traditional-style single door with diamond porthole window
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Veranda included for shade and aesthetics
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
Whether you want a stable for a child's imaginary horses or a jailhouse for the kids to play cops and robbers in, the Wild West Playhouse from Shire is a great novelty playhouse to maximise their ability to play pretend. Key features include:
- Stylised veranda for tying up 'horses' or 'criminals'
- Large windows with vertical wooden bars for stable or jail effect
- Shiplap cladding with sturdy tongue and groove construction
- Styrene window glazing for added protection
An elevated version of the popular Stork from Shire, this Tower Playhouse is a great option for a den for primary school aged children, and comes with a safety ladder that can be positioned wherever preferred on the platform. Key features include:
- Two opening criss-cross windows with matching door
- Veranda included for shade and aesthetics
- Robust stilts with tongue and groove platform
- Styrene glazing for a safer alternative to glass
A tower playhouse with a twist, the Shire Command Post Playhouse is ideal for kids who love to play battle games, making the perfect stronghold to bring their imagined wars to life. Key features include:
- Three fixed windows and two opening gun ports
- Safety hinges to prevent trapped fingers
- Styrene glazing as a safer alternative to glass
- Robust stilts hold kids high above the garden for immersive fun
This beautiful cottage-style playhouse built on two levels gives your children or grandchildren a special place to play. Key features include:
- Traditional-style single door with diamond porthole window
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Two window boxes as standard
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
This 7 x 5 Mercia Snowdrop Apex Wooden Playhouse with a loft floor is a double-storey playhouse for those aged 3 and up. Some of its many features include:
- Fun design, with windows that have decorative shutters and a mezzanine style loft space
- A safe construction in accordance with the EN71 rating of European toy standards, thanks to thoughtful features like a gap for fingers around the single door and shatterproof windows
- 10 years of coverage against rot in the form of a manufacturer's guarantee, assuming the basic care instructions are followed
- High-quality shiplap, tongue and groove cladding using sustainably sourced timber
The 7 x 6 Shire Crib Two Storey Playhouse offers two levels of play and includes many thoughtful details to ensure it is a playhouse that young children will continue to love for years. Features include:
- Side access with a double 'garage' door gives a feeling of realism to the house
- Three front-facing windows with shatterproof styrene glazing
- Mezzanine-style second storey adds a new level to imaginary games
- Safe construction complies with EN71 (European Toy Safety Standards)
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A neat, fun and popular model, this two storey wooden playhouse is an exciting building that children just love to play in. Key features include:
- Upstairs play area with internal ladder for an extra level of fun
- Two window boxes as standard
- Safety hinges on windows and door to protect little fingers
- Quality tongue and groove pine shiplap cladding
Create a magical play space for your children to inspire their imaginations. Encourage them to play outside with the Shire Adventure Peaks Climbing Frame with a Swing and Slide. Key features include:
- Apex roof - more coverage for protection from the sun
- Tower fortress with climbing wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Wavy Slide and Single Swing
The Shire Little Shopper Wooden Playhouse is a high-quality wooden playhouse inspired by a market stall. Let imaginations run wild with this charming play equipment. The key features include:
- Open-fronted wooden playhouse
- Pent roof with mineralised felt
- Countertop and internal shelving
- Tongue and groove walls
- 10-year anti-rot guarantee
Your garden will become the place to be with the Shire Maxi Fun with Double Tower, Double Swing and Slide. A climbing rock wall, ramp, slide, swings and sandpits will amuse the kids for hours. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with rock wall
- Second Tower with ramp and climbing rope
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Integral Sandpits
- Wavy Slide and Double Swing
Create a magical play space for your children to inspire their imaginations. Encourage them to play outside with the Shire Adventure Peaks Climbing Tower Fortress. Key features include:
- Apex roof - more coverage for protection from the sun
- Tower fortress with climbing wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Wavy Slide
Create a magical play space for your children to inspire their imaginations. Encourage them to play outside with the Shire Adventure Peaks Climbing Frame with a Swing and Slide. Key features include:
- Apex roof - more coverage for protection from the sun
- Tower fortress with climbing wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Ramp with climbing rope
- Wavy Slide and Single Swing
Kids will love the amazing two-level Lodge Playhouse, built to last with high-quality materials and safety features for adults' peace of mind. Key features include:
- First floor above the veranda for another level of fun
- Strong tongue and groove floor and roof construction
- Styrene window glazing for added safety
- Quality pine shiplap cladding with the option to upgrade to pine log effect
Your garden will become a magical play space with the Shire Rumble Ridge Rock Wall with a Double Swing and Slide. A climbing rock wall, slide and swings will amuse the kids for hours. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with rock wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide and Double Swing
Your garden will become a magical play space with the Shire Sky Hight Hideout with a Double Swing and Slide. A climbing rock wall, slide and swings will amuse the kids for hours. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with rock wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Steering wheel and telescope
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide and Double Swing
All round fun from climbing, sliding and their own private space.
- EN71 Safety Tested for Ages 36 months +
- Facility available to pick your own FREE delivery date*
- Single door features a porthole and flower motif
- One fixed shatterproof styrene window
- Bags of fun with a popular red slide.
Your kids will always want to be in the garden with the Shire Treehouse with a Double Swing and slide. The wooden climbing frame with a treehouse is packed with fun. Key features include:
- Cosy Cottage with picnic bench at the top
- Rock wall and ramp with climbing rope
- Hand grips and shields
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Timber steering wheel and telescope
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide and Double Swing
Your garden will become a haven of imaginative play with the Shire Summit Seeker Scramble. The wooden climbing frame with a Double Swing and Slide and integrated picnic table is packed with fun. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with rock wall
- Ramp with climbing rope
- Integrated picnic table in base of tower
- Timber steering wheel and telescope
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide and Double Swing
Your garden will become the best place to play with the Shire Activity Tower with Single Swing & Slide. The wooden garden climbing frame with a Swing and Slide is packed with fun. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with rock wall
- Ramp with climbing rope
- Climbing rope ladder and picnic table
- Timber steering wheel and telescope
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide and Single Swing
Your garden will become a magical play space with the Shire Rumble Ridge Rock Wall with a Single Swing and Slide. A climbing rock wall, slide and swing will ignite the imagination. Key features include:
- Tower fortress with climbing wall
- Hand grips and shields
- Ladder with non-slip metal rungs
- Metal anchors for securing to the ground
- Wavy Slide, Single Swing and integrated Sand Pit
Play Houses
Adding a wooden playhouse to your garden will open up a magical world of play and imagination for your children. Our outdoor playhouse range includes many sizes and designs to help you find the perfect playhouse for the kids.
We have selected garden playhouses that conform to safety standards, so you have peace of mind when the children are enjoying their new wooden playhouse. Whether you want a compact playhouse, two-storey wendy house or a large wooden playhouse with slides and swings, we have the best ones available.
What age are playhouses for?
As we stock the best quality playhouses from the top garden building manufacturers in the UK, you are assured of a sturdy and safe playhouse when purchasing from us. The recommended age for many playhouses ranges from 3yrs up to 12 years, depending on the size and specifications. It is recommended that children are supervised when playing in wooden playhouses. The recommended age for each of our playhouses is listed in the product details.