Description
This is the roundabout most people picture: a low circular platform with seats built into it, turning on a sealed bearing, carrying a group of children who take it in turns to push. It is a social item rather than a physical one, and on a municipal site it tends to be where children sit and talk as much as where they spin — which is a good reason to specify one even in a play area that already has plenty of climbing.
Seated group rotation
- Integrated HDPE seats: fixed, colourfast, and warmer to sit on than steel in any season.
- Platform available in perforated steel sheet or HDPE, so the deck can be matched to the site rather than accepted as given.
- 1.37 m platform carrying several children seated, with a low 0.79 m overall height that keeps sightlines across the play area open for supervising adults.
- Sealed maintenance-free bearing, with no lubrication schedule between annual inspections.
Choosing the platform material
Perforated steel sheet drains instantly, resists cigarette burns and takes heavy abuse, which suits open-access urban sites. HDPE is quieter under feet, does not conduct heat or cold and is generally preferred where flats overlook the play area or where the item will be used by very young children. Both are supplied over the same hot-dip galvanised steel structure finished in structured acrylic paint, on a B30 concrete foundation.
Space and surfacing
The minimum impact area is a circle of 5.4 m diameter — the most economical of the rotating items in this range — and the free height of fall is 0.5 m. Foundation depth is 0.5 m. Nothing may sit inside the circle, including the bench that a designer will inevitably want to place beside it. Surfacing options are set out in our playground surfacing range.
Technical specification
| Reference | LIF-CARROUSELCLASSIQUE-807 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.37 m (L) x 1.37 m (W) x 0.79 m (H) |
| Platform | Perforated steel sheet or HDPE; integrated HDPE seats |
| Age range | 3 to 14 years |
| Free height of fall | 0.5 m |
| Safety area | 5.4 m diameter circle |
| Frame | Hot-dip galvanised steel |
| Finish | Structured acrylic paint over galvanising |
| Foundation | 0.5 m deep, B30 concrete |
| Standard | EN 1176, certificate issued by an independent certification body |
| Price | On request — project quotation within 24 business hours |
Frequently asked questions
Can a child in a pushchair or with limited mobility use it?
The seats are fixed and the platform is raised, so transfer is required and it is not a wheelchair-accessible item. Where inclusion is a project requirement, a ground-level disc roundabout or a nest swing is the better choice alongside it.
How fast does it turn?
Speed is generated by the children pushing, and the bearing is specified for controlled rotation rather than free running. Operators should still supervise, as with any seated roundabout, because one child can push another faster than that child would choose.
Which platform should we specify?
Perforated steel for open-access urban sites where abuse is likely; HDPE where noise, temperature or very young users are the priority. We quote either without a change in the structure.
Send us your plan and tell us which platform material suits the site, and we will return a costed proposal covering equipment, foundations, installation and the EN 1176 documentation within 24 business hours.











