Playgroups are a good opportunity to get out of the house and meet other mums. There are playgroups on throughout the week in Putney. Here is our pick of the best.
***Times listed are subject to change. Please check with providers that times and dates are correct before attending***
Gymboree Play & Music Wandsworth & Wimbledon
Gymboree Play & Music Wandsworth & Wimbledon is run by Aaron and his fantastic team. They’re based on the east edge of Wandsworth Park in a huge new space! They cover a large area up to Wandsworth Common and Wimbledon Park, down to Morden, west to Raynes Park and Wimbledon Common, east to Tooting Bec and everywhere in between. They offer sensory classes for babies, music and art classes, as well as our famous Play & Learn classes for little ones who are on the move up to five years old. They also offer a range of fabulously fun birthday parties with zero clean up for you!
Local Mums Discounts
Gymboree Play & Music Wandsworth & Wimbledon is offering Local Mums a trial class!
Contact:
Aaron Barriscale
Gymboree Play & Music Wandsworth & Wimbledon
Tel: 07359848103
Email: wandsworth@gymbo.co.uk
https://gymbo.co.uk/locations/wimbledon
Little Lambs
St Mary’s Summerstown
Fridays 10-11.30am, during school term time, excluding half-term
St Mary's Church, Wimbledon Road SW17 0UQ
We meet on Friday mornings during term time from 10-11:30am. We welcome any pre-school age children (0-5 years old) with their parents or carers. There are lots of toys to play with, a craft and songs and a short story from the Bible in circle time. We provide small refreshments for children and tea and coffee for adults.
Cost: Optional contribution of £1 per family
Dad’s Rhyme Time @ Battersea Library
Alternate Saturdays: 11am - 11:30am |
265 Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, London,
SW11 1JB
Tel: 020 7223 2334
Dad's Rhyme Time is a lively session of songs and rhymes with action for babies and toddlers and their dads. This session is for dads and their children aged 0–2 years old.
The Aboyne Playgroup
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:30am - 11.30am
Parent and toddler groups provide a place where parents/carers can take their young children to enjoy play activities and socialise.This group is for parents/carers and their children aged 0-4 years.
Tel: 07900 533 826
carolfielder63@googlemail.com
Deeside Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0PL
Acorn Parent and Toddler Group
Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 11:30am. Term time only
Parent and toddler groups provide a place where parents and carers can take their young children to enjoy play activities and socialise. This group is for parents, carers and their children aged 1 month - 4 years.
Tel: 020 8265 6626
Email: acorn@balhambaptist.co.uk
Website for Acorn Parent and Toddler Group
21, Ramsden Road, Balham, London, SW12 8QX
Baby Rhyme Time @ Balham Library
Mondays and Thursdays: 9:30am - 10am
Baby Rhyme Time is half an hour of songs and rhymes.This session is for parents and carers and their children aged 0-2 years.
Tel: 020 8673 1129
Website for Baby Rhyme Time @ Balham Library
16 Ramsden Road, Balham, London, SW12 8QY
Baby Rhyme Time @ Battersea Library
Mondays and Tuesdays: 11am - 11:30am
Baby Rhyme Time is a lively session of songs and rhymes with action for babies and toddlers and their carers. This session is for parents/carers and their children aged 0–2 years old.
Tel: 020 7223 2334
Website for Baby Rhyme Time @ Battersea Library
265 Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 1JB
Baby Rhyme Time @ Earlsfield Library
Thursdays: 11am - 11:30am and 2:15pm - 2:45pm
Drop-in Rhyme Time session to help your little ones learn with songs and rhymes, for children ages 0-3.
Tel: 020 8946 2088
earlsfield.library@gll.org
Website for Baby Rhyme Time @ Earlsfield Library
276, Magdalen Road, Earlsfield, London, SW18 3NY
Baby Rhyme Time @ Northcote Library
Monday: 9:30am - 10am
Baby Rhyme Time is half an hour of songs and rhymes.This session is for parents/carers and their children aged 0-2 years old.
Tel: 020 7223 2336
Website for Baby Rhyme Time @ Northcote Library
155e Northcote Road, Wandsworth Common, London, SW11 6HW
Baby Rhyme Time @ Putney Library
Monday: 9:30am - 10am and 2pm - 2:30pm
Baby Rhyme Time is a lively session of songs and rhymes with action for babies and toddlers and their carers.
Tel: 020 8871 7090
putney.library@gll.org
Website for Baby Rhyme Time @ Putney Library
5-7, Disraeli Road, Putney, London, SW15 2DR
Baby Rhyme Time @ Wandsworth Town Library
Tuesdays: 10am - 10:30am and 2:15 - 2:45pm
Baby Rhyme Time is half an hour of songs and rhymes.This session is for parents and carers with their children aged 0-2 years.
Tel: 020 8877 1742
wandsworthtown.library@gll.org
Websitefor Baby Rhyme Time @ Wandsworth Town Library
Wandsworth Town Library, 11 Garratt Lane, London, SW18 4AQ
Little Maggie's Playgroup
Tuesdays: 10am - 11:30am
Parent and toddler groups provide a place where parents/carers can take their young children to enjoy play activities and socialise. This is a local playgroup run by mothers for parent, carers and children to meet, play together and relax
Tel: 020 8789 5932
Email office@stmargaretsputney.org
Website for Little Maggie's Playgroup
Putney Park Lane, London, SW15 5HU
Little Pilgrims Play and Pray
Mondays: 10am - 11:30am
Little Pilgrims is for parents and carers and their children aged 0-4 years old. Expecting parents are also welcome Play and Pray is a chance for parents and carers to connect, pray, and play with their children.
Tel: 020 8874 1818
Email: wandsworthwesthill@rcaos.org.uk
Website for Little Pilgrims Play and Pray
Santos Road, London, SW18 1NT
Puppet Praise
Tuesdays: 10:30am. Term time only.
Puppet Praise is a time for toddlers and their parents or carers to come together, join in with songs and stories, and of course meet our puppet friends! We will be here, at Ascension Church, every Tuesday at 10:30am in term time. Please book online…
Tel: 020 8675 8626
Email: office@ascensionbalham.org
Website for Puppet Praise
Ascension Balham, 23 Malwood Road, London, SW12 8EN
Rise and Shine
Parent and toddler groups provide a place where parents and carers can take their young children to enjoy play activities and socialise. This group is for parents and carers and their children aged 0-4 years.
Tel: 020 7326 9424
amy@smbr.org.uk
Website for Rise and Shine
St Mark's Church, Battersea Rise, London, SW11 1EJ
Small Saints
Tuesdays: 10am - 11:30am (term time only)
Join All Saints Church for Small Saints - a playgroup for children and their parents and carers. There will be play, songs, refreshments and a short Bible story. For more information, please email the church on the below email address.
Email: info@allsaintswandsworth.org
Website for Small Saints
All Saints Church, Wandsworth High Street, London, SW18 4LA
Soft Play
Monday - Friday: 9:30am - 11:30am
A range of games and play for children to help develop social skills as well as physical skills. This session is for children aged under 5.
Tel: 020 8785 0388
Email: enquiries@putneyleisurecentre.co.uk
Website for Soft Play
Dryburgh Road, Putney, LONDON, SW15 1BL
Soft Play
This is a fun and exciting soft play facility at the Roehampton Sport and Fitness Centre. The two storey soft play facility is for children aged 3 months to 8 years old.
Tel: 020 8785 0535
Website for Soft Play
Laverstoke Gardens, Roehampton, London, SW15 4JB
A Space to Play - Baby and Toddler Club
Mondays: 10am - 11:30am
A Space to Play is a club for parents and carers with children aged 0-5 years old. Parents, carers and children will have the chance to enjoy: painting water play play dough floor toys and more!
Email: deaconkathyjohnson@methodist.org.uk
Roehampton Methodist Church, Minstead Gardens, London, SW15 4EB
Stay and Play at St Simon's
Mondays: 9:30am - 11:30am (term time only)
This stay and play session is for parents, carers and their children under 5 years old.
Tel: 020 8788 1131
Email: putney@rcaos.org.uk
Website for Stay and Play at St Simon's
Our Lady Of Pity & St. Simon Stock Rc Church, Hazlewell Road, London, SW15 6LU
Story Time @ Battersea Library
Monday: 4pm - 4:30pm
Come and listen to stories with your child.This session is for children aged 2-4 years old together with their parents/carers.
Tel: 020 7223 2334
Website for Story Time @ Battersea Library
265, Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11 1JB
Story Time @ Battersea Library
Monday: 4pm - 4:30pm
Come and listen to stories with your child.This session is for children aged 2-4 years old together with their parents/carers.
Tel: 020 7223 2334
Website for Story Time @ Battersea Library
265, Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11 1JB
Story Time @ Battersea Park Library
Fridays: 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Story Time is half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes.This session is for parents and carers with their children aged 2-5 years.
Tel: 020 7720 4122
Website for Story Time @ Battersea Park Library
309, Battersea Park Road, London, SW11 4NF
Story Time @ Earlsfield Library
Thursdays: 4pm- 4:30pm
Drop-in Story Time session for children ages 2 - 5.
Tel: 020 8946 2088
Email: earlsfield.library@gll.org
Website for Story Time @ Earlsfield Library
276, Magdalen Road, Earlsfield, London, SW18 3NY
Story Time @ Northcote Library
Thursdays: 9:30am - 10am
Story Time is half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes.This session is for parents and carers with their children aged 2-5 years.
Tel: 020 7223 2336
Northcote Library, 155e Northcote Road, London, SW11 6HW
Story Time @ Southfields Library
Fridays: 9am - 9:30am
Story Time is half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes.This session is for parents and carers with their children aged 2-5 years.
Tel: 020 8780 1945
Southfields Library, 300 Wimbledon Park Road, London, SW19 6NL
Story Time @ Wandsworth Town Library
Friday: 4pm - 4:30pm
Come and listen to stories with your child.This session is for children aged 2-5 years together with their parents or carers. Babies and younger children are also welcome.
Tel: 020 8877 1742
Email: wandsworthtown.library@gll.org
Website for Story Time @ Wandsworth Town Library
11 Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, SW18 4AQ
Thursday Toddlers
Thursday: 9:30 - 11:30am. Term-time only
Thursday Toddlers is a group for parents and carers of pre-school children, offering toys, fun and games and a great social space in church every Thursday morning.
Tel: 020 8675 8626
Email: office@ascensionbalhamhill.org
Website for Thursday Toddlers
Malwood Road, Balham, London, SW12 8EN
Toddlers Gym
Monday and Wednesday: 10am - 12noon
Toddlers Gym offers the opportunity for toddlers to be active and have fun on bouncy castles and soft play areas.This activity is open to children aged 0-5 years and their parents/carers.
Tel: 020 8333 7555
Email: enquiries@tootingleisurecentre.co.uk
Website for Toddlers Gym
Greaves Place, Tooting, London, SW17 0NE
Tumble Time
Wednesdays: 9:30am - 11am
This is a fun and exciting soft play facility at the Roehampton Sport and Fitness Centre. The soft play facility is for children aged under 5 years old.
Tel: 020 8785 0535
Website for Tumble Time
Laverstoke Gardens, Roehampton, London, SW15 4JB
West Side Church Parent and Toddler Group
Tuesdays: 10am - 12noon
Parent and toddler groups provide a place where parents and carers can take their young children to enjoy play activities and socialise.This group is for parents and carers and their children aged 0-3 years.
Tel: 020 8877 3945
Email: hello@vineyard61.org
Website for West Side Church Parent and Toddler Group
Melody Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 2QQ
Wild Weekends @ Wandsworth Town Library
Saturdays: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Drop in for a weekend story time and craft inspired by the animal awareness days. For ages 3+. Free - please just drop in.
Tel: 020 8877 1742
Email: wandsworthtown.library@gll.org
Website for Wild Weekends @ Wandsworth Town Library
Wandsworth Town Library, 11 Garratt Lane, London, SW18 4AQ
St Margaret’s Baby and Toddler Group
Tuesday mornings 10am
St Margaret's Church Hall,
Putney Park Lane,
London
SW15 5HU
A local playgroup run by mothers for parents, carers and children to meet, play together and relax with a coffee/tea. We have access to a two rooms, the larger one which has ride ons for the children, and a lovely garden for the children to play in. Aimed at pre-schoolers (aged 0-4) but older siblings welcome.
NCT Putney and Fulham Toddler Group
Wandsworth Park,
Join our toddler group - hosted by the NCT Putney and Fulham. Wandsworth Park Play Ground. Look out for the bunch of balloon tied to the buggy as that's our group of mums and dads with busy toddlers. As the weather is very unpredictable please keep up to date by checking our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NCTPutneyFulham
Tumble time play sessions
Putney Leisure Centre,
Putney London SW15 1BL
9.45am til 11am.
Little Teddies parent, baby and child group
St John the Baptist Church Hall,
Robin Hood Lane,
Kingston Vale,
London SW15 3PY
Tuesday mornings during term-time in the Andrews’ Wing. A chance for local mothers, carers and their small children to meet and play together in a safe and comfortable environment. Each week there are craft activities, stories and songs, as well as many toys to play with.
We are a parent run playgroup who are friendly and welcoming to children and parents! There is lots of space for children to run around and different activites each week. Its a chance for the children to have a play and parents to relax with a coffee. Babies also welcome!
All welcome on Tuesdays 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m
Alton Parent and Toddler Group
Alton Children's Centre,
Ellisfield Drive,
Alton Estate,
London SW15
The centre is open on Tuesday and Friday morning for children under 5 and their parents or carers. It works on a "drop in" basis where you stay with your children and also have the opportunity to meet others.
From 9.30 - 11.30am.
Buzzy Bugz at Putney Leisure Centre
Dryburgh Road,
Putney SW15 1BL
Join the fun with painting, bouncing, singing and crafts every Monday and Friday.
From 9.45 am - 11 am.
For babies and toddlers up to the age of 4.
Great FREE events are regularly on at Wandsworth Town Library
Your child would need to be a member of Wandsworth Libraries or you can sign up for a library card on the day. Ideally, we hope that you borrow a minimum of 5 books each, although as a member you can borrow up to 20 items for 3 weeks. Books are free to borrow except DVDs, which cost £1.00 to hire for a week.
We also run free story times regularly for older children 2 - 5 year old on Fridays at 10 am. Pop in and see what else we have to offer.
Regular events throughout the year
Rhyme times: Tuesdays 9.45am – 10.05am and 2.00pm – 2.20pm for 0 – 2 year old
Story times: Fridays 10.00am – 10.20am for 2 – 5 year old
Sign up your babies 0 - 2 years for the Mini Challenge; Collect a folder, stickers, a certificate and enter into a prize draw.
Come and sing Nursery rhymes with us every Tuesdays for 20 minutes at 9.45am and 2pm
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Opposite Debenhams - Southside
11 Garratt Lane, London SW18 4AQ
Tel – 020 8877 1742
Entry is free, but please reserve your place either at the Library or by phone on 020 8877 1742 or by email – wandsworthtown.library@gll.org
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