Tag:leisure=playground
 leisure = playground
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A playground: an area designed for children to play. 
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Marks a children's playground, playpark, or play area. These are outdoor (sometimes indoor) areas specifically designed for children to play. Often they provide equipment such as swings, slides, climbing frames and roundabouts. They are often part of a larger park, but are also found in residential areas and schools.
In the United States, it is common for a park to have "Playground" in its name even though there are athletic fields and other amenities in addition to the playground. Use leisure=park for the overall "Playground" and leisure=playground for the play area specifically.
In British English, it is common to refer to a school yard as a playground. Use leisure=schoolyard for open areas in schools used for recreation but usually without playground equipment.
How to map
Create an area of the grounds and tag it leisure=playground.
If you are not sure of its border you can place a single node in the middle and tag it leisure=playground, but the area is preferred.
Tags used in combination
name=*- name of the playgroundsurface=*- grass, sand, rubbercrumb, woodchips, etc.wheelchair=yes/no/limitedif the equipment can be used by wheelchair usersmin_age=*Minimum age of the user in yearsmax_age=*Maximum age of the user in yearsoperator=*- e.g., the name of the local council or schoolopening_hours=*access=private/customersfor playgrounds unavailable to public.access=yesis not necessary, but often used to explicitly mark playgrounds as publicly accessible.indoor=yesfor indoor playgrounds (outdoor is default)fee=yeswhen entrance is charged (typical for indoor situations)supervised=yesfor places where non-parental supervision of children is provided (no is default)playground:theme=*and more rarelytheme=*
Playground equipment
Equipment and features within the playground should be mapped individually as separate nodes/areas, details are found here: playground=*.
Fewer mappers prefer to describe the available equipment as a summary list with prefix-tags described in playground:=*.
Additional features
amenity=benchleisure=picnic_tableon a node, refers to a picnic bench. On an area including multiple elements, usetourism=picnic_site- see Tag:leisure=picnic_tablenatural=treeamenity=waste_basketamenity=toiletsbarrier=fenceorbarrier=wallfor the perimeterbarrier=gatefor a node on the perimeterplayground=*for a detailed mapping of the installations within the playground.
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Similar tags
leisure=fitness_station- outdoor exercise equipment. A playground for adults!leisure=pitch- a sports pitch. An area (or "grounds") in which sports are "played", but playgrounds are more for children to play and not for serious sports.leisure=park- a park. Usually a park will be mapped as an area, and a playground can be placed within it.leisure=schoolyard- for paved open areas in schools where pupils spend breaks between lessons; for recreation but usually without playground equipment.tourism=theme_park- A theme park has supervised "rides", unlike playgrounds which have self-operated play equipment.landuse=recreation_ground- An open green space for general recreation.leisure=indoor_play- indoor play areas designed for pre-teen children. Please note that this tag is controversial as it can be expressed withleisure=playgroundplusindoor=yes.amenity=childcare- places where children are looked after