Playgrounds in Shropshire, nr Telford close to junctions of M54

[CeylonSapphire]

We're travelling on saturday afternoon from london to Liverpool to catch the ferry that night. The original plan was to stop at a restaurant local to Telford for an evening meal to fuel the kids (4 years & 12 months), however, youngest has now got chicken pox, and is as grumpy as anything and I don't want to foist her or her spots on the lovely locals. Could anyone recommend any free playgrounds which are suitable for picnics which are open at 6pm, that we could decamp to to allow the elder to run off steam, the younger to crawl safely, and for us to have our picnic in? TIA.

There's a recreation ground with playground in Haygate Rd, Wellington, just off junction 7 of the M54. The postcode is TF1 !QX. In the summer, IIRC, it is open till dusk.

My garden is near the M6 M54 junction, you are welcome to picnic.

oops - forgot I'm at the olympics - you could still use the garden though.

Many thanks for your responses... The invitation to use the garden is kind of you, sashh, but I think the recreation ground might be more suitable! We'll aim for that and see how we go. Here's hoping the weather holds for us!

Telford town park is good.

if you carrying on after m54 onto A5 there is the river severn picnic area

Montford Bridge Layby

On A5 between Shrewsbury and Oswestry

Facilities: Montford Bridge Cafe, Picnic Area, Toilets
Services type: Single site with grade separated accesses from each direction