New children's play village opens in the Black Country - here's where
Mum-of-three Stephanie Purville ‘wanted to get that feeling back that there's a village to raise your children’
An entrepreneurial mum has opened a new family play hub in Dudley town centre.
Mum-of-three Stephanie Purville has opened Odd Socks Play Village in Priory House, Priory Road, on the edge of Dudley town centre.
The new venture, which has been designed to offer a safe and imaginative play space for youngsters, features soft play areas for little ones including slides and a ball pit and role play rooms including a vets, a salon, a grocery shop and a garden cafe.
Stephanie, who has worked in children’s nurseries, decided to open the new business after having her third child and realising the town didn’t have anywhere for little ones to play and for parents to get together.
She hopes the new facility, which offers affordable family sessions and play spaces, will help bring people together to connect and make friends.
“I've got three children. That's what made me do it,” she said.
She said post-Covid “it’s not much of a community anymore” and many people have been left feeling isolated - and she added: “I wanted to get that feeling back that there's a village to raise your children, as they say.”
She also plans to open a cafe offering coffees, cakes and pastries in the very near future and a sensory area - specifically designed for children with special needs - by the end of the month.
Odd Socks Play Village is aimed at children aged from birth to six and it is open from 10am to 4pm on weekdays. It is also open on weekends from 11am to 2pm. To find out more visit the facility’s Facebook page.
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