18 Nov FAQS
Please do not attend. Contact us as soon as possible via e-mail (see your booking confirmation email for details or use our contact form). If you tell us before the time stated in our Terms and Conditions, we will rebook you onto another day. If you tell us after the time stated in the Terms and Conditions, we will try to sell your tickets on to another family; if successful we will give you a return visit voucher for a future visit.
While the easing of restrictions means that some safety measures will no longer be a legal requirement, we know a lot of people remain cautious. In line with the government advice to act carefully, we have chosen to continue to operate with reduced capacity. Like many indoor play venues across the UK, we are now operating with typically 1/3 of the normal income. To keep the business viable during these very difficult times, and while ensuring we can operate in a safe way, indoor play venues across the UK have raised their prices temporarily. We chose to keep the children's ticket price the same, but from mid-December we introduced a temporary charge for all adults who visit of £2.50 each. Please feel free to discuss further the reasons for this change with our staff when you visit and consider buying a multi-visit play pass online which gives you a £2.95 discount on child entry.
Multi-visit passes purchased before 16 Dec will still allow 1 adult and 1 child to book for free.
Tots Town near Norwich is a play centre based around a child sized town.Copyright Tots Town Ltd 2020
Think supermarket, café, doctor’s surgery, town square, hairdressers, shoe shop and even a theatre. Take coffee orders, be the star on the stage, examine patients X-Rays or check mum’s shoe size. Watch your child immerse themselves in their imagination and join in to help make their play believable. Each scene is crafted to promote self-confidence, communication skills and social awareness in a familiar real-life scenario. Copyright Tots Town Ltd 2020
Our team of consultants includes Early Years educators, special needs advisors and child play specialists have guided every setting’s features to maximise the role play opportunities. Parents should expect to be playing alongside the children (but you can normally sneak in a few minutes for coffee and cake)!
It’s best to use this Google link: https://g.page/TotsTownNorwich?share
Our postcode is NR9 3FZ. Most car Sat Navs will not recognise this post code as it's quite new! Please check our directions page for an alternative car Sat Nav postcode (and especially if you want to know about the secret way in from Hethersett)!
Running late? Don’t worry; you can arrive late and still have a great play session but you will need to leave at the normal time. You can call for directions on 01603 928080
Our free car park is right outside our front door.
Yes. Our activity sessions sessions run at fixed times and are normally full. This means that advanced booking is essential. All bookings are taken on our webpage – we only accept telephone bookings in the last few hours before a session starts and this is subject to availability. We will use this information as part of our COVID-secure responsibilities including any NHS Track and Trace requirements.Tots Town Ltd 2020
Contact us as soon as possible via e-mail (see your booking confirmation email for details). If you tell us before the time stated in our Terms and Conditions, we will give you a voucher to rebook onto another day. If you tell us after the time stated in the Terms and Conditions, we will try to sell your tickets on to another family; if successful sold on we will give you a return visit voucher for a future visit. We do not provide refunds.
Socks! Adults and kids need to wear socks (it keeps the place spotlessly clean). If you do forget your socks there will be some available to purchase at the front desk. If you are booking for friends, please tell them to bring socks too! Booking Details. You don’t need to print out your booking details; when you arrive we will simply ask you for the name of the person who made the booking. You are welcome to arrive 5 minutes before your session time and get yourself ready for playing; any earlier and we will be busy cleaning and tidying the play centre so you may have to wait outside.
Once your toddler is confidently walking they will enjoy Tots Town, typically pushing shopping trolleys, taking items of shelves and building brick walls. We normally, suggest a maximum age of 7 years old.opyright Tots Town Ltd 2020
Babies are welcome to come along with their older paying siblings for free (please book them a space online along with everyone else in your group). Children who you think are too old to play but who are accompanying younger siblings should have places booked online as ‘Additional Adults’. If you find they love it so much that they play, please let our team know and pay the difference between an adult and child price.
Yes absolutely, provided your child enjoys using their imagination and role playing then they are likely to enjoy Tots Town playing either with an adult, friend or younger sibling. However, at this time, as part of COVID changes, we are limiting our sessions to children aged 5 or under.Cochipyright Tots Town Ltd 2020
Our building is on a single level without steps and every setting is wide enough for wheel chair access; the car park is very close to the front door. We also have a large accessible toilet adapted for wheelchair users. Tots Town was designed to make all the sessions inclusive to as many children as possible. We worked closely with a special needs consultant and designed the play centre to have carefully considered levels of visual and auditory stimulation and to operate with a low number of children in order to keep play sessions (typically) as calm places to attend. In doing so, it avoided restricting parents to particular session dates and times and gave them the confidence that they are welcome any time. It's also worth knowing that we do hire out play sessions for exclusive hire to groups. If you had a group of families who wanted to hire Tots Town exclusively for your own use, we can do this for you. Costs are typically in the region £85-£100; please contact us for more details.
We only let a small number of people play at any time. That means it’s never overcrowded (even on a rainy day in winter!). We like cleaning everything. It's warm (and air-conditioned in summer). If you can’t make your session for any reason let us know by phone 01603 928080 or email (norwich@tots-town.co.uk). We don’t offer refunds but if given sufficient notice we will give you a voucher to come and visit us again. With insufficient notice, we may not be able to offer anything but do let us know.
Absolutely; it's better that way. Children really benefit from having someone to interact with, because, ‘It takes 2 to role play’... Sometimes they will tell you what to do and other times they might just need a little sparkle of imagination from you help then set off on a role play journey. If your child is a little shy at first, we recommend letting your child explore the various settings and see which one they feel comfortable to play in first; let them take the lead in how they play and be ready to play your supporting role.
Naturally! Most of the time you and the children will be so engrossed in what you are doing that you won’t want to stop playing. But if you do need a few minutes to recharge, then we do great coffee, roasted just a few miles away and always with fresh milk. (You can even pre-order coffee and cake for a discount price too when you book)! For children we offer snack boxes and light snacks. If you want a meal after playing, there are some excellent local farm shops, cafés and restaurants locally. We can give you directions to Church Farm Shop or Wymondham Garden Centre. COVID: At this time, we are only serving drinks/snacks for take-away.
We sell a range of snacks that meet the demands of most adults and children but you are welcome to bring with you any unusual snack food that your child has a particular craving for! Due to the fixed session times and quick turn-round between session, we strongly recommend planning to eat before or after your visit.
YES! We do wonderful stress-free parties, you can find all the details here.
Tots Town is the entertainment! Children will be completely entertained by the play centre and don’t need anything else, other than food (CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Party Food is not permitted at the moment), cake and maybe some party bags. Unlike a village hall, we will have it all ready for you when you arrive, will tidy up for you, do any washing up and even cut and wrap the cake. We did mention it was stress-free didn’t we?