Wind in the Willows Longbarn is located on Fallow field Grove, Longbarn in Warrington. We pride ourselves on a high standard of quality day care and provide excellent value for money, offering the most competitive prices in the area.
We are open from 8am to 6pm, all year round including bank holidays. We provide the flexibility to accommodate changing work patterns and we are always there to support busy lives. We have a beautiful well-equipped outdoor facility which includes a recently installed wooden climbing frame and a wooden gazebo which can also be used as an outdoor classroom.
Inside we have bright, vibrant and friendly rooms with sensory equipment, a home corner, construction area, water play and so much more!
Wind in the Willows Childcare Ltd can provide ALL children aged 3 to 4 years with 15 hours FREE Early Education Entitlement. We can also provide children who are 2 years old the FREE Early Education Entitlement for those families who meet the Department For Education(DFE) criteria. Please ring for further information.
In our latest Ofsted Inspection we achieved a rating of Good. Please take a look at www.ofsted.gov.uk
For more information or to take a look around contact us on 01925 818818 or longbarn@witwchildcare.co.uk
Location Details
Manager Name: Carol Clynes
House / Building Name: Wind in the Willows Childcare
Address Line 2: Fallowfield Grove
Address Line 3: Longbarn, Warrington
Postcode: WA2 0QQ
(Click postcode for the map)
Telephone Number:01925 818818
Opening Hours
Monday: 07:30 – 18:00
Tuesday: 07:30 – 18:00
Wednesday: 07:30 – 18:00
Thursday: 07:30 – 18:00
Friday: 07:30 – 18:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Latest News
March 14,2019
Outdoor Classroom in Longba
Longbarn has added an outdoor classroom to their nature garden so children can get extended learning opportunities outdoors and learn more about our environment. We have been using this classroom duri Read More >
February 10,2019
Longbarns visit to Tell Tal
Longbarn now has a local book shop which offers a weekly sessions for singing and story time, some of our children go over to the shop once a week for the session and a small snack which we really enj Read More >
January 14,2019
Longbarn children have been busy making up their own games in the garden and making use of our large mud kitchen area where we have found lots of vegetables growing. We love exploring the garden and l Read More >
December 20,2018
Longbarn Planter
The Longbarn Residents Association have kindly donated us a planter on the Longbarn estate as they strive for Britain in bloom once again next year. We have been given the responsibility to look after Read More >
November 13,2018
Shopping Trip with Longbarn
The children from Longbarn went on a shopping trip to Asda to buy some food items for Gez to use to cook our meals. It was very exciting as they got to ride on the bus to Asda making sure they thought Read More >
October 13,2018
Autumn at Longbarn
The children at Longbarn have been exploring the Autumn leaves in the garden helping to clear the garden brushing all the leaves into one area before having lots of fun playing in them, listening to t Read More >
September 14,2018
Scooping Station in Longbar
Longbarn had created a Scooping Station with a range of materials and scoops to help promote ma thematic skills and language. They looked at counting scoops, filling and emptying containers independen Read More >
August 15,2018
Imaginative Play Area at Lo
At Longbarn we have created a new continuous provision Construction Area in the garden and the children love it. We have had lots of imaginative play, exploration of the resources to create role play Read More >
June 18,2018
Early Writing at Longbarn
Our pre school children are getting school ready and have been practising writing their names. They are attempting to hold the pencil correctly using the tripod grip and their preferred hand. We have Read More >
April 30,2018
Longbarn’s Nature Gar
At Longbarn our Nature Garden has recently had a little make over and the children have been exploring this. We have added a new feeding station for the birds, re planting of flowers and various plant Read More >
Special Events
March 14,2019
World Book Day at Longbarn
The children dressed up as their favourite characters from books and we visited our local coffee/book shop for morning story time having lots of fun sharing stories #worldbookday Read More >
January 18,2019
Winnie the Pooh Day
Winnie the Pooh Day; To celebrate Winnie the Pooh birthday we had a special day of teddy bears picnics for morning and afternoon snack and we brought our favourite teddy bears to nursery for the day. Read More >
December 20,2018
Longbarn Gardening Award
Longbarn have completed level 2 and level 3 of the RHS school gardening campaign. We have received some wonderful resources including a book full of helpful hints and tips for our garden and a voucher Read More >
December 20,2018
Christmas at Longbarn
Longbarn staff have raised over £450 for The Brainwave Centre in Birchwood by having a Christmas raffle, a jumper day and taking part in a 5k Santa dash.We hope to continue our support for this local Read More >
November 13,2018
Spanish Day at Longbarn
As part of Longbarn’s monthly day of culture we had a Spanish day complete with our Spanish menu for the day to celebrate. The children had lots of fun and enjoyed learning about Spain and their cul Read More >
October 13,2018
Here are some of our Longbarn children celebrating Halloween by dressing up in their costumes for Nursery Read More >
October 13,2018
Local Scarecrow Competition
Longbarn children have took part in the Local Scarecrow Competition as part of The Longbarn Residents Association. They had to create a scarecrow based around a Disney them so the children chose to re Read More >
August 15,2018
Longbarn’s Graduation
Longbarn enjoyed a trip to the local park Graduation picnic. We all had a lovely time at our graduation picnic playing with each other on the apparatus and on the grassed areas. All the children were Read More >
June 18,2018
Longbarn visit the Park
Longbarn went to the park to explore the space and engage in some physical activities. The children practised roly polys, handstands and had a play on the parks larger play equipment before having the Read More >
April 24,2018
St Georges Day at Longbarn
Children at Longbarn enjoyed a day of celebrations for St Georges Day. We had tea and biscuits for our morning snack, roast beef and Yorkshire puddings for lunch, and a lovely afternoon tea yummy. We Read More >