Adam Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Does anyone know where you can get sand for a children's sandpit locally?I was about to buy some on Amazon but then they wanted to charge me ?35 for delivery - so the sand would have cost more than the sandpit itself! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumpkin Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I saw some in Sainsburys the other day in the first aisle with the garden stuff Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubodge Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Homebase in Penge, too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlass Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Argos or Early Learning Centre in Peckham Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulwichmum Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Any of the local garden centres. Which ever one is closest to you. They often stock special sand for sandpits. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryedalema Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Toys R Us on Old Kent Road does it too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwod Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 The garden centre on Lordship lane near the station usally has it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Go to Hornimans under cover of darkness, you know it makes sense! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaska Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Brixton Mothercare.I think now is 4 ? for a bag of 25 kilos... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrky501 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Shannons garden centre Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee74 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 ?4.50 at B&Q, but the heaviest thing I've ever carried, so take a car! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Thanks everyone (especially Keef!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamma Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Following on from this has anyone any tips on making a sandpit? Do you have to line it or can you just dig a big hole and fill it with sand? And having made one will it just be used by all the local cats and foxes as a toilet? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Jamma, dunno re: question one as some lovely forumite sold us our plastic one, but the answer to your second question is a definite yes - so you'll need a lid. But you'd need a lid anyway, as wet sandpits are no fun. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nappy Lady Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Jamma, Argos do a plastic 'shell' in 2 halves very cheap - you can fill one half with sand and use the other half as a lid, but it doubles as a paddling pool in the summer - no blowing up and wick to fill with buckets of warm water (Im too soft I know!!).Not very pretty, but a very quick and easy solution, you could bury the bottom half to hide the plastic a bit if need be.Mollyx Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena handbasket Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 We found a really inexpensive plastic sand box, shaped like a dinosaur (I think?) at Toys R Us (Old Kent Road) last year. It came with a lid. I think it was ?15?Could also be used as a little pool. Maybe worth checking out........ they have online catalogues. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-316848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamma Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Thanks. Yes I see Toys R Us advertising a sandbox today about ?15. Got to be worth it to avoid digging a big eff-off hole in the garden all weekend instead. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-317869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinky Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 DIY shop on Lordship Lane near Green and Blue also has sandpit sand.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10928-sandpits/#findComment-318139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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