Second largest soft play centre in the UK to open next month – and it's just an hour from Stoke-on-Trent
The Injoy Centre is set to officially open its doors at the beginning of December
Noah Martin
Louise ElliottHead of Audience
Updated 07:07, 23 NOV 2019
The UK's second largest soft play centre is to open next month – and it's just an hour from Stoke-on-Trent.
The Injoy Centre in Riverlights, Derby, is set to officially open its doors at the beginning of December.
The soft play centre has three-storeys and boasts a cutting-edge interactive room with several different high-tech games to choose from.
In one game, visitors can destroy alien spaceships using a football and in another, kids and adults can watch their underwater drawings come to life on a big screen.
There is also a kinetic sand pit which allows you to create an ever-changing landscape thanks to programming technology and, from January, there will be offering adult laser tag sessions encompassing the whole play zone.
The play area is based on the ground floor and upstairs there are several different 'party rooms' available to hire, with each one decorated in a different colour and downstairs in the café, kids and parents can make their own pizzas.
Richard Chandler, the centre manager, said that during winter there will be glow in the dark special effects inside the play area.
He told DerbyshireLive: "No expense has been spared with this centre, adults can enjoy it and kids get the educational side as well as having fun.
"We have sourced local ingredients for our food, we've got a local butcher and a local veg grower. We are trying to build the local community up through the Injoy centre."
The Injoy Centre is due to open on December 1.
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