Play centre ready to Spark into life
ASCANDINAVIAN inspired play space and cafe is looking forward to opening its doors in Churchtown Village in Southport this Easter.
Little Sparks - ‘a chocolate box cottage with a twist, where little ones take their grown ups’ - will open at 25 Botanic Road, at the site of the former Watkinson & Bond Ltd printers.
It is suitable for children aged between 0 and 5 years old.
Visitors to the launch event on Good Friday (April 15) and Saturday, April 16 will be able to enjoy Easter egg hunts, Easter treats and a visit by the Easter Bunny.
The new play-based learning space and cafe is owned by former estate agent Stephanie Sparks - whose 16-month-old daughter, Amelie, is particularly looking forward to the opening.
Stephanie said: “We are looking forward to introducing our beautiful Scandinavian-inspired play space located in the heart of Churchtown Village.
“Little Sparks will be a safe space your little ones will adore, whilst you can enjoy a delicious brew and bake from your front row seat.
“We are so excited to announce our Easter launch.
“We would love people to join us as we open our beautiful play space with Easter egg hunts, Easter treats and we’ve heard even the Easter Bunny himself will be hopping in!
“Booking links are now live at: www.littlesparkssouthport.co. uk/book.”
The opening of Little Sparks is another boost for Churchtown, which has enjoyed some real investment in the past couple of years.
The village is growing its reputation for its collection of top quality independent, local businesses, with Little Sparks adding to the offer.
Stephanie said: “As a family we adore Churchtown. We live in the village and have always supported the local independent traders. I wouldn’t have opened the business anywhere else.
“We have received amazing support from the other local businesses here so far!”
The new business will create new jobs in the village too, and a new facility that is sure to be welcomed by local families.
Stephanie said: “Following the birth of our daughter Amelie in 2020, the need for a beautiful, engaging and importantly clean space for adults to enjoy with their little ones became very apparent.
“Increasingly passionate about ‘plastic-free play’, we are creating an engaging, stimulating and eye-pleasing role play style environment your little ones will adore - whilst you can admire and enjoy our delicacies on offer.
“We have had our own unique blend of coffee produced by local Southport coffee roasters Sehnsucht who are based at Heimat on Wesley Street in Southport town centre - our coffee will of course be aptly named Sparksbucks!
“Another local Southport business, the famously renowned patisserie Lilibets, will be supplying our delicious cakes.
“I am trained in health and safety, first aid and food hygiene and we are so proud to advise that we will have a defibrillator on site.
“We have installed a disabled toilet and baby changing facilities too.”
Little Sparks will be open Tuesday-Friday 9.30am-5pm and will run three, two-hour sessions per day at 9.30am, 12.15pm and 3pm.
This is to ensure that the play space remains a beautiful clean space for adults and their little ones, and ensures that there aren’t too many customers on the premises at any one time for maximum enjoyment.
For more details please visit: www.littlesparkssouthport.co.uk/book or email: hello@littlesparkssouthport.com
People can also follow the Little Sparks Southport page on Facebook and the littlesparkssouthport page on Instagram.