cookie POLICY
🍪 Cookies. They’re not as much fun as the ones you eat. But they’re important.
Last updated: September 2026
We use cookies and similar technologies on www.theplaygrounduk.com to help our website work properly, understand how visitors use it and improve your experience.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them and how you can control them.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
They can be used for different purposes, including making a website work, remembering preferences and helping website owners understand how their website is being used.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
🔧 ESSENTIAL COOKIES
Some cookies are necessary for our website to function properly.
They may be used for things such as:
Website functionality
Security
Remembering certain settings
Providing services you have requested
These cookies cannot normally be switched off through our cookie banner because they are necessary for the website to operate.
📊 ANALYTICS COOKIES
We use Squarespace Analytics to understand how visitors use our website.
This may include information such as:
Which pages are visited
How visitors navigate around the website
Browser and device information
Approximate location information
How visitors interact with the website
When visits take place
This information helps us understand what is working on our website and where we can improve it.
Analytics cookies are non-essential and will only be used where you have given the appropriate consent through our cookie banner.
Squarespace confirms that its analytics functionality can use cookies and visitor information for website analytics.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
Some services we use may also place cookies or use similar technologies.
For example, our website may link to or interact with third-party services such as:
BookingHound — used to manage bookings and related booking services.
Mailchimp — used to manage our email marketing.
Other third-party services that may be embedded or linked from our website from time to time.
Third-party services have their own privacy and cookie policies.
Where third-party tracking technologies are used, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate consent and information requirements are met.
YOUR COOKIE CHOICES
When you first visit our website, our cookie banner allows you to choose whether to accept non-essential cookies.
You can:
Accept non-essential cookies
Decline non-essential cookies
or manage your preferences, depending on the options presented.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings available on our website.
Please remember that disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.
CHANGING YOUR BROWSER SETTINGS
You can also control or delete cookies through your web browser.
Most browsers allow you to:
Block cookies
Delete existing cookies
Allow cookies from particular websites
Block third-party cookies
Browse using private/incognito mode
The exact process varies between browsers.
HOW LONG DO COOKIES LAST?
Different cookies have different lifespans.
Some are deleted when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for a longer period.
The exact cookies and technologies used on our website may change as we update our website and the services we use.
CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the cookies we use or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will always be available on this page.
Last updated: September 2026
HAVE A QUESTION?
If you have any questions about how we use cookies or similar technologies, please contact us: