A vast indoor playground of more than 100 interconnected, wall-to-wall trampolines has been developed in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.

Air Space is Scotland’s first indoor trampoline park and Europe’s largest freestyle jumping arena. It opened earlier this month.

Described as a “spring-loaded urban playground”, visitors of all ages can enjoy jumping about freely and in any way they fancy.

The centre is also a great place for perfecting freestyle parkour moves or participating in team sports with a twist, including dodgeball, basketball and football, all on super-sprung pitches.

Other things to try include:

The innovative experience has been launched by the multi-award winning adventure company Go Ape.

Girls go jumping at Air Space

I sent two along top young gymnasts, Beth and Lola, both 12, of Allander Gymnastics Club, to give Air Space a try. This is what they, and Beth’s mum Jane, discovered.

Jane says: “The variety of trampolining is great for all abilities. When we were there we saw kids, teens and adults all jumping about.

“It was also quite interesting to see how tired people became, some in only a few minutes. Trampolining is exhausting but because Beth and Lola do gymnastics regularly they were able to last a lot longer.

“I would say, however, that an hour of jumping is probably more than enough for most.”

The girls really liked the freedom to bounce wherever they wanted and jumping from one trampoline to another. “It’s an amazing place. I loved the yellow trampolines in particular because I thought I would reach the roof if I kept on jumping,” said Beth.

The gymnasts also liked the long track trampoline, which is ideal for tumbling, a sport that Beth excels in. She is a member of the Scottish Gymnastics Tumbling A Squad.

Jane also thought that the “wall running” looked good. She said: “This is where jumpsters bounce from a trampoline, lying on your back, and push off against a vertical padded wall to progress up a wall. With practice it’s possible to land on top of the wall.”

The girls enjoyed an area where it’s possible to jump from a height on to a huge air bag. They also tried out sets of foam skis and snowboards for fun trampoline moves.

Safety first at Air Space

Jane said: “I like that Air Space is well supervised and that adults can watch the kids from close up but without charge. There’s a 10-minute safety chat before anyone can jump.

“There is plenty of space in the centre and numbers are limited each hour to prevent overcrowding.

“I would say this will most suit teenagers and 20 somethings. We saw plenty of groups having lots of fun. There were also kids with parents, too. It’s a really impressive place and something very different.”

Air Space top tips

• Jumpsters must wear trampolining socks, which cost £3, unless they have trampolining shoes.
• An hour is plenty of time to try everything
• Minimum age is 10 years.
• Lockers are available for £1, refundable
• Food and drink is available but take water with you because trampolining is thirsty work
• Jane found that when she followed sat nav to Air Space she got lost.

See Air Space