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Sensory Rooms, Just For You

A sensory room is a specially designed space that uses lighting, sound, textures and interactive equipment to create a calming and engaging environment.

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Sensory rooms are commonly used in schools, healthcare settings and care environments to support individuals with sensory processing needs, autism, learning difficulties or anxiety. By providing controlled sensory stimulation, a sensory room can help users relax, focus, regulate emotions and develop key cognitive and motor skills in a safe and supportive setting.

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Rhino Sensory Installation

Our Sensory Rooms

A multi-sensory room with teal and green LED lighting, illuminated bubble tubes, interactive floor projection displaying a world map, and wall-mounted light panels
Multi-Sensory

Filled with all the multi-sensory treats that you’ll need to create the perfect stimulating space.

Multi-Sensory Rooms
A bright soft play room with padded green and yellow walls, a colourful ball pit filled with red, yellow, green and blue balls, and soft play equipment
Soft Play Room

Our sensory soft play rooms are a perfect safe space for kids to develop gross motor skills, let off steam, and have fun!

Soft Play Rooms
A calming de-escalation room featuring a projected underwater ocean scene, curved orange seating, colour-changing LED panels, and a sky ceiling with cloud imagery
De-escalation

De-escalation rooms provide low levels of stimulation in a safe padded space. Perfect for cosy relaxation and preventing meltdowns.

De-escalation Rooms
A sensory integration room with a platform swing, yellow and green bean bag seating, blue padded flooring, and wall-mounted mirrors
Sensory Integration

Sensory integration rooms are therapeutic spaces dedicated to the development of vestibular and proprioceptive senses.

Sensory Integration Rooms
Bedroom-style sensory space with a pink fibre optic light chandelier and a circular wall projection.
Hydropools

Dive into our uniquely stimulating Hydro-Sensory Room designs. Great for Hydropools, School Pools and Inclusive Bathrooms.

Hydropools
Calming bedroom with fibre optic chandelier and bubble wall panels.
Sensory Bedrooms

Turn your bedroom into a dreamy sensory paradise, perfect for relaxing and getting a good night's sleep. 

Sensory Bedrooms
An immersive sensory room with a projected desert landscape, featuring bean bag seating where a child and carer enjoy the environment alongside a wheelchair user
Immersive

Inspire, support, and engage even the most reluctant student in our Immersive Reality Rooms.

Immersive Rooms
A reminiscence therapy lounge with star cloth ceiling panels, a circular projected ocean scene, and comfortable armchairs and sofas arranged around a central coffee table
Reminiscence

Reminiscence sensory rooms act as therapeutic portals to the past. Comforting, relaxing and inspiring conversation for elderly residents.

Reminiscence Rooms
A padded room with green and red wall padding, colourful soft seating, and a large themed wall graphic featuring a robot character
Room Padding

Whether it's padding for a soft play room, sensory room, bedroom or corridor, safety padding ensures a safe environment for those who need it most.

Room Padding
An outdoor sensory garden with a colourful wooden play tower, artificial grass, tactile sand trays, raised planting beds, and paved pathways surrounded by natural shrubs and trees
Sensory Gardens

Explore your senses in the great outdoors! Create a space in your garden to explore, stimulate and connect your senses with nature. 

Sensory Gardens
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Fibre Optic Carpet
Deluxe Sound & Light Panel
Waterbed
omi Interactive Floor Projector
Bubble Tubes
Fibre Optic Carpet
Side By Side Sensory Room.

What are the benefits of a Sensory Room?

Multi-sensory environments, often known as Snoezelen or sensory rooms, provide a carefully controlled space where lighting, sound and tactile equipment work together to create a calming and engaging experience.

They offer a safe sensory environment that helps reduce anxiety, regulate emotions and encourage relaxation. Sensory rooms also support exploration, independence and social interaction, helping users build confidence and develop important cognitive and communication skills.

By providing a space designed around sensory needs, sensory rooms can improve wellbeing, focus and engagement for individuals with autism, sensory processing disorders and additional needs. They can be installed in a wide range of environments, from schools and healthcare settings to public venues, creating more inclusive and supportive spaces for everyone.

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How Do Sensory Rooms Support Sensory Needs?

Stimulate and soothe all five senses

Sensory rooms help regulate the five senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and taste – using lighting, sound and tactile equipment. This controlled sensory input can help individuals with autism and sensory processing difficulties feel calmer and more comfortable.

Build key developmental skills

Sensory equipment encourages the development of cause and effect understanding, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, supporting learning through exploration and interaction.

Create a safe, calming environment

Sensory rooms provide a quiet space to relax and regulate emotions, helping reduce sensory overload and the likelihood of meltdowns or anxiety.

Provide relaxation for all ages

Sensory environments benefit children, teenagers and adults, providing calming visual and tactile experiences in schools, care settings and public spaces.

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Who are Sensory Rooms for?

Sensory rooms are used by a wide range of individuals who benefit from environments designed to support sensory regulation, relaxation and engagement. They are particularly valuable in settings where users may experience sensory overload or require additional support.

Sensory rooms can benefit:

  • Children and adults with autism or sensory processing disorders who may need support managing sensory input.
  • Individuals with learning disabilities or additional needs who benefit from interactive sensory activities.
  • People experiencing anxiety, stress or sensory overload who require a calm, structured space to relax and regulate emotions.
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Sensory Room Design Considerations.

Room size

The size of the room will influence the type and amount of sensory equipment that can be installed. Even small spaces can be transformed into effective sensory environments with the right layout and carefully selected equipment.

Lighting Control

Adjustable lighting is essential in sensory rooms. Features such as bubble tubes, fibre optics and colour-changing lighting help create calming or stimulating environments depending on the user’s needs.

Acoustics

Managing sound levels helps create a comfortable sensory environment. Soft furnishings, acoustic panels and calming audio can reduce noise and prevent sensory overload.

Flooring & Safety

Safety is a key consideration in sensory room design. Soft flooring, padded surfaces and non-slip materials help create a safe environment where users can explore sensory equipment with confidence.

Budgets

Sensory rooms can be designed to suit a wide range of budgets. From small sensory corners to fully equipped multi-sensory environments, the space can be tailored to meet your goals and available resources.

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Planning

Our design engineers work closely with you to get to the nitty gritty of your requirements. This stage is essential in developing an understanding of your needs, allowing us to create the perfect sensory experience.

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Designing

We then head off and conceptualise your ideal sensory space. We’ll keep in touch throughout the design process, ensuring that you have full control of the end result, helping us deliver exactly what you want and need.

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Installation

Once the design is complete and signed off, we pass it on to our specialist installation team. They’ve been installing sensory equipment for decades; they know exactly what it takes to make the process a breeze!

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Maintenance Packages

Our maintenance packages offer many benefits, including extended product warranty, safety checks, handy cleaning services, and on-site training.

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Cost Calculator

Get a rough idea of how much your new sensory room will cost. This includes the whole process, from planning through to design and installation.

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Designing, Building & Creating Inclusive Sensory Spaces

From big football stadiums to cosy classroom corners and bright pink sensory buses – we love to create bespoke sensory spaces that are perfect for learning, calming, and exploring!

Frequently asked questions

What Equipment Is Typically Found In A Sensory Room?

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Bubble Tubes, Interactive Wall Panels, Safety Padding, Calming Lighting, and Fibre Optics – are some of our most popular sensory room items.

Our sensory team recently shared their favourite sensory room items, which you can read here:

Our Ten Favourite sensory room items

Can Sensory Rooms Be Used In Schools Or Workplaces?

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Both! Sensory rooms are adaptable and can be used in a wide range of environments. Sensory rooms are more popular in schools as they’re a safe and effective way of helping to regulate students’ behaviour and emotions. But calming sensory areas are really beneficial for workplaces too, offering staff a place to take a break and decompress.



Find out more about sensory rooms in schools right here:

Miriam Primary School Case Study

How Much Space Do I Need For A Sensory Room?

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Ideally – where there are no limits with budget or space – we’d recommend that a sensory space is at least 3 x 4m. This ensures enough room for sensory resources, space to move around and explore, and accessibility for room users and support staff.

If you’re looking to create a social sensory space that can used by multiple people at the same time, we’d recommend using this formula: 3m x (the number of people you’d like to use the room x 1m).

How Do You Design or Create a Sensory Room?

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Designing a sensory room starts with understanding the needs of the users and the space available. A good sensory room includes controlled lighting, calming sounds and interactive sensory equipment such as bubble tubes, fibre optics or tactile panels. The layout should allow users to safely explore while supporting relaxation, sensory regulation and engagement.

How Much Does a Sensory Room Cost?

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The cost of a sensory room can vary depending on the size of the space and the equipment included. Smaller sensory corners can be created with a modest budget, while fully equipped multi-sensory rooms with lighting systems, interactive equipment and padded flooring may cost several thousand pounds. Many sensory rooms are designed to suit different budgets.

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How Can You Make a Sensory Room on a Budget?

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A sensory room can be created on a budget by starting with a small dedicated space and introducing simple sensory elements such as soft lighting, tactile materials, calming sounds or sensory toys. Over time, additional equipment such as fibre optics, projectors or bubble tubes can be added to expand the sensory environment.

Sensory Room Case Studies

Senseation Day Centre
Blossom View Care
Yorkshire & Humber, England
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Bucklow Manor Care Home
North West, England
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Cambian Group – Bletchley
London, England
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Teacher and a student learn in a Sensory Room
Cascade Academy Trust Schools
Yorkshire & Humber, England
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What Our Customers Say

We take pride in delivering a job well done. But don’t take our word for it; see what our customers have to say!

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“Rhino UK have been a dream to collaborate with. They have provided the best equipment and training, so that we can bring a sparkle of happiness to the children in the hospital. Their team were always on hand to help – thank you very much!”

F BinnsPlay Specialist, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

"Many thanks for your hard work and dedication and most of all, patience, with the demand of our new Paediatric Burns Unit. It’s all very exciting, and the Rhino resources and equipment look fantastic! Have a well deserved Christmas and a very Happy New Year in 2013."

S AylottPlay Specialist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Side By Side Sensory Room
"The sensory team at Rhino UK were brilliant at finding the best equipment for my daughters’ sensory room. With a no hassle sales approach, everything, from the first phone call to the final handover was very professional. Thank you very much!"

Mr RogersParent at carehome.co.uk

Sensory Voyager Bubble Trolley Portable Sensory Solutions Size H154 x D69 x W51cm
"The Sensory Voyager is a roaring success. I took it out to a ‘mainstream’ four year old on traction at 8:30am and he is still playing with it now at 10:30am! Running the fibre optics through his toes, hiding under them, changing the colours of the bubble tube, and all in all having a great time. I would HIGHLY recommend this item to any organisation, large or small!"

T HullPlay Specialist, Good Hope Hospital

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