Want to find the perfect outdoor dining area for your school?
Here at A&S Landscape, our experts have chosen 5 of the best canopies for outdoor dining. Outdoor dining areas are extremely popular and are a great way to make the most of your outdoor space.
We are passionate about providing outdoor dining canopies for schools and educational facilities, ensuring that you are utilising the outdoors.
In this piece, we will showcase some of our favourite outdoor dining areas made for primary and senior schools including:
- Shade sails
- Monopitch canopies
- Tepee canopies
- Duopitch canopies
- Solid structures
5 Outdoor Dining Area Ideas
If you’re after an outdoor dining area but don’t know where to start, we have got you covered! In fact, we offer a whole range of school canopies that suit your needs.
Outdoor dining areas are a great way to enhance lunchtimes and provide extra seating for your students. Let’s delve a bit deeper and highlight some of our favourite outdoor dining area ideas.
Super Shade Sails
Our shade sails are the perfect canopy to add character, dimension, and colour to any outdoor dining area. Shade sails greatly increase the area’s functionality by reducing harmful UV rays during the hottest parts of the day.
If you want to encourage outdoor dining but are worried about children spending too much time outside in the sun, then this is the canopy for you.
Alternatively, if the weather takes a negative turn, many of our shade sails are available with waterproof PVC fabric for year-round use.
Our Maxima Sail ™ is ideal for outdoor eating areas. Not only is it incredibly eye-catching and striking, but it is available in a wide range of colours and fabrics so you are guaranteed to find the right aesthetic for your school.
Modern Monopitches
Perfect for outdoor dining areas, our Motiva Mono ™ is a monopitch (asymmetric) curved roof variant. This is where one side of the roof is higher than the other, adding shape and dimension to your outdoor area.
This canopy can achieve widths of up to 10000mm and wider still with additional design elements. This is a canopy for maximum capacity and great for extra outdoor dining.
Made from an all-steel structure and a polycarbonate roof, this canopy is structured and durable. You also have the freedom to add other options such as:
- Side panels with various infill options
- Clear or opal roofing
- Aluminium guttering and downpipes
- Wall brackets
- Wide span beams
- CHS uprights
- Post pads
Trusty Tepees
Our colourful Maxima Tepee ™ is just one of our many fabric canopy options. Available in standard modular sizes from 3 metres up to a massive 15 metres, these canopies are ideal for outdoor dining areas.
With slight height added to their tops, tepee canopies add visual and practical elements to outdoor spaces. If you’re after extra shelter or need more outdoor space for dining requirements, then this canopy is the solution for your school.
Experiment with bright and vibrant colours from colza yellow to flame red. These tepees are made from all steel roofing and are waterproof, UV resistant and fire retardant.
We also give you the option to add extra details such as side panels and integral gutters!
Distinct Duopitches
The Motiva Duo ™ is our duopitch (symmetric) curved roof variant of our outdoor dining canopies.
This is where both sides are at the same height, and is the most common configuration for standalone structures or structures against low roofline buildings.
Ideal for outdoor dining, this canopy is made from a sturdy steel framework and genuine polycarbonate roofing. You can also add additional options such as:
- Side panels with various infill options
- Various door options
- Clear or opal roofing
- Aluminium guttering and downpipes
- Wall brackets
- Wide span beams
- CHS uprights
- Post pads
Solid Structures
For an outdoor dining area that is incredibly structured, you might want to check out our canopies with side panels and doors.
This is a canopy that creates an enclosed area by adding side panels and doors, perfecting for being used as an outdoor dining area and creating more seating options for students during lunchtimes.
In addition to this, we have bespoke cafe and food kiosks that can be used as satellite dining stations in larger schools and colleges to relieve congestion in indoor dining rooms.
Food kiosks are equipped to sell a selection of hot and cold drinks and hot snacks, making them a great additional facility to any outdoor space.
Our food kiosks can be finished in a wide range of exterior options including bespoke vinyl wrap or a painted finish designed specifically to your requirements.
Why You May Need a Covered Outdoor Dining Area
Having an outdoor dining area encourages pupils to be outdoors, especially during lunchtime.
You might have limited space indoors and need to disperse this to an outdoor dining area, or perhaps you just want to make the most of your outdoor space.
If you want an outdoor dining area, one thing you can never rely on is the weather! Therefore, having a cover is essential in order to make use of your canopy all year round.
Our fabric canopies are waterproof and UV-protective, meaning that you can make the most of your outdoor dining space despite the temperamental British weather.
Don’t forget that all of our canopies are completely bespoke and can be specifically made to measure. We allow you to design your own canopy, ensuring that it meets all of your needs and ideas.
Here’s How One of Our Outdoor Dining Areas Helped This UK School!
The Chantry School, located in the Malvern Hills village of Martley, is a secondary school with lots going on. This busy secondary school added a large dining area canopy to their outdoor area.
They wanted to construct an outdoor area dedicated to dining and that’s where A&S Landscape came in. For The Chantry School, the perfect shelter solution was selected from our Motiva Mono™ custom canopy range.
This multi-functional product has a range of uses from playground shelters to dining area shelters, and with a range of ways to tailor the design, it’s an exciting option to consider.
With a monopitch curved roof, one side is higher than the other and creates a pleasing arched effect to the canopy architecture.
You can read the full case study here.
Looking For A New Outdoor Dining Area? We Can Help Today!
Now that you know the importance and demand for outdoor dining areas, it is time to put your plans into action.
Here at A&S Landscape, we have over 48 years of experience and the brains, passion, and personality to make your project work, built up over 3 generations.
We offer a design your own experience, giving you complete freedom in terms of colours, sizes, and canopy styles. Each canopy can be personalised to your standards, including school logos and colour schemes to give you a completely unique canopy.
As you can tell, we have an impressive selection of outdoor dining canopies and we are sure that your school would benefit from one.
Reach out to our expert team who will keep you 100% satisfied. We know you are in safe hands as it is our simple, honest, on-time, quality service that builds our ever-growing list of satisfied clients.
Don’t forget to request your free consultation and design online today!
