The best toy garage for hours of fun

best toy car garage

by Stephanie Spencer |
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From zooming down ramps to working on their parking, a toy garage can provide loads of fun for your little ones. Let's face it, we all know a kid who loves cars.

While some toys make lots of noise and feature fun bright lights, this can help to stimulate your tots' motor skills. Especially as they require a lot of hands-on play. You know whenever a car comes out of the toy box, it'll have your kids entertained for hours.

So, why not get them the best toy car garage you can find to set the backdrop for their play? It'll really help them develop their sense of imagination, allowing them to tell a story while developing those key skills.

Toy garages also come in a huge variety of sizes and materials, from wooden options to plastic ones. They can be as tall or as small, as simple or as extravagant as you see fit.

Starting off on the smaller side for your tot and working from there as they grow is probably the best option. After all, you want a toy garage your little one can make the most out of.

The best toy garages UK 2022

To help you find the best toy garages for your little ones, we’ve rounded up the best on the market. From budget options to more expensive options.

Best plastic toy garage

With bright colours to attract their attention among stickers that'll help encourage their understanding of the alphabet, numbers, words and more. As well as a helipad on the top, this garage has three levels with ramps, a lift and fuel pumps. There's even a bottom level for your child to carry out repairs and car washes. Not to mention, this set comes with two cars made from soft and squishable plastic. They'll have hours of fun with this toy garage.

  • Dimensions: H47, W44, D56cm
  • Suitable for: 3 years up

One reviewer says: 'So happy with this my boy loves playing with his cars, very well made, easy to clean would totally recommend.'

Best five level toy garage

Featuring roads, barriers, petrol pumps, ramps, a car wash, helipad, working lift, parking bays and track adaptor, this huge five level garage toy includes 10 die-cast cars too. Each track piece is also compatible with other Chad Valley track sets making it ideal if you have other products from this brand.

  • Dimensions: H70, W65.5, D67cm
  • Suitable for: 3 years up

**One reviewer says: '**I bought this for my son's 3rd birthday as he is car mad. It took just over an hour to put together (that includes applying all the stickers) and it was easy to do as long as you follow the instructions! It looks great when assembled and comes with 10 cars, and on receiving it my little boy has played with it non stop and loves how the cars go so quick from top to bottom. Really happy with this, and no batteries needed! Result!'

Best easy-to-assemble toy garage

This toy car park is very easy to assemble containing a car lift, car wash, inspection ramp, petrol pumps, and more. No batteries are required. The fun lift on the side can take each toy car to every level of the car park and it stands tall enough to be the right height for three-year-olds.

  • Dimensions: 58 x 23.5 x 84 cm
  • Weight: 3.56kg
  • Suitable from: 3 years and up
  • Material: Plastic

One reviewer says: 'Easy to assemble, including brilliant scale working lift - just the right height for a 3-year-old. Most cars race down the slides, though a few fall off for added fun! Plenty of parking spaces for a massive collection of toy cars! Nice, well-made little fuel pumps and repair lift for extra play value. Numbered floor stickers have been a good learning point for our son. We have even been able to take some of the floors out at a later date, so he can play sitting on the floor, just to vary his play.'

Best compact toy garage
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Price: £32.99
Alternative retailers
Blain Farm & Fleet$13.79View offer
Target$23.99View offer
Kohl's$23.99View offer
Scheels$24.99View offer

Top up your fuel and zoom all around, with this fun garage. It's your child's job to help a neighbour fix their car and take a look under the hood. Little hands get a big workout as they grasp and move the vehicles, strengthening those fine motor skills, dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

  • Dimensions: 34.29 x 13.41 x 31.8 cm
  • Weight: 100g
  • Suitable from: 18 months - 5 years
  • Material: Plastic

One reviewer says: 'Delightful garage with two cars. One lift is great with a bell ringing when the lever is turned. Easy to carry for little people. It’s an improvement on the original which you couldn’t carry.'

Best simple toy garage

Stop at the car wash or fill up at the petrol pump with this three story garage. It encourages imaginative play as your little ones will learn all about gravity as the cars hurtle down the ramps. The garage also features a lift which is enclosed in a wooden unit and the cars are winched up to each floor by the winding mechanism. The garage is made from sustainably sourced wood and has been beautifully finished with smooth edges and painted with pastel non-toxic paints.

  • Dimensions: 47.4 x 31.6 x 20.4 cm
  • Weight: 3.69kg
  • Suitable for: 24 months and up
  • Material: Wood

One reviewer says: 'Absolutely love this garage and I spent ages researching....love that it is all wooden and the little cars and helicopter are beautifully made and high quality. The tracks do come off but only when pulled and easy to put back on and it hasn’t caused a 2-year-old meltdown yet. Very good for 2-year-old as he can work the lift etc himself and he is obsessed with the car wash on the bottom level.'

Best wooden toy garage

Wooden toy garages are a brilliant, more sustainable alternative to plastic options. This cute set includes a helicopter that kids can land on the helipad on top of the garage, as well as three cars plus a separate petrol station with signs.

  • Suitable from: 3 years up

  • Material: Wood

Review: 'Beautifully made toys & my daughter loves her scales and car garage which is exceptionally good because it also attaches to her train set!'

Best toy garage for language skills

Including lots of interactive features for children to discover, your child will love playing with the cars while grasping language skills. You can turn the gears to hear a giggle sound, and push down on the tyre to move the toy car through the car wash and more.

  • Dimensions: 29 x 66 x 36 cm
  • Weight: 2.56kg
  • Suitable for: 12 months - 5 years

One reviewer says: 'The product itself works really well, my little girl loves it. There are plenty of sounds etc to keep her amused and all the different workings work well. You can buy additional track to add it to other sets, we have done that with the toot toot construction set. Would definitely recommend this product, great price too!'

Best toy garage for thrill seekers
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Price: £123.99
Alternative retailers
Walmart$89.99View offer

Believe us, if they're a fan of cars and dinosaurs, this one is definitely for them. This extremely popular choice of toy car garage will give them hours of fun.

Not to mention if they're a Hot Wheels fanatic, this garage can be connected to any other Hot Wheels tracks that they already have. But watch out for the chomping T-Rex who's just waiting to pop out and take down those cars.

There's space for over a hundred cars in this towering toy car garage. To get to the very top level, they can use the elevator before hurtling down the ramp. This toy garage is for those thrill seekers and kids with a big imagination.

  • Dimensions: 40.7L x 73.7W x 90H cm
  • Weight: 500g
  • Suitable for: 5 years +
  • Material: Plastic

One reviewer said: 'Very cautious about paying this amount of money however, the best hot wheels have made so far. Does exactly what it shows in the advert, unlike most other sets. My kids absolutely love it and play with it daily. Highly recommend!'

Best large toy garage
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Rrp: £179.99

Price: £119.99
Alternative retailers
Walmart$149.99View offer
Kohl's$179.99View offer
Lowe's$179.99View offer
Tractor Supply$179.99View offer

With 35 parking spaces over seven floors and two motorised lifts, your little speed demon will have so much fun with this interactive garage! It comes with six cars too which feature a freewheel function as well as a helicopter landing pad, train station and police station.

  • Dimensions: 128 x 78 x 73cm
  • Weight: 8.6kg
  • Suitable for: 5 years +
  • Material: Plastic

One reviewer said: 'Absolutely brilliant for kids. Takes a long time to assemble so do in advance of birthdays etc but it is fantastic. Lots of different stations areas to play with, so good for siblings etc.'

Best multi-story toy garage
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Price: £37.06

Your little car fanatic will love this car park. There are five levels, meaning there's plenty of room to push around the cars. The lift can take cars up to the top and then whiz down the five levels on the ramps. You can also race two cars at the same on the double ramp making it ideal for two players.

  • Dimensions: 55L x 55W x 84H cm
  • Suitable for: 3 years up

One reviewer says: 'This is brilliant quality, but it's not for the novice builder, the instructions are somewhat poor, the pictures are colour, but they are tiny, I used a magnifier to see the pictures better. The pieces are not all the same, so be patient the levels have to be placed opposite to one another and the blue legs at the bottom are different to the others. The stickers are hard to get all in the right place too. If it's put together right the cars fly down and it's a great toy.'

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