The Leader visited the Kable Avenue playground on Thursday morning and snapped plenty of smiling faces.

It wasn't a particularly sunny day, but it didn't stop some of Tamworth's younger residents touching the sky on the swings, slipping down the towering slide as fast as possible, or scaling the huge climbing frame.

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Temperatures did hit about 25 to 26 degrees, so some preferred to dip their toes in the splash pad just next door.

The cloudy, warm weather is set to stick around, too.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts partly cloudy conditions for the rest of the week, with temperatures set to hit 30 degrees on Sunday.

Keep your hats and sunscreen close by though, as the UV index is predicted to reach 12 on Friday and 13 on Saturday and Sunday.