Wiltshire is a great place to have a day out with the kids. Below we've tried to list as many attractions as we can to make it easy for you to find fun places to visit - we hope you find our website useful - and easy to use. Do you know of any other great
places to go that we may have missed? If so, it would be really nice if you could you get in touch, so that other kids can enjoy the day out as well - thanks a lot - have fun!
Family Days Out in Wiltshire
Longleat Forest Centre Parcs
Warminster
Longleat Forest Centre Parcs - loads of activities to do with kids including a great indoor swimming centre and the kids love cycling around on their bikes - plus tons more activities - although technically Centre Parcs isn't open to day visitors only residential guests
Lower Shaw Farm
Swindon
Lower Shaw Farm re you looking for a relaxing break; a stimulating weekend; fresh experiences; or the opportunity to learn a new skill?
It's all possible at Lower Shaw Farm.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Farmer Giles Farmstead
Salisbury
Farmer Giles Farmstead a unique 38 acre farmstead where you can learn about farming methods past and present and have fun feeding and grooming the animals. Or just enjoy the calm of a wonderful rural setting .
Longleat
Warminster
Longleat The star of BBC's hugely popular Animal Park series invites you to encounter some of the worlds most magnificent animals in the UK's first Safari Park, get lost in the Longleat Hedge Maze, voyage on the Safari Boats, discover the treasures of Longleat House and much much more... your day at Longleat will never be long enough!
Studley Grange Garden and Leisure Park
Swindon
Studley Grange Garden and Leisure Park Butterfly World, part of the Studley Grange garden and leisure park, is the place to visit rain or shine. See hundreds of beautiful butterflies, flying against a backdrop of tropical plants and flowers. Waterfalls cascade down into ponds full of fish. The mini beast section includes insects, reptiles and amphibians.
Bowood House & Gardens
Calne
Bowood House & Gardens Children love Bowood! There's space to run and play and beautiful parkland and a waterfall to enjoy, but the main reason kids love Bowood is because it's home to one of the best adventure playgrounds in the country.
Roves Farm
Swindon
Roves Farm - lots to do including: Meet & Feed the Animals, Tractor & trailer rides, worlds largest living willow maze, willow village, bouncy castle and ball pond, big bale straw stack, heated indoor soft play area and giant sandpit, crafty half-hour, animal racing for charity and granary tearoom.
Cholderton Charlie's Farm
Salisbury
Cholderton Charlie's Farm Cholderton Farm boasts sheep, pigs, goats, cows, ponies, rabbits and poultry. Kids can also explore the indoor play barn and climbing wall, take part in a nature trail through an ancient wood with glades and a badgers sett and even race piglets!
Hope Nature Centre
Trowbridge
Hope Nature Centre A lovely animal centre with lots of animals to see and wonderful walks. Visit the squirrel's tea room too.
Bush Farm Bison Centre
West Knoyle
Bush Farm Bison Centre See Bison, Elk, Raccoons, Prairie Dogs & Guanacos at Bush Farm Bison Centre,
an attractive south Wiltshire farm with lakes and 30 acres of old oak woodlands.
STEAM - Museum of the GWR
Swindon
STEAM - Museum of the GWR STEAM is a great day out for the whole family. Follow the incredible story of the GWR through lots of imaginative displays and plenty of hands-on exhibits. Build a bridge and shunt wagons. Have a go at putting a locomotive together. Take a ride on our train-driving simulator.
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Salisbury
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Offering interactive galleries and workshops for children, the Museum provides entertainment and an educational experience for children of all ages.
Oasis Leisure Centre
Swindon
Oasis Leisure Centre Lagoon Swimming Pool, -with 'new' pirate ship under 8s play feature, 3 giant water slide ('Domebusters'), Wavemachine, Watercannon and Hydroslide.
Highworth Recreation Centre
Swindon
Highworth Recreation Centre Indoor or outdoor pools depending on weather, diving facilities, Wet 'n' Wild sessions and more besides.
Trowbridge Sports Centre
Trowbridge
Trowbridge Sports Centre Swimming facilities and diving pool, depth 4m, with 1m and 3m springboards and a 5m platform.
Bonkers Childrens Indoor Play Centre
Swindon
Bonkers Childrens Indoor Play Centre - offer a unique play area, featuring BALL CANNONS, MAGIC BALL JUGGLERS, VOLCANO, ROLLER RACERS - how do they work? - BALL LIFTERS, and many other items of interactive equipment, suitable for ALL ages.
Jolly Roger Adventure
Swindon
Jolly Roger Adventure - has got bouncy castles, and an amazing soft adventure play area to keep the kids amused. Why don't they take a dip in one of our ball pools, or dare they or even your self ride 'The Drop', its over 31 ft long. And now we have one of the BIGGEST indoor astra slides in the country it's fast, its the latest addition to the Jolly Roger's list of fun.
Coral Cove Party and Adventure Centre
Devizes
Coral Cove Party and Adventure Centre childrens indoor soft play centre in Devizes.
Boomerang Play Centre
Melkesham
Boomerang Play Centre Kids indoor play centre with a separate area for toddlers.
Kidz About Adventure Play
Swindon
Kidz About Adventure Play We have space to play the Kidz About about way!
Run around in 12,000 square feet of space that includes play equipment rising to an amazing 6.5m, a four lane astraslide, dropslide, superb twisting spiral slide, separate play area for toddlers and a football/basketball pitch.
Space Play
Swindon
Space Play A great soft play area for children aged up to 9years, available for the older ones is a fantastic LaserQuest area!
Avebury Stone Circle
Marlborough
Avebury Stone Circle One of Europe's largest pre-historic stone circles!
Stonehenge
Amesbury
Stonehenge - stands as a timeless testimony to the people who built it, between 3000BC and 1500BC. An amazing feat of engineering and arguably the most sophisticated stone circle in the world, it remains a mystery.
Cricklade Leisure Centre
Swindon
Cricklade Leisure Centre Cricklade Leisure Centre is proud to serve our local community. We're the place to have fun with your family!
Brokerswood Country Park
Westbury
Brokerswood Country Park An outdoors day out for all the family, a great country park with picnic areas, woodland trails and play areas.
Tenpin Swindon
Swindon
Tenpin Swindon - 32 bowling lanes of fun - and a great idea for a childrens birthday party
Link Leisure Centre Ice Skating
Swindon
Link Leisure Centre Ice Skating The striking modern structure of the Link Centre houses an ice rink, a 25 metre, deck level, pool, Wiltshire's premier climbing facility, three 5-a-side outdoor football pitches with floodlighting and a state of the art gym
Calne Leisure Centre
Calne
Calne Leisure Centre An indoor leisure centre with a range of activities for visitors of all ages! Swim, climb and much more.
Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway
Swindon
Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway - the kids love a day out on a steam train. There are special event weekends throughout the year including Easter Bunny Rides, Halloween Specials & Santa Specials. All aboard!!!
Lydiard Park
Swindon
Lydiard Park The park has a visitor centre that houses countryside displays and a café. Lydiard Park also has exciting adventure playgrounds for toddlers and older children including an aerial runway. Paths and trails through the woods and by the lake offer glimpses of the many animals and birds which make Lydiard their home.
Cineworld Cinema
Swindon
Cineworld Cinema A Seven screen cinema showing the latest releases. There is a special kids club on Saturdays.
Splash of Colour Ceramic and Craft Cafe
Salisbury
Splash of Colour Ceramic and Craft Cafe We are are ceramic café which is a walk in studio offering a wide selection of pottery from normal household pieces to fun and wacky things for kids. These are all white and unglazed just waiting to be painted with a design or picture.
Cupcake Passion
Swindon
Cupcake Passion Unique cupcake making workshop specifically dedicated to kids of all ages. Come to our shop and join in the cupcake craze and decorate a cake using fondant and butter icing. Have your picture taken and placed on our cool cupcake wall!
Huntfun Salisbury Treasure Hunt
Salisbury
Huntfun Salisbury Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Wiltshire you keep sending in.
Now the summer holidays are upon us, we're trying to find as many things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor soft playcentres, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, castles, railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, ten pin bowling alleys, steam railways and other tourist attractions.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys.
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't listed above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people on holidays and all the other children in Wiltshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
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