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Family Days Out in Nottinghamshire
Newark Air Museum
Newark
Newark Air Museum The UK's largest volunteer managed aviation museum with 70 aircraft and cockpit sections from across the history of aviation. The types displayed include the Vulcan bomber, Russian MiG fighters and the Swedish Saab Viggen fighter. 2 Display Hangars, engine / artefacts displays, café and large shop. Regular special events.
Great Central Railway
Ruddington
Great Central Railway Along with access to nearly 10 miles of the ex. GCR mainline in Nottinghamshire, the Centre is host to a road and rail transport heritage vehicle collection, the Nottingham Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, a large model railway and the GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
Sundown Adventureland
Retford
Sundown Adventureland - a theme park specifically designed for under 10's - no age restrictions on rides
Wheelgate Adventure Park
Farnsfield
Wheelgate Adventure Park A land of thrilling rides, amazing attractions and exhilarating activities are waiting to be discovered. From the Runaway Mine Train roller coaster and challenging Mini Diggers, to the indoor soft play Pirate Ship and Tropical House the fun is endless.
Wollaton Hall and Park
Nottingham
Wollaton Hall and Park Set in over 500 acres of historic deer park, Wollaton Hall is a spectacular Tudor building, completed in 1588, it is now the home to the city's Natural History Museum. Wollaton's Courtyard Stables are home to the city's Industrial Museum, Steam Engine House, Wollaton Visitor Centre and the Yard Gallery, with a changing programme of exhibitions exploring art and the environment.
Making It! Discovery Centre
Mansfield
Making It! Discovery Centre - great for family fun - "hands on" interactive exhibits on two floors explaining how things are made. Each paying visitor receives a basket of component parts to make up one of ten kits - it's yours to take home. Open during Nottinghamshire school holidays. We have a programme of 2hr special events for children during the school hols - see website for details.
Water Meadows
Mansfield
Water Meadows Leisure Lagoon - Wave Machine - 50m Twister Flume - Falling Rapids Ride (only operates during peak times) - Fast Drop Flume (only operates during peak times) - Geysers & Water Cannons - 25m 6 lane Competition Pool. Great idea if you're looking for family days out in Nottinghamshire
Beechdale Swimming Centre
Nottingham
Beechdale Swimming Centre With pool activities to cater for all ages and abilities from parents and toddlers sessions to club sessions and major galas, the centre offers a varied swimming programme for everyone.
Tumble Town Indoor Playcentre
Nottingham
Tumble Town Indoor Playcentre Three thousand sq ft of indoor play area including climbing frames, a helter-skelter, slides, bouncing castle, soft play ball pools and supervised play.
Hoods Hideout Soft Play Centre
Nottingham
Hoods Hideout Soft Play Centre Hoods Hideout is a great fun indoor soft play area designed on a Robin Hood theme on three separate levels, packed with obstacles and features for children under the age of 12 years to enjoy. Great for tiring the smalls out on those cold afternoons!!
Run Riot
West Bridgford
Run Riot Run Riot is an indoor playcentre for children aged between 2 and 10 years old. There are slides, ladders, aerial walkways, spinners, trolley ride, maze, ball pools and more. An area is set aside for the under 5s.
Cyril's Nut Hut
Long Eaton
Cyril's Nut Hut is a fabulous indoor play centre, with adventure play and soft play equipment designed to keep kids of all ages happy - from tots just starting to crawl, right up to active kids of 11 years old
Denz Indoor Playcentre
Beeston
Denz Indoor Playcentre A large kids play area and a smaller one for the toddlers. A good indoor playcentre in Nottinghamshire.
Lanky Bill's Fun Shack
Langley Mill
Lanky Bill's Fun Shack A large main frame for the 5 to 11 years and a separate area with frame and soft play for the 4’s and under.
Little Drivers Soft Play
Stapleford
Little Drivers Soft Play is a family orientated modern colourful soft play centre with a modern play frame. It is family run and offers both healthy and more conventional snacks and meals at reasonable prices to not break the bank. The centre also offers bespoke party packages tailored to you needs contact us for details.
Captain Jacks Adventure Play
Retford
Captain Jacks Adventure Play Retford's fantastic soft play centre is an ideal place to relax while the kids burn off energy. We pride ourselves on our cleanliness, excellent customer service and our good food. With a separate area for toddlers and juniors and regular bouncy castles and games we aim to provide a fun and safe place to play and party for 0 to 13 year olds and a relaxing place for all adults!
Oceans of Fun Indoor Play Centre
Hucknall
Oceans of Fun Indoor Play Centre Children’s indoor soft play centre with a separate area for babies and under 4’s. The main play frame accommodates up to 11 year olds. We have a modern cafe serving delicious lunches and snacks. The play frame has a large wavy slide. It is open and can be seen from all the seats in the cafe area.
The Jungle
Chesterfield
The Jungle - has a three level soft play centre, mini football pitch, with HUUUUGGE slides and plenty of party rooms.
Happy Days Play Den
Kirkby in Ashfield
Happy Days Play Den An indoor play centre for all the family combining recreation, entertainment and restaurant facilities. Our key focus is children's play and fitness for 1 to 10 year old children. Happy Days Play Den is a safe, clean, supervised environment for children aged 10 & under, to exercise & have fun while stimulating their imagination and challenging them physically.
Escape Play
Nottingham
Escape Play Well equipped play areas for different age groups, go karts and sports area. One of many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Nottingham with kids.
Jungletastic
Nottingham
Jungletastic An exciting children's indoor soft play centre providing fun and safe entertainment for children aged up to 11 years. One of many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Nottingham with kids.
Rainydays
Nottingham
Rainydays Their recently refurbished equipment is suitable for children from birth right through to the teens.
City of Caves
Nottingham
City of Caves Enter and explore a whole new world in the caves underneath Nottingham city and descend into the dark depths of the original Anglo-Saxon tunnels, meeting real cave-dwellers from its dramatic hidden past. See how these caves have been used and adapted over the Centuries by local people to escape and take refuge from the world above.
Nottingham Castle
Nottingham
Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle is a magnificent 17th Century ducal mansion built on the site of the original Medieval Castle, with spectacular views across the city. A vibrant museum and art gallery housing collections of silver, glass, armour and paintings, plus fifteen centuries of Nottingham history.
Galleries of Justice
Nottingham
Galleries of Justice - home to the Villainous Sheriff of Nottingham and is the only Museum of its kind in Europe. Based at Nottingham’s old county gaol the Museum portrays Nottingham’s horrible history and crime and punishment through the ages in a fun and interactive environment. Many tours are actor led making the Galleries of Justice Museum an excellent family friendly attraction and a perfect day out for all ages. You will witness and sometimes even be put on trial in our prestigious Victorian Court room before being sent down to our original prison cells, dungeons and caves where your sentence awaits you! There is even an original Police Station on site.
Southwell Minster
Southwell
Southwell Minster with its majestic Norman nave and glorious 13th-century chapter house—is one of the least known jewels in the crown of Nottinghamshire.
Greens Windmill and Science Centre
Nottingham
Greens Windmill and Science Centre Test your brain power with the hands-on experiments in the Science Centre which explore electricity, magnetism and light, ideal for young children - attached to a working windmill which produces great flour?!
Creswell Crags
Worksop
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. Great idea for family days out in Nottinghamshire.
Bridlesmithgate Caves
Nottingham
Bridlesmithgate Caves Man-made caves used as a butcher's, a salting chamber and an apothecary's shop with a domed store cave and an ice house.
Nottingham Castle Caves
Nottingham
Nottingham Castle Caves Beneath the Castle a labyrinth of manmade caves and tunnels continue to tell the turbulent story of this historic site. Come along for a memorable tour and discover the secret passageways, King David's legendary dungeon, the Duke of Newcastle's Wine Cellar and Mortimer's Hole.
Sutton Leisure Centre
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton Leisure Centre At the leisure centre you can do loads of sports including Ice Skating - short tennis and loads more - check weblink for details
National Ice Centre
Nottingham
National Ice Centre Ice skating is a cool experience whatever your age or ability and where better to give it a go than at the National Ice Centre: the UK's centre for excellence for ice sports. There are a range of ice skating sessions on offer to suit all ages and abilities, from the loudest disco to quieter sessions for beginners and families.
Lammas Leisure Centre
Sutton in Ashfield
Lammas Leisure Centre Family friendly ice skating rink with tonnes of other sporting opportunities besides within the leisure centre. Great fun for all ages and good for bonding while you watch dad fall over.
Nottingham Climbing Centre
Nottingham
Nottingham Climbing Centre 800 square metres of climbing wall! The centre offers Bouldering, Top Roping and Leading Facilities; as well as running courses for beginners or improvers, starting from age 7.
Go Ape! Sherwood Pines
Edwinstowe
Go Ape! Sherwood Pines Go Ape is the UK's No.1 Forest Adventure. Take to the trees and speed down zip slides. They’re part of an exciting course of rope bridges, Tarzan swings and crossings; all set high above the forest floor.
Kidsquadz
Retford
Kidsquadz Quad biking fun for all the family, quad parties, family sessions, quad ramble adventures and inflatable quad track hire. Bike sizes to suit from 6 years and up. Based on the Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire border covering Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln and track hire nationwide. Prices from �12 per person.
Tenpin Nottingham
Nottingham
Tenpin Nottingham Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. This Tenpin 26 lanes!
Mansfield Superbowl
Mansfield
Mansfield Superbowl Classic family friendly tenpin bowling with kiddie assists like gutter guards, lighter balls and bowling ramps. It's not just bowling: It's Superbowling.
1st Bowl Nottingham
Nottingham
1st Bowl Nottingham Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
The Kurburgring
Huthwaite
The Kurburgring A unique venue offering a definitively outdoor karting experience indoors. They run junior sessions for kids over 8, adults karts for over 14s.
Amen Corner Karting
Newark
Amen Corner Karting Two small fun tracks providing arrive and drive for all ages.They also have a new 550m pro-kart circuit for over 17s. Drivers from 8, passengers from 4.
Langar Karting and Quad Centre
Nottingham
Langar Karting and Quad Centre Featuring simply excellent custom built Junior Karts suitable for drivers 10 years plus with an inside leg measurement of at least 26 inches.
The Nottingham Ghost Walk
Nottingham
The Nottingham Ghost Walk A story-telling walking tour all about ghosts! Where they haunt, why they haunt, a bit of gore, some heritage and history - and you might even spot the real ghost who haunts our tours!
Robin Hoods Major Oak Treasure Trail
Edwinstowe
Robin Hoods Major Oak Treasure Trail Looking for a fun and interesting way to explore Robin Hood country? Don't just wander around aimlessly, do a Treasure Trail! These fun Trails show you the most interesting, historical and scenic locations. Enjoy a fun family walk in the fresh air and solve the clues along the way.
Nottingham Heroes and Villains Tour
Nottingham
Nottingham Heroes and Villains Tour The City's newest heritage walking tour from the Nottingham Ghost Walk team! See the key sites of interest in the City and hear intriguing tales about Robin Hood and many other famous Nottingham characters. Tour includes cave visit (subject to availability). Was Robin Hood a Hero or a Villain?
Ferry Farm Country Park
Nottingham
Ferry Farm Country Park A range of activities from playing in our indoor activity centre to feeding the animals.
White Post Farm Centre
Farnsfield
White Post Farm Centre - one of the biggest Farm attractions in the UK. A working farm growing every year that offers a fabulous day out for all the family.
Floralands Farm Park
Nottingham
Floralands Farm Park There is play equipment, a picnic area and a wide variety of animals to see and feed.
Sherwood Forest Country Park
Edwinstowe
Sherwood Forest Country Park Browse around the Visitor Centre shops or relax after a stroll in the Forest Table Restaurant. Take a walk to the mighty Major Oak, pick up one of our fun family nature trails, or just stand and admire the weird and wonderful shapes of the ancient oak trees, twisted by age and weathered into living sculptures.
Whisby Natural World Centre
Thorpe on the Hill
Whisby Natural World Centre - go along to one of the special events and activities for all ages. There are hundreds of events every year, including children's holiday workshops, walks around the Nature Park, family fun days, Summer Concerts the annual Wildlife and Environment Fair and much, much more.
Attenborough Nature Reserve
Beeston
Attenborough Nature Reserve An award winning eco-friendly visitor attraction surrounded by the tranquil waters of the beautiful Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Pot N Kettle Ceramic Cafe
Beeston
Pot N Kettle Ceramic Cafe Great fun for all the family, find out how much fun painting ceramics can be. Ideal children's parties -no stress and we clear up the mess. Hand and Foot imprints in clay, Perfect for unique personalised gifts for Christmas, Birthdays and Christenings. Visit us today and be creative.
Funky Pots Pottery Cafe
Nottingham
Funky Pots Pottery Cafe You do not need any artistic ability. If you can hold a brush you can paint a pot. It is really that simple. We will also give you all the help and advice plus we will provide you with stamps, stencils, pictures and samples to guide you in creating your own masterpiece.
Razzle Dazzle Pots Ltd
Nottingham
Razzle Dazzle Pots Ltd A fun family venue where you and your family can come and discover your creative side. We have a spacious cafe downstairs where you can relax and have delicious cake and coffee and upstairs we have a very special party room where you can celebrate in style.
Sherwood Forest Fun Park
Edwinstowe
Sherwood Forest Fun Park A family operated children's fair located in Sherwood Country Park.
Jumicar Children's Driving Experience
Hoveringham
Jumicar Children's Driving Experience On arrival the children are briefed on the rules of the road, the one way system, how to behave at road junctions. They then test their new skills on our real mini road circuit.
All cars have seat belts and most cars can even take passengers too.
Thanks for all the great things to do and Railways and Transport Attractions in Nottinghamshire with kids you keep sending in.
Now the school half term is upon us are with winter and the christmas holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find as many fun 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 playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Nottinghamshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
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