Kent 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
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Family Days Out in Kent
Diggerland
Strood
Diggerland Diggerland, the adventure park for all ages, where children and adults can ride and drive real construction machinery!
Drive the robots, or take The Dumper Truck Challenge. Take in the views from the awesome Sky Shuttle or experience the ultimate adrenaline rush on Spin Dizzy!
There's something for everyone at Diggerland!
World of Activities at The Hop Farm
Paddock Wood
World of Activities at The Hop Farm - Over 30 rides and attractions... Outdoor action... Indoor fun... It's for everyone! Visit the World of Activities at The Hop Farm for maximum fun at Kent�s biggest and No 1 family attraction.
Our award-winning family park is packed full of new features, rides and undercover wonders to entertain and fuel imaginations - come and enjoy one of life's biggest adventures.
Dickens World
Chatham Maritime
Dickens World is an exciting indoor attraction where you can learn all about the life, books and times of the famous author Charles Dickens. It will take you on a fun journey through Dickens lifetime as you step back into the streets, sounds and smells of the 19th century.
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Hythe
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Port Lympne: The Aspinall Wild Animal Experience, in Kent, houses over 500 rare and endangered animals across 400 acres of grounds complete with period mansion and gardens. Port Lympne is the home of the African Experience: An unforgettable guided safari adventure where wild animals roam free together as if on the plains of Africa.
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Canterbury
Howletts Wild Animal Park - a family day out where education, conservation and fun combine in over 100 acres of ancient parkland. Howletts is home to some of the world's most rare and endangered animals, including gorillas, tigers, black rhino and the largest herd of African elephants in the UK.
Wildwood
Herne Bay
Wildwood Get nose to nose with British wildlife here at Wildwood, a centre for British wildlife. We are home to those animals which used to roam our countryside like wolves, wild boar, beaver, lynx and wild horses as well as those found in the woods today, such as badgers, deer, otters and foxes.
Groombridge - Enchanted Forest
Tunbridge Wells
Groombridge - Enchanted Forest - There are exciting playgrounds, stunning views, unusual animals, fun activities, quiet seats, beautiful flowers, hugh swings, strange planst and shy dear - and a zeedonk?!!! A great to place to go for an afternoon if you are looking for family days out in kent.
Beaver Water World
Tatsfield
Beaver Water World - gardens and animal rescue centre, specialising in reptiles.
Eagle Heights
Eynsford
Eagle Heights A bird of prey centre located in Eynsford. Great day out for all ages. Watch birds of prey flying over the Kent countryside, Eagles, Vultures, Falcons etc. Other attractions include Cheetahs, snakes, merecats etc.
Farming World
Faversham
Farming World Alongside the traditional farm animals, you'll find some new friends in Kid's Corner - we have several different species of rabbit and, as you'd expect, there are often some babies to say hello to! - Tractor rides - Two Large adventure playgrounds - plus special under 5's play area. Slides, Swings, Ladders, Sandpits
Rare Breeds
Ashford
Rare Breeds Whatever the weather or time of year, no other attraction offers so much to see and do as the Rare Breeds Centre with its unique mix of fun, excitement and countryside adventure, set in 120 acres of unspoilt countryside.
Kent Life
Maidstone
Kent Life Come and explore 28 acres of fun for every generation, from hands on activites for kids to age old farming traditions that bring back memories of way back when. we've got animals to cuddle, tractors to ride, play areas to go wild in and cafe's to relax in.
Strand Leisure Pool
Gillingham
Strand Leisure Pool Open late May to early September, this nice outdoor pool boasts England's largest lazy river, as well as having crazy golf and a miniature railway!
Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre - aside from the swimming and diving, facilities include four indoor tennis courts, three pools, three glass-backed squash courts, two sports halls, and a cafe. There is also a creche and nursery.
Tides Leisure Pool
Deal
Tides Leisure Pool If you are looking for great family days out in Kent, Tides is a free form leisure pool with wave machine and Jacuzzi Pools. Ideal for families and children. The gently sloping 'beach' area is great for mums, dads and toddlers and the Jacuzzi pools fun for all.
Pavilion Leisure Centre
Bromley
Pavilion Leisure Centre Swimming pool with waterfall, wave machine, slides and beach area. Great idea for kids day out in Kent.
Maidstone Leisure Centre
Maidstone
Maidstone Leisure Centre has one of the best pool complexes in Kent. With a Leisure Pool, Flumes, Diving Pit, Traditional Fitness Pool and two Teaching Pools.
Tenterden Leisure Centre
Tenterden
Tenterden Leisure Centre Leisure pool with waves, flumes, mushroom shower, slide and boat.
Larkfield Leisure Centre
Aylesford
Larkfield Leisure Centre Whatever you want to do in life, Larkfield Leisure Centre can help you get a Zest for Life! From our great fun swimming pools, soft play adventure or something a little more sporty you're bound to find something to suit you and your lifestyle.
Belvedere Splash Park
Belvedere
Belvedere Splash Park Belvedere Splash Park is the largest free access public wet play park in the United Kingdom. Children can paddle in a lagoon surrounding a desert island and play on a huge safety surfaced "beach" equipped with water sprinklers, showers, bubble jets and sprays.
Tonbridge Swimming Pool
Tonbridge
Tonbridge Swimming Pool Whether swimming for fun or fitness, Tonbridge Swimming Pool offers a host of opportunities for all the family. The Games Hut, just 5 minutes walk away has an 18 hole Crazy Golf Course, bouncy castle, tennis, bowls and huge park complete with a sandpit.
Splashes Leisure Centre
Gillingham
Splashes Leisure Centre Splashes Leisure Pool offers an indoor pool with wave machine, a flume and toddlers' pool. Great idea for things to do in Kent with kids.
Medway Park
Gillingham
Medway Park 25-metre six-lane swimming pool - a segregated shallow section - a warm water teaching pool - a diving pool plus multi-use sports hall
Kingsmead Lesiure Centre
Canturbury
Kingsmead Lesiure Centre Kingsmead Lesiure Centre offers 1m, 3m and 5m diving boards to the public. The centre also boasts a cr¨che facility, multi-purpose sports hall, solarium and a caf¨.
Faversham Swimming Pool
Faversham
Faversham Swimming Pool All-year-round swimming with the added summer-time bonus of three fantastic outdoor pools; 33 metre pool with diving boards (1m and 3m springboard and a 5 m platform), a paddling pool and a wild water rapids pool which are all available from May to September.
Fairfield Pool and Leisure Complex
Dartford
Fairfield Pool and Leisure Complex Swimming pool with diving pit (1m and 3m springboards), teaching pool, creche and indoor play area.
White Oak Leisure Centre
Swanley
White Oak Leisure Centre Diving facilities, 3 genuinely exciting flumes, and the standard main and teaching pools. But so much more: Treasure Island soft play area, creche, martial arts facility and healthy snack cafe.
West Wickham Leisure Centre
West Wickham
West Wickham Leisure Centre As well as offering adult and junior swimming lessons and adult lane swimming West Wickham also has a varied swimming programme including aquafit, Kids Splash and Swim Zone. There are also diving facilities with a 1m springboard
Monkey Bizz
Rochester
Monkey Bizz Lose yourself in the jungle of rope swings, slides and mazes. Hide in the spooky caves, 'swim' through the jungle 'lake' and escape over the rope bridge. Good idea if you're after fun family days out in kent with kids.
Imagine Play Centre
Ashford
Imagine Play Centre Experience Kent's biggest children's indoor play centre. Huge play structures, triple storey wave slide, trampolines, large padded football area, baby/toddler areas and Imagine Village with little cars. Hot and cold food served all day. Themed parties and seasonal events.
Snappys Adventure Play
Whitstable
Snappys Adventure Play Dinosaur themed large indoor Adventure Centre.
Gambado
Beckenham
Gambado Gambado - We provide stimulation, education and enjoyment for every one of our visitors under the age of 11 through a range of zones each capturing the magic of circus and associated skills. Our constantly evolving activities for active minds and active bodies make sure no two visits will be the same.
Kid Safari
Dover
Kid Safari - kids love to go wild in the playzone. There's swings, spiral slides, rope bridges, gaint balls, sunken nets and much more. Whilst the kids are having fun, mums and dads can look on (or read the paper!) from the Watering Hole area, where an excellent selection of refreshments are available.
Adventure Kingdom
Bromley
Adventure Kingdom Adventure Kingdom is one of the biggest indoor play facilities in South London filled with ball ponds, slides, an air mountain and much more.
Manic Monsters
Edenbridge
Manic Monsters Manic Monsters - indoor soft playcentre - the kidzfunzone includes three slides, battle guns, the giant hamster wheel, a spooky cave, maze runs and much, much more. In addition there is a climbing wall, pedal go-karts and a ball games area.
Wear M Out Indoor Playcentre
Maidstone
Wear M Out Indoor Playcentre - a huge area with ball pools, slides and climbing platforms at different heights as well as spaces with football and netball goals.
Jungle Jim Playbarn
Birchington
Jungle Jim Playbarn They aim to be the Best and Cleanest Play Centre in Kent
Whale of a Time Indoor Play Centre
Greenhithe
Whale of a Time Indoor Play Centre Whale of a Time indoor play centre in Kent : Bouncy Castle -Corkscrew Slide - Huge Ballpool -Tube Slide - Aerial Glide - Scramble Nets - Rope Bridges - Toddler Area - Ghost House
Football Area - Giant Balls
Ourspace Children's Play Centre
Tunbridge Wells
Ourspace Children's Play Centre A massive play frame for older children to explore, they can rocket down our huge starry Astra slide, spin and twirl down our coiled slide or glide down to earth at a gentler pace on our rainbow slide There are air cannons to fire, places to hide, and fun to be had at every turn!
Crazy Barn Indoor Soft Play Centre
Sidcup
Crazy Barn Indoor Soft Play Centre 3 sections according to age groups,Baby,Toddler & Junior Zones - Ball Pond,Soft Play areas,Multiple level Play Frame,Helter Skelter (part see through) a large 4 lane Slide,Punch Bags etc. - available for children's party hire
Treasure Island Soft Play
Swanley
Treasure Island Soft Play Soft play for the smaller household members in White Oaks Leisure Centre, which has loads to do - check weblink for details
Merry Go Round
Sittingbourne
Merry Go Round Children's adventure play centre, conveniently based on the Eurolink Estate close to the centre of Sittingbourne. Our aim is to provide children with a safe play area. We also have a specified area for the under 5s.
Playbay
Ramsgate
Playbay Children will be able to enjoy: Climbing wall, main structural area, football court, book corner, disco room. And our chill-out room with table tennis, pool table, computer games and football table.
Wear M Out Play Centre
Tonbridge
Wear M Out Play Centre Wear 'M' Out offer kids the chance to have fun in a safe environment, whilst parents can enjoy a cup of coffee and a chat.
The Canterbury Tales
Canterbury
The Canterbury Tales - one of Kent's most popular attractions, with its stunning reconstruction of 14th century England, is just like stepping into the Middle Ages. Good idea if you're after fun family days out in Kent with kids.
Chislehurst Caves
Chislehurst
Chislehurst Caves Grab a lantern and get ready for an amazing adventure! Your whole family can travel back in time, on an exciting lamp-lit tour of the labyrinth that is Chislehurst Caves. Hear tales of Druids, Romans and Saxons; see the Caves Church, Druid Altar, Haunted Pool and a whole lot more!
Leeds Castle
Maidstone
Leeds Castle Leeds Castle, set on two islands on the River Len in the heart of Kent, has been home to royalty, lords and ladies for more than 900 years. Visitors are transported through the castle's history; an eclectic mix of period architecture, sumptuous interiors and family treasures waiting to be discovered.
Hever Castle and Gardens
Hever
Hever Castle and Gardens - tons to do for kids including adventure playground, dry and wet maze (?!), miniture model houses exhibition and costumed figures
Fort Amherst
Chatham
Fort Amherst Accompanied by your guide, with a lantern, you will hear tales of the mysterious and sinister happenings at the Fort during its 250 year history.
Chiddingstone Castle
Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone Castle A unique castle where families can discover ancient artifacts from Egyptian, Buddhist, Japanese, Jacobean and Stuart history. See real Japanese armour, samurai swords, a mummified cat and much more! Try on period costumes and enjoy arts and crafts activities as well as themed activity days throughout the year.
Dover Castle
Dover
Dover Castle Enjoy great family days out in the South East with a visit to Dover Castle! Spectacularly situated above the White Cliffs on the Kent coastline this magnificent castle boasts a fascinating history.
Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Historic Dockyard The Historic Dockyard's stunning 80 acre site provides a great day out for all the family. Children just love visiting our three Historic Warships with the opportunity to look through the periscope of our submarine Ocelot, imagine that they're at sea under sail on the sloop Gannet, and clamber over the Second World War destroyer HMS Cavalier.
The Ice Bowl
Gillingham
The Ice Bowl The Ice Bowl boasts a full size ice pad with seating for over 1,000 people within the arena, in bright modern surroundings. A great idea for family days out in Kent.
Bowlplex Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
Bowlplex Tunbridge Wells Bowlplex Tunbridge Wells offers fun and excitement with a range of activities available including bowling on one of the 24 lanes, a late licensed bar, the American Pool Pit, Grill and the latest in arcade technology in Video World.
Folkestone Ski Centre
Folkestone
Folkestone Ski Centre All year round dry ski slope offering a vast range of activities for ski, snowboard and toboggan. Suitable for beginners and experts alike.
Buckmore Park Karting
Chatham
Buckmore Park Karting We can accomodate youngsters from age 4 (4-7 use electric karts on selected dates) or from 8 as drivers in petrol karts
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Tenterden
Kent & East Sussex Railway Enjoy 10 ½ miles of pure nostalgia on England's finest rural light railway. Beautifully restored coaches and locomotives dating from Victorian times enable visitors to experience travel and service from a bygone age. The picturesque line weaves between Tenterden and Bodiam terminating in the shadow of the NT castle.
Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway - is the preserved southern half of the former Bowater's Railway built to move the raw materials for paper making and also the finished products around the mill at Sittingbourne.
The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
Sittingbourne
The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway Welcome to The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway, a delightful 2 foot gauge line tucked away in the heart of the Kent countryside, England, near the village of Bredgar in a richly wooded area of the North Kent Downs.
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
New Romney
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway This great miniature railway covers a distance of 13.5 miles from the picturesque Cinque Port of Hythe, near the channel tunnel, to the fishermans cottages and lighthouses at Dungeness.
River Hill Himalayan Gardens
Sevenoaks
River Hill Himalayan Gardens Discover the Everest trail with incredible views, let your Little Sherpas' imaginations run wild in our new Himalayan Hideout, spend time building dens together, lose yourself in the Himalayan maze and perhaps even spot the elusive Yeti.
Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest
Goudhurst
Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest Open every day, Bedgebury is the perfect place for kids to let off steam. The National Pinetum offers beautiful walks and picnics amongst the conifers. Bedgebury Forest features family cycling, mountain-biking, Go Ape, riding, walking and adventure play. The Visitor Centre has a bike shop, refreshments and showers.
Brockhill Country Park
Hythe
Brockhill Country Park Brockhill Country Park was previously part of a large estate that dates back to Norman times. The old manor house is now part of Brockhill School, and is located next to the park.
Druidstone Park
Canterbury
Druidstone Park Whether you are interested in meeting lots of friendly animals, having fun in the adventure play areas, finding peace and tranquility in the enchanted woodland or just relaxing in the idyllic surroundings of the park, you won't be disappointed at Druidstone Park.
Bewl Water
Lamberhurst
Bewl Water Bewl Water is the southeast's largest reservoir. Today it is one of the top tourist destinations in Kent and Sussex. New for 2010 is Children's fishing, Hydroballing, and Model Boating. You can also enjoy our playground and high adrenaline activities such as Fan Descender, Zip Wire and 3G swing.
Croc N Craft Pottery Painting Studio
Sevenoaks
Croc N Craft Pottery Painting Studio Ceramic Cafe in Sevenoaks - Its FUN to Paint a piece of pottery, RELAX in our friendly calm studio, and let your CREATIVITY run wild - No experience needed
The Ceramic Experience
Sittingbourne
The Ceramic Experience We are an award-winning visitor attraction and ceramic painting studio/café, with small soft play area. We cater for children's parties and group visits. We also specialise in clay impressions and casts.
Huntfun Canterbury Treasure Hunt
Canterbury
Huntfun Canterbury 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.
Buckmore Park Kart Circuit
Chatham
Buckmore Park Kart Circuit An iconic, floodlit, outdoor 1200m MSA licensed competition kart circuit that offers karting experiences for ages 4-84. It has a stunning but convenient location just off junction 3 of the M2 only 45 minutes from London and 30 minutes from Essex, specialising in karting experiences and parties for ages 4-16.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Kent 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 Kent can enjoy the great day out as well.
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