Norfolk 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 Norfolk
Dinosaur Adventure Park
Lenwade
Dinosaur Adventure Park Come face to face with giants of the past on our dinosaur trail. Discover the lost world maze and meet creatures great and small in the Secret Animal Garden. If you are looking for family days out in Nofolk, you must come here.
Bewilderwood
Wroxham
Bewilderwood A huge forest of wild family fun and adventure. Treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges, Crocklebogs, boat trips, marsh walks and really yummy food.
Banham Zoo
Banham
Banham Zoo - enjoy the ultimate fun filled day out at one of the most exciting wildlife attractions in the country. Banham Zoo rated amongst UK's top three Zoos by WHICH? A must go to place if you are looking for family days out in Norfolk.
Shire Horse Centre
West Runton
Shire Horse Centre with the Countryside Collection, Children's Farm, small animals section and Riding Stables - A Farmland Experience of Shire Delight
Wroxham Barns
Hoveton
Wroxham Barns - one of Norfolk's most popular family visitor attractions. There's the award winning Junior Farm, an 18-hole mini adventure golf course and children's funfair. Spend all day at Junior Farm with lots of hands-on activities, feeding and grooming the animals. Don't miss the children's menu in the restaurant.
Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary
Hunstanton
Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary Inside you will find an amazing variety of animals from Otters and Penguins, to a full Seal rescue facility and hospital. Among the rich diversity of life in the displays are Sharks, Seahorses and Rays.
Sea Life Centre Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
Sea Life Centre Great Yarmouth brings you closer than you ever imagined to a breath taking world of underwater life. The Centre is home to more than 40 displays, including a 250,000 litre tropical Ocean Display where you can see our new arrivals  two green sea turtles.
Amazona Zoo
Cromer
Amazona Zoo AmazonaZOO has taken 2 years to emerge from 10 acres of derelict woodland and the abandoned brick kilns just to the south of Cromer town. We are now home to a wide range of animals from Tropical South America including Jaguar, Otters, Spider Monkeys and Flamingos.
Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Great Yarmouth
Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens has a large range of monkeys, birds, pandas, wild cats and other animals housed in the grounds of Thrigby Hall.
Snettisham Park
Kings Lynn
Snettisham Park has great safari tours, a visitor centre, crafts centre, art gallery, tearoom and souvenir shop. Indoor and outdoor activities include farm animals and pets.
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve & Gardens
Fakenham
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve & Gardens Pensthorpe is a fantastic action-packed day out where kids can get close to nature and learn new things about British wildlife. The nature reserve is the base for the popular BBC Springwatch show, and is home to a variety of common and rare birds, plus red squirrels and their four kittens.
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse
Dereham
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse Enjoy a fascinating journey through the story of rural Norfolk. With a thrilling woodland adventure playground, a historic workhouse, traditional farm and many indoor displays, Gressenhall is the perfect setting for the perfect day out...whatever the weather...!
Inspire Discovery Centre
Norwich
Inspire Discovery Centre Housed in one of Norwich's finest old medieval churches, Inspire is a different kind of museum, one where children and adults can explore science through fun hands-on activities.
Splash Sheringham
Sheringham
Splash Sheringham Tropical Leisure pool. 150 ft giant waterslide. Activity hall. Health studio. Saunas. Children's paddling area. Sun terrace & poolside cafe. Great idea of you are looking for family days out in Norfolk, especially when there is bad weather.
Victory Swim and Fitness Centre
North Walsham
Victory Swim and Fitness Centre Victory has some great family fun sessions in it's pool on Saturday's and Sundays. Great if you are looking for daysout with the kids.
Marina Leisure Centre
Great Yarmouth
Marina Leisure Centre Facilities include a large swimming pool with wave machine, water chute and indoor beach. MC's diner is open all year serving all sorts of food. Mikkis's Madhouse indoor play area is open weekends through the winter and everyday in the summer. The Piazza has monthly Wrestling events and a Summer Pantomime running through out the summer season.
Waterworld & Breckland Leisure Centre
Thetford
Waterworld & Breckland Leisure Centre A fun leisure pool with waves - Rapids - A water cannon - A flume - A spa pool - Main swimming pool
Funky Monkeys
Norwich
Funky Monkeys - has a massive adventure play area designed for ages 2-12 years also has Roller Skating Disco for all ages, over 6's anyway, with loud music playing as you go
Playland
Wells-next-the-Sea
Playland Playland - a great indoor play centre this - great curly slide into ball pit and the 4 foam ball canons are a particular hit with my kids - lots to climb, bash and run around in!
Blickling Hall
Blickling
Blickling Hall Stunning House - Parkland and lakeside walks, with a sunken garden to discover - Home to the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen - in fact one of the most haunted places in England - Famed for its long gallery, fine tapestries, paintings and rare books
Sandringham
Sandringham
Sandringham The Royal Family's home in Norfolk. Come and see where the Queen has her dinner and run around in her back garden. Take a look at the fascinating museum including the first Royal motor car, a fire engine and a roaring lion!
Norwich Castle
Norwich
Norwich Castle Find out what life was like in the Norman keep through touch screens and computer animation. Peep through the windows of a giant model of the keep and see King Henry I and his courtiers at a 'crown-wearing feast' in 1121 when he spent Christmas in Norwich.
Mississippi Paddle Boat
Horning
Mississippi Paddle Boat The Southern Comfort is a double-deck paddle boat purpose built for the Broads. The boat is a luxury river cruiser which runs regular trips from the beautiful village of Horning, along the River Bure through the village and out to Ranworth Broad and back, passing lovely old thatched houses, windmills and Norfolk reed beds.
The Poppy Line - North Norfolk Railway
Sheringham
The Poppy Line - North Norfolk Railway Heritage steam railway with magnificent views of coast and country as it runs from Sheringham to Holt in North Norfolk.
Children's activity coach at Sheringham Station. Children's "I Spy" challenge at William Marriott Railway Museum at Holt Station. Refreshments at all 3 stations. Picnic areas at Holt and Weybourne.
Wells Harbour Railway
Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells Harbour Railway A great little railway that runs from wells harbour to pinewoods and the beach in wells, where you can pick up a great ice cream as well!!
Bressingham Steam Experience
Bressingham
Bressingham Steam Experience Whether you choose to explore one of Europe's leading steam collections, take a ride on Bressingham's famous Victorian 'Gallopers', journey over five miles of narrow-gauge steam railway, wander through beautiful gardens, or visit the only official "Dad's Army" exhibition in existence, you'll find something for everyone when you arrive at Bressingham!
Bure Valley Railway
Aylsham
Bure Valley Railway Bure Valley Railway offers an 18 mile round trip through picturesque countryside which is as varied, interesting and beautiful as any to be found on a railway journey in England.
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Wells Next-the-Sea
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway Visit the longest 10¼" narrow gauge steam railway in the world and see the unique Garratt locomotive "Norfolk Hero" which was especially built for this line. A great adventure for all the family in the delightful countryside of the North Norfolk coast.
Barton House Railway
Wroxham
Barton House Railway re-creates a traditional railway atmosphere where the whole family can enjoy the nostalgia of the golden age of steam with two ride-on railways, a fully working signalling system and authentic tickets.
Sheringham Park
Upper Sheringham
Sheringham Park Landscape park and woodland garden. One of the finest examples of Humphry Repton's garden design - great for a family stroll - lots of different trails great if you are looking for family days out in Norfolk
Holkham Beach
Holkham
Holkham Beach Voted best British beach for a bank holiday break by readers of The Times
Sheringham Beach
Sheringham
Sheringham Beach If it isn't high tide, an expanse of sand and rock pools is revealed. The blue flag awarded beach completely disappears at high tide, leaving you just the pebbles to sit on (which gives you a chance to have a look round the lovely seaside town - get an ice cream or some F&C's!)
Horsey Gap and River Trip
Horsey
Horsey Gap and River Trip Between December and early February, the beach at Horsey is home to hundreds of seals that come to breed.
Holt Country Park
Holt
Holt Country Park The park has a children's play area and some great way marked trails linking with the surrounding countryside. Attractive views can be seen from the observation tower and the small visitor centre is open at peak periods during the school holidays plus lots of wildlife to spot
Doodle Pots Ceramic Cafe
Holt
Doodle Pots Ceramic Cafe A ceramic café where you can paint pottery-anything from a mug to a moneybox to a gecko! Its fun with stencils & sponge stamps to help or let your creative imagination run wild. Babyprints, mosaics, parties, commissions, fund-raising & we can come to you. Get Doodling!
Merrivale Model Village
Great Yarmouth
Merrivale Model Village Merrivale Model Village, one of Great Yarmouth's best-loved attractions, a fantastic model village set in an acre of floral landscaped gardens on the sea front.
Thursford Collection
Fakenham
Thursford Collection Bring the whole family and see the worlds largest collection of steam engines and organs.
Huntfun Norwich Treasure Hunt
Norwich
Huntfun Norwich 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 Norfolk 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 Norfolk can enjoy the great day out as well.
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