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Wonderland
Telford
Wonderland The Award Winning big park for little people, an enchanting place where nursery rhymes and fairytales come to life.
Rays Farm Country Matters
Bridgnorth
Rays Farm Country Matters At Rays Farm you will see a variety of deer, friendly goats and farm animals. Watch the grace and splendour of many owls, and explore a streamside walk of myth and magic woodcarvings.
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Telford
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom is a real Children's paradise – complete hands on experience. From feeding the lambs, Sheep and Goat racing, petting the lizards and talking to the parrots to candle dipping, mini quad biking, pony rides and other craft activities – Hoo Farm has everything for a family day out!
Park Hall Countryside Experience
Oswestry
Park Hall Countryside Experience Loads to do - milking, lamb feeding, pony grooming, and cart rides. Huge indoor play arena with toy tractor circuit and bouncy castles. Vintage Garage and Welsh Guards Museum. Exciting extras: Junior Driving School and quad bikes. Great Tearooms and picnic areas.
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Shifnal
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is the only National Museum in the West Midlands and has over 70 aircraft in three wartime hangars. With a world-class collection and display of aircraft, integrated with special exhibitions, films, interactives, artwork, engines, missiles, photographs, uniforms, medals and research and education facilities, the Museum takes an innovative approach while keeping with tradition.
Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge Gorge Museums Hear it, feel it, see it, do it. Be at the heart of the action and explore your industrial past at the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums.
The Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre
Shrewsbury
The Quarry Swimming and Fitness Centre The premier exercise and fitness facility in Shrewsbury, boasting four pools and an excellent Fitness Suite, situated in the most picturesque area of town.
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Nantwich
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker Discover the secret world of nuclear government For over 50 years this vast underground complex, remained secret, hidden on the outskirts of a sleepy Cheshire town.
Shrewsbury Castle
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Castle The Castle houses the spectacular collections of the Shropshire Regimental Museum Trust including pictures, uniforms, medals, weapons and other equipment from the 18th Century to the present day. Special events take place throughout the year.
Hawkstone Park Follies
Shrewsbury
Hawkstone Park Follies Highlights include Grotto Hill, where you can explore a pitch-dark labyrinth of ancient mines cut into the cliff; the Swiss Bridge, a rustic wooden structure perched over an unnervingly deep chasm; the Cleft, a path winding between two cliffs which narrows into a dark, creepy tunnel; and the Monument, a 100ft high column which can be climbed to enjoy panoramic views of up to 13 counties!
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway This remarkable funicular railway is the oldest and steepest inland electric cliff railway in the country.

Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Shropshire you keep sending in. Now the christmas 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, ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, ten pin bowling alleys and other attractions as possible.

Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for 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 Shropshire can enjoy the day out as well.

New for 2009, if you're looking for fun places for kids when visiting america on vacation, go to our new site familydaysoutusa.com



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