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Family Days Out in North Wales

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GreenWood Forest Park

Y Felinheli

GreenWood Forest Park Discover endless Family Adventure at GreenWood Forest Park, including the world's first people-powered rollercoaster and Wales's longest sledge run.

Anglesey Sea Zoo

Llanfairpwll

Anglesey Sea Zoo Anglesey's Leading All Weather Family Attraction! There is amazing marine life to see at the biggest aquarium in Wales! Will you enter the Seven Sisters Shipwreck, or dare to walk the Shark Pool grids?Over 150 native species, from the familiar to the strange, there's something for everyone!

Henblass County Park

Bodorgan

Henblass County Park Lots for kids to do - indoor and outdoor play centres, sheep sheering shows - dragon train ride - falconry displays - bouncy castles - farm animals - pet corner - it goes on!!

Greenfield Valley Heritage Park

Holywell

Greenfield Valley Heritage Park An attractive collection of original and reconstructed local buildings, which provide a fascinating insight into times past. For younger children there are farm animals, an adventure playground and special children's activities.

Welsh Mountain Zoo

Colwyn Bay

Welsh Mountain Zoo Set in North Wales, high above Colwyn Bay with panoramic views and breathtaking scenery. Spend a perfect day at this family friendly Zoo, in the company of rare and endangered animals from Britain and around the World including red pandas, brown bears, monkeys and tigers!

Rhyl SeaQuarium

Denbighshire

Rhyl SeaQuarium Join us on a voyage of discovery as we travel beneath the waves, from tranquil fresh waters to the cold depths of the abyss.

RSPB Nature Reserve Eglwysfach

Ceredigion

RSPB Nature Reserve Eglwysfach Come on a Date With Nature with us and get really close to some of the most exciting wildlife in Britain.

Pili Palas Nature World

Anglesey

Pili Palas Nature World Enter a jungle of butterflies, exotic animals and amazing creatures including the new Meerkats. Indoor soft play area for young children, adventure play areas, giant bouncy castle, ride-on tractors, nature trail, picnic areas, café and much more, there’s something for everyone here!

The Childrens Farm Park

Gwynedd

The Childrens Farm Park Found within the Llanfair Slate Caverns park (see separate listing). Visit Floss the donkey and her friends, various pigs, rabbits, calves, ducks, hens, small pigmy goats and many other birds and animals too - all indoors.

Dwyfor Ranch Rabbit Farm

Criccieth

Dwyfor Ranch Rabbit Farm Children are allowed to handle a selection of different types of animals including rabbits, guinea pigs and puppies, as well as hand-feeding many of the larger animals such as pigmy goats, alpacas, rhea, donkeys, ponies, pigs and lambs.

Plantasia

Swansea

Plantasia From insects, reptiles, fish and monkeys to bananas, pineapple plants, prickly cacti and giant bamboo: Plantasia has it all, and is perfect for that unique family day out, no matter what the weather!

Greenacres Animal Park

Mancot

Greenacres Animal Park Greenacres Farm Park offers fun days out for children of all ages, including schools and playgroups, with lots of farm & zoo animals to see, together with rides, amusements, a licensed bar & pool and games room.

Foel Farm Park

Isle of Anglesey

Foel Farm Park - offers a great family visit to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a real working farm. We invite all visitors to meet, touch and feed the animals.

Bodafon Farm Park

Conwy

Bodafon Farm Park A fun filled family day out on the farm. Play on the ride on tractors and adventure playground and make friends with all the different animals. We also have a large collection of birds and owls to see. Or just relax and enjoy good food in our courtyard cafe.

National Slate Museum

Llanberis

National Slate Museum In the shadow of Elidir mountain and the vast Dinorwig quarry, step straight into the past in Victorian workshops that tell a very special story. Designed as though engineers have just downed tools and left the courtyard for home, enjoy slate-splitting demonstrations, tours, the stunning countryside and much more.

Electric Mountain

Llanberis

Electric Mountain Set against a magnificent backdrop of the towering mountains and the magnificent scenery of Snowdonia, Electric Mountain is First Hydro Company's Visitor centre in Llanberis. Its split level layout contains a gift shop and café and is the starting point for the tour of Dinorwig Power Station.

Moelfre Seawatch Centre

Anglesey

Moelfre Seawatch Centre Children will marvel at the prospect of climbing aboard a real 20th century lifeboat. Discover the island's rich maritime history and learn about the wonderful array of maritime wildlife to be found in these coastal waters.

The Cardiff Story Museum

Cardiff

The Cardiff Story Museum fun, free and interactive galleries to engage kids' interest in local history.

Sun Centre

Rhyl

Sun Centre Ride the rapids on a tube and descend over 300 feet (THE BUZZ), dare to ride the 200 foot BLACK HOLE. Favourites include the LAGOON POOL with tropical storms, the MONORAIL, the DRAGON SLIDE, SURF POOL and much more - or just relax at our outside SUN DECK and enjoy views of the north wales coast.

Neptunes Pool

Prestatyn

Neptunes Pool Enjoy the tropical environment of Neptunes Pool. This 25 metre pool caters for all types of swimmers - being shallow at both ends means you have twice the area to rest or practice with the children.

Plas Madoc Leisure and Activity Centre

Wrexham

Plas Madoc Leisure and Activity Centre Plas Madoc is renowned for its Leisure Pool 'The Tropical Lagoon'. It is the perfect place for the family to have fun. Walk along the surf, climb on the crocodile, slide down the elephant and the snake or play in the waves.

Bangor Swimming Pool

Bangor

Bangor Swimming Pool Disability friendly water park with two water slides, three diving boards, football pitches and an outside paddling pool, as well as a good cafe.

Jolly Jungle Play and Party Centre

Wrexham

Jolly Jungle Play and Party Centre The Jolly Jungle boasts scrambles, mazes, slides, ballpools plus lots, lots more to entertain your children 7 days a week.

Wizz Kidz Playcentre

Queensferry

Wizz Kidz Playcentre The play centre is full of fun for all ages including a fab toddler area with a ball blower, a funky rainbow astra slide, a dance zone and even a football table for the older kids!

Funny Bones Indoor Soft Play Centre

Flint

Funny Bones Indoor Soft Play Centre a great purpose built play structure which incorparates a Twin lane astra slide, spiral slide, dizy disk, rollers and more. There is a purpose built car track has a great range of Little Tykes Cars - to keep those young ones busy.

The Den

Llanberis

The Den The colourful main play area includes 2 slides, a large ball pool, climbing nets, biff bash, mirrors, and all sorts of tunnels, there are also 2 other areas for under 2's and babies.

The Fun Centre

Caernarfon

The Fun Centre It's the biggest , It's the best , it's brilliant - While the kids are wearing themselves out on the giant drop slides, ball pools, tubes, bridges, maze, climbing walls, net and ropes..... The adults can relax in the fully licensed restaurant enjoy the outside patio area or join the children in the play area.

Run Around Playcentre

Wrexham

Run Around Playcentre One of the largest play zones in North Wales. Whether sliding down the Astra slide, going through the Blackout Tunnel or exploring the Look out Tower or playing in the toddler zone, there's something for everyone.

Molly Mouse Play House

Rhyl

Molly Mouse Play House olly Mouse Playhouse is an Award Winning children's indoor adventure play and party centre open at the weekends to the public. Consisting of a Large soft play frame, Toddlers area, and cafe all inside a beautiful red brick church.

Miri Mawr

Anglesey

Miri Mawr They offer an action packed jungle play experience for the older children with slides, ball pools, crawl tubes, rope nets, bridges and much, much more, plus toddler area.

Pavilion Leisure Centre

Barmouth

Pavilion Leisure Centre Colourful new soft play zone, a ball pool, toddler trikes, amongst other things. All suitable for the under 5s, and sporting opportunities including badminton and climbing.

The Play Centre

Bangor

The Play Centre At âThe Play Centreâ parents can relax in their comfy zones whilst the children play happily for hours on end in this safe and secure environment.

Llandudno Junction Leisure Centre

Conwy

Llandudno Junction Leisure Centre Indoor play facility within a leisure centre so the bigs can do sport while the smalls bounce about!

Totally Ape

Old Colwyn

Totally Ape Monkey themed shenanigans on the main multi tiered play frame as well as the separate baby and toddler area. For under 12s. Free parking, free WiFi.

Treasure Island Fun Centre

Anglesey

Treasure Island Fun Centre Pirate themed adventure soft play with a separate Baby Pirate area. Walk the plank into the ball lagoon, explore the haunted cave, and more!

Bonkerz Fun Centre

Llandudno

Bonkerz Fun Centre Children aged 3 and under can experience the toddler zone, with its interactive touch screen, slides, viewing pod and ball vacuum. The main play frame is suitable for all ages (even the parents!) with its mirror maze, astro turf sports zone, air cannons and giant slides.

Dragons Den Playcentre

Denbighshire

Dragons Den Playcentre Two large slides a ball pool under 4 soft play separate from main play area. It is 12m x 8m two storey play frame. We also have cafe, seating area, baby changing facilities and wifi. Cater for children’s parties with prices to suit every budget.

Round The Twist

Wrexham

Round The Twist Colourful multi level indoor adventure play with all of classic fun features from tunnels and scramble nets to slides! Separate toddler area well equipped for the smalls.

Geronimos and Little Injuns

Clwyd

Geronimos and Little Injuns Offering adventure soft play frames for toddlers and older children, features include giant astroglide slide. Cafe seating within sight of play.

Kidz Ahoy at Roe Valley LC

Limavady

Kidz Ahoy at Roe Valley LC Multi level adventure play zone with modern and classic fun features, plus a dedicated toddler zone.

Dragons Den

Aberdare

Dragons Den 2 separate multi level play frames, plus enclosed toddler area with smaller versions of the big fun, plus disco and soccer areas.

Zone Play Centre

Cardiff

Zone Play Centre is an indoor play centre with rope bridges, ball pits, slides and climbing frames. Just let the kids go wild.

Rascals Club House

Caerphilly

Rascals Club House Multi level adventure climbing maze with toddler version, plus ride on car track, disco stage, arts and crafts area, and sports pitch.

Tearaways Funhouse

Chepstow

Tearaways Funhouse features a colourful multi level adventure soft play frame full of slides, climbs, balls and bounces, plus dedicated toddler zone with smaller versions of the big fun.

123 Jump Play Centre

Cardiff

123 Jump Play Centre Featuring a fantastic play-frame, an enormous inflatable, an indoor football pitch and a zone just for toddlers. Adults are encouraged to go into the play frame with their kids, so wear socks!

Portmeirion

Porthmadog

Portmeirion Portmeirion was built by Clough Williams-Ellis on a private peninsula on the coast of Snowdonia to show how a beautiful place could be developed without spoiling it. It has shops, restaurants, cafes and sub-tropical woodland gardens. Contains playground and sandy beach for kids to play on - worth a visit.

Great Orme Ancient Mines

Llandudno

Great Orme Ancient Mines A visit to Great Orme Mines is both an enjoyable and educational experience which can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. Walking through tunnels mined out over 3,500 years ago gives visitors a feel for the harsh conditions our prehistoric ancestors faced in their search for copper.

Penrhyn Castle

Bangor

Penrhyn Castle 19th-century fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds - Dolls museum, extensive Victorian kitchens, railway museum and adventure playground - Magnificent views over Snowdonia

Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works

Caernarfon

Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works The tour of the Works was introduced by popular demand. It is a self guided tour and is both educational and fun. There is an introductory video presentation, after which you can wander through the work shops at your own pace and view the machines and craftsmen in action, accompanied by your own personal taped commentary.

Plas Newydd

Llanfairpwll

Plas Newydd Large gardens, woodland walks and a marine walk along the Menai Straits - you can take a boat ride if the weather is good

Home Front Experience

Llandudno

Home Front Experience Experience the sights, sounds and smells of civilian life during the Second World War at this unique indoor attraction.

Criccieth Castle

Porthmadog

Criccieth Castle standing on its headland between two beaches, is a prominent North Wales landmark. It is also a landmark historic site, one of those rare castles with a foot firmly in both camps and a true testament to the varying fortunes of war.

Beaumaris Castle

Isle of Anglesey

Beaumaris Castle on the Island of Anglesey is the great unfinished masterpiece. It was built as one of the (at the time) high tech 'iron ring' of North Wales castles by the English monarch Edward I.

Harlech Castle

Gwynedd

Harlech Castle A combination of magnificent medieval architecture and breathtaking location, Harlech is an unmissable castle, a fact reinforced by its status as a World Heritage Inscribed site.

Beaumaris Gaol

Anglesey

Beaumaris Gaol This haunting history lesson will live in your memory for a long time. It will give you a fascinating insight into the world of the prisoner in Victorian times. They also have Britain's only original tread wheel.

Llanfair Slate Caverns

Gwynedd

Llanfair Slate Caverns Descend Jacobs ladder and wonder through the tunnels and chambers, and look for the old drilling holes, and the likeness of a human face in the mighty no 6 cavern. As you emerge from the caverns, you face the breathtaking view of Cardigan Bay.

Caernarfon Castle

Gwynedd

Caernarfon Castle Surely one of the most impressive of Wales’s castles, with unusual polygonal towers, the Eagle Tower being the most stunning of these.

Aberconwy House

Conwy

Aberconwy House Furnished rooms and an audio-visual presentation show daily life from different periods in its history. Features include ghost stories, children's trail and seasonal events.

Conwy Suspension Bridge

Conwy

Conwy Suspension Bridge See how trade and travel brought Conwy to life and discover how a husband and wife kept Thomas Telford's bridge open every day of the year, whatever the weather.

Cywain Heritage Centre

Gwynedd

Cywain Heritage Centre A host of indoor and outdoor exhibitions which celebrate rural skills. Also boasts an exciting and adventure packed new play area!

Picton Castle

Haverfordwest

Picton Castle 40 acres of some of beautiful woodland gardens and grounds, plus a 13th century castle with tours, children's woodland trail and

Llandudno Ski and Snowboard Centre

Llandudno

Llandudno Ski and Snowboard Centre They offer the longest toboggan run in Wales and a scenic PermaSnow ski slope. Offering skiing, snowboarding, toboggan and sno-tubing with a fully licensed Alpine Lodge Bar and Restaurant.

Planet Ice Cardiff

Cardiff

Planet Ice Cardiff Family friendly ice skating facility with penguin skating aids for very little ones, and a special Ice Toddlers session with toys and games.

Glasfryn Parc Bowling and Activities

Pwllheli

Glasfryn Parc Bowling and Activities Wakeboarding behind a cable on our lake (8yrs+); Go Karting with senior and junior go kart tracks; quad bike trekking (separate circuit for children); archery; ten pin bowling (licensed bar until late and homemade food until 9pm); Indoor Soft Play Centre and Ball Pool; Outdoor play area; Cafe and Dining Room with piano bar; award-winning Farm Shop; camping facilities and self catering cottages.

Beacon Climbing Centre

Gwynedd

Beacon Climbing Centre Is a really exciting, massive new indoor climbing centre with the World's first CrazyClimb installation, climbing walls up to 17m high and a premium cafe with spectacular views overlooking the climbing areas. All day fun whatever the weather, with full instruction available for all ages and abilities.

Llandudno Swimming Centre

Llandudno

Llandudno Swimming Centre The swimming pool is open 7 days a week and offers a full range of swimming based activities for all ages and abilities. There are Fun Sessions with The Challenge inflatable for children.

John Bright Leisure Centre

Llandudno

John Bright Leisure Centre Great sports centre, including, bmx and skate park plus loads of special kids events put on at weekends and holidays

Ropeworks

Pwllheli

Ropeworks YOU can: zip through the air, swing from a trapeze and tip toe across a high wire. Just some of the breathtaking challenges waiting for you, all outside on the beautiful North Wales coast. This is where the fun starts and YOU really can do it!

Go Ape! Coed-y-Brenin

Dolgellau

Go Ape! Coed-y-Brenin 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.

Ropes and Ladders

Llanberis

Ropes and Ladders Outdoor adventure activities for kids and adults from four years upwards. Dedicated adventure ropes course for four to eight year olds, high ropes activities for over eights and adults. All equipment and instruction provided. Adjacent trains, museums and country walks to keep the family entertained all day.

Cardiff International White Water

Cardiff

Cardiff International White Water River boards, inflatable kayaks, white water rapids and plenty more if you're not scared already! Generally suitable for 8 plus.

Zipworld

Gwnedd

Zipworld With speeds of 75 mph, travelling 700ft above the mountain lake, be ready for a ride of a lifetime! Forward posture makes it the closest you're likely to get to flying! For over 7s.

Tenpin Wrexham

Wrexham

Tenpin Wrexham is a bowling centre located in Eagles Meadow. We have 29 modern fully computerised lanes, 9 American Pool tables, Amusement Arcades all catered towards families and kids. There is also the Beach Road Cafe Bar for some delicious meal and snack options!

Rhondda Bowl

Porth

Rhondda Bowl 14 lanes, all of which have a bumper facility to enhance the play of a child or of somebody with a lack of co-ordination.

Redline Indoor Karting

Gwynedd

Redline Indoor Karting Thrilling driving fun for the over 8s, with 160cc on offer for the kids' karts.

Glan Y Gors Park Karting

Corwen

Glan Y Gors Park Karting This is an outdoor circuit with an overall length of 1100 metres. The minimum age for drivers is 9 years old.

Skidz Karting

Swansea

Skidz Karting Swansea's only indoor karting track with karts for all ages and abilities and tracks to challenge all types of drivers from 4 years onwards.

Rhyl Town Promenade Treasure Trail

Holywell

Rhyl Town Promenade Treasure Trail is a Treasure Trail which follows the Promenade through Drift Park and the Children’s Village. The Trail is just over 1.5 miles long and will take about 1.5 hours to complete.

Cardiff Bay Walking Spy Trail

Cardiff

Cardiff Bay Walking Spy Trail is a walking trail with a mystery element and your mission is to go and solve the clues and crack the code. Explore Cardiff Bay the fun and exciting way!

Conwy Town and Harbour Treasure Trail

Holywell

Conwy Town and Harbour Treasure Trail is a fun-filled educational activity for all the family. The Trail is a one and a half mile self-guided treasure hunt around Conwy. Kids and grown-ups will have great fun finding and solving hidden clues whilst discovering the history of Conwy.

Ffestiniog Railway

Porthmadog

Ffestiniog Railway Travel by steam train through the spectacular scenery of the Snowdonia National Park from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Llanberis

Snowdon Mountain Railway It's easy to get to the top of Snowdon these days - travel by train!!! Marvellous view on the way up.

Llangollen Railway

Llangollen

Llangollen Railway Take a sixteen mile round trip through the beautiful Dee Valley on a fantastic steam train - it could be like going back in time as you pass through the stations.

LlanfairPG Station

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

LlanfairPG Station Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - visitors love to see the station's name up on the side of the building and pose for a picture. It is also a novelty to print off a very long train ticket, which features the station's full name.

The Llanberis Lake Railway

Llanberis

The Llanberis Lake Railway The Llanberis Lake Railway is one of several great attractions in Llanberis, the lakeside village at the foot of Snowdon. There's so much to see and do, and something for everyone.

Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

Porthmadog

Welsh Highland Heritage Railway We are a short railway line and hands on interactive museum in Porthmadog, Wales, ideal for families with young children. The train takes a short trip through the countryside, then stops at the Engine Sheds where you can climb inside our steam and diesel locomotives and see how things work.

Conwy Valley Railway Museum

Conwy

Conwy Valley Railway Museum A miniature railway takes you on a 10 minute trip around the beautifully landscaped grounds. Kids can also enjoy dodgem cars and rides.

Llangollen Wharf

Llangollen

Llangollen Wharf Experience for yourself the pleasure of a horse drawn boat trip on the beautiful Llangollen Canal, or a motorised cruise which takes you across the famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Great Orme Aerial Cable Cars

Llandudno

Great Orme Aerial Cable Cars The longest Aerial Cabin Lift in the UK. Leaves from happy Valley, there's a cafe at summit and spectacular views of Puffin Island.

Airworld Aviation Museum

Caernarfon

Airworld Aviation Museum Based at Caernarfon Airport, this vast indoor interactive Aviation Museum and Shop is host to an impressive collection of aircraft, with entry allowed into many of the cockpits

Fairbourne Steam Railway

Gwynedd

Fairbourne Steam Railway Pleasant short train ride which can connect with a ferry trip. There are also a play park and an amusement park nearby.

Talyllyn Railway

Gwynedd

Talyllyn Railway A historic narrow-gauge steam railway whose line passes a set of waterfalls, at which you can often disembark and explore before catching the train back again.

Welsh Highland Railway

Gwynedd

Welsh Highland Railway is Snowdonia’s newest railway. Trains start a spectacular 25 mile scenic journey from beneath the castle walls at Caernarfon.

Puffin Island Pleasure Cruise

Anglesey

Puffin Island Pleasure Cruise A very popular pleasure cruise which includes panoramic views of the Snowdonia Mountain Range, and chances to see much local birdlife and the seal colony at the easterly end of the island.

RSPB Nature Reserve South Stack

Holyhead

RSPB Nature Reserve South Stack Offers spectacular views of the breeding seabird colonies from Ellins Tower visitor centre with high powered binoculars and telescopes provided.

Coed y Brenin Forest Park

Gwynedd

Coed y Brenin Forest Park If you fancy trying some exciting outdoor activities, this has everything from challenging geocaching to world-class mountain biking trails. The younger children won’t be bored either with 3 playgrounds to choose from including an area where they can make dens and dam streams.

Eirias Park and Waterpark

Colwyn Bay

Eirias Park and Waterpark Extensive children's outdoor play area, indoor swimming and leisure pool with water features and slide, sporting opportunities and masses of gorgeous parkland.

Breakwater Country Park

Isle of Anglesey

Breakwater Country Park Extensive parkland with excellent hiking prospects, a summer land train along the coast, and nearby a rather unusual lighthouse, and a Maritime Museum with beach balcony bistro.

Mawddach Woodlands RSPB Reserve

Gwynedd

Mawddach Woodlands RSPB Reserve A wonderful location for wildlife potting, hiking and photography, with the shifting sands of the Mawddach estuary on one side, and the rugged beauty of Cadair Idris on the other.

Parc Glynllifon

Gwynedd

Parc Glynllifon Green Flag Awarded historic gardens and country park. There are water features to play in, modern sculpture trails, and locally run treasure hunts and orienteering courses.

Alyn Waters Country Park

Wrexham

Alyn Waters Country Park The largest country park in the Wrexham area and has waymarked woodland, grassland and riverside trails within the beautiful Alyn Valley. The Llay side allows easy access to the Local Nature Reserve, an excellent adventure playground and Golf Driving Range.

Harlech Beach

Harlech

Harlech Beach Sandy beach with acceptable swimming (if you don't mind jellyfish), also offering locally a castle, nature reserve and promontory with an unusual abundance of sea shells.

Abersoch Beach

Abersoch

Abersoch Beach Sandy beach with spectacular views ideal for bathers and watersports lovers alike, though there is no lifeguard cover. Another quieter beach lurks around the corner.

Hells Mouth Beach

Gwynedd

Hells Mouth Beach Nearly four miles long and facing south west, Hells Mouth or Porth Neigwl is considered by many to be the best surf beach in Wales. Word soon gets out when conditions are right, and surfers come from all over the UK to take to the waters, sample the waves and party into the evening.

Llanddwyn Bay

Anglesey

Llanddwyn Bay Sandy Blue Flag Award winner with plenty of character and very safe swimming. It's isolated but toilets and parking are nearby.

Porth Dafarch Beach

Anglesey

Porth Dafarch Beach A quiet and secluded sand and rock cove with European Blue Flagged waters which are great for bathing in. There is a nearby RPSB tower with great views and a lot of birdlife.

Llandudno Beach

Conwy

Llandudno Beach Vast dark sands with decent swimming if you're being careful, donkey rides, Punch and Judy shows and the longest pier in Wales. Other attractions nearby.

Old Colwyn Beach

Colwyn Bay

Old Colwyn Beach Great for waters sports, sea fishing and sand castles, cycling and hiking and with good immediate amenities. Busy in the summer.

Blue Island Ceramics

Ceredigion

Blue Island Ceramics is a Paint your Own Pottery studio by the Beach. Great range of items to choose from, great range of colours and techniques. Friendly welcoming staff who help you to paint something wonderful to keep and use everyday if you like.

Piggery Pottery

Gwynedd

Piggery Pottery Famous for it's Paint Your Own children's night-lights, this is a lovely place with a truly enormous range of creative activities to indulge in, including pot throwing and pebble painting.

Tan y Ddraig Paint a Pot Studio

Llanberis

Tan y Ddraig Paint a Pot Studio Come and wake your inner artist, choose a piece of pottery and paint it yourself. Create a personalised treasure, celebrate a birthday, make a unique gift or reminder of your visit here to Snowdonia. All welcome including groups.

Biscuit Ceramic Art Studio and Cafe

Gywnedd

Biscuit Ceramic Art Studio and Cafe Come and “Take the Biscuit” in the seaside village of Abersoch because painting your own pottery is fun art not fine art. Find us in a contemporary barn studio but with the added benefit of an enclosed walled garden for painting and creating outside when the sun shines.

Arty Party

Conwy

Arty Party Craft coffee shop offering crafts of all kinds including pottery painting and air-drying clay modelling. Coffees, teas and cakes available and browse a selection of handmade portraits and models featuring caricatures of people and pets.

Gypsy Wood

Caernarfon

Gypsy Wood Experience one of the UK's largest miniature G Scale garden railways. Befriend the animals: they have miniature shetland ponies, donkeys, pygmy goats and Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs to name but a few!

Anglesey Model Village

Anglesey

Anglesey Model Village Set in one acre of beautifully landscaped gardens with water features and a working railway, this an intricate and imaginative miniature village will delight and entertain the small ones.

The Palace Fun Centre

Clwyd

The Palace Fun Centre Offering a kids' haunted house, tenpin bowling, arcade and more.

Knightlys Fun Parks

Conwy

Knightlys Fun Parks is a family amusement park with a Fun Fair, Amusement Arcade, Bingo and Pub with huge outside entertainments are and outside bar. Plus many food outlets and shops. In addition we put on many free shows including magic shows and the famous Monkey show and more.

Rheidol Riding Centre

Ceredigion

Rheidol Riding Centre BHS and RDA approved all weather facility offering lessons, show jumping and cross-country course, and fantastic trekking and hacking around the Rheidol Valley. Welcomes disabled and able bodied riders too.

Lion Royal Hotel Trekking

Powys

Lion Royal Hotel Trekking BHS approved trekking facility offering a different route each day in the hills, valleys and woodlands around them.

Caeiago Horse Riding Holiday Centre

Carmarthenshire

Caeiago Horse Riding Holiday Centre BHS approved facility welcoming day trail riders as well as holiday makers for tailored horse experiences in superb Welsh countryside.

Thanks for all the great things to do in North Wales with kids you keep sending in.
Now we have the easter and summer holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find the best days out and 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, horse riding, 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, outdoor play at the best local parks, 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 North Wales can enjoy the great day out as well.