herefordshire 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
places to go that we may have missed? If so, it would be really nice if you could you get in touch, so that other kids can enjoy the day out as well - thanks a lot - have fun!
Family Days Out in herefordshire
Symonds Yat West Amusement Park
Ross On Wye
Symonds Yat West Amusement Park The amusement park offers hours of enjoyment, fun and excitement on the fairground rides and arcades. For energetic youngsters, there are indoor and outdoor adventure playgrounds.
Owl Centre and Small Breeds Farm Park
Kington
Owl Centre and Small Breeds Farm Park A magical place to experience animals, birds, and owls - all sorts of owls from all over the world.
Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo
Ross-on-Wye
Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo Experience the delight of nature's most serene and beautiful wildlife. At the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo you can walk with free-flying exotic butterflies and see them supping nectar, finding their mates and laying eggs.
Shortwood Family Farm
Bromyard
Shortwood Family Farm Milk a cow by hand; take part in our Animal Feeding Tour; watch the machine milking; Visit Mini Farm World, Pets Corner and the Play Area; follow the Farm Trail; take a trailer ride around the farm; and admire the panoramic views across four counties!
Llama Trekking at Old King Street Farm
Hereford
Llama Trekking at Old King Street Farm Llama trekking is fast becoming a 'must-do' activity. Bond with your llama - get to know him and take him on a walk in the glorious countryside of south west Herefordshire. If travelling from further afield, why not take a two day stay in one of our holiday cottages?
Museum of Mazes
Ross-on-Wye
Museum of Mazes Museum of Mazes is designed for you to browse awhile, then take a break and return to it again and again. It's fascinating for adults and fun for children - just have a go! Great idea if you are lokking for family days out in Herefordshire.
Teddy Bears of Bromyard
Bromyard
Teddy Bears of Bromyard hundreds of rare and exciting exhibits - all well displayed behind glass. You will see antique bears, dolls, Disney toys, prams, pedal cars, a huge steiff bear and the smallest golly.
Hereford Leisure Pool
Hereford
Hereford Leisure Pool - has a wave machine and water slide, a 'beach' area and various water features and a whirlpool, as well as the usual leisure pool
Play Planet Soft Playcentre
Hereford
Play Planet Soft Playcentre Play Planet is Hereford's newest and biggest indoor children's play centre, offering a three tier space themed soft play experience.
Playzone
Tewkesbury
Playzone The new indoor children's play facility at Croft Farm Leisure Park. There's the usual fun to be had on the playstructure, softplay, and bouncy castle, plus table football and play some fitclub games on the grass.
Kingdom Come
Abergavenny
Kingdom Come Kingdom Come is a Childrens Indoor Play Centre for 0 11 years. This castle themed playcentre provides everything a child needs to keep them stimulated for their play session.
Eastnor Castle
Ledbury
Eastnor Castle Fairytale Georgian castle in magical surroundings, with Deer Park, Lake and Arboretum. Children's Adventure Playground and Assault Course, Knight's Maze.
Bromyard Heritage Centre
Bromyard
Bromyard Heritage Centre The Heritage Centre is a short walk from Bromyard town centre and is a museum which is dedicated to hops and hop picking. There are workshops for children which take place during the school holidays.
Out To Grass
Malvern
Out To Grass Fantastic and welcoming setting for confident mountain bike and BMX riders
Herefordshire Raceway
Weobley
Herefordshire Raceway Anyone fourteen years or older and 1.5 metres tall can drive the twin-engine pro-karts. Children over the age of eight years and at least 1.3 metres tall may use the restricted twin engine pro-karts.
Paddles and Pedals Canoe Hire
Hereford
Paddles and Pedals Canoe Hire Hire a Canadian Canoe or a Kayak and discover the tranquil beauty of the River Wye. The Wye is one of the most beautiful rivers in the British Isles, and one of the few you can navigate, without restriction, for over 100 miles. It meanders through picturesque countryside to where it joins the River Severn at Chepstow and is well populated with wildlife.
TGS Tenpin Bowling
Hereford
TGS Tenpin Bowling Kids love bowling... even if they aren't big enough to hold a bowling ball, ramps and lane guards are usually provided (ring to confirm). A great idea for a family afternoon out in Herefordshire.
Go Ape!
Bewdley
Go Ape! Think you, your friends and family can handle 3 hours of tree top adventure? Are you wild enough to climb 30ft up a rope ladder, Tarzan swing into a giant rope net then zip wire through trees, crawl through tunnels and tackle high wire rope bridges?
AJ Activities
Hereford
AJ Activities The 12yrs+ group activity which beats all others. Played across varied terrain and incorporating a wide selection of game scenarios, paintball provides a "rush" unlike any other activity.
TGS Bowling
Hereford
TGS Bowling Seventeen lanes of 10-pin bowling; 12 holes of Adventure Golf; arcades; American bistro with wide-ranging menu; pool tables; party venue and bar - all under one roof!
Kingfisher River Cruises
Symonds Yat East
Kingfisher River Cruises Symonds Yat is famous for its natural river scenery. The river winds its way through Symonds Yat gorge and village, dividing it into East and West. - Our boat trips last around 35 minutes.
Broomy Hill Miniature Railway
Broomy Hill
Broomy Hill Miniature Railway Extensive Miniature Railway in 3 1/2, 5 and 7 1/4 inch gauges - check website for public running days
Queenswood Country Park
Leominster
Queenswood Country Park Woodland children's play area, easy access path and waymarked trails, panoramic views, season events, licensed cafe and seasonal tourist info centre
Wyre Forest Discovery Centre
Rock
Wyre Forest Discovery Centre The Wyre Forest Discovery Centre hosts the "education centre of excellence". Curriculum linked activities and a variety of adult craft and wildlife focus days are available.
Herefordshire Nature Trust
Tupsley
Herefordshire Nature Trust Herefordshire is often described as England's most rural county, with a rich mosaic landscape of small fields, ancient hedgerows and wooded hills.
Gone Potty Paint Your Own
Hereford
Gone Potty Paint Your Own You can have lots of fun painting your own designs onto pottery, making it personal to you and your family creating a unique gift for you to use everyday or to keep as a treasured memento.
Arty Animals
Sawbridgeworth
Arty Animals Arty Animals offers exciting, carefully created one-day and week long arts, crafts and cooking workshops that will give children aged 4-11 a fun, friendly and action-packed day to remember!
The Making Place
Berkhampstead
The Making Place Creative workshop allows children and adults to experience science through practical hands on learning. The emphasis is on exploring scientific principle through design and technology making projects. The contents of the all the making place activities are embedded with in the national curriculum.
Clever Hands
Ross On Wye
Clever Hands - a craft workshop for adults and children. It has a thriving family friendly cafe with a large pre-school playroom and a dedicated craft area.
Glazydayz Pottery
Ledbury
Glazydayz Pottery Paint Your Own Pottery - Creative arts & crafts fun. Choose from over 400 items + kids' play area, plenty of free parking
The Amazing Hedge Puzzle
Ross-on-Wye
The Amazing Hedge Puzzle Planted over twenty years ago by brothers Lindsay and Edward Heyes, the fun of the amazing Hedge Puzzle has made it Herefordshire's most popular private tourist attraction.
Malvern Hills Driving Treasure Hunt
Malvern Hills
Malvern Hills Driving Treasure Hunt Looking for a fun and interesting way to explore the Malvern Hills? Don't just wander around aimlessly, do a Treasure Trail! These fun treasure hunts will teach you fascinating facts about the area and show you some beautiful scenery while solving an intriguing mystery.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting herefordshire 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 herefordshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
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