suffolk 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 suffolk
Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park
Lowestoft
Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park It is the perfect fun packed day out for all ages and interests. Adrenalin fuelled thrills & spills for the bravest adventurers! Fun rides for all the family including some just for the little ones! Wonderful shows with sea lions, parrots, acrobats and clowns.
Africa Alive!
Lowestoft
Africa Alive! Take your family on a walking safari at one of the UK's largest and most exciting wildlife attractions. Explore the sights and sounds of Africa and discover, giraffes, rhinos, cheetahs, hyaenas and hundreds more African animals and birds. See The Plains of Africa an awe-inspiring recreation of the African savannah, where the animals of the plains room freely together as they would in the wild.
Suffolk Owl Sanctuary
Stowmarket
Suffolk Owl Sanctuary The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary is a registered charity housing over 70 raptors in spacious aviaries. There are two spectacular flying displays daily and you will also find Red Squirrels, Chipmunks, the Raptor Hospital, The Barclays Sensory Garden, a woodland walk, picnic areas and, for the children, a mini-maze and adventure frame.
Suffolk Odyssey Llamas
Halesworth
Suffolk Odyssey Llamas Llama trekking in Suffolk i suppose - waiting on more information - taking a llama for a walk would be a great idea if you are looking for family days out in Suffolk i guess?!!
Easton Farm Park
Woodbridge
Easton Farm Park There is always lots to do on the Farm. There is daily pony rides, pat-a-pet, meeting Major, one of the big Suffolk Punch cart horses, barrel train rides, pony and cart rides (and harnessing), lamb feeding and pig feeding. A great idea for family days out in Suffolk.
Jimmy's Farm
Wherstead
Jimmy's Farm Jimmy's Farm is an exciting day out for all the family. We are a working farm and breed rare breed pigs but also have cows, sheep, chickens and more! We have a nature trail, butchery and shop, caf© and playground. We hold farmers markets on 1st Saturday of every month.
National Horse Racing Museum
Newmarket
National Horse Racing Museum The story of the people and horses involved in racing from its Royal origins to Lester Piggott, Frankie Dettori and other modern heroes.
Moyse's Hall Museum
Bury St Edmunds
Moyse's Hall Museum For almost a thousand years Moyse's Hall has looked out over the Market Place of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It has seen many changes since it was built in 1180 and provides an excellent setting in which to trace the unfolding story of West Suffolk, through displays which range from prehistoric times right through to the present.
Museum of East Anglian Life
Stowmarket
Museum of East Anglian Life Discover the history and natural world of East Anglia on this beautiful 75 acre site, get steamed up with the powerful engines, meet the friendly animals including Suffolk Punch Horses and rare breads of cattle and sheep, Discover 15 splendidly restored historic buildings and lots more to do.
Beccles Outdoor Swimming Pool
Beccles
Beccles Outdoor Swimming Pool CLOSED IN 2009 - AIMS TO REOPEN in 2010 - a traditional, outdoor heated swimming pool situated by the river Waveney. There is a large 33m x 16m swimming pool with a deep end of 12ft! There is an adjacent toddler pool and baby pool, with an extensive grass area ideal for sunbathing. The pool is open from late May to early September.
Crown Pools
Ipswich
Crown Pools The leisure pool is the ideal facility for the family and children with a beach area, wave machine and water fountains, which are all set amongst tropical planting. Open for casual use throughout the facilities operational hours you are guaranteed a relaxing fun time.
Deben Swimming Pool
Woodbridge
Deben Swimming Pool Deben Pool offers a 25 metre swimming pool with various sessions, including a Family Fun Session every Saturday 11am -12 noon, with a large inflatable and rafts in the water, which is Fun for all the Family! We also offer fresh fruit to promote a healthy lifestyle!!!
Funtasia
Felixstowe
Funtasia kids indoor play centre housed with felixstowe leisure centre - ring for more information
Play2Day Indoor Play Centre
Ipswich
Play2Day Indoor Play Centre - is the area's children's indoor play centre with plenty of play for the most energetic children, seating for supervisors plus a well stocked cafe. You can play, party, eat and relax. You can also combine your stay with an exciting game at Lazer2day
Wacky Warehouse Punch & Judy
Ipswich
Wacky Warehouse Punch & Judy The usual good quality Wacky Warehouseplay structure attached to the Punch & Judy pub - ring for details - great for wet days when you copuld do with an hour and the kids need a good runaround.
Adventure Island Playpark
Lowestoft
Adventure Island Playpark Pirate Ship indoor adventure soft play park on multi-levels, check weblink at bottom of page.
Moo Play Farm
Brampton
Moo Play Farm Moo Play Farm - Play Barn has Softplay for toddlers and the BIG MOO playframe with SUPER SLIDES for children up to 12 years old. We also offer a PARTY ROOM for Discos and Karaoke. With underfloor heating throughout, you are guaranteed to stay warm whatever the weather
Playworld - Ocean Adventure
Stowmarket
Playworld - Ocean Adventure There are ball ponds, slides, a large inflatable play area (May to September), an aerial glide, slides, a spooky room, scramble nets and a toddlers' area.
Snakes and Ladders Ipswich
Ipswich
Snakes and Ladders Ipswich Snakes and Ladders is a huge indoor playground filled to the brim with climbing frames, ball ponds, cargo nets and slides. Kids can really let off steam while parents relax in our comfortable café.
Kidzone Haverhill
Haverhill
Kidzone Haverhill Multi-level climbing and adventure area with lots of different areas to play in in this great indoor play centre in Suffolk.
Kids Play
Bury St Edmunds
Kids Play Smile it's Kid's Play! Every corner of Kids Play in Bury St Edmunds is bursting with fun! With numerous fun indoor activities, you are sure to find something the whole family will enjoy. Kids can brave the speedy drop slide, shoot the fun ball cannons and scramble through tunnels on the giant playframe
why not bounce on trampolines, dive into the ball pond or spin on the tyre swings?
Kentwell Hall
Long Melford
Kentwell Hall A beautiful mellow redbrick Tudor Mansion, with extensive gardens and rare breeds farm. Famous for award winning Re-Creations of Tudor Life and 1940s daily life. A fun day out for all the family.
Clare Castle Country Park
Sudbury
Clare Castle Country Park Clare Castle Country Park is a beautiful quiet area to relax, play, get close to nature and learn about Clare's fascinating history.
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Bury St Edmunds
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village A unique reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Village built on an original settlement site, set within a large Country Park with café, shop and adventure playground. Archaeological finds from the site are displayed and the village is brought to life when costume re-enactment groups host special events during holiday periods (call for dates/details).
Somerleyton
Lowestoft
Somerleyton The answer is to take the family for a very, very full day out at Fritton Lake - a wide variety of family attractions and entertainments set in acres of mature woodland along the banks of Fritton Lake - arguably East Anglia's most beautiful stretch of water and our 150 acre 'jewel in the Somerleyton crown'.
Ickworth House Park and Gardens
Bury St Edmunds
Ickworth House Park and Gardens A fantastic country estate in Suffolk. 1800 acres of parkland and woodland surrounding the eccentric Italianate mansion. Great family events, an adventure playground and children's trails and games make this a great day out. Enjoyed by over 155,000 visitors each year; making it Suffolk's most visited tourist attraction.
Go Ape!
Brandon
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?
Kingpin Bowling Centre
Ipswich
Kingpin Bowling Centre Tenpin bowling the game everyone can enjoy. Even if you are playing for the first time with a bit of beginners luck you might even get a strike or two. There is professional tuition available for improvers. Bumper lanes for the kids and ramps for use with wheelchairs - a fab idea if you are looking for family days out in Suffolk.
Bury Bowl
Bury St Edmunds
Bury Bowl Popular bowling centre - great activity for kids, especially if it's grotty outside - with fully licensed bar and restaurant as well as satellite television, pool and video games
Wild Tracks
Newmarket
Wild Tracks 10m wide, 700m tarmac karting circuit and high performance karts - (Minimum height of 4' 11" (1.5m) & 8 years old)
East Anglia Transport Museum
Lowestoft
East Anglia Transport Museum Whether you take a ride on the Woodland Tramway or experience the silence and comfort of the Trolleybus service, there is a new discovery to be made every minute.
Coastal Voyager
Southwald
Coastal Voyager Undoubtably our most popular trip by far is the high speed trip out to sea off Southwold. The boat is put through its formidable paces in a 30 min tour of Solebay
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Stowmarket
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway This is the only railway museum in Suffolk, where the former Mid Suffolk Light Railway is recreated. Many original station buildings and steam locomotives on display along with lots of photographs and memorabilia.
High Lodge Forest Centre
Brandon
High Lodge Forest Centre Take part in fairy workshops, the giant sculpture trail, get lost in the squirrel's maze or try your hand at orienteering or the Squirrel Scamper trail. Kids over 10 can also experience high wire forest adventures with Go Ape!
All Fired Up Ceramics Cafe
Ipswich
All Fired Up Ceramics Cafe All Fired Up Ceramics Cafe is the coolest place in Ipswich to have fun and be creative! Visit the ceramics café in the town centre, choose the ceramics and pick the paints - pencils, stamps and brushes are provided.
Scribbles Ceramics
Newmarket
Scribbles Ceramics Scribbles offer at Pottery painting fun at our studio in Sun Lane Newmarket. An activity in which all ages can have a go.
Parties and walk in painting plus we can paint special pottery items for you if you have limited time or want a special present made.
Wild Raspberry Ceramic Cafe
Chelmondiston
Wild Raspberry Ceramic Cafe Come to Wild Raspberry, to paint your own ceramic and textile pieces, also now introducing enamelling jewellery parties and Decopatch. Enjoy some home made cake with a good coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.
John Daye Paint Your Own Ceramics
Needham Market
John Daye Paint Your Own Ceramics A wide range of ceramics which you can design and paint how ever you like. Then we will glaze and fire your item for collection in about a week
Manning's Amusement Park
Felixstowe
Manning's Amusement Park A well established family entertainment park, situated on the Felixstowe seafront. With something for all the family, including an amusement arcade, Crazy Charlie's Junior Theme Park, Golf FX indoor crazy golf, a Sunday market, Q Club pool and snooker, 10-pin Bowling, Licensed bars and a range of eating options.
Huntfun Ipswich Treasure Hunt
Ipswich
Huntfun Ipswich 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 suffolk 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 suffolk can enjoy the great day out as well.
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