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Things for Active Kids to do near Alford

Best Beaches near to Alford

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Lunan Bay (33 miles)

Angus

Lunan Bay Fabulous for bird watching, walking, surfing and horse riding, this sandy beach is overlooked by dramatic castle ruins. Swim only with caution: strong currents.

Montrose Beach (37 miles)

Angus

Montrose Beach Sandy beach with great local amenities and attractions, and a wildlife sanctuary and visitor centre on one end which offers telescopic views of some 50,000 migratory birds.

St Andrews West Sands (61 miles)

St Andrews

St Andrews West Sands Popular for walking, running and swimming, this sandy Blue Flag Awarded beach is famously the opening setting for Chariots of Fire.

Dornoch Beach (67 miles)

Dornoch

Dornoch Beach Beautiful expanse of golden sand - The beach extends around the point to the south and all the way to the village of Embo in the north. Dornoch itself is a fascinating and historic town with a range of facilities and its famous cathedral.

Brora Beach (69 miles)

Sutherland

Brora Beach Sandy beach whose special appeal besides the fossils is the regular appearance of dolphins, minke whales, and grey and common seals off the coastline.

Leven Beach (72 miles)

Leven

Leven Beach Blue Flag awarded beach with amusements adjacent from arcade, to kiddies' rides, to crazy golf. Swimming ok, no lifeguard cover.

Storybook Glen (20 miles)

Aberdeen

Storybook Glen See more than 100 of your favourite nursery rhyme and fairytale characters. Enjoy exquisite flowers and plants, majestic trees, secret waterfalls, exotic animals and fairytale houses and eat at the self-service restaurant which offers healthy food.

Codonas Amusement Park (24 miles)

Aberdeen

Codonas Amusement Park Three entertainment centres: Codonas Amusement Park, Sunset Boulevard and Miami Beach with LOADS of things to do

North East Falconry Centre (17 miles)

Aberdeen

North East Falconry Centre Spectacular Falcons, Owls, Hawks and Eagles are permanently on display. The breathtaking flying demonstrations offer a unique photo and video opportunity. One of many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Aberdeen with kids.

Macduff Marine Aquarium (32 miles)

Macduff

Macduff Marine Aquarium features marine life from the Moray Firth in a variety of exciting and innovative exhibits. Visitors come face to face with hundreds of native fish and invertebrates normally only seen by SCUBA divers who brave the chilly waters of the North Sea.

Willows Animal Sanctuary (32 miles)

Fraserburgh

Willows Animal Sanctuary Willows Animal Sanctuary is dedicated to the care of abandoned and ill-treated domestic and farm animals. It looks after over 200 animals including more than 60 horses, ponies and donkeys as well as 100 sheep, goats, cows and pigs and approximately 60 cats and many rabbits, poultry and reptiles.

Doonies Farm (25 miles)

Aberdeen

Doonies Farm A fully-functioning farm with an outstanding collection of rare breed animals, come and encounter the countryside!

Archaeolink Prehistory Park (8 miles)

Insch

Archaeolink Prehistory Park Travel 10,000 years in one day from the Mesolithic to a Roman Marching Camp, with indoor and outdoor exhibitions, featuring hands on activities, workshops and guided tours everyday, Archaeolink is a dynamic historical experience for all the family.

Aberdeen Maritime Museum (23 miles)

Aberdeen

Aberdeen Maritime Museum Houses a unique collection covering shipbuilding, fast sailing ships, fishing and port history. It is also the only place in the UK where you can see displays on the North Sea oil and gas industry. Granite Jack, the museum mascot, will keep the kids' attention throughout.

Satrosphere Science Centre (24 miles)

Aberdeen

Satrosphere Science Centre is full of exciting exhibits, science shows, workshops and special events. Fun for all the family and everyone who loves to explore and experiment!

Aberdeenshire Farming Museum (32 miles)

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Delightful country park location with children's play area and nature walks. Start by exploring the Aden Estate Story and the "Weel Vrocht Grun" exhibitions. Visit Hareshowe, a working farm set in the 1950s.

Arbuthnot Museum (39 miles)

Peterhead

Arbuthnot Museum See models showing the development of local fishing boats and find out about Arctic Animals, Whaling, and view their collection of significant Inuit Artefacts. Definitely an educational trip, but fascinating.

Beach Leisure Centre (24 miles)

Aberdeen

Beach Leisure Centre The freeform leisure pool has fantastic water features including rapids and a wave machine so you won't fail but have a whale of a time

Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool (26 miles)

Stonehaven

Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool Olympic-size, heated seawater Pool and Lido open daily late May to early September.

Montrose Swimming Pool (37 miles)

Montrose

Montrose Swimming Pool Standard, teaching and diving pools with cool 1 and 3m Springboards, plus a 5m Platform for the brave ones.

Kool Kidz (9 miles)

Aberdeen

Kool Kidz Indoor adventure soft play and activity centre for under 14s, climbing frames and wall, to zip slides, tunnels and plenty more to exhaust and entertain the kids. Attached to a child oriented restaurant.

Hoodles Play Barn (15 miles)

Oldmeldrum

Hoodles Play Barn The centre piece of the Play Barn facility is our extensive soft play area - the only one of its type in the area.

Bogie Dragon (16 miles)

Huntly

Bogie Dragon Within the activity centre is a large, purpose built adventure castle. It is a fun packed soft play themed area

Wynford Farm Playbarn (17 miles)

Aberdeen

Wynford Farm Playbarn It is a farm but it's a working one without visits: the real draw is the terrific purpose built play barn with the multi level adventure play frames in! Plus an educational section on where food comes from with farmers often on hand for questions.

Fuzzy Eds (21 miles)

Aberdeen

Fuzzy Eds Attached to a family friendly restaurant, this is a woodland themed adventure soft play facility with several levels of fun features and a separate area for toddlers. Height restriction for main section is 4ft9.

KC Kangaroos Play Centre (22 miles)

Aberdeen

KC Kangaroos Play Centre Exciting bright and colourful facilities include scramble nets and rope ladders, three different slides and a large deep ball pool. Dedicated toddler area with smaller versions!

Ton's o' Fun (23 miles)

Turriff

Ton's o' Fun a big children’s adventure play centre - a large, specially designed play structure in an enormous purpose-built facility we are making inroads into safe, challenging and fun adventure-play for children up to 145cm in height

Brewster Bear Fun Factory (24 miles)

Portlethen

Brewster Bear Fun Factory Kids play centre attached to brewsters food chain - i find they are always worth a visit if the weather is a bit grotty and the kids need a runaround - and you can get lunch too!

Rambos Kids Adventureland (24 miles)

Aberdeen

Rambos Kids Adventureland slides, rope climbs, ball ponds, soft ball shooters and a bouncy area that will entertain the kids for hours and hours

Kidzalowd Softplay Area (24 miles)

Stonehaven

Kidzalowd Softplay Area Attached to a family friendly restaurant, this adventure play facility for the under 10s is bright, colourful, safe and clean.

Dizzy Rascals Indoor Playcentre (29 miles)

Laurencekirk

Dizzy Rascals Indoor Playcentre Soft play, with slides, ball pools and a massive soft ball 5-a-side football zone. New for 2006-ball cannons, trampoline and an extended play frame

Junior Jim (31 miles)

Banff

Junior Jim Physical activity for pre schoolers only, limited opening but great atmosphere and innovative programme, good equipment. Council run.

Harleys (31 miles)

MacDuff

Harleys Offers softplay with toddler areas, ten pin bowling from shoe size child's 8 and a child friendly restaurant with Little Friends menu.

Craigievar Castle (4 miles)

Alford

Craigievar Castle Built in the early 17th century by Master William Forbes, his family lived in the castle for 350 years. Extensive parklands, woodland walks with beautiful views.

Crathes Castle Garden and Estate (15 miles)

Aberdeen

Crathes Castle Garden and Estate One of the most beautiful and best preserved castles in Scotland occupied by the Burnetts of Leys for over 350 years and set against a magnificent garden with its world-renowned June border. Kids can also take part in quizzes, family trails, hands-on activities and play in the adventure playground.

Tolquhon Castle (20 miles)

Ellon

Tolquhon Castle Noted for its highly ornamented gatehouse, Tolquhon is one of the most picturesque of the castles in the Grampian countryside. The stuff of kids' dreams.

Aberdeen Snowsports Centre (23 miles)

Aberdeen

Aberdeen Snowsports Centre Lessons, courses and public sessions for novices to experts in skiing and snowboarding. They also do tubing, an exhilarating whoosh down a slope on an inflatable ring for over 4s.

Glenshee Ski Centre (36 miles)

Braemar

Glenshee Ski Centre From invitingly easy to the surprisingly steep, Glenshee offers the most extensive skiing and snowboarding in Scotland with friendly lessons available.

Transition Extreme (24 miles)

Aberdeen

Transition Extreme In their coaching sessions they take children from the age of 5 years and upwards. It’s a brilliant combination of exercise, psychological challenge and lasting friendships, and it’s open to absolutely everybody!

Go Ape! Crathes Castle (15 miles)

Banchory

Go Ape! Crathes Castle 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.

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Thanks for all the great things to do and Best Beaches near Alford 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

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