Lee Valley Ice Rink (13 miles)
Leyton
Lee Valley Ice Rink If you have been ice skating before - you'll know its one of the coolest ways to enjoy yourself. If you haven't - what are you waiting for? Fab family day out in London.
Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre (15 miles)
Chelmsford
Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre The latest in sound and lighting effects combine with a lively disco atmosphere in Riverside's ice rink to get some great family skating done.
Alexandra Palace Ice Rink (17 miles)
Wood Green
Alexandra Palace Ice Rink The Alexandra Palace Ice Rink offers a wide range of activities suitable for all ages and covering every aspect of ice sports, Ballet Classes and Dance Clubs. One of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in London with children
Brixton Planet Ice Arena (18 miles)
Brixton
Brixton Planet Ice Arena Family friendly ice skating rink with penguin skating aids available for younger kids and beginners to make picking up the skills that much easier.
Queens Bowl and Ice (20 miles)
Bayswater
Queens Bowl and Ice If you are looking for family days out in London, with ice skating being on TV all the time why not go for a session down at Queens where they have ice skating and bowling all under one roof. Great idea if you're looking for things to do with kids in London.
Rollacity (20 miles)
Rochford
Rollacity offers a classic, healthy family zip about on quad or inline skates. Great for balance and skill building, good exercise, plus they offer varying session types with differing music and games.
Silver Blades Ice Rink (20 miles)
Gillingham
Silver Blades Ice Rink This family friendly frost fest boasts a full size ice pad with seating for over 1,000 people within the arena, in bright modern surroundings. They offer penguin skate aid hire for little ones.
Sk8rs at Madison Heights (21 miles)
Maldon
Sk8rs at Madison Heights Family friendly roller rink and skate hire, an excellent fun and healthy activity for the whole family. Other activities available on site.
Rollercity (26 miles)
Welwyn Garden City
Rollercity Large classic style rollerskating rink, offering loads of skate session types, including regular Family Jam sessions.
Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead (33 miles)
Hemel Hempstead
Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead Family friendly ice skating facility with penguin skating aids for very little ones, and a special Ice Toddlers session with toys and games.
Rollerworld (36 miles)
Colchester
Rollerworld Classic family friendly roller skating plus laser tag, the no contact combat game played with infra red.
Slough Ice Arena (38 miles)
Slough
Slough Ice Arena General Skating sessions take place during the day and night. However, if you're looking for something a little louder then our Disco Skate sessions on Tue, Friday and Saturday nights may be just what you're looking for.
Guildford Spectrum (42 miles)
Guildford
Guildford Spectrum Enjoy the complete leisure experience here! At one exciting venue there is tenpin bowling, an Olympic sized ice rink, four leisure pools including a leisure pool, a soft play centre, sports arena, athletics stadium and health and fitness suite. A choice of catering is available.
Bracknell Ice Rink and Ski Slope (46 miles)
Bracknell
Bracknell Ice Rink and Ski Slope Ice rink and ski centre - what are you stil doing sitting there - get your skates on!!! Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Berkshire.
CurveMotion (52 miles)
Bury St Edmonds
CurveMotion - is an exciting interactive indoor venue offering roller skating, roller disco, soft play centre, mega slides, including a vertical drop slide, as well as a range of different party options and a high quality bistro.
Planet Ice (55 miles)
Milton Keynes
Planet Ice Great idea for a family day out in Bucks - you must remember your first time ice skating, exciting or what!
Planet Ice Basingstoke (63 miles)
Basingstoke
Planet Ice Basingstoke - great ice skating rink with special childrens sessions and birthday parties available. One of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for the best things to do in Hampshire with kids
Oxford Ice Rink (67 miles)
Oxford
Oxford Ice Rink Great fun for all the family at the newly renovated Ice Rink. General session, family sessions and lessons for children of all abilities. The rink is very
easy to reach as it's right in the heart of Oxford; just a short walk from Oxford City centre and railway station.
Sea Life London Aquarium (17 miles)
South Bank
Sea Life London Aquarium Home to one of Europe's largest collections of global marine life and the jewel in the crown of the 28 Sea Life attractions in the UK and Europe. Situated in the heart of London, the experience takes visitors on an immersive and interactive journey along the Great Oceanic Conveyor.
London Zoo (18 miles)
Regents Park
London Zoo Over 720 species on display including some of the world’s most impressive and inspiring animals in interactive and immersive exhibits Rainforest Life, Gorilla Kingdom and the Animal Adventure Children's Zoo. Daily live animal shows include MegaBugs,Tigers and Penguins.
Battersea Park Childrens Zoo (19 miles)
Battersea
Battersea Park Childrens Zoo - invites you to check on the monkeys, crawl down the tunnel to see the meerkats, talk to the parrots and mynah birds, on to the farm to say hello to the goats, donkeys, pigs, emus etc. Playground which includes climbing frames,large sandpit with water toys, swings and roundabouts etc.
Brooks Farm (12 miles)
Waltham Forest
Brooks Farm Brooks Farm is a wonderful visitor's attraction based inside Skeltons Lane Park.
Mudchute Park and Farm (13 miles)
Isle of Dogs
Mudchute Park and Farm 32 acres of countryside in the middle of the Isle of Dogs to share with friendly furry and feathered creatures. There is also an outdoor play area in Milwall Park which is adjacent.
Hackney City Farm (14 miles)
Bethnal Green
Hackney City Farm Hackney City Farm boasts a wide variety of animals on the farm - they keep as full a range as possible of traditional farm livestock and you can usually expect to see pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals.
Freightliners Farm (16 miles)
North London
Freightliners Farm Come and enjoy a taste of country life in the city, in the heart of Islington. An exciting opportunity for you to experience a real working farm in action. Great idea if you're looking for things to do with kids in London.
Belmont Childrens Farm (21 miles)
Mill Hill
Belmont Childrens Farm Kids can interact with the animals either in petting sessions or helping with their care, plus tractor rides available through the hidden valley.
Deen City Farm (22 miles)
Merton Abbey
Deen City Farm Deen City Farm is a unique, educational resource in SW London, open free of charge.Our aim is to give people the opportunity to learn from their visit or contribution to a Working Farm.
Hounslow Urban Farm (30 miles)
Feltham
Hounslow Urban Farm With lots of farm animals and cuddly pets to meet, Hounslow Urban Farm is a fun place for children and their families. There are alpacas, sheep, goats, pigs, ponies, donkeys, rabbits, chipmunks and activities include pig racing and animal handling sessions.
Planetarium at the Royal Observatory (13 miles)
Greenwich
Planetarium at the Royal Observatory Take a fantastic, immersive journey through time and space in the new state-of-the-art planetarium, London's only planetarium and featuring the UK's largest refracting telescope.
National Maritime Museum (13 miles)
Greenwich
National Maritime Museum The world's largest maritime museum is an immersive and interactive experience bound to capture kids' imaginations as well as educate them, with fun activities like firing a cannon and steering a ship into port!
Museum of London Docklands (13 miles)
West India Quay
Museum of London Docklands Explore London's connections with the rest of the world through an epic 2000-year story of trade, expansion and immigration.
Museum of Childhood (14 miles)
Bethnal Green
Museum of Childhood Houses the national childhood collection which includes: dolls' houses, dolls, puppets, toys and games, children's clothes and furniture. The galleries are designed to be accessible to both adults and children of all ages. A great london family day out.
Design Museum (15 miles)
Tower Hill
Design Museum All family visitors to the the Design Museum get an Explore Design Museum Family Trail featuring The Thinkerer. With the help of The Thinkerer kids, and adults, can get the most from their visit to the museum.
Bank of England Museum (15 miles)
City of London
Bank of England Museum This highly interactive Museum traces the history of the Bank of England since 1694 to the present day. There’s something for everyone, with attractions including activity sheets for children of all ages, banknote jigsaws, a roller ball game, touch screens and the opportunity for some safe cracking!
Britain at War Experience (15 miles)
London Bridge
Britain at War Experience Get the closest possible insight into what life was really like. The Britain at War Experience recreates the London Blitz in all its fury with special effects highlighting the sights and sounds, the artifacts, and even the dust and smoke of an air raid at its height.
Museum of London (16 miles)
Barbican
Museum of London Explore one of the world's largest urban history museums knowing the kids are as interested as you are, thanks to the Under 5s' Explorer Bags, 4 to 11s' Family Activity Bags, and over 10s may borrow an ipad to join an interactive gallery adventure.
Tate Modern (16 miles)
Bankside
Tate Modern is the most popular gallery of modern art in the world. Located on the Thames, it is a landmark site for everyone visiting London. But did you know that it is not only child friendly but encourages families and children to visit with free activities and art trails? Plus interactive multimedia experiences and hands on games.
Horniman Museum and Gardens (16 miles)
Forest Hill
Horniman Museum and Gardens - a free museum with extensive collections of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments?! You won't find such an unusual and eclectic collection elsewhere in London. Lots of interesting changing exhibitions
London Canal Museum (17 miles)
Kings Cross
London Canal Museum invites families to discover the fascinating facts and history of the city's hidden waterways. Take part in fun activity days, set sail on the Regent's canal and hear the stories of those who have lived and worked on the canals since the 1820s brought to life.
Imperial War Museum London (17 miles)
London
Imperial War Museum London New developments include Horrible Histories family exhibition, Explore History Centre and new First World War Galleries to mark the 100-year anniversary of the start of the First World War.
Thanks for all the great things to do and Ice Skating Rinks and Rollerskating near Upminster 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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