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Welsh Highland Heritage Railway (< 1 mile)

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.

Welsh Highland Railway (< 1 mile)

Gwynedd

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

Ffestiniog Railway (< 1 mile)

Porthmadog

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

Portmeirion (2 miles)

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.

Harlech Castle (5 miles)

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.

Criccieth Castle (5 miles)

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.

Harlech Beach (5 miles)

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.

Dwyfor Ranch Rabbit Farm (6 miles)

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.

The Childrens Farm Park (6 miles)

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.

Llanfair Slate Caverns (6 miles)

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.

Ropeworks (9 miles)

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!

Glasfryn Parc Bowling and Activities (11 miles)

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.

Inigo Jones Tudor Slate Works (11 miles)

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.

Go Ape! Coed-y-Brenin (12 miles)

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.

Coed y Brenin Forest Park (12 miles)

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.

Parc Glynllifon (12 miles)

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.

Ropes and Ladders (13 miles)

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.

Snowdon Mountain Railway (13 miles)

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.

National Slate Museum (13 miles)

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.

The Llanberis Lake Railway (13 miles)

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.

Tan y Ddraig Paint a Pot Studio (13 miles)

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.

Gypsy Wood (14 miles)

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!

Airworld Aviation Museum (15 miles)

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

Pavilion Leisure Centre (15 miles)

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.

Piggery Pottery (15 miles)

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.

Mawddach Woodlands RSPB Reserve (15 miles)

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.

Redline Indoor Karting (15 miles)

Gwynedd

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

Beacon Climbing Centre (15 miles)

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.

Caernarfon Castle (16 miles)

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.

Fairbourne Steam Railway (17 miles)

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.

Zipworld (17 miles)

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.

Hells Mouth Beach (17 miles)

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.

Abersoch Beach (17 miles)

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.

Foel Farm Park (17 miles)

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.

Biscuit Ceramic Art Studio and Cafe (17 miles)

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.

Anglesey Sea Zoo (17 miles)

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!

GreenWood Forest Park (18 miles)

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.

Conwy Valley Railway Museum (18 miles)

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.

Anglesey Model Village (18 miles)

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.

Plas Newydd (19 miles)

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

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Thanks for all the great things to do in Porthmadog 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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