Kids Combat Adventures (2 miles)
Chippenham
Kids Combat Adventures Provides an exciting outdoor laser tag experience, using state of the art laser taggers with Halo technology. Players will take part in woodland battlefield missions. Parents can join in or enjoy a cuppa at the Canteen or watch their child with camera at the ready.
Bowood House & Gardens (5 miles)
Calne
Bowood House & Gardens Children love Bowood! There's space to run and play and beautiful parkland and a waterfall to enjoy, but the main reason kids love Bowood is because it's home to one of the best adventure playgrounds in the country.
Athelstan Museum (5 miles)
Malmesbury
Drive Tech Ltd (5 miles)
Chippenham
Drive Tech Ltd - offer Kids Karting in Wiltshire for anyone aged 10-15 years old (min 4'8" in height). Here young drivers can learn top-class racing skills, under the professional supervision of their marshals and experienced instructors.
Jesters Adventure Play (5 miles)
Caine
Jesters Adventure Play Offers all year round, all weather fun for children under 12 years old. With play over three levels, your kids can explore, play and make new friends in total safety whilst you relax.
Lacock Village Treasure Trail (7 miles)
Chippenham
Lacock Village Treasure Trail The fun way to explore the unspoilt medieval village of Lacock! Set in delightful Cotswold countryside, this self-guided walking Trail and puzzle is just one of over 25 brilliant family Trails in Wiltshire. Simply follow the Trail, solve the clues and see the sights!
Westonbirt The National Arboretum (9 miles)
Tetbury
Westonbirt The National Arboretum The arboretum provides a natural playground. Discover stepping stones, balancing beams and den building areas. Pick up a trail from the Great Oak Hall or download one at www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt-families
Bonkers Childrens Indoor Play Centre (10 miles)
Swindon
Bonkers Childrens Indoor Play Centre is an interactive indoor play area within a craft village and adjacent to Butterfly World and a garden centre. Lots of activities for all ages within the play area and around it. Cannons, bogglers, ball feeders, lots to keep you entertained within a compact space.
Boomerang Play Centre (11 miles)
Melkesham
Lydiard Park (11 miles)
Swindon
Lydiard Park The park has a visitor centre that houses countryside displays and a café. Lydiard Park also has exciting adventure playgrounds for toddlers and older children including an aerial runway. Paths and trails through the woods and by the lake offer glimpses of the many animals and birds which make Lydiard their home.
Kidz About Adventure Play (11 miles)
Swindon
Kidz About Adventure Play Run around in 20,000 square feet of space that includes play equipment rising to an amazing 6.5m, a four lane astraslide, dropslide, superb twisting spiral slide, separate play area for toddlers and a football/basketball pitch. PLUS A NEW Exclusive play area for non-mobile Babies & A car Track for Toddlers! Plus Plenty of Parking spaces.
Coral Cove Party and Adventure Centre (11 miles)
Devizes
Avebury Stone Circle (11 miles)
Marlborough
Space Play (11 miles)
Swindon
Space Play A great soft play area for children aged up to 9years, available for the older ones is a fantastic LaserQuest area!
Cineworld Cinema (11 miles)
Swindon
Cineworld Cinema A Seven screen cinema showing the latest releases. There is a special kids club on Saturdays.
Tenpin Swindon (11 miles)
Swindon
Tenpin Swindon is a bowling centre located in Shaw Ridge Leisure Park. We have 32 modern fully computerised lanes, 8 American Pool tables, Amusement Arcades all catered towards families and kids. There is also the Beach Road Cafe Bar for some delicious meal and snack options!
Rampnation Indoor Skatepark (11 miles)
Devizes
Rampnation Indoor Skatepark An indoor skatepark for scooters, inline skates, skateboards and BMX, for absolute beginners to advanced riders.
The Ridge Climbing Wall (11 miles)
Swindon
The Ridge Climbing Wall The youth club here is solely for kids who have had some training or climbed with parents and want to give it a go alone (under supervision) so the age is less relevant than experience and skill. Not for beginners.
Link Leisure Centre Ice Skating (11 miles)
Swindon
Link Leisure Centre Ice Skating The striking modern structure of the Link Centre houses an ice rink, a 25 metre, deck level, pool, Wiltshire's premier climbing facility, three 5-a-side outdoor football pitches with floodlighting and a state of the art gym
Cotswold Country Park and Beach (12 miles)
Cirencester
Cotswold Country Park and Beach Wet fun includes raft building, paddle boarding, kayaking and the UK's largest inland paddling beach. Onland there are crazy golf and adventure playgrounds.
Wiltshire Heritage Museum (12 miles)
Devizes
Wiltshire Heritage Museum Has an international reputation and attracts visitors from all over the world. There are great activities for Children as you walk around the museum which includes dressing up boxes, brass rubbing, and puzzles, find the face walk round game, re-build Stonehenge and much more.
Swindon Karting Formula 1 (12 miles)
Swindon
Swindon Karting Formula 1 Here children from as young as 5 years of age can enjoy the thrill of driving petrol karts with speeds starting from approx 20mph. The 550m indoor track can give the whole family a fun filled day with Mums and Dads being able to join in.
Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway (12 miles)
Swindon
Swindon and Cricklade Steam Railway - the kids love a day out on a steam train. There are special event weekends throughout the year including Easter Bunny Rides, Halloween Specials & Santa Specials. All aboard!!!
Head 4 Heights Ltd (12 miles)
Cirencester
Head 4 Heights Ltd is a lake side high ropes adventure park for 5yrs an upwards. Open to the general public, families and for birthday parties, Trapeze jumps, pole climbs and simulated free fall jumps are just some of the activities we have on offer with packages starting from 30mins up to 2 hrs.
STEAM - Museum of the GWR (13 miles)
Swindon
STEAM - Museum of the GWR Follow the incredible story of the GWR through lots of imaginative displays and plenty of hands-on exhibits. Build a bridge and shunt wagons. Have a go at putting a locomotive together. Take a ride on our train-driving simulator.
ATBShop Skate Warehouse (13 miles)
Swindon
ATBShop Skate Warehouse is a friendly scooter and skate shop with it's own indoor skate park featuring ramps and other equipment to develop skills on.
Oasis Leisure Centre (13 miles)
Swindon
Oasis Leisure Centre Lagoon Swimming Pool, -with 'new' pirate ship under 8s play feature, 3 giant water slide ('Domebusters'), Wavemachine, Watercannon and Hydroslide.
American Museum in Britain (14 miles)
Bath
American Museum in Britain Has period rooms showing how Americans lived from 17th century to 1865 also has a renowned American quilt collection. American Heritage display in the basement with interactive displays also Native American displays.
Pewsey Vale Riding Centre (14 miles)
Marlborough
Pewsey Vale Riding Centre One of Wiltshire's largest facilities, PVRC has over 100 mounts and offers children's and family lessons, pony riding and pony club, plus scenic trail riding and livery services.
Bath Boating Station (14 miles)
Bath
The Butts Farm Rare Breeds (14 miles)
Cirencester
The Butts Farm Rare Breeds With daily activities; bunny time, goat milking, bottle feeding and more. Our popular pony rides are Fridays & Saturdays at 2pm and our Tractor Safari is on Sundays at 2pm. Play on the Pirate Ship. Visit our Farmyard Tearoom for a Cotswold Cream Tea.
Pick a Pot and Paint in the Cotswolds (14 miles)
Cirencester
Pick a Pot and Paint in the Cotswolds A family friendly ceramic studio based in a charming piazza of shops and boutiques in Stableyard, Cirencester. A perfect activity that both children and adults can enjoy together.
Trowbridge Museum (14 miles)
Trowbridge
Trowbridge Museum You will discover the story of the town from it’s early days as a Saxon settlement to its position as the “Manchester of the West” and beyond. It’s here that you will find out about the textile industry, the lives of everyday folk and the important people that built the town. Special 'Stumpy' Club for kids held regularly and a Mouse Hunt around the museum!
MagicLand (15 miles)
Cirencester
MagicLand We have all sorts of slides, including wave slides and a 70 ft astra slide, the largest in Gloucestershire. We are also proud to present the first cannon arena in the Cotswolds. This area contains four pneumatically powered cannons that allows you to shoot foam balls at various targets including the other visitors!
Jolly Roger Adventure (15 miles)
Swindon
Jolly Roger Adventure - has got bouncy castles, and an amazing soft adventure play area to keep the kids amused. Why don't they take a dip in one of our ball pools, or dare they or even your self ride 'The Drop', its over 31 ft long. And now we have one of the BIGGEST indoor astra slides in the country it's fast, its the latest addition to the Jolly Roger's list of fun.
Wotton Pool (15 miles)
Wotton Under Edge
Wotton Pool Heated outdoor pool under cover, summer opening only.
Zany Zone Softplay (15 miles)
Bath
Zany Zone Softplay A soft indoor adventure playground with three floors of fun. Try the log ramps, ball pits, cargo nets, tunnels and slides. There is an area dedicated for toddlers.
Fashion Museum (15 miles)
Bath
Fashion Museum A World-class collection of contemporary and historical dress.
Curious About Bath Spa (15 miles)
Bath
Curious About Bath Spa is a unique experience: two treasure hunt style walks of discovery to keep the whole family intrigued and amused. Keep the kids happy answering clues and matching pictures, whilst reading stories about this stunning Spa city. Buy the booklet from our website and explore in your own time.
Trowbridge Sports Centre (15 miles)
Trowbridge
Thanks for all the great things to do in Sunton 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
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Wiltshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
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