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Bath 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 near to Bath

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The Little Theatre Cinema (2 miles)

Bath

The Little Theatre Cinema A quaint little picture house showing the best in mainstream, arthouse, foreign and independent film.

Roman Baths and Museum (2 miles)

Bath

Roman Baths and Museum See the water's source and walk where Romans walked on the ancient stone pavements. New for 2006: 'Meet the Romans' (children's audioguide tour).

Theatre Royal Bath (2 miles)

Bath

Theatre Royal Bath Brimming with history, the Theatre Royal Bath is one of the oldest and most beautiful theatres in Britain. Comprising three auditoria, the Main House, Ustinov and the egg theatre for children and young people, a wonderfully varied programme of top quality entertainment is on offer all year round.

Bath Abbey Vaults Museum (2 miles)

Bath

Bath Abbey Vaults Museum Celebrating, cherishing and continuing the story of the Abbey site.

Huntfun Bath Treasure Hunt (2 miles)

Bath

Huntfun Bath 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.

Bath City Farm (2 miles)

Bath

Bath City Farm A great place to visit with the family, wander around the farm and see the animals, enjoy a picnic in the picturesque picnic area and participate in a the array of events that occur throughout the year.

Zany Zone Softplay (2 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.

The Jane Austen Centre (2 miles)

Bath

The Jane Austen Centre Learn more about the famous Jane Austen, visit the delightful Regency Tea Rooms and even make your own Regency Dress!

Fashion Museum (2 miles)

Bath

Fashion Museum A World-class collection of contemporary and historical dress.

Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass (2 miles)

Bath

Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass Make a stained glass panel with an expert. By arrangement you can come and create a panel with our artist. Put a bit of yourself into the window, mirror of hanging.

American Museum in Britain (3 miles)

Bath

American Museum in Britain American Museum has period rooms showing how Americans lived from 17th century to 1865 also has a renowned American quilt collection. New, opening in April 2007 is the American Heritage display in the basement with interactive displays also Native American displays. Beautiful grounds. Café. Shops.

Bath Boating Station (3 miles)

Bath

Bath Boating Station Rowing, punting and canoeing on the delightful River Avon at Bath.

Norwood Farm (5 miles)

Bath

Norwood Farm Norwood Farm is a Rare Breeds Survival Trust Approved Centre. We have a wide selection of rare British breeds of all shapes and sizes, from the Red Poll cow and the Exmoor pony to the Gloucester Old Spot and the Soay sheep.

Panda-Monium Indoor Play Centre (8 miles)

Bath

Panda-Monium Indoor Play Centre is a great big play centre with slides, swings and ropes. Separate toddler area and a netted football pitch for indoor ball games.

Cheeky Monkeys Play Centre (8 miles)

Radstock

Cheeky Monkeys Play Centre Be the King of the jungle at Cheeky Monkeys soft indoor play area!

Hope Nature Centre (8 miles)

Trowbridge

Hope Nature Centre A lovely animal centre with lots of animals to see and wonderful walks. Visit the squirrel's tea room too.

Trowbridge Sports Centre (8 miles)

Trowbridge

Trowbridge Sports Centre Swimming facilities and diving pool, depth 4m, with 1m and 3m springboards and a 5m platform.

Kingswood Heritage Museum (8 miles)

Warmley

Kingswood Heritage Museum An exciting museum inside the 18th Century brass mill at Warmley, with its icehouse and windmill tower - and the gardens nearby, with grottoes, echo pond and huge statue of Neptune.

Hop, Skip and Jump (9 miles)

Kingswood

Hop, Skip and Jump A special play and support centre for children with special needs and their families.

HorseWorld (9 miles)

Bristol

HorseWorld HorseWorld's Visitor Centre in Bristol is a great place to meet the rescued horses and to see the work of the charity in action. Enjoy a great day out for children and families while helping to support our vital work.

Horseworld (9 miles)

Whitchurch

Horseworld Ideal for any horse lovers out there - including grooming, interactive museum, nature trail and loads more

Bowlplex Bristol (9 miles)

Bristol

Bowlplex Bristol Not just bowling! The Bowlplex also offers large arcade areas, big-screen cinemas, stadium bar and grill and a dance floor.

Brokerswood Country Park (9 miles)

Westbury

Brokerswood Country Park An outdoors day out for all the family, a great country park with picnic areas, woodland trails and play areas.

Castaway Children's Playland (10 miles)

Kingswood

Castaway Children's Playland Church run indoor play area over two levels including ramps, slides and ball pit. Cafe on site with children's menu. Pre-school only sessions available to pre book.

Castaways Indoor Play (10 miles)

Bristol

Castaways Indoor Play Kids can explore the two levels of the purpose built play system, which include ramps, a slide and lots of random spongy shapes and places to hide. There's also a ball pit which is another great place to hide from Mum or Dad.

Junction 21 Kids Play Centre (10 miles)

Frome

Junction 21 Kids Play Centre is the fun place for children AND adults...Katie has created a relaxed environment for your children where creativity is the name of the game...Slides, ball pools, ropes, swings, nets, you name it and the kids can have fun with it !

Kingswood Leisure Centre (10 miles)

Staple Hill

Kingswood Leisure Centre Large indoor pool with one, three and five meter diving boards and a creche available on site.

Hengrove Park (11 miles)

Bristol

Hengrove Park Great new development opened in 2009 with lots of the latest play equipemnt, sand and water play area, skate park for boarders and bmx-ers, and jungle play in a 11m high dome

Boomerang Play Centre (11 miles)

Melkesham

Boomerang Play Centre Kids indoor play centre with a separate area for toddlers.

Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Soft Play Centre (11 miles)

Bristol

Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Soft Play Centre Inflatable soft play Jungle for climbing, hiding and bouncing with ball pits, slides, puzzles, animal shapes etc and various other soft play accessories. We also have a baby corner.

British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (12 miles)

Bristol

British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Housed next to Temple Meads Train Station, the Museum charts the 500 year history of the British Empire. A range of exciting children's activities during school holidays.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf (12 miles)

Bristol

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf Two great 18 hole adventure golf courses - dare you to putt your way through our jungle course, complete with the live active volcano?

Blue Reef Aquarium and IMAX 3D Cinema (12 miles)

Bristol

Blue Reef Aquarium and IMAX 3D Cinema Indoor aquarium on Bristol's harbourside, With over 40 displays, and 7,000 animals, you can spot sharks, rays, clownfish, seahorses, fearsome piranhas, jellyfish and many more. View the shipwreck, the underwater viewing tunnel, visit the fantastic IMAX 3D Cinema, where you feel as though you are swimming with whales and dolphins!

Bristol Ice Rink (12 miles)

Bristol

Bristol Ice Rink - offers the opportunity to skate in a safe and enjoyable atmosphere. There are public sessions for all types of skaters including a full Learn to Skate Programme and a Junior Ice Hockey Programme that will certainly thrill the enthusiasts

Flying Saucers The Painting Pottery Cafe (13 miles)

Bristol

Flying Saucers The Painting Pottery Cafe Bristol's newest and biggest Painting Pottery Café. We've over 100 pottery items to choose from and sit and paint, and once fired, the items are fully usable. It's perfect for capturing baby's footprints or toddler's handprints, or just letting kids of ALL ages make their own colourful masterpiece.

Longleat (13 miles)

Warminster

Longleat The star of BBC's hugely popular Animal Park series invites you to encounter some of the worlds most magnificent animals in the UK's first Safari Park, get lost in the Longleat Hedge Maze, voyage on the Safari Boats, discover the treasures of Longleat House and much much more... your day at Longleat will never be long enough!

East Somerset Railway (14 miles)

Shepton Mallet

East Somerset Railway (ESR) is an ex-Great Western Railway branch line running through the Mendip hills near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK. Steam trains run all year, with a 5-mile round trip through the rolling countryside

The Clifton Suspension Bridge (14 miles)

Clifton

The Clifton Suspension Bridge The Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel provides spectacular views over the pretty Avon Gorge. It's a great place to walk across and see how high you are above the traffic and the river. Feel and see it move with the traffic !

Bristol Zoo Gardens (14 miles)

Bristol

Bristol Zoo Gardens A visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens is a trip to an amazing world of animals, all within 12 acres of beautiful gardens. Meet over 450 species of exotic, endangered and cute animals from the four corners of the globe. Visit the primates in Monkey Jungle, stroll through the lemur garden or come face to face with the inhabitants of the impressive Seal and Penguin Coast. Some other Zoo favourites include Gorilla Island, Reptile house, Asiatic lions, Butterfly Forest, Bug World, Twilight World, and the Aquarium.

Longleat Forest Centre Parcs (14 miles)

Warminster

Longleat Forest Centre Parcs - loads of activities to do with kids including a great indoor swimming centre and the kids love cycling around on their bikes - plus tons more activities - although technically Centre Parcs isn't open to day visitors only residential guests

Neptunes (14 miles)

Shepton Mallet

Neptunes Soft play adventure area aimed for children up to the age of 8 years.

Shepton Mallet Outdoor Pool (15 miles)

Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet Outdoor Pool Environmentally managed lido.

Weston Miniature Railway (15 miles)

Weston-Super-Mare

Weston Miniature Railway Passenger-carrying miniature railway 7.25 gauge over 0.5 mile on the seafront. Eighteen-hole putting course.

Jump Indoor Playcentres (16 miles)

Bristol

Jump Indoor Playcentres Jump proudly provides the largest indoor soft play centres in the Uk. Catering for ages 0-12, children love Jump because it's an adventure every time; adults love Jump for it's friendly staff and safe environments. From ball pits and slides to inflatables and football pitches we have something for everyone!

Bowood House & Gardens (16 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.

Tyntesfield (16 miles)

Bristol

Tyntesfield Whether you're visiting for the first time, or coming back to see the progress, you'll be amazed by this unique conservation project.

Wells Cathedral (16 miles)

Wells

Wells Cathedral A 12th Century Early English Gothic Cathedral boasting 296 Medieval groups of structure. One of England's most beautiful cathedrals.

Wookey Hole Caves (17 miles)

Wells

Wookey Hole Caves Britain's most spectacular caves. Valley of the Dinosaurs featuring King Kong - Magical fairy garden - Victorian Penny Arcade - Magical Mirror Maze - Hall of Crazy Mirrors - Cave Museum - Pirate Zap Zone - New Big Top Restaurant - Wookey Hole Youth Circus*(*Circus shows at weekends and school holidays only, please phone for details)

Calne Leisure Centre (17 miles)

Calne

Calne Leisure Centre An indoor leisure centre with a range of activities for visitors of all ages! Swim, climb and much more.

Oakham Treasures (17 miles)

Bristol

Oakham Treasures Oakham Treasures is one of the largest privately owned museums of retail and farming history in the UK. Opened to the public for the very first time since July 2008, it has already become an award winning major attraction, and guarantees to give you an amazing and uplifting trip down memory lane. Whether you are 8 or 80, you'll be fascinated by this vast and unique collection of memorabilia from the last century. There really is something for everybody, from the thousands of items in the historic stores, to the impressive display of vintage tractors and farm equipment.

Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Somerset 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 Somerset can enjoy the great day out as well.

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