Croydon 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 Croydon
Kidspace Croydon
(3 miles)
Croydon
Kidspace Croydon No, it's not quite a spa, but it is a relaxing, exciting, secure, and comfortable air-conditioned environment. As a parent, the Centre has been designed to allow you to go where your kids explore, but also to grab some time for yourself. There is a large restaurant with a quiet lounge mezzanine area where you can relax have access to the Internet and read provided newspapers.
City Limits Bowling
(3 miles)
Croydon
City Limits Bowling a state of the art 24 Lane 10 pin Bowling Centre with Diner that serves a range of healthy option foods - great fun for kids of all ages - especially when the weather is a bit grotty
West Wickham Leisure Centre
(3 miles)
West Wickham
West Wickham Leisure Centre As well as offering adult and junior swimming lessons and adult lane swimming West Wickham also has a varied swimming programme including aquafit, Kids Splash and Swim Zone. There are also diving facilities with a 1m springboard
Get Fired
(3 miles)
Purley
Get Fired Choose the item you want to decorate from the wide range of bisque (unpainted pottery). There are mugs, plates, vases, animals and loads more. One of the many good fun places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Surrey.
Crystal Palace Park Farm
(3 miles)
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace Park Farm The farm reopened to the public in April 2008 and now provides facilities for members of the local community who are interested in developing their skills and knowledge in animal care and welfare.
Gambado
(4 miles)
Beckenham
Gambado Gambado - We provide stimulation, education and enjoyment for every one of our visitors under the age of 11 through a range of zones each capturing the magic of circus and associated skills. Our constantly evolving activities for active minds and active bodies make sure no two visits will be the same.
Pavilion Leisure Centre
(5 miles)
Bromley
Pavilion Leisure Centre Swimming pool with waterfall, wave machine, slides and beach area. Great idea for kids day out in Kent.
Streatham Kart Raceway
(5 miles)
Streatham
Streatham Kart Raceway With its superb racing facilities and catering services, state-of-the-art race computer systems, and our fleet of expertly prepared karts, you can be assured of the thrills of wheel to wheel action that Karting at Streatham provides - ages 6 up
Adventure Kingdom
(5 miles)
Bromley
Adventure Kingdom Adventure Kingdom is one of the biggest indoor play facilities in South London filled with ball ponds, slides, an air mountain and much more. One of the many good places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Kent.
Horniman Museum and Gardens
(5 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
Holland Park Adventure Playground
(5 miles)
Holland Park
Holland Park Adventure Playground This great adventure playground has swings, aerial runway, mini climbing wall, climbing frames. Next to the adventure playground is an enclosed play area for little ones.
The Arc
(6 miles)
Caterham
The Arc Indoor Soft Play for kids of all ages swing, play, explore all under a magnificent 60 meter dragon!
There's drama, dance and art classes plus a great cafe and bistro serving lunches, meals, drinks and snacks! Free parking, a warm welcome and friendly faces!
Wacky Warehouse - Kiss Me Hardy
(6 miles)
Colliers Wood
Wacky Warehouse - Kiss Me Hardy has the usual Wacky Warehouse formula of an indoor playcentre attached to a public house - where you can let the kids run riot for a couple of hours while you take a no doubt well earned break - aaah!!!
Deen City Farm
(6 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.
Eddie Catz
(6 miles)
Wimbledon
Eddie Catz is more than a Children's Playcentre it combines an ample play structure, multi purpose sports pitch as well a great Café restaurant and grown up lounge area.
Morden Park Pool
(6 miles)
Morden
Morden Park Pool Competition size pool with diving pit and teaching pool. Diving may be restricted to the public at times best to check ahead.
Chislehurst Caves
(7 miles)
Chislehurst
Chislehurst Caves Grab a lantern and get ready for an amazing adventure! Your whole family can travel back in time, on an exciting lamp-lit tour of the labyrinth that is Chislehurst Caves. Hear tales of Druids, Romans and Saxons; see the Caves Church, Druid Altar, Haunted Pool and a whole lot more!
All Fired Up Ceramics Cafe
(7 miles)
Dulwich
All Fired Up Ceramics Cafe is the coolest place in Dulwich to have fun and be creative! Visit the ceramics café in centre of Dulwich, choose the ceramics and pick the paints - pencils, stamps and brushes are provided.
Village Ceramics
(7 miles)
Sutton
Village Ceramics A great day out, with lots of activities to keep the kids amused  from painting ceramics, mosaics, clay modelling, arts and crafts, to birthday parties and lots more. Fully supervised, the studio can hold up to 40 people. Booking is essential  refreshments and aprons provided!
Smarty Paints
(7 miles)
Wandsworth
Smarty Paints We offer a fun day out painting ceramics and pottery. We have a studio cafe based in the Wandsworth/Clapham area. We also do parties, foot & hand prints, kid's activities & classes and commissions/gifts. People of any age are welcome and no artistic skills needed!
Beaver Zoological Gardens
(7 miles)
Westerham
Beaver Zoological Gardens Beaver Water World plans to try and create near natural conditions, in peaceful and secure surroundings. To establish this programme, no reptiles will ever be taken from the wild, as there are sufficient numbers existing in captivity.
Beaver Water World
(7 miles)
Tatsfield
Beaver Water World - gardens and animal rescue centre, specialising in reptiles.
AMF Bowling Lewisham
(7 miles)
Lewisham
AMF Bowling Lewisham LOOKS LIKE IT NO LONGER EXISTS - 24 lanes with a computerised scoring system. Bumper bowling available, with diner, bar, amusements and pro shop on site. Xtreme bowling (glow in the dark with disco lights)
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
(8 miles)
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum On 12th April 2006, the brand new Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum opened to the public. Highlights of the museum include the Championship Trophies, a 200° cinema screen and a 'walk-through' of the men's dressing room as it was in the 1980s, with John McEnroe.
Meadowside Leisure Centre
(8 miles)
Greenwich
Meadowside Leisure Centre I've listed this leisure centre as they have listed Roller Skating as one of the many activities you can do there, and so many of you seem to be after a site in London - waiting for more details, but have a look at the weblink
Jurassic Encounter Adventure Golf
(8 miles)
New Malden
Jurassic Encounter Adventure Golf A brand new themed adventure golf course that has an exciting 18-hole course, with waterfalls, caves, challenging putting greens and a whole host of moving and roaring dinosaurs to look out for. Great idea for a family day out in Surrey.
Biscuit Ceramic Cafe
(9 miles)
Greenwich
Biscuit Ceramic Cafe Kids all love to paint. Choose a ceramic, paint it and we fire it in our kiln to make it a useable functional memory. Enjoy fantastic food, drink and home-made cakes topped off this mouth watering organic ice-cream.
Planetarium at the Royal Observatory
(9 miles)
Greenwich
Planetarium at the Royal Observatory Take a fantastic, immersive journey through time and space in the new state-of-the-art planetarium, now London's only planetarium and featuring Europe's first digital planetarium projector.
Cutty Sark Clipper Ship SUSPENDED
(9 miles)
Greenwich
Cutty Sark Clipper Ship SUSPENDED The Cutty Sark was involved in a major fire on 21st May 2007 and looks like it is going to be out of action for quite a while.
Tandridge Leisure Centre
(9 miles)
Oxted
Tandridge Leisure Centre The Tandridge Leisure Centre pool is a fun and safe environment. It has a 25m fitness pool and a lagoon pool with wave rides, water cannons and mushroom fountain. One of the many good fun places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Surrey.
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
(9 miles)
Battersea
Battersea Park Children's 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.
Gambado
(9 miles)
Chelsea
Gambado Gambado is family entertainment with a twist!
Giant play-frame, dodgem cars, didi cars, carousel ride, free weekly activity classes, reading corner, and LOADS more!!! All this plus lots comfortable seating with free internet and wireless, regular email discounts for our members!
Imperial War Museum
(9 miles)
London
Imperial War Museum From Flanders to the Gulf the Imperial War Museum London tells the story of 20th century conflict, complete with smells and sound effects.
Tate Britain
(9 miles)
Millbank
Tate Britain - is the national gallery of British art, offering over 500 years of British art all for free! Tate Britain has everything you need for a family day out enjoy the galleries together, get exploring with free discovery trails and join in our special weekend and holiday events
London Dungeon
(10 miles)
London Bridge
London Dungeon The London Dungeon brings the darkest chapters of local and national history back to life, combining authentic set design, stunning special effects and live performance to recreate history's horrible bits.
The National Army Museum
(10 miles)
Chelsea
The National Army Museum Discover how Britain's past has helped to shape our present and our future, and the impact our Army has had on the story of Britain, Europe and the world. With four gallery displays, a changing range of exhibitions, events and activities, plus the interactive Kids Zone.
Eddie Catz
(10 miles)
Putney
Eddie Catz Eddie Catz has a softplay area, climbing frame, video games, kiddie rides and a café serving salads, sandwiches, pizza, pasta, frozen yogurts & smoothies. Holiday camps, after school clubs for kids 6-12 and weekday classes for under 5's - inlcuding Baby Signing, Music, Art, Dance and French - are popular.
Saatchi Gallery
(10 miles)
Chelsea
Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is specifically geared towards introducing a younger audience of art students and enthusiasts to contemporary art. The facilities - at the Gallery, via the website and in the Gallery classroom for schools - endeavor to ensure that teachers and parents receive the best on-site and outreach support possible for children.
The Royal Mews
(10 miles)
Buckingham Palace
The Royal Mews One of the finest working stables in existence, the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace houses the State vehicles used for official engagements and provides a unique insight into the department of the Royal Household that provides transport by road for The Queen and other members of the Royal Family.
Tower Bridge Exhibition
(10 miles)
London Bridge
Tower Bridge Exhibition Learn all about the bridge and the history behind it while inside the famous bridge and enjoy the great panoramic views from the walkways high above the river Thames. A great kids day out in London
Design Museum
(10 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.
Westminster Abbey
(10 miles)
Westminster
Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey is one of the most visited churches in all the world. It remains primarily a place of Christian worship and pilgrimage.
House of Parliament Tour
(10 miles)
Westminster
House of Parliament Tour During the Summer Recess the Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Lords and the House of Commons is open for a one hour guided tour, which includes both Chambers and other great State Rooms. The tour starts at Victoria Tower and ends in Historic Westminster Hall. (follow weblink) Out of season contact your MP for a tour.
Britain at War Experience
(10 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.
Pottery Cafe
(10 miles)
Fulham
Pottery Cafe - you can decorate your own colourful hand made pottery in our studios in London
HMS Belfast
(10 miles)
Tooley Street
HMS Belfast HMS Belfast is unique as she is now the last remaining big-gunned warship to have seen action in WWII still moored in European waters. She was launched in 1938 and served with distinction in both the Second World War and the Korean War.
London RIB Voyages
(10 miles)
Southbank
London RIB Voyages Fast, fun sightseeing speedboat trips for all ages. Kids will love this fast paced adventure whilst our comedian guides make learning about our great city entertaining for all ages. Family sightseeing adventure at its best. Toddlers, children and their grannies will all love this capital experience.
London Duck Tours
(10 miles)
Waterloo
London Duck Tours London Duck Tours is no ordinary sightseeing tour, you get a guided tour by road including a trip along the river, without ever leaving the comfort of your seat. Nothing compares to the thrill of driving from the road straight into the Thames. A great idea if you are looking for family days out in london.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Surrey 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 Surrey can enjoy the great day out as well.
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