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Family Days Out near to Northampton
Danes Camp Leisure Centre (< 1 mile)
Northampton
Danes Camp Leisure Centre Leisure Pool with beach entry, flume and water features, sports hall, climbing wall and cr¨che. Gym and fitness classes also available.
Sol Central (2 miles)
Northampton
Sol Central The Northamptonshire Leisure and Entertainment complex, with everything you need for a good time under one roof. Come and see the cinema, hotel, bars, casino, health clubs, restaurants and more, all conveniently located with parking in the centre of Northampton.
Tenpin Northampton (2 miles)
Northampton
Tenpin Northampton Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. This Tenpin has 20 lanes!
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (2 miles)
Northampton
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery A visit to Northampton Museum and Art Gallery will give you the opportunity to explore the amazing shoe collection recognised as a collection of national importance. You can also find out about the history of Northampton and see our excellent art and ceramics collection.
Roobarb and Kustard Ceramics Cafe (2 miles)
Northampton
Roobarb and Kustard Ceramics Cafe Our ceramics painting studio is just the place to enjoy creative time with your family. It's a fantastic environment for children and adults to express their creative talent and to produce something completely unique to treasure forever. Booking recommended during weekends and childrens holidays
Magnolia Studios (3 miles)
Northampton
Magnolia Studios Come along to spacious and friendly studio and enjoy a fun and creative session painting pottery in Northampton.
You can also make your own fashion jewellery and silver jewellery. They run regular workshops and classes for children, or you can select something to make from their ready craft menu.
Or, for a special treat, you can make your own Teddy Bear.
Hullabaloo (3 miles)
Northampton
Hullabaloo The expansive play frame area gives your children an exciting and safe place to really kick off some steam. The stylish play area features 3 different slides and masses of activities you won't find anywhere else. If children need a helping hand from their adult carer, they are onto the play frame too.
Wacky Warehouse - Lakeside (3 miles)
Northampton
Wacky Warehouse - Lakeside Wacky Warehouse - Lakeside - There are indoor and outdoor play areas for the younger visitors, the Wacky is a purpose built building with safe play equipment for kids under 4ft 9ins tall.
Abington Museum (3 miles)
Northampton
Abington Museum It is an excellent place to visit if you are out with your family or if you are interesting in exploring things like the domestic life in the town, our costume collection or our displays about the Northamptonshire Regiment.
Abington Park (3 miles)
Northampton
Abington Park A good park for parents offering lots to do when England warms up - hit info for a great review.
Rookery Open Farm (5 miles)
Towcester
Rookery Open Farm Rookery Open Farm has a variety of animals - from horses and some really fat pigs to a barn full of rabbits, guinea pigs, chipmunks and baby goats. There are pens that the kids can go in and 'regular' events like chick hatchings. On top of this there is massive play-barn with an inflatable tractor and a café to grab a cup of tea and cake (well you need the energy, don't youÂ…).
Stoke Bruerne Treasure Trail (5 miles)
Stoke Bruerne
Stoke Bruerne Treasure Trail This Trail is just under two miles in length and should take about two and a half hours, depending on refreshment stops. Stoke Bruerne is one of the most popular spots on the Grand Union Canal both among narrow boat enthusiasts and day trippers from Northampton and Milton Keynes.
Salcey Forest (5 miles)
Quinton
Salcey Forest It is home to the Tree Top Way, an amazing walkway in the canopy of the trees. It also has a play area, cycle trails, some amazing ancient trees, and lots of space to explore!
Wacky Warehouse - Millers (5 miles)
Little Billing
Wacky Warehouse - Millers Wacky Warehouse - Millers - There are indoor and outdoor play areas for the younger visitors, the Wacky is a purpose built building with safe play equipment for kids under 4ft 9ins tall.
Berzerk Indoor Play (5 miles)
Northampton
Berzerk Indoor Play Great indoor play structure for the smalls to rampage around
Potz Ceramic Studio (5 miles)
Northampton
Potz Ceramic Studio Potz Ceramic Studio, based at Billing Garden Village in Northampton is an excellent place to try out a new hobby. We provide ceramic plates, moneyboxes, figures, mugs etc, the paint and stamps that you may use to create your own masterpiece.
Northampton and Lamport Railway (6 miles)
Chapel Brampton
Northampton and Lamport Railway The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a steam and heritage diesel operated tourist railway located in the Northamptonshire countryside just 5 miles from Northampton, within easy reach of the motorway network. Lots of events going on throughout the year.
Old Dairy Farm Centre (6 miles)
Northampton
Old Dairy Farm Centre During the year the Centre holds several special events. We have our lambing weekends in the spring, country food fayres are held monthly, and we have our famous and unique 'living manger' prior to Christmas. Please check the Special Events page for the current list of activities.
Towcester Centre for Leisure (7 miles)
Towcester
Towcester Centre for Leisure For the fun factor, we have a Leisure Pool complete with Wave Machine, Jet Ski’s, Large Inflatable Island and a Flume - plenty to keep everyone entertained!
Holdenby Falconry Centre (7 miles)
Holdenby
Holdenby Falconry Centre The Falconry Centre contains many species of birds of prey, flown by the resident Falconer. Some of the beautiful birds are pictured below. There may be a chance to fly them yourself.
Brampton Valley Way (7 miles)
Brixworth
Brampton Valley Way Brampton Valley Way is 14 miles of park linking Northampton and The Brampton Valley Way. It has Beautiful scenery, Ancient meadows, woodland spinneys and traditional hedgerow. There are also Steam trains, railway embankments and tunnels.
Sywell Aviation Museum (8 miles)
Northampton
Sywell Aviation Museum A very small and specific museum, but lovely we're sure, if that's what you like! Please note the limited opening times.
Whilton Mill (9 miles)
Daventry
Whilton Mill An ideal place for kids of all ages to experience the thrills of karting in a safe environment. Their fully qualified instructors will guide your children through everything they need to know. They provide a full safety briefing before letting them out.
Coton Manor (10 miles)
Northampton
Coton Manor This peaceful ten acre garden occupies a hillside position extending down from the 17th century manor house, constructed of mellow Northamptonshire stone.
Paul's Pirates (10 miles)
Wellingborough
Paul's Pirates Paul's Pirates is an indoor play area in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. We are a family run business with a fun filled pirate ship for children to play on - including a ball pool, 2 slides, swings ropes, mangle, stepping stones, shooting canons, rope bridge and much more!
Emberton Country Park (10 miles)
Emberton
Emberton Country Park With the timeline wall, habitat and church trails, adventure play areas and wide open country side, if you've got kids that like to run and run this one is for you!
Wacky Warehouse - Priory (10 miles)
Wellingborough
Wacky Warehouse - Priory Wacky Warehouse Wellingborough - The usual indoor play structure which is particularly good to let the kids let off steam for an hour when the weather outside isn't great.
Daventry Leisure Centre (11 miles)
Daventry
Daventry Leisure Centre Daventry Leisure Centre - 25 metre Leisure pool - Wave machine, Lazy River and Water Cannons - Teaching Pool
Daventry Country Park (11 miles)
Daventry
Daventry Country Park Daventry Country Park - was created in 1968 as part of the nationwide Countryside Act. This movement sought to provide communities with green spaces to use and enjoy. The reservoir (130 acres of open water) was dug out and completed in 1804, taking eight years to finish.
Catanger Llama Trekking (11 miles)
Towcester
Catanger Llama Trekking Catanger Llama Trekking - Although you can't actually ride them, these lovely pack animals will willingly carry your rucksack, whilst you enjoy the beautiful scenery. What better way to get away from it all than by leading a gentle llama along bridleways, farm tracks and country lanes. A perfect way to de-stress.
AMF Wellingborough (11 miles)
Wellingborough
AMF Wellingborough Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Aquatic Playground (12 miles)
Wellingborough
Aquatic Playground Children here can play in amongst the interesting jets such as Moppet Poppet or Aqua Arch, whilst their older siblings make straight for the Silly Shower - great idea if you are looking for summer family days out in Northamptonshire
Daventry Sports Park (12 miles)
Daventry
Daventry Sports Park Facilities at Daventry Sports Park include, an Adventure World Children's Soft Play Area, Squash Courts, 25 Metre Swimming Pool, Wave Machine and Water Cannons, Teaching Pool and Cafe and Poolside Cafe Area. Children's Birthday Parties are available.
Milton Keynes Museum (12 miles)
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes Museum Try the working period telephones and switchboards. Visit the Victorian Parlour and Schoolroom. Listen to an air raid in the Museum's Anderson Shelter. Make toast in the period kitchen. Visit the street of period shops. Visit the Hall of Transport. The Museum's local social history collections allow visitors to experience the area's domestic, industrial, agricultural and transport heritage.
Rainbow Playworld (12 miles)
Daventry
Rainbow Playworld A 13,500sq.ft. indoor play ground for the little tikes! There's a soft play centre aimed at 1-12 year old children. There's a large three tier play frame and an accompanying three tier toddler frame for the under fours
Burnums Farmyard Friends (12 miles)
Watford
Burnums Farmyard Friends Come to the farm and have an educational and fun day with the animals. Hand feed the goats, bottle feed the lambs, cuddle a baby rabbit, relax in the play area.
Jungle Parc (12 miles)
Wellingborough
Jungle Parc Outdoor fun and adventure for the whole family in an exciting and safe environment! We have two courses, Adventurer Course for age 4+ and Explorer Course for teens and adults.
Irchester Country Park (12 miles)
Wellingborough
Irchester Country Park This former ironstone quarry has a wonderful children's play area as well as a network of long and short trails through 83 hectares of mixed woodland. The park is home to the Quarryman's Rest Cafe, Jungle Parc UK and the Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway museum.
Pirate Island Adventure Golf (12 miles)
Milton Keynes
Pirate Island Adventure Golf Swashbuckling fun for everyone! Treat the family to something different at our 18 hole Adventure Golf course. It’s festooned with obstacles, including a huge pirate ship, lakes, waterfalls, rafts, cannons and even our resident crocodile. Enjoy a bite to eat afterwards at The Clubhouse at Abbey Hill.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre (12 miles)
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre A beautiful medieval site with public access for walks and picnics. We run family-focused events through the year, whether it's history, wildlife and environment or archaeology, there’s something for everyone to learn and have fun too!
Daytona (13 miles)
Milton Keynes
Daytona Specially-designed Junior Circuit that enables aspiring racers to learn the craft in a safe, yet challenging, environment.
Sulgrave Manor (13 miles)
Banbury
Sulgrave Manor Discover the lives of George Washington's ancestors. You can see a real Elizabethan shoe which was worn by a Washington child. Experience the Tudor lifestyle first hand by taking a Children's Tour on Saturdays at 1.45, finding out how the eleven children lived and played at the Manor back in the time of those tricky Tudors.
Harrington Aviation Museum (14 miles)
Harrington
Harrington Aviation Museum Comprises the Carpetbagger Aviation Museum and the Northamptonshire Aviation Society Museum. These museums offer a rare look at life on this Top Secret base from where aircraft flew Special Forces and Secret Agents into Occupied Europe during World War 2. There is a picnic area, canteen and woodland walks.
Harrold Odell Country Park (14 miles)
Harrold
Harrold Odell Country Park A 144 acre country park sandwiched between the villages of Harrold and Odell 10mls NW of Bedford. It features 2 picturesque lakes and a stretch of the River Great Ouse with wheelchair and pushchair friendly paths round the main lake and outdoor play areas.
Gullivers Land (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Gullivers Land A family theme park designed to cater for families with children between the age of two and thirteen. All its rides and attractions are designed to offer the whole family a full day out of fun and excitement.
City Limits Bowling Milton Keynes (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
City Limits Bowling Milton Keynes Exciting high tech tenpin bowling with glow in the dark features and kid's assists like gutter guards and bowling ramps.
Xscape Skislope Milton Keynes (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Xscape Skislope Milton Keynes Xscape Milton Keynes - indoor real snow skislope in Milton Keynes. A great family days out in Buckinghamshire idea.
Airkix Indoor Skydiving (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Airkix Indoor Skydiving Airkix Indoor Skydiving makes for the ideal family day out, for families looking for something special. Referred to as 'The Smile Factory', ear-to-ear grins are guaranteed. What's more, anybody can fly from the ages of 4 to 104! Pre-booking advised, so book now to experience the magic of flight!
Planet Ice (14 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!
Tenpin Milton Keynes (14 miles)
Central Milton Keynes
Tenpin Milton Keynes Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Aerial Extreme (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Aerial Extreme A unique, fun packed experience on one of the world's most awesome High Ropes Adventure Courses, boasting over 50 exciting obstacles. Amaze yourself as you take each of the challenges head on, from speedy zips, mid air jumps, suspended gravity defying climbing walls, and much more. The outdoors has never been this much fun.
Willen Lake and Park (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Willen Lake and Park Beautiful lakeside park five minutes from M1 jct 14 and Milton Keynes City Centre offering, windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, cycle hire, fishing, miniature railway, seasonal attractions and funfairs.
Wacky Warehouse - Needle & Awl (14 miles)
Rushden
Wacky Warehouse - Needle & Awl Wacky Warehouse Rushden - Needle & Awl - The usual Wacky Warehouse scenario - brilliant for letting the ankle biters run themselves ragged for an hour - hooray!!!
Activity Land (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
Activity Land Awesome! Activity Land’s Outdoor Adventure Park is back with all its fun-packed activities included in the online entry price of just £5! There's plenty new - the Bungee Swing, Water Walkerz, a huge sandpit plus all the old favourites including the 25ft climbing wall, giant inflatable slide and more!
360 Play (14 miles)
Milton Keynes
360 Play Explore the huge adventure play frame spread over the full height of three levels in our Indoor Play Centre.
Visit 360 Street where childrens imaginations can run wild.
Unleash your childs creativity, let them be artistic, messy and mucky without it mattering.
Join a 360 class and develop your childs abilities.
Kids Play (15 miles)
Kettering
Kids Play With numerous fun indoor activities, you are sure to find something the whole family will enjoy. Kids can learn to climb the giant 25ft wall, whoosh down the 4 lane astra slide, scramble through tunnels on the giant playframe and race their friends on the dodgems. Plus if that's not enough, why not ride the ladybird carousel, bounce on trampolines or shoot the fun ball cannons?
Si5 Spy Missions (15 miles)
Milton Keynes
Si5 Spy Missions Great as an after school pursuit or a fun way to entertain during the school holidays, your mini rookies will experience code cracking, adrenalin fuelled indoor fun and 6 secret missions to choose from (with a further 6 for 13's) all in a safe, guided environment.
Splash Leisure Pool (15 miles)
Rushden
Splash Leisure Pool 25 metre pool - Beach pool with water features - including jacuzzi - Flume - Teaching pool - Creche - Cravings Cafe
Buckingham Old Gaol Museum (15 miles)
Buckingham
Buckingham Old Gaol Museum Buckingham Old Gaol Museum tells the story of Buckingham and north Bucks rural life, including the Flora Thompson Collection (Lark Rise to Candleford author) and Buckinghamshire Military Trust exhibits. A number of the original cells form part of the museum visitor's experience.
Tumblers Indoor Activity Centre (15 miles)
Buckingham
Tumblers Indoor Activity Centre Children's indoor activity centre in Buckingham town centre. Coffee shop, very high quality food with healthy options. Large play structure + separate climbing wall and three party rooms.
Wicksteed Park (15 miles)
Kettering
Wicksteed Park - attracting one million visitors a year with 147 acres of lakes, parklands, over 35 rides and attractions including Rocky River Falls, our famous Waterchute, Train, Double Pirate ship and largest free playground in the UK offering a perfect day out for young and old. New for 2010 - Robert Brothers Circus shows every day! Also, come to see our Christmas Panto in the Big Top!
Swan Pool and Leisure Centre (15 miles)
Buckingham
Swan Pool and Leisure Centre 25 metre swimming pool - Leisure pool - Flume and inflatable -Mushroom and jet sprays
Big Rock Climbing Centre (15 miles)
Milton Keynes
Big Rock Climbing Centre The Climbing Clubs are a great way for youngsters over 3 to have fun, learn new skills, and develop team work, coordination and self-discipline. Family climbing can be a great bonding experience.
Newnham Paddox Art Park (16 miles)
Monks Kirby
Newnham Paddox Art Park 30 acre open air sculpture gallery which leads visitors through oak woods and around serene lakes. Sculpture by leading artists displayed in the idyllic garden will move, enchant and astonish. Visitors wishing to enjoy the wildlife are welcomed as warmly as those considering a purchase.
New York Thunderbowl (16 miles)
Kettering
New York Thunderbowl Family friendly tenpin bowling with cosmic effects and gutter guards with bowling ramps for the small ones. A great family activity.
Lincoln Bowl (16 miles)
Lincoln
Lincoln Bowl Family friendly tenpin bowling facility with bookable lanes and options for child bowlers like gutter guards, lightweight balls and the bowling ramp.
Thrift Farm (16 miles)
Whaddon
Thrift Farm Farm with many animals to observe, children's play area, crafty woodwork shop and nursery. Inspiringly, all run by supervised adults with learning difficulties.
Bumblebees Playhouse (16 miles)
Brackley
Bumblebees Playhouse Bumblebees Playhouse - a large soft play frame incorporating a 7m spiral slide, 4 lane astra slide, a traverse climbing wall and separate areas for both babies and toddlers and a few other surprises for the children to discover along the way. It's all themed with Ocean on the ground floor, Jungle on the first floor and Space up at the very top, only for the very bravest!!
Bletchley Park (17 miles)
Milton Keynes
Bletchley Park No visit to Bletchley Park is complete without a guided tour. Experienced guides give you a real insight into the work that went on and the secrecy surrounding the place until just a few years ago. A recently opened Visitor Information Centre will give you all the information you need for your visit as well as offering souvenirs, books, clothing and a Children's Spy shop.
Saxon Fields (17 miles)
Rugby
Saxon Fields Outdoor children's play area with Giant Inflatables, Swings, a Large Outdoor Sandpit , Slide House and Jail House, and Ride on Tractors, Diggers and Cars. also chickens, bantams, rabbits, pygmy goats, lambs and lots more.
Stanwick Lakes (17 miles)
Stanwick
Stanwick Lakes Unique adventure play ground, assault course, adventure trail, fishing, cycle hire, lots of wildlife + sand and water play - great idea if you are looking for family days out in northamptonshire
Bromham Mill (17 miles)
Bedford
Bromham Mill Baking and craft activities for groups (pre booking necessary), picnic area and plenty of space to just play. Please note limited opening times (see details).
Bodyflight (18 miles)
Milton Earnest
Bodyflight Indoor skydiving, bodyboarding or flow-boarding: the whole family can enjoy a day out at Bodyflight, as all activities are suitable from the age of seven unpwards. No excuses!
Draycote Water Country Park (18 miles)
Rugby
Draycote Water Country Park Whether you come to unwind or have fun, there’s plenty for all at Draycote Water. Activities range from birdwatching and game fishing to walking and watersports.
Harborough Museum (19 miles)
Market Harborough
Harborough Museum The newly refurbished Harborough Museum is home to the Hallaton Treasure, discovered in 2000 and one of the most important Iron Age finds in Britain.
A Sense of Fun (19 miles)
Market Harborough
A Sense of Fun The sensory room is a studio with up to date safe specialist equipment to enhance stimulation for the under 5s. The relaxing atmosphere will calm both baby and parent and introduce them to a whole new world of discovery. From this supervised play you will find that your bond will be greatly enhanced.
Cineworld Rugby (19 miles)
Rugby
Cineworld Rugby Large multiscreen cinema showing the latest releases
Big Apple Rugby (19 miles)
Rugby
Big Apple Rugby Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Rockingham Forest (19 miles)
Northants
Rockingham Forest The Royal Forest of Rockingham, a medieval hunting forest, is a beautiful patchwork of ancient woodlands and open agricultural land with historic features and attractive stone-built forest villages. Today the Forest offers visitors plenty of routes for walking, cycling and riding.
The Adventure Zone Soft Play and Party (19 miles)
Rugby
The Adventure Zone Soft Play and Party One play area for five to twelve years and another for the under fives. Bright and colourful, safe and age appropriate features.
Embankment Gardens and Russell Park (19 miles)
Bedford
Embankment Gardens and Russell Park There's a play area, putting green, tennis and petanque courts, elegant promenades, water meadows, boating lake, cafe and bandstands, and more besides.
Formula Fast Karting (20 miles)
Banbury
Formula Fast Karting An indoor circuit, 400m in length. Karting is an exciting challenge for your younger driver and is a brilliant confidence builder. If your child has not karted before then the Junior Race Induction is the ideal starting point. Over 8s.
Robinson Pool (20 miles)
Bedford
Robinson Pool Robinson Pool is Bedfordshire’s premier swimming facility; home to Bedford’s largest pool, and is situated in the stunning grounds of Bedford Park. Three pools; the main, 6-lane competition pool, the diving pool and a beginners teaching pool. The facility offers something for everybody, from 3 month old babies to senior citizens.
The Kiln (20 miles)
Bedford
The Kiln - is all about having fun and relaxing whilst painting and creating individualised pottery. And the best bit is that IT IS EASY!
John Bunyan Museum (20 miles)
Bedford
John Bunyan Museum A must for kids studying local history, a visit will let you help out with their schoolwork and spend some quality time together.
Woburn Safari Park (20 miles)
Woburn
Woburn Safari Park Enjoy a Safari Adventure! Experience the thrill of being alongside rhino, lions, giraffe and more. The excitement continues with close encounters in walkthroughs with wallabies, squirrel monkeys and lemurs, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, trains, boats and keeper talks and demonstrations. All inclusive attractions and lots of fun all day long!
Go Ape! Woburn (20 miles)
Woburn
Go Ape! Woburn 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.
Kids World (20 miles)
Bedford
Kids World Kids World is a paradise for energetic kids!A fantastic range of steps to climb up, walk ways to scramble over and slides to whizz down. They let off steam in the play centre whilst you take a break, catch up with friends and have a well earned coffee.
Rugrats and Half Pints Indoor Play (20 miles)
Banbury
Rugrats and Half Pints Indoor Play is a new concept in indoor sensory & soft play activities for children aged between 0-8 years.
Dedicated sensory area for babies. Soft play structure, trampolines, dressing up costumes, playhouse and activity classes for the older children. Stylish and relaxing cafe for the grown ups
Foxton Locks Spy Mission Treasure Trail (20 miles)
Foxton
Foxton Locks Spy Mission Treasure Trail This exciting discovery Trail takes you round this famous site, with its flight of ten locks, the fantastic Inclined Plane Boat Lift and museum. The Trail then takes you along the towpath into the village of Foxton, before returning across country to the locks.
Foxton Canal Museum (20 miles)
Market Harborough
Foxton Canal Museum Models, interactive displays, and a wide range of waterway artefacts tell the story of the lift, the Locks, the waterways and the people who lived on the canals.
Thurleigh Farm and Adventure Playground (20 miles)
Thurleigh
Thurleigh Farm and Adventure Playground An open farm with indoor and outdoor play areas. There is a wood, Maize Maze in season and a cafe. At weekends and during school holidays we run a schedule including tractor rides, animal feeding and play activities such as pony and fire engine rides, bungee trampolines and mini-quad bikes.
Family Friendly Orienteering Course (20 miles)
Foxton
Family Friendly Orienteering Course Come and test your outdoor adventure skills on the new orienteering course at Foxton Locks. This competitive course will test your map reading and navigation skills. Navigating from point to point you can race against either the clock or each other and see who finishes the 2km course first.
Foxton Boat Services (20 miles)
Market Harborough
Foxton Boat Services Busy canal-side shop and traditional pub, situated at the bottom of the famous flight of 10 staircase locks, on the Grand Union Canal, Leicester Section.
Clown in Around (20 miles)
Southam
Clown in Around Clown in' Around is a great Multi Level Pay and Play Area for Children up to 4ft 10” in height with separate Baby and Toddler Area.
Lakeside SuperBowl Banbury (20 miles)
Banbury
Lakeside SuperBowl Banbury Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. This Lakeside SuperBowl has 20 lanes!
Oasis Beach Pool (21 miles)
Bedford
Oasis Beach Pool Water Flumes - Yellow Screamer and Flume of Doom sound good for a start, combine this with an outdoor pool, lazy river ride, wild waves, parent and toddler sessions - this is the aquatic place to be. Great idea for family days out in Bedfordshire.
Woburn Open Air Swimming Pool (21 miles)
Woburn
Woburn Open Air Swimming Pool Large outdoor pool often with elephants visible bathing on the other side of the wall in the safari park! Open from late May to September each year.
Corby Boating Lake (21 miles)
Corby
Corby Boating Lake The lake can boast a wide range of geese, ducks, water fowl and the resisdential swans. The recent environmental project has improved fishing stocks. There are also herons, gulls and kingfishers that visit the lake along with a host of woodland and garden birds.
The Bunyan Sports Centre (21 miles)
Bedford
The Bunyan Sports Centre A nice array of activities, differing enough that if you plop lunch in the middle you could spend the majority of the day tiring them out!
The National Herb Centre (21 miles)
Warmington
The National Herb Centre More than just a garden centre...Nature trail, labyrinth, children's play area, licensed bistro, gift shop, children's activities during school holidays.
Corby International Swimming Diving Pool (21 miles)
Corby
Corby International Swimming Diving Pool Feeling adventurous? Enjoy the aquatube flume, Pirate Ship Fun Pool and four springboards (1-3m) with a 5m diving platform, as well as many other facilities. Creche also available.
Priory Country Park (21 miles)
Bedford
Priory Country Park Priory Country Park is an established green area, of around 360 acres, made up of lakes, meadows and woodland, partially enclosed within a bend in the river Great Ouse.
Fermyn Woods Country Park (22 miles)
Brigstock
Fermyn Woods Country Park Situated in the heart of the Rockingham Forest, the park offers access to fantastic woodlands, meadows, thickets, marshes and ponds to explore.
Cheeky Monkees (22 miles)
Corby
Cheeky Monkees Play Palace, Toddler Town and Baby Bay depending on the age of the child.
Flitwick Leisure Centre (23 miles)
Flitwick
Flitwick Leisure Centre A great range of activities with an Ofsted approved creche incase you've a few on your hands.
Ufton Fields Nature Reserve (23 miles)
Leamington Spa
Ufton Fields Nature Reserve This 100 acre site, managed in partnership with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, is a wildlife haven with all weather footpaths providing access to varied habitats in every season. The site is noted for its abundance of butterflies, dragonflies, wild flowers and birds.
Broughton Castle (23 miles)
Banbury
Broughton Castle A hugely popular and impressive house and grounds, beautifully furnished and lovingly restored, with fascinating historical artifacts throughout. We suggest for a full day you enjoy this in conjunction with another activity, and although they seem child friendly it is definitely only for the calmer kids.
Lilac Ladybird Craft Studio (23 miles)
Leamington Spa
Lilac Ladybird Craft Studio They can help you become more creative and introduce you to new and exciting craft hobbies, such as pottery painting, enamelling, card making, scrapbooking, jewellery making and lots more.
Family Tree Indoor Adventure Play (23 miles)
Bicester
Family Tree Indoor Adventure Play Indoor play area for children, Parties and restaurant.
Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre (23 miles)
Leighton Buzzard
Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre is good for the family, it has a special pool where they can raise and lower the depth, so when they do swimming lessons they make it shallow for small kids, and deeper for bigger kids.
Ryton Gardens (23 miles)
Coventry
Ryton Gardens There is something for everyone at Ryton Gardens, the home of Garden Organic, in its delightful setting in the Heart of England. Gardeners, lovers of good food, shoppers, children and those simply looking for a relaxing day out will want to visit Ryton Gardens time and time again!.
Danish Camp (24 miles)
Bedford
Danish Camp Relaxing days on the riverbank with live jazz music, river trips and boat hire, barbeques and bouncy castle, weather permitting! In winter, stunning views, snowy boat trips and hot food in the family lodge restaurant. Not a full day's worth in winter.
Heritage Motor Centre (24 miles)
Gaydon
Heritage Motor Centre Home to the world's largest collection of historic British cars. Come and uncover the magical story of the British motor industry with new, exciting and interactive exhibitions and outdoor activities.
Leighton Buzzard Railway (24 miles)
Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard Railway A heritage steam railway and working museum, we offer a relaxing 70-minute return train ride, hauled in most cases by a historic steam locomotive. Discover our own fascinating history, dating back to the dark days of the First World War, and experience the vanished world of narrow-gauge light railways.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (24 miles)
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a working steam museum where you can step back in time to the steam age. On steaming open days visitors can ride in vintage carriages pulled by a full sized steam engine and on our extensive miniature railway. Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Buckinghamshire.
Wistow Maze (25 miles)
Leicestershire
Wistow Maze Winner of Leicestershire's "Best Visitor Attraction". A giant 8 acre maize maze with high level bridges and viewing towers. Follow the fun quiz trail and collect clues hidden amongst 3 miles of pathways.
Includes Activity Funyard with games and mini mazes for all the family. Open July-September
Coombe Country Park (25 miles)
Coventry
Coombe Country Park The perfect location for a family day out in the great outdoors. We have a children's play area, climbing forest, picnic benches and barbecue areas, a bird hide, woodlands, open space for the children to play and of course plenty of ducks and swans to feed!
Ryton Pools Country Park (25 miles)
Coventry
Ryton Pools Country Park There's lots of fun to be had at this family friendly country park! With play areas, cycling and walking on surfaced paths and a large picnic meadow you can't go wrong for a family day out!
Mead Open Farm (25 miles)
Billington
Mead Open Farm Expect the best at award winning Mead Open Farm. Huge indoor play, maximum ‘hands on’ farmyard fun and numerous family outdoor activities.
Brandon Marsh Nature Centre (25 miles)
Coventry
Brandon Marsh Nature Centre Your visit to Brandon Marsh Nature Centre starts at the Visitor Centre, opened by Sir David Attenborough in 1998. The Centre contains displays, hands-on activities and information about the nature reserve, as well as a Tea Room and Shop. The Centre is open every day (except Christmas Day) and has lots of events and activities for everyone throughout the year.
Mr Karting (25 miles)
Leamington Spa
Mr Karting A very professional carting outfit. Minimum age is 8 years and minimum height is 4'4'' (1.32 metres). Pre-booking is essential.
Waddesdon Manor (25 miles)
Aylesbury
Waddesdon Manor Waddesdon has so much to offer young people: beautiful, safe grounds and space to explore, living history, opportunities for learning and fun both outdoors and in. Highlights include the Woodland Playground, Explorer Trails around the gardens, the Children's shop, and the Aviary.
Jam Jam Boomerang (26 miles)
Coventry
Jam Jam Boomerang Coventry's Biggest Indoor Play and Party place for children up to 12 years of age, with a separate area for babies and under 4's.
The Play Farm (26 miles)
Leamington Spa
The Play Farm A Multi-tiered soft play structure, providing a safe, secure and stimulating play environment, catering for children from 0 to 12 years, with dedicated playzones for babies, toddlers and juniors.
Barnwell Country Park (26 miles)
Oundle
Barnwell Country Park With three way marked waterside trails, numerous picnic spots, a wealth of wildlife and facilities, Barnwell Country Park is a great place for a family day out.
Redwings Horse Sanctuary (26 miles)
Oxhill
Redwings Horse Sanctuary Home to adoption equines Dylan, Felicity, Will and dinky pony Wensley along with more than 50 rescued horses, ponies and donkeys. A moral lesson and a fun trip.
Waterfowl Sanctuary and Childrens Farm (26 miles)
Banbury
Waterfowl Sanctuary and Childrens Farm The sanctuary has a 'cuddle corner' where adults and children (with strict adult supervision)
may handle baby rabbits, chicks, ducklings, kittens and new born mice and gerbils (when in season). A great place to take toddlers if you are looking for family days out in Oxfordshire.
Midland Air Museum (26 miles)
Coventry
Midland Air Museum Midland Air Museums exhibits range from the magnificent Avro Vulcan bomber through more than 30 other historic aircraft, both civil and military, aero engines and other artefacts, to a wide range of memorabilia. A good family day out for if your smalls like vehicles of any description.
Jephson Gardens (26 miles)
Leamington Spa
Jephson Gardens Flower filled park containing a sensory garden, an exotic glasshouse, a lake with ducks and swans, and a boating pond. There is also a nearby ship-themed adventure play area (see full details for information).
Leamington Spa Art Gallery (27 miles)
Royal Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa Art Gallery Provides opportunities for everyone to benefit from, enjoy and participate in the creation, interpretation and preservation of the Arts and Heritage.
Tenpin Coventry (27 miles)
Coventry
Tenpin Coventry Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Birds of Prey and Conservation Centre (27 miles)
Biggleswade
Birds of Prey and Conservation Centre One of the UK's Largest Bird of Prey Centres - with over 300 birds and displays throughout the day - ring for details or check their website (it isn't actually working at the moment though)
The Ozone at the Alan Higgs Centre (27 miles)
Coventry
The Ozone at the Alan Higgs Centre Indoor play area set within a leisure centre providing creche, Parent Toddler sessions and many different classes and courses for the summer holidays.
Caludon Castle Park (27 miles)
Coventry
Caludon Castle Park It is a pleasant stretch of open grassland for running and frisbee-ing, with a Children's Playground.
The main feature is an imposing ruin of part of the castle, surrounded on three sides by a moat.
Brewsters Fun Factory (27 miles)
St Neots
Brewsters Fun Factory Brewsters Fun Factory has a Fun Factory, which is a great multi-level kids play area. Can also be booked out of childrens parties where staff can do face painting and loads of other entertainment. Lots of different food for kids.
Lunt Roman Fort (27 miles)
Baginton
Lunt Roman Fort Come and explore this partially-reconstructed timber fort . Stand on the ramparts, explore the exhibition in the granary and imagine yourself training horses in the gyrus - a feature not found anywhere else in the Roman Empire.
Tenpin Leamington Spa (27 miles)
Leamington Spa
Tenpin Leamington Spa Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Fuzzy Eds Play Area (27 miles)
Wigston
Fuzzy Eds Play Area Indoor soft play area with toddler space as well as the main climbing play area with the usual selection of soft mayhem equipment.
Zoomania (27 miles)
Aylesbury
Zoomania Aylesbury’s largest indoor play centre offers children a fun-filled experience. With three play frames to suit ages 0 to 11 years, birthday party rooms, sports court and relaxed café area, Zoomania is the perfect entertainment venue for all the family.
Snakes and Ladders (27 miles)
Dunstable
Snakes and Ladders Snakes and Ladders is a huge indoor playground filled to the brim with climbing frames, ball ponds, cargo nets and slides. Plus there's electric motor bikes, and for younger visitors a Home Corner, Water Play and Construction Zone. Kids can really let off steam while parents relax on comfy leather sofas in our comfortable café.
Roald Dahl Children's Gallery (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Roald Dahl Children's Gallery In the Roald Dahl children's gallery you can boggle your eyes and baffle your brain and let your imagination run wild!
Rogue Racing Aylesbury (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Rogue Racing Aylesbury Karting is a great fun family experience, whether its adults verses children (please note, there is a 1.3 metre height restriction to drive a kart), men verses women or just to see who can complete a lap in the fastest time! From 8 years and up.
Buckinghamshire County Museum (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire County Museum The museum showcases the County's rich heritage alongside a changing programme of exhibitions in the Buckinghamshire Art Gallery and they also have the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery (please note this operates on limited times).
Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre Fun pool with flume, bubble beds and more; heated outdoor pool; gym; sauna and cafe.
Potter in Craft Studio (28 miles)
Leamington Spa
Potter in Craft Studio Come and have fun pottery painting, we have many items to paint.
We also sell Jewellery kits and have jewellery making classes for all ages and abilities.
Enjoy a couple of hours on clay making projects and a potter's wheel to have a go on.
Jardines Tenpin Bowling (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Jardines Tenpin Bowling A family run Tenpin Bowling Centre, catering for all ages and abilities their staff are always willing to help in any way they can to provide a fun entertaining experience in this disabled-friendly centre.
Vale Park (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Vale Park A play area for younger kids as well as a 'teen' play area, new tennis courts, a multi-use games area and a bowls green. There is also a skatepark facility, but the park still remains a green and tranquil place close to the town centre.
Boarstall Duck Decoy (28 miles)
Bicester
Boarstall Duck Decoy Part of a rare 17th century duck decoy, with an exhibition centre and a nature trail adjacent. An afternoon's worth. Please note, limited opening.
Crafty Monkey (28 miles)
St Neots
Crafty Monkey Pottery painting and craft studio brings the fun factor to St. Neots. Great for family outings (babies to great grandparents will enjoy!), for baby hand and footprints, for personalised gifts and it's a fantastic birthday party venue. Let your kids monkey around with their creative side!
Eat n Play (28 miles)
St Neots
Eat n Play Part of Eat 'n' Bowl bowling alley, they have slides, rides, mammoth balls and a separate baby area.
Oak Farm Animal Park (28 miles)
Aylesbury
Oak Farm Animal Park Seasonal and daily acitvities to join in with on this totally kid friendly working family farm.
Stretton Circuit (28 miles)
Leicester
Stretton Circuit Junior Karting ages range from 10 years old to 16 years old.
Dunstable Leisure Centre (28 miles)
Dunstable
Dunstable Leisure Centre Leisure centre offering loads of facilities - some of the sports available include, tennis, trampolining, gymnastics, soccer, golf and cricket.
Go Bowling Dunstable (28 miles)
Dunstable
Go Bowling Dunstable Has 32 bowling lanes, a superb bar, an excellent cafe menu, amusement machines, pool tables, a pro shop and a children's party room. And learn to bowl lessons are free!
Toddler World (28 miles)
Dunstable
Toddler World Toddler World - Indoor play centre in Dunstable - ring for more details
Soft Play Centre (28 miles)
Dunstable
Soft Play Centre Soft Play Centre is the perfect place for your kids to have fun and just be kids. The Centre is full of activities for kids up to 4 foot tall to have fun and learn through creative play.
Eat n Bowl (28 miles)
St Neots
Eat n Bowl The 16-lane bowling alley set across two floors offers Moonlight Bowl on Friday and Saturday nights from 7pm, where bowlers can enjoy a real party atmosphere with ultra-violet lights and dance tunes.
The Deep Sea Den at AT7 (28 miles)
Coventry
The Deep Sea Den at AT7 Sea themed indoor play with creche and various suitable sessions. Attached to leisure centre.
The Herbert Gallery and Museum (28 miles)
Coventry
The Herbert Gallery and Museum Previous years Guardian Award winner for child oriented educational attractions, there are plenty of fun things for families to do as you visit the museum and galleries. Hands on experiences, dressing up, touch screen interactives, story baskets and trails will all make sure you have an enjoyable and memorable visit.
Futures Fun Factory (28 miles)
Luton
Futures Fun Factory Our indoor soft play centre is an ideal place for children to have fun in a safe and exciting environment, packed with creative play equipment with dedicated areas for toddlers and babies. Adults can relax in a warm and friendly environment while enjoying some light refreshments from Futures Cafe.
St Nicholas Park (28 miles)
Warwick
St Nicholas Park A lawned park with unusual trees and so much to do! There's the play area, skate park, boating, paddling pool, adventure AND crazy golf, and a children's amusement park!
St Johns House Museum (28 miles)
St Johns
St Johns House Museum For the curious but less boisterous child you can't beat a kitchen full of drawers to open and cupboards to explore, a Discovery Room for the under 5's and a Victorian school room. Really experience how people lived in the past.
Coventry Cathedral (28 miles)
Coventry
Coventry Cathedral Coventry Cathedral is a definite must for every visitor to Warwickshire.
Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre (28 miles)
Coventry
Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre We are an indoor centre which provides a wide range of activities specifically suited to families - we have two swimming pools (one with flume ride and features), a large sports hall for ball games and racquet sports, a soft play area called Jungle Junction and crèche facilities.
St. Johns House Museum (28 miles)
Warwick
St. Johns House Museum Esoteric collection of Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Medicine, Personalities, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Weapons and War.
War Memorial Park (28 miles)
Coventry
War Memorial Park Approximately 48.5 hectares in size, the park consists of two distinct areas, the formal garden with the War Memorial and the sports facilities areas with playing fields, golf course, THE NEW Splash 'n' Play Park and play areas.
Hamerton Zoo Park (29 miles)
Hamerton
Hamerton Zoo Park There's more than just seeing our collection of animals. We also recently built 2 completely new play areas, one for babies and toddlers and the other for older children, that we are very proud of.
RSPB Nature Reserve (29 miles)
Sandy
RSPB Nature Reserve This is the headquarters for the RSPB. The Lodge reserve has two nature trails (the heath trail and the quarry trail), which are 3.5 km long in total. Lots of events throughout the year - check the weblink for details.
Warwick Castle (29 miles)
Warwick
Warwick Castle Bursting to the towers with tales of treachery and torture, passion and power and above all fascinating people, times and events, Warwick Castle is so much more than simply a castle. There is a full programme of events including birds of prey, jousting and the world's largest trebuchet.
Coventry Transport Museum (29 miles)
Coventry
Coventry Transport Museum The largest collection of British Road Transport in the world with over 230 cars and commercial vehicles, 250 cycles and 100 motorcycles. Fun for all the family!
Curious About Warwick (29 miles)
Warwick
Curious About Warwick What gives Warwick its unique character? Which people and events have shaped its personality? Why do people love to visit? Take our fabulous walks of discovery to find out more, and keep the kids happy and having fun finding answers to pictures and clues along the way.
The Lodge (29 miles)
Sandy
The Lodge An RSPB reserve with minor exhibitions and seasonal, child oriented events in The Lodge itself, as well as outdoor trails and bird or wildlife spotting.
Coventry Skydome Ice Rink (29 miles)
Coventry
Coventry Skydome Ice Rink - get the kids out ice skating for an afternoon. Great idea if you're looking for fun family days out in the Midlands.
Cheeky Chimps (29 miles)
Warwick
Cheeky Chimps Newly refurbished play area with many classic features, all in clean colourful decor.
Warwickshire Museum (29 miles)
Warwick
Warwickshire Museum Archeology, geology, natural and social history: this museum is a great all rounder and kid friendly too. If they haven't had enough there's a sister museum close by.
The Pottery Paint Shop (29 miles)
Warwick
The Pottery Paint Shop Our family friendly pottery painting studio is a fun and relaxed place to enjoy a few hours unleashing your creative side. Our fully trained ceramist is there to help you at all times. We serve homemade cakes and drinks too.
Chilterns Gateway Centre (29 miles)
Whipsnade
Chilterns Gateway Centre The rare chalk downland is home to a huge variety of wildlife. It's a fantastic place for kite flying, walking and views over the vale of Aylesbury.
Goldhill Adventure Playground (29 miles)
Leicester
Goldhill Adventure Playground A real adventure playground for 5 - 14 year olds, children can play freely, and have fun while being supervised. Leicester's largest inclusion programme.
Crazy Kiln (29 miles)
Kenilworth
Crazy Kiln Unleash your creative side at this child friendly pottery studio and cafe which only charges for products not entry.
Teamworks Karting Coventry (29 miles)
Coventry
Teamworks Karting Coventry For 8+. fleet of karts are specially designed to allow youngsters to race at their own pace. They can limit the power for younger drivers as they learn how to drive, and teach all the skills needed to win on the track. They also do parties!
Charlecote Park (29 miles)
Warwick
Charlecote Park For the less boisterous child, this charming house offers many foreign and domestic curios, wonderful portraits and spacious grounds with nature trails with an on site herd of fallow deer roaming about.
Toplodge Fineshade Wood (30 miles)
Stamford
Toplodge Fineshade Wood Highly environmentally sound development with plenty of nature trails, visitor centre and lots of running space.
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (30 miles)
Dunstable
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo With so much to see and do at the UK's biggest zoo, a visit to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is the perfect day out for the whole family. From Sealion Splash to Otter Playtime get involved and inspired with interactive displays throughout the day. Seek out more than 2,500 animals in the beautiful Chiltern surroundings. Famed for its booming breeding programmes, there are also plenty of zoo babies to see.
Wild Kidz (30 miles)
Hinckley
Wild Kidz 2 large separate play areas with 0-12 years catered for. Refreshments and food available.
Gokidsgo (30 miles)
Leicester
Gokidsgo gokidsgo – the ultimate indoor adventure zone where kids and parents will have an action packed fun filled time.
Cafe Kidz (30 miles)
Biggleswade
Cafe Kidz We are a children's indoor soft play area, catering for 0 – 7 year olds. We offer an hour's play while mums, dads, grandparents, or childminders can watch their little ones in the comfort of our coffee shop and enjoy a freshly ground coffee and a luxury cake or muffin!
Kenilworth Castle (30 miles)
Warwick
Kenilworth Castle Has been intimately linked with some of the most important figures in English history. With its impressive Norman keep, John of Gaunt's great hall, and the magnificent buildings raised for Queen Elizabeth I, it is among the largest castle ruins in England.
Meridian Leisure Park (30 miles)
Leicester
Meridian Leisure Park Tenpin bowling at Hollywood Bowl before catching the latest movie at their nine screen state-of-the-art Vue cinema. Also offers four family friendly restaurants.
AMF Hollywood Bowl Leicester (30 miles)
Leicester
AMF Hollywood Bowl Leicester Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Scalliwags Adventure Land (30 miles)
Leicester
Scalliwags Adventure Land Indoor adventure centre - Children up to the age of 14 years - Cafe on site - Fun for all
Go Ape! Wendover (30 miles)
Aston Clinton
Go Ape! Wendover 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.
Wardown Swimming and Leisure Centre (30 miles)
Luton
Wardown Swimming and Leisure Centre Wardown Swimming and Leisure Centre offers Fun Time Splash with mats and slides, Inflatable and Slide Sessions, Diving Boards, Kidz Around Pool Parties, Holiday activities, and Free Swimming (for 16 or under and 60 or over).
Bucks Goat Centre (30 miles)
Stoke Mandeville
Bucks Goat Centre Our ever open farm features every breed of goat found in Britain. It also has a wide range of other animals, including llamas, wallabies, birds, reptiles, pigs and donkeys. A petting pen is available for small children to make friends with our rabbits and guinea pigs.
Bernwood Butterfly Trail (30 miles)
Aylesbury
Bernwood Butterfly Trail Extensive forest paths lead walkers through vast areas of mixed coniferous and broadleaf woodland. Path side vegetation management has provided the favoured habitats for butterflies and other flora and fauna. Follow the yellow waymarked path on an hour and a half walk around the forest to discover the variety of habitats to be found.
Luton Regional Sports Centre (31 miles)
Luton
Luton Regional Sports Centre Luton Regional is the busiest and largest centre in the brand. Its open 7 days a week and has space to accommodate multi events at the same time. Surrounded by 60 acres of parkland and sports fields we can offer a vast range of indoor and outdoor activities.
Allesley Park (31 miles)
Coventry
Allesley Park Crazy golf, children's play area, 18 hole golf course, and plenty of open space and garden walks: all recently refurbished and well maintained.
Tiggywinkles Visitor Centre (31 miles)
Aylesbury
Tiggywinkles Visitor Centre Animal Rescue Centre - watch the foxes in their permanent enclosure. See if you can catch a glimpse of one of our permanent badgers.
See the deer in the recovery paddocks.
Come and meet some of our permanent hedgehogs up close.
Woodstock Open Air Heated Pool (31 miles)
Woodstock
Woodstock Open Air Heated Pool 25 meter pool (heated to 29 degrees) with separate toddler's paddling pool - Diving board
Wacky Warehouse - Bermuda Park (31 miles)
Nuneaton
Wacky Warehouse - Bermuda Park - follows the usual Wacky Warehouse formula. Has a great kids play structure which the ankle biters can run themselves silly on - while you sit down and have a well earned cup on tea.... aaaah!!
Tring Spy Mission Treasure Trail Walk (31 miles)
Tring
Tring Spy Mission Treasure Trail Walk Looking for a fun and interesting way to explore Hertfordshire? Try a Treasure Trail! Fun treasure hunts which teach you fascinating facts about the area and show you some beautiful scenery. Enjoy a fun family walk in the fresh air and solve an intriguing mystery at the same time.
Lakeside SuperBowl Nuneaton (31 miles)
Nuneaton
Lakeside SuperBowl Nuneaton Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. This Lakeside SuperBowl has 24 lanes!
Playpit Nuneaton (31 miles)
Nuneaton
Playpit Nuneaton For children from 6m to 14yrs, separate areas for different ages with age appropriate equipment and a secure perimeter.
Ashridge Estate (31 miles)
Berkhamsted
Ashridge Estate Wonderful landscape for walking (and running!), with splendid views and fun interactive games in their Visitor Centre for the kids.
Natural History Museum at Tring (31 miles)
Tring
Natural History Museum at Tring Visit the galleries and come face to face with a full-sized gorilla, a huge anaconda or an extinct giant moa, just a few of the 4,000 animals on display!
Megazone Leicester (31 miles)
Leicester
Megazone Leicester Megazone is serious fun for those old and young, fast paced excitement which makes a great addition to any party
Wacky Warehouse - Scireborne Tavern (31 miles)
Coventry
Wacky Warehouse - Scireborne Tavern - 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!!!
Namco Funscape Luton (31 miles)
Luton
Namco Funscape Luton Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
The Oxfordshire Museum (31 miles)
Woodstock
The Oxfordshire Museum A wide range of natural and social history exhibits, the more exciting of which include the interactive dinosaur gallery and gardens, and the special family drop-in sessions.
Crazy Colosseum Indoor Playcentre (31 miles)
Kidlington
Crazy Colosseum Indoor Playcentre The indoor play arena, Crazy Colosseum, is a soft arena with 3 floors filled with all the latest play equipment, including Ball Pool, Huge Slide, Climbing Bridges to guarantee a fun and crazy time for 0-8 year olds. Children of all abilities will love this play area.
Wendover Woods (32 miles)
Wendover
Wendover Woods Children are happy exploring in the undergrowth, hiding in trees and riding bikes - there is an adventurous childrens play area set in the middle of the forest. The equipment is suitable for children up to 12 years old, with swings, slides, climbing frames and a challenging ropes trail.
Blenheim Palace (32 miles)
Woodstock
Blenheim Palace - something for the whole family. Come and visit the birthplace of Winston Churchill, experience 'Blenheim Palace: The Untold Stories' in a new visitor attraction and muddle your way through the Marlborough Maze in the Pleasure Gardens.
Hatton Farm Village (32 miles)
Warwick
Hatton Farm Village Farm Village with an incredible countryside experience for the whole family. Visit our farmyard animals, enjoy our daily programme of shows and events and leave plenty of time for acres of adventure play. With a changing line-up of seasonal activities we look forward to welcoming you time and time again.
Abbey Park (32 miles)
Leicester
Abbey Park Beautiful river-split park with miniature railway, pets' corner and a large play area suitable for children of all ages.
Wendover Walking Mystery Treasure Trail (32 miles)
Wendover
Wendover Walking Mystery Treasure Trail Looking for a fun and interesting way to explore Buckinghamshire? Don't just wander around aimlessly, do a Treasure Trail! These fun treasure hunts will teach you fascinating facts about the area and show you some beautiful scenery. Enjoy a fun family walk in the fresh air and solve an intriguing mystery at the same time.
National Space Centre (32 miles)
Leicester
National Space Centre The award winning National Space Centre is the UK's largest attraction dedicated to space. Home to the UK's largest 360 degree planetarium, the National Space Centre is a hands-on, interactive journey through six stunning galleries, Rocket Tower, and S.I.M ride that offers an experience that is out of this world.
Stockwood Discovery Centre (32 miles)
Luton
Stockwood Discovery Centre With interactive display, variety of gardens, children play area, special events and activities, bee gallery and much more, it is a wonderful visitor attraction and museum.
Collection highlights include the Wenlok Jug, the Shillington gold coin hoard and the Mossman collection – Britain's largest public collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
Dinky Dancers (32 miles)
Luton
Dinky Dancers Our programme combines an exciting mix of dance activities, P.E. and musical fun to develop children’s creativity and physicality.
The Jungle Club (32 miles)
Leicester
The Jungle Club 3 floor spread of crazy soft play with dedicated toddler area and a cafe.
Gorse Hill City Farm (32 miles)
Leicester
Gorse Hill City Farm A family friendly community working farm, with the opportunity to feed & touch the animals. Play area, rare breeds, woodland walk, picnic area, small animals, education facilities, events, gardens & much more.
Central Park (32 miles)
Peterborough
Central Park Green Flag Award winning park with many children's play and swim features and events ranging from concerts, open air theatre productions, sports courses, teddy bears picnics and fun days.
Funzone (32 miles)
Huntingdon
Funzone Set within One Leisure Huntingdon this is a multi tiered adventure soft play frame with great classic fun features. Nice to finish them off as a treat after swimming or sports in the centre.
Cromwell Museum (32 miles)
Huntingdon
Cromwell Museum The purpose of the Cromwell Museum is to interpret his life and legacy through portraits, documents and objects associated with Cromwell.
The Lido (32 miles)
Chipping Norton
The Lido Set in safe, secure and well- maintained grounds overlooking the countryside this environmentally friendly 25m pool of crystal clear water has a water slide at the deep end.
Cutteslowe Park and Miniature Railway (32 miles)
Oxford
Cutteslowe Park and Miniature Railway A great park with things to do for all the family including a skate park and miniature golf! Ride the miniature railway for a great experience!
Hitchin Swimming Centre (32 miles)
Hitchin
Hitchin Swimming Centre Heated indoor and outdoor pools, with both types of toddler pool too and Poolside Baby Seats! (Open between 29th May - 12th September) - one of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do with children in Hertfordshire
Space 2 Play (33 miles)
Hitchin
Space 2 Play Large indoor soft play centre in huge 10,000 sq feet building. Secure gated entry, CCTV, separate toddler and baby areas with go Karts and one of the first indoor zip wires in the country. Food freshly prepared on the premises and they even do Sunday roasts!
WhizzKidz (33 miles)
Thame
WhizzKidz The indoor play area consists of a giant play frame, toddler play frame,sports arena, bouncy castle and much more. Outside there is another play frame and a sandpit, with further outdoor attractions coming soon.
Pots of Art Ceramics Studio - Hitchin (33 miles)
Hitchin
Pots of Art Ceramics Studio - Hitchin Paint your own pottery studio, build a bear parties and decopatch. There is so much to do at Pots of Art - one of the many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Hertfordshire
Oxford Bus and Morris Motors Museums (33 miles)
Witney
Oxford Bus and Morris Motors Museums All aboard! See how engines work; what buses are made of; go aboard some; see old tickets and uniforms once used. View the workshop and on special days ride on a vintage bus.
Morris Museum: see a 1970s police car; 1920s Bullnose Morris and a Mini in the original style.
British Schools Museum (33 miles)
Hitchin
British Schools Museum Interactive museum depicting schooling throughout the ages, complete with tour, games, and plenty of archaic studying equipment.
Worth a trip for the look on their face when you tell them you're taking them to a school on their day out!
Avon Boating (33 miles)
Stratford Upon Avon
Avon Boating Varied multi-season boat hire for families.
Stratford Butterfly Farm (33 miles)
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Butterfly Farm Wander through a tropical rainforest with a myriad multicoloured butterflies, sunbirds and Koi Carp. See fascinating animals in Insect City and view deadly spiders in perfect safety in Arachnoland.
Tropical Birdland (33 miles)
Desford
Tropical Birdland Come and see hundreds of beautiful and exotic birds. Wander around our "walk-through" aviary. Sit with our friendly free-to-fly birds. And more.
Little Rascals Indoor Play Party Centre (33 miles)
Hitchin
Little Rascals Indoor Play Party Centre Indoor Soft Play Centre with Multi-Zone Play Frame, Baby and Toddler area. Ball Pools, Wendy House, Slide and Lots of Toys. Term Time Activities, Birthday Parties, Disco's and of course Coffee, Lunch, Snacks and Dinners too! Perfect for Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Childminders and Groups.
Stratford Town Walk (33 miles)
Stratford upon Avon
Stratford Town Walk The ideal way to discover Shakespeare's Stratford upon Avon is to join the award winning town walk, 365 days a year! Informative, interesting and entertaining. Private walks for individuals and groups, by arrangement. Great discounts available with your ticket.
Falstaff's Experience (33 miles)
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Falstaff's Experience Set within one of the most historic buildings in Stratford upon Avon, Tudor World bring the 16th century to life. Terry Deary of Horrible Histories devoted his latest book on Stratford to the attraction and described it as one of his books come to life. Fun for all ages.
Letchworth Outdoor Pool (33 miles)
Letchworth
Letchworth Outdoor Pool Open May to September, this is a pleasant outdoor heated swim facility with toddler splash pool and fun floats.
Nene Valley Railway (33 miles)
Peterborough
Nene Valley Railway The Nene Valley Railway's Thomas is considered the 'official' Thomas The Tank Engine, because it was named by the fictional characters creator the Rev. W. Awdry in 1971. For this (and other) reasons, the Nene Valley Railway does not host official 'Days out with Thomas' events like most railways do. The Nene Valley Railway run Thomas at various special events, weekends and bank holidays.
Stratford Picturehouse Cinema (34 miles)
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Picturehouse Cinema - is a convenient and comfortable venue where you can catch the latest blockbusters & other quality releases in pleasant surroundings, full of character.
Stratford Bike Hire (34 miles)
Stratford upon Avon
Stratford Bike Hire Hire a bike and cycle the Stratford Greenway, 5 miles of Traffic Free cycle path perfect for young families. The cycle hire centre and cafe are based in refurbished railway carriages which the children will love. Range of childrens bikes, child seats, infant trailers and tagalongs available
The Kidzone (34 miles)
Berkhamsted
The Kidzone - the purpose built multi-level play-frame offers a challenge for the more energetic and adventurous child with it's Rope Bridges, Hamster Wheel and Drop Slide. One of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do with kids in Hertfordshire
Cherwell Boat House (34 miles)
Oxford
Cherwell Boat House Rowing boats, canoes and punts for hire - what a great idea for a bit of family fun while you are in Oxford.
Princes Risborough Spy Trail (34 miles)
Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough Spy Trail Looking for a fun and interesting way to explore Buckinghamshire? Try a Treasure Trail! Fun treasure hunts which teach you fascinating facts about the area and show you some beautiful scenery. Enjoy a fun family walk in the fresh air and solve an intriguing mystery at the same time.
The Pottery Project (34 miles)
Berkhamsted
The Pottery Project There’s plenty of space for buggies and paraphernalia and they have baby changing facilities and high chairs. Every Friday parents painting with their babies or toddlers (up to 2 years) will receive 50% off the standard studio fee, except during school holidays.
Teamworks Karting Letchworth (34 miles)
Letchworth Garden City
Teamworks Karting Letchworth For 8+. fleet of karts are specially designed to allow youngsters to race at their own pace. They can limit the power for younger drivers as they learn how to drive, and teach all the skills needed to win on the track. They also do parties!
Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre (34 miles)
Peterborough
Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre - has always had that special magic for young and old alike. With everything from a working watermill to farm animals and play areas, and the Three Little Ducks shop to browse for quality local produce, organic vegetables, gifts and farm toys there is something for all to explore and enjoy.Great idea for family days out in Cambridgeshire.
Rally Karting (34 miles)
Huntingdon
Rally Karting Driving age limit around ten to twelve depending on height, contact for information. For safety they generally recommend those drivers less than 12 years old should only be on the track with youngsters of similar ages.
Heart of England Adventure Park (34 miles)
Meriden
Heart of England Adventure Park Heart Park is the perfect solution for families who want to spend a day together at the beach - without the four hour round trip to the seaside. Bouncy kingdom, Wacky Wagon, trampolining, so much more!
Bosworth Battlefield (34 miles)
Nuneaton
Bosworth Battlefield Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park is a unique day out for all the family. Relive this famous turning point in British history ? the death of a King and the birth of the all powerful Tudor dynasty.
Rock Solid Climbing Wall (34 miles)
Oxford
Rock Solid Climbing Wall Modern ope climbing facility with kids' clubs and courses from age 7 upwards. Features include bouldering room, bottom rope wall and Walltopia lead tower.
The Pitt Rivers Museum (34 miles)
Oxford
The Pitt Rivers Museum is a great place for family days out. It is famous for it’s period atmosphere and outstanding collections from many world cultures, past and present. Due to building works only the ground floor is currently open.
Oxford Univ Museum of Natural History (34 miles)
Oxford
Oxford Univ Museum of Natural History Among its most famous features are the Oxfordshire dinosaurs, the dodo, and the swifts in the tower.
North Herts Leisure Centre (34 miles)
Letchworth
North Herts Leisure Centre has a Tropical Wave Pool perfectly designed to relax and unwind in. Slide on down our wacky Water Flume or enter the super Tropical Pool, which boasts a fun Wave Machine. There is also a children's Swan Slide and 'Froggy Fountain' Water Squirter.
Hartshill Hayes Country Park (34 miles)
Neuneaton
Hartshill Hayes Country Park Large park with adventure playground.
Ace Karting (34 miles)
Nuneaton
Ace Karting An indoor go karting centre with junior and adult karts rurally situated in the midlands. All racewear is provided. Lap times printed after each session. There is an indoor viewing area, party rooms, toilets, outdoor patio and a caf¯Â¿Â½ serving hot and cold snacks.
Stratford Armouries (34 miles)
Stratford On Avon
Stratford Armouries We are a family friendly visitor attraction situated just outside Stratford-upon-Avon. The armouries feature a curriculum tied museum with exciting exhibits such as our life-sized armoured elephant! We have a large indoor play centre and outdoor play centre with pirate ship and fort. We also run children's parties.
Science Oxford Live (35 miles)
Oxford
Science Oxford Live Science Oxford Live is a great place for children to discover science by playing. All exhibits are interactive and families can go at their own pace, with the help of one of our friendly guides.
Museum of the History of Science (35 miles)
Oxford
Museum of the History of Science A free to view unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments and exciting modern exhibitions in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. One of many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Oxford with kids.
Wacky Warehouse - Hobby Horse (35 miles)
Leicester
Wacky Warehouse - Hobby Horse Wacky Warehouse - Hobby Horse - has a purpose built indoor play structure which leaves children to run themselves ragged for a couple of hours - leaving the adults to chill!!!
Re Create (35 miles)
Berkhamsted
Re Create A variety of arts, crafts and creativity workshops and classes, pre-booking essential. Currently includes Kids' Drawing and GCSE Drama.
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden (35 miles)
Oxford
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden This Garden is a national reference collection of 7,000 different types of plant, making it the most compact yet diverse collection of plants in the World – there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and other biodiversity hotspots.
Baddesley Clinton (35 miles)
Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton For less boisterous but still curious children, A medieval moated century manor house with a 19th century Catholic chapel, gardens, lakeside walk and nature trail. Tire them out first and there's enough for a couple of hours.
Modern Art Oxford (35 miles)
Oxford
Modern Art Oxford Lots of family related things to do: The Modern Art Trolley introduces children of all ages to the Gallery through a range of fun and creative activities. Family Guides are available for most exhibitions and can be enjoyed by all family members. The guide encourages a creative pathway around the exhibition and suggests activities to try out at home plus loads more family days out activities.
Houghton Mill (35 miles)
Huntingdon
Houghton Mill Follow the family Cat and Rat trail around the mill, enjoy the hands on activities, and explore the five storey historic building. Please note the limited opening times.
Oxford Castle Unlocked (35 miles)
Oxford
Oxford Castle Unlocked - reveals Oxford’s less well known history, one that’s rich with tales of great escapes, betrayal and even romance – all within the walls of this ancient castle and prison.
Plantasia (35 miles)
Mancetter
Plantasia Plantasia - Step inside for an exciting, interactive experience that brings the world of plants to life. Discover their mysteries through our touch-sensitive screens and video presentations – there's plenty to touch, press and smell! Plus Maze World and Wild Walk.
Bates Collection of Musical Instruments (35 miles)
Oxford
Bates Collection of Musical Instruments One of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world. The Bate has over 2000 instruments from the Western orchestral music traditions from the renaissance, through the baroque, classical, romantic and up to modern times.
Oxford Ice Rink (35 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.
Oxford River Cruises (35 miles)
Oxford
Oxford River Cruises A trip aboard an Edwardian River Launch in Oxford offers a taste of a slower life, where cares drift away with the gentle flow of the water and life’s pleasures can be enjoyed to their utmost. Great idea for a family day out in Oxfordshire.
Kartsport (35 miles)
Cambourne
Kartsport Recently relocated from Essex and now able to offer a UK first: indoor and outdoor karting at the same site! With electric karts and an inflatable circuit for 4yrs and up, all the way up to the proper roary scary versions we all know and love. And whatever the weather!
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway (35 miles)
Chinnor
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway A seven mile train journey on a steam engine - great for a family day out with the kids - especially train mad ones!!
Ferry Meadows Country Park (36 miles)
Peterborough
Ferry Meadows Country Park Play, cycle, ride a train, go on a boat trip, row, paddle, sail, walk on water, pitch and putt, push the buggy and explore endless meadows, lakes and woodland.
Karting Oxford (36 miles)
Oxford
Karting Oxford Get set for a phenomenal drive for the over 8s. Speed is the name of the game as you whizz around the floodlit 360 metre circuit. Min age 8yrs. One of many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Oxford with kids.
Hinksey Outdoor Pool (36 miles)
Oxford
Hinksey Outdoor Pool A much-loved local landmark, this heated outdoor pool has been providing family summer fun and great memories since 1934.
Large outdoor pool with fun areas for the kids. Sun-beds, play areas and refreshments make this the ideal summer destination.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (36 miles)
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - owns and cares for the five Shakespeare Houses and Gardens in and around Stratford-upon-Avon and offers a wide range of educational opportunities for everyone interested in Shakespeare.
Rascals The Fun Factory (36 miles)
Stamford
Rascals The Fun Factory Indoor play centre for children up to the age of 10. Has cafe and baby changing facilities.
Pots of Fun Ceramic Cafe (36 miles)
Stamford
Pots of Fun Ceramic Cafe Relax and unwind in our friendly Studio Cafe and create your very own masterpiece!. Have a tea or coffee and maybe a bite to eat. Great idea for kids parties too
Hoar Park (36 miles)
Nuneaton
Hoar Park Including such gems as Arty Party, play areas and the Children's Farm this is easily an afternoon's worth if you have the weather.
Burghley House (36 miles)
Stamford
Burghley House The Garden of Surprises is a fantastic addition to the gardens at Burghley . Hidden inside a Yew hedge is an experience that will delight the senses. Mirrors exaggerate, mazes confuse, squirts of water distract, the dank moss house captivates, transforming sculptures dazzle, the grotto entices and the longitude dial educates and astonishes!
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre (36 miles)
Great Missenden
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Intrepid story-makers enter through the chocolate doors into this great little award-winning and family-friendly Museum. We have two fun and fact-packed biographical galleries and a fantabulous interactive Story Centre.
iKidz Activity Club Oxford (36 miles)
Oxford
iKidz Activity Club Oxford Family Activity and Indoor Play Centre for children of all ages. iKidz offers a purpose-built toddler's soft-play area, an adventure frame for 5-11 year olds and specially designed areas for structured weekly activities (see timetable on website), children's parties and holiday camps.
Crystal Lakes Play Barn (36 miles)
Fenstanton
Crystal Lakes Play Barn Has it all for kids from 11 months to 10 years. Non-stop fun in the spectacular Farm themed inside and the action packed Outback themed ouside.
Oxford Bowlplex (36 miles)
Oxford
Oxford Bowlplex Bowling is the perfect activity for any occasion whether it's a family get together, birthday party or special treat during the school holidays. We are the ideal all weather venue with much more than just bowling. So, can we interest you in The Great Indoors?
Jambinos (36 miles)
Oxford
Jambinos - a brand new concept in indoor activities for children aged 0-10yrs. A huge variety of indoor play centre activities are available under one roof, whilst the adults can enjoy quality catering, WIFI access, stylish seating and first class service. We provide a variety of themed parties and can put together a party extravaganza that won't easily be forgotten.
Big Sky Adventure Play (36 miles)
Peterborough
Big Sky Adventure Play slides, climbs, inflatables and ball pools - electric mini go-karts suitable for 3-8 year olds and a monorail rocket ship ride
Stamford Leisure Pool (37 miles)
Stamford
Stamford Leisure Pool A first class leisure pool with flume and wave machine, Stamford Leisure Pool is a great family day out. For those you want to focus on swimming the 25 metre pool will accommodate your needs as well.
The Little Gym (37 miles)
Harpenden
The Little Gym The premier gymnastics- based children’s development programme for boys and girls aged 10 months to 12 years.
Big Space Indoor Play Centre (37 miles)
Harpenden
Big Space Indoor Play Centre Parent friendly equipment so you can join in or watch more easily - Over 300m2 of Adventure Play Equipment for kids up to 12yrs including Freefall and Wavy Slides - Coffee Bar and lounge - one of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do with children in Hertfordshire
Quasar Elite (37 miles)
Hemel Hempstead
Quasar Elite Minimum Age 6. Crystal Maze style game with 4 game zones, Wild West, Future World, Medieval World and WWII. safe, exciting laser tag action!
National Motorcycle Museum (37 miles)
Solihull
National Motorcycle Museum The National Motorcycle Museum is recognised as the finest and largest motorcycle museum in the world. It is a place where "Legends Live On" and it is a tribute to and a living record of this once great British industry that dominated world markets for some sixty years.
Garlands Off Road Leisure (37 miles)
Atherstone
Garlands Off Road Leisure A great range of activities from seven years and up (eight for the karts), it's very far from just karting! Fantastic memory material for kids and a good bonding experience for the family doing new stuff together.
Johnsons Old Hurst (37 miles)
Huntingdon
Johnsons Old Hurst By no means a full day but a fun stopover if you're after a family lunch or, er, sausages! Farm shop and tea rooms with play area and fort, and visual access to farm animals including crocodiles!
AMF Hollywood Bowl Stevenage (37 miles)
Stevenage
AMF Hollywood Bowl Stevenage Kids love bowling, and if they are under 6 they can use a ramp and gutter guards. Great family fun!
Sportspace Hemel Hempstead (37 miles)
Hemel Hempstead
Sportspace Hemel Hempstead now includes a new swimming pool complex, gymnastics centre, sports hall
Wimpole Home Farm (37 miles)
Royston
Wimpole Home Farm Hidden amongst the trees, the Adventure Playground is a popular spot with those who love to climb, slide, scramble and swing, while tiny tots enjoy their own play area and mini pedal tractors. Rare breeds animals - seasonal events - check website for details.
Cotswold Falconry Centre (37 miles)
Moreton In Marsh
Cotswold Falconry Centre Birds of prey are constantly showing off their skills at this amazing centre, where the breeding and conservation of birds of prey is of paramount importance. Many different types of birds of prey are on display here, including eagles, hawks, owls and falcons.
Batsford Aboretum (37 miles)
Moreton-in-Marsh
Batsford Aboretum Visit the Cotswold's secret garden for 55 acres of walks in magical Japanese settings.
Aquasplash (37 miles)
Hemel Hempstead
Aquasplash An exciting Indoor Water Theme Park set in a tropical themed Aztec jungle. With a total of six exhilarating rides and slides and extensive features, it's the best waterpark for miles around.
Silver Blades at Leisureworld (37 miles)
Hemel Hemstead
Silver Blades at Leisureworld Tropical Indoor Water Theme Park - Aquasplash - Silverblades - Ten Pin Bowling, Arcade Machines and Pool Tables - Hotshots - great idea if you are looking for family days out in Hertfordshire.
Thanks for all the great things to do in northampton with kids you keep sending in.
Now the school half term is upon us are with winter and the christmas holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find 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, 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, 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 Northamptonshire can enjoy the great day out as well.
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