Family Days Out near to Nottingham
City of Caves (< 1km)
Nottingham
City of Caves Enter and explore a whole new world in the caves underneath Nottingham city and descend into the dark depths of the original Anglo-Saxon tunnels, meeting real cave-dwellers from its dramatic hidden past. See how these caves have been used and adapted over the Centuries by local people to escape and take refuge from the world above.
Nottingham Castle (< 1km)
Nottingham
Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle is a magnificent 17th Century ducal mansion built on the site of the original Medieval Castle, with spectacular views across the city. A vibrant museum and art gallery housing collections of silver, glass, armour and paintings, plus fifteen centuries of Nottingham history.
Galleries of Justice (< 1km)
Nottingham
Galleries of Justice Based at Nottingham's old courthouse and gaol, there are many ways to explore the Galleries of Justice Museum, with free exhibitions, audio & performance led tours and a themed café. Whatever you choose, you will be delving in to the dark and disturbing past of crime and punishment!
National Ice Centre (< 1km)
Nottingham
National Ice Centre Ice skating is a cool experience whatever your age or ability and where better to give it a go than at the National Ice Centre the UK's centre for excellence for ice sports. There are a range of ice skating sessions on offer to suit all ages and abilities, from the loudest disco to quieter sessions for beginners and families.
Funky Pots Pottery Cafe (< 1km)
Nottingham
Funky Pots Pottery Cafe You do not need any artistic ability. If you can hold a brush you can paint a pot. It is really that simple. We will also give you all the help and advice plus we will provide you with stamps, stencils, pictures and samples to guide you in creating your own masterpiece.
Bridlesmithgate Caves (< 1km)
Nottingham
Bridlesmithgate Caves Man-made caves used as a butcher's, a salting chamber and an apothecary's shop with a domed store cave and an ice house.
The Nottingham Ghost Walk (< 1km)
Nottingham
The Nottingham Ghost Walk A story-telling walking tour all about ghosts! Where they haunt, why they haunt, a bit of gore, some heritage and history - and you might even spot the real ghost who haunts our tours!
Huntfun Nottingham Treasure Hunt (< 1km)
Nottingham
Huntfun Nottingham Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.
Megabowl Nottingham (2km)
Nottingham
Megabowl Nottingham 26 bowling lanes of fun. Kids absolutely love bowling and can use a ramp or guards if they are very little. Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Nottinghamshire.
Run Riot (2km)
West Bridgford
Run Riot Run Riot is an indoor playcentre for children aged between 2 and 10 years old. There are slides, ladders, aerial walkways, spinners, trolley ride, maze, ball pools and more. An area is set aside for the under 5s.
Greens Windmill and Science Centre (2km)
Nottingham
Greens Windmill and Science Centre Test your brain power with the hands-on experiments in the Science Centre which explore electricity, magnetism and light, ideal for young children - attached to a working windmill which produces great flour?!
Tumble Town Indoor Playcentre (4km)
Nottingham
Tumble Town Indoor Playcentre Three thousand sq ft of indoor play area including climbing frames, a helter-skelter, slides, bouncing castle, soft play ball pools and supervised play.
Wollaton Hall and Park (5km)
Nottingham
Wollaton Hall and Park Set in over 500 acres of historic deer park, Wollaton Hall is a spectacular Tudor building, completed in 1588, it is now the home to the city's Natural History Museum. Wollaton's Courtyard Stables are home to the city's Industrial Museum, Steam Engine House, Wollaton Visitor Centre and the Yard Gallery, with a changing programme of exhibitions exploring art and the environment.
Hoods Hideout Soft Play Centre (5km)
Nottingham
Hoods Hideout Soft Play Centre Hoods Hideout is a great fun indoor soft play area designed on a Robin Hood theme on three separate levels, packed with obstacles and features for children under the age of 12 years to enjoy. Great for tiring the smalls out on those cold afternoons!!
Pot N Kettle Ceramic Cafe (7km)
Beeston
Pot N Kettle Ceramic Cafe Great fun for all the family, find out how much fun painting ceramics can be. Ideal children's parties no stress and we clear up the mess. Hand and Foot imprints in clay, Perfect for unique personalised gifts for Christmas, Birthdays and Christenings. Visit us today and be creative.
Denz Indoor Playcentre (7km)
Beeston
Denz Indoor Playcentre A large kids play area and a smaller one for the toddlers. A good indoor playcentre in Nottinghamshire.
Little Drivers Soft Play (7km)
Stapleford
Little Drivers Soft Play is a family orientated modern colourful soft play centre with a modern play frame. It is family run and offers both healthy and more conventional snacks and meals at reasonable prices to not break the bank. The centre also offers bespoke party packages tailored to you needs contact us for details.
Attenborough Nature Reserve (7km)
Beeston
Attenborough Nature Reserve An award winning eco-friendly visitor attraction surrounded by the tranquil waters of the beautiful Attenborough Nature Reserve.
Great Central Railway (7km)
Ruddington
Great Central Railway Along with access to nearly 10 miles of the ex. GCR mainline in Nottinghamshire, the Centre is host to a road and rail transport heritage vehicle collection, the Nottingham Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, a large model railway and the GCR Rolling Stock Trust.
Ferry Farm Country Park (10km)
Nottingham
Ferry Farm Country Park A range of activities from playing in our indoor activity centre to feeding the animals.
Jumicar Children's Driving Experience (10km)
Hoveringham
Jumicar Children's Driving Experience On arrival the children are briefed on the rules of the road, the one way system, how to behave at road junctions. They then test their new skills on our real mini road circuit.
All cars have seat belts and most cars can even take passengers too.
Oceans of Fun Indoor Play Centre (11km)
Hucknall
Oceans of Fun Indoor Play Centre Children's indoor soft play centre with a separate area for babies and under 4's. The main play frame accommodates up to 11 year olds. We have a modern cafe serving delicious lunches and snacks. The play frame has a large wavy slide. It is open and can be seen from all the seats in the cafe area.
Wacky Warehouse - Plank & Leggit (11km)
Sawley
Wacky Warehouse - Plank & Leggit Wacky Warehouse - Plank & Leggit. Children up to 4ft 9ins tall are welcome to try out the Wacky Indoor Playcentre with its safe modern games and equipmen, perfect for the ankle biters to let of steam of an afternoon.
Cyril's Nut Hut (11km)
Long Eaton
Cyril's Nut Hut is a fabulous indoor play centre, with adventure play and soft play equipment designed to keep kids of all ages happy - from tots just starting to crawl, right up to active kids of 11 years old
Crazy Crocodiles Indoor Play Centre (12km)
Ilkeston
Crazy Crocodiles Indoor Play Centre is a family friendly indoor play & party centre which serves great coffee and fab food at affordable prices. Children can run off excess energy on our two teir play frame under your watchful eye. We also have a soft baby area and toddler play area for the younger ones.
Lanky Bill's Fun Shack (13km)
Langley Mill
Lanky Bill's Fun Shack A large main frame for the 5 to 11 years and a separate area with frame and soft play for the 4's and under.
Southwell Minster (18km)
Southwell
Southwell Minster with its majestic Norman nave and glorious 13th-century chapter house-is one of the least known jewels in the crown of Nottinghamshire.
Sutton Leisure Centre (20km)
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton Leisure Centre At the leisure centre you can do loads of sports including Ice Skating - short tennis and loads more - check weblink for details
Happy Days Play Den (20km)
Kirkby in Ashfield
Happy Days Play Den - is an indoor play centre for all the family combining recreation, entertainment and restaurant facilities. Our key focus is children's play and fitness for 1 to 10 year old children. Happy Days Play Den is a safe, clean, supervised environment for children aged 10 & under to exercise & have fun while stimulating their imagination and challenging them physically.
Making It! Discovery Centre (20km)
Mansfield
Making It! Discovery Centre Making it! discovery centre great for family fun "hands on" interactive exhibits on two floors explaining how things are made. Each paying visitor receives a basket of component parts to make up one of ten kits it's yours to take home. Open during Nottinghamshire school holidays.
Water Meadows (20km)
Mansfield
Water Meadows Great place to go if you are looking for family days out on Nottinghamshire - Leisure Lagoon - Wave Machine - 50m Twister Flume - Falling Rapids Ride (only operates during peak times) - Fast Drop Flume (only operates during peak times) - Geysers & Water Cannons - 25m 6 lane Competition Pool. Great idea for family days out in Nottinghamshire.
Go Ape! (21km)
Edwinstowe
Go Ape! Think you, your friends and family can handle 3 hours of tree top adventure? Are you wild enough to climb 30ft up a rope ladder, Tarzan swing into a giant rope net then zip wire through trees, crawl through tunnels and tackle high wire rope bridges?
Sherwood Forest Country Park (21km)
Edwinstowe
Sherwood Forest Country Park Browse around the Visitor Centre shops or relax after a stroll in the Forest Table Restaurant. Take a walk to the mighty Major Oak, pick up one of our fun family nature trails, or just stand and admire the weird and wonderful shapes of the ancient oak trees, twisted by age and weathered into living sculptures.
Formula One Indoor Karting (21km)
Loughborough
Formula One Indoor Karting Sessions and birthday parties can be booked for kids aged 8 and over - kids love karting!
Great Central Railway (22km)
Loughborough
Great Central Railway One of the few places in the world where scheduled full size steam trains pass in motion on double track. The Great Central Railway has been voted number 12 in a list of the 50 great railway journeys of the world. Great if you are looking for family days out in leicestershire.
Charnwood Museum (22km)
Loughborough
Charnwood Museum There are lots of interactive exhibits: you can dig through the layers of history and find out why archaeologists like old rubbish, peep under rocks, in cracks and crevices to find the hidden creatures or zoom-in on a centipede's head with the video microscope.
Funky Monkeys Indoor Playcentre (22km)
Loughborough
Funky Monkeys Indoor Playcentre Exciting large jungle themed play area for 4 to 8 year olds - separate play area for 0-4 year olds
Bumpi's Big Adventure (22km)
Derby
Bumpi's Big Adventure Bumpi's Big Adventure - Children's indoor soft play area with the blue cloud café serving fantastic real coffee and hot and cold dishes. Great kids party venue and also suitable for group bookings for nurseries, schools, guides, brownies, rainbows etc.
Huntfun Derby Treasure Hunt (22km)
Derby
Huntfun Derby Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.
Chucklebutties (23km)
Belper
Chucklebutties Chucklebutties Play and Party Centre overlooks the beautiful Derwent and River Gardens. Enjoy the view from our quality café and relax as your children play. With our exciting playframe, separate baby area and activity sessions every weekday at 11am and 2pm, there's always plenty to keep babies to 10 year olds entertained!
Hickory Dickory's Playhouse (24km)
Derby
Hickory Dickory's Playhouse The provision of unparalleled indoor children's adventure play and party centres that are spacious, high quality, stylish and as attractive to adults as they are exciting and fun to children.
Playmania Indoor Playcentre (24km)
Mansfield
Playmania Indoor Playcentre A three storey structure that includes slides, ball pool, gliders, toddler area.
Twinlakes Park (25km)
Melton Mowbray
Twinlakes Park Discover fun round every corner at Twinlakes, the beautiful park tucked under the wolds. Packed with acres of action, rides and indoor playcentres for the whole family.
Newark Air Museum (27km)
Newark
Newark Air Museum The UK's largest volunteer managed aviation museum with 70 aircraft and cockpit sections from across the history of aviation. The types displayed include the Vulcan bomber, Russian MiG fighters and the Swedish Saab Viggen fighter. 2 Display Hangars, engine / artefacts displays, café and large shop. Regular special events.
Wheelgate Adventure Park (27km)
Newark
Wheelgate Adventure Park A land of thrilling rides, amazing attractions and exhilarating activities are waiting to be discovered. From the Runaway Mine Train roller coaster and challenging Mini Diggers, to the indoor soft play Pirate Ship and Tropical House the fun is endless.
White Post Farm Centre (27km)
Farnsfield
White Post Farm Centre The White Post Farm Centre is one of the biggest Farm attractions in the UK. A working farm growing every year that offers a fabulous day out for all the family.
Melton Carnegie Museum (27km)
Melton Mowbray
Melton Carnegie Museum Stilton Cheese and Pork Pies from Melton Mowbray are famous all around the world. Explore the history of these trades and others including saddlery, shoemaking and tinsmithing and the impact they had on the town. Go back even further in time to see how the Romans, Anglo Saxons, Normans, Tudors, Georgians and Victorians would have lived in the area.
Waterfield Leisure Pools (27km)
Melton Mowbray
Waterfield Leisure Pools Waterfield Leisure Pools has a 25 metre main pool, a 13 metre teaching pool and a leisure pool with flume and water features.
Snibston (31km)
Coalville
Snibston The award winning attraction explores the impact of technology on our every day lives with over 90 indoor and outdoor interactive exhibits.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Nottinghamshire you keep sending in. Now the christmas 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 and other attractions as possible.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for 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 Nottinghamshire can enjoy the day out as well.
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