
Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre
- Selkirk
- Outdoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
Children particularly love the interactive displays, which are both fun and pleasingly educational. There are also plenty of engaging features for ch...

Peebles Spy Mission Treasure Trail
- Peebles
- Outdoor
- Tourist Attractions
The Peebles self-guided themed Treasure Trail is the ideal activity for children and parents to enjoy together. Can you and the kids get into charact...

New Lanark World Heritage Site
- New Lanark
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Tourist Attractions
Take an educational trip to Lanark World Heritage Site - a fully restored 18th-century cotton mill village, open for you to explore. A UNESCO World...

Traquair House
- Traquair
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Stately Homes and Gardens
Traquair House and grounds has plenty to offer families including a maze, woodland and willow tunnels to explore, a mini adventure playground for all...

The Carmichael Visitor Centre
- Biggar
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Tourist Attractions
The Carmichael Visitor Centre features the former Edinburgh Wax Model Collection showing Scotlands history in a unique way. There is also an adventur...

Bowhill House and County Estate
- Selkirk
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Stately Homes and Gardens
Welcome to Bowhill House and County Estate. The estate has plenty to offer visitors of all ages not least of which is their recently improved adventu...

Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery
- Dunbar
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
The Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery has been the focus of town life since the 16th century. With a witch's hat tower and a bell, clock and sundi...

Eyemouth Museum
- Eyemouth
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
Eyemouth Museum The life of fisher families was hard with the wives collecting mussels, baiting the lines, mending the nets and keeping house while t...
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Caledonian Railway
- Brechin
- Outdoor
- Railway and Transport Attractions
You’ll be on the right track with a day out to Caledonian Railway. Visit a railway that will have kids running full steam ahead into a day out just l...

Scotland's Secret Nuclear Bunker
- St Andrews
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
Scotland's Secret Bunker, a Cold War nuclear command centre, opened its 3 tonne blast proof doors to the public 20 years ago this year. After undergo...

Kerr's Miniature Railway
- Arbroath
- Outdoor
- Railway and Transport Attractions
Kerr's Miniature Railway has 6 engines with two being steam! The steam engines only run on a Sunday and if the sun is out, but are a great treat for...

Scottish Fisheries Museum
- Anstruther
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
The Scottish Fisheries Museum is a multi-award winning national museum suitable for families which tells the story of Scottish fishing from the earli...

John Muirs Birthplace
- Dunbar
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
John Muir’s Birthplace is an award winning museum dedicated to the life of the pioneering conservationist. Discover how the boy born in this house we...

Gunsgreen House
- Eyemouth
- Indoor
- Stately Homes and Gardens
Gunsgreen House, once described as a splendid palace built by a smugglers was built in 1753 by local merchant (read-smuggler!) John Nisbet. The house...

Arbroath Signal Tower
- Arbroath
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
Arbroath Signal Tower At Arbroath Signal Tower you can find out about the fascinating history of the Bell Rock Lighthouse and visit the outhouse to h...

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regime
- Stirling
- Indoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum traces over 200 years of one of Scotland's elite military regiments: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlande...

Summerlee Heritage Park
- Coatbridge
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
Summerlee is set in 22 acres based around the site of the nineteenth century Summerlee Ironwork. There's lots of scope for secret schooling if you wa...

The Scottish Crannog Centre
- Aberfeldy
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
The Scottish Crannog Centre is a unique, award-winning living history museum and interesting place to take the family and celebrates its 20th year o...

Doune Castle
- Doune
- Outdoor
- Castles and Palaces
Built for the Regent Albany, Doune Castle is a magnificent late 14th century courtyard castle that kids of all ages can get imaginative about. Its mo...

Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
- Stirling
- Indoor and Outdoor
- Museums and Art Galleries
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum is a museum telling the story of Stirling including models of people at work and play and lots of interesti...