Imagine an open-air museum inside a massive modern building!
Hampshire
A network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub... dating from Victorian times and the 1930s!
Explore the Tamworth Castle!
Staffordshire
Explore 900 years of history in this great castle. Chlidrens activities and many special events.
Perfect for aviation fans!
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A great day out for all the family
Surrey
Educational and interesting!
Lincolnshire
Plenty of thins to do here.
Warwickshire
Rare breeds farm animals, children’s adventure playground, falconry displays, at the Home of Shakespeare’s mother.
Llancaiach Fawr Manor House - a great place to learn about life in centuries past
Caerphilly
Fantastic Grade II listed working watermill.
Hertfordshire
Free Entry for all. Fully accessible floors and adjacent 8.5 acre Local Nature Reserve. Open most Sundays, March - October.
A great day out for all the family!
County Durham
With its entertaining & creative workshops, friendly interactive galleries & an outdoor Story Garden, The Bowes Museum is first choice for family fun.
18 acres of family fun!
Family fun at the Farm!
Worcestershire
Peer down the oldest toilets you may ever see!
Northumberland
Interactive Live Role Play game.
Kent
Set in a medieval fantasy world, for children aged 11-15 yrs. Every Saturday of the year. Birthday party bookings welcome.
Have fun for free at Riverside Country Park
Perfect for horse fans!
Lancashire
Locomotion
The National Railway Museum at Shildon, celebrates Shildon’s history as one of the world’s oldest railway towns.
Discover the story of King Richard III
Leicestershire
Expand your child's knowledge at the Gordon Highlanders Museum!
Aberdeenshire
A look into life in the Regiment and the area of Aberdeenshire, with collections and exhibits at this interesting museum.One of our suggestions for school trips!
Love donkeys?
Donkey sanctuary and indoor play.
Devon
The happiest donkeys in Cornwall plus sheep, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs plus huge indoor play-barn. Cafe and shop, seasonal events.
A train lover's paradise!
Full 'Steam' ahead for a great day out in Swindon
Wiltshire
STEAM is an interactive, hands-on history of the people & locomotives who built & operated the Great Western Railway. Cafeteria.
Take a trip to this family friendly museum in Matlock
Derbyshire
Cornwall’s world famous open-air theatre
Cornwall
Exciting Family Adventures!
Sussex
Great re-creation of 18th century seaport.
Teesside
This is a fantastic place to visit. It brings to life the time of Nelson, Napoleon & the Battle of Trafalgar.
Paint your Dog's Paws!
Not just painting pottery - take a look!
A real treasure house of the ordinary and the extraordinary from Swansea past, and is a focus for the future of the city and its people.
The Higgins, Bedford - come and visit
Bedfordshire
Visit our transformed Museum and art gallery - something for everyone.
Enjoy the Cultural New Walk Museum and Art Gallery!
Leicester's oldest museum has wide-ranging collections spanning the natural and cultural world, special discover area for 2s to 8s.
Car fans will love this!
Welcome to Brighton's iconic landmark!
An extraordinary and extravagant pleasure palace, built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in stages between 1787 and 1823.
A great animal attraction for the family.
The Rodbaston Visitor Centre and Animal Zone is home to a wide variety of exotic, farm and companion animals.
The aquarium’s deep central exhibit
Aquarium displaying a living kelp reef, is the only one of its kind in Britain and divers hand feed the fish on a regular basis. Shop.
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WOW - A wonderful place to see and learn about marine life. A must visit!
Birmingham
A great place to see marine life from all over the world including the magical rain forest attraction. One of our top ideas for a school trip.
Another one of our days out with the kids.
Lanarkshire
Special Events: Spring into Easter, April 4. Classic Cars May 2, on our 1950s working farm with dairy cows, sheep, pigs, and much more!
A slice of the country in the heart of the city!m
Nottinghamshire
Ice cream and more!
Play | Indulge | Enjoy
Cheshire
Helicopters!
Somerset
All year award winning attraction with more than 70 aircraft. Adventure and picnic area. Helicopter rides. Coffee shop with hot meals.
Take a peek into local industries!
Spectacular 90 minute afternoon cruises this summer.
Caithness
Pass rugged cliff scenery and see arctic skuas, storm petrels, colonies of guillemots, puffins, razorbills, kittiwakes, atlantic grey seals and more!
Horseriding on the beach!
Suffolk
Rides along the sand and in the countryside on horses and ponies. I cannot think of anything better for a day out!
Enjoy a scenic day out at Kirby Muxloe Castle
A unique castle partly built in 1480 by William Hastings, Kirby. Guided tours available.
Crazy golf, play areas, historic maze
3 miles of railway make for a fun day out. Old Forge Cafe and Souvenir shop. Try your hand at crazy golf, another of our things to do from Kids Days Out.
Scottish history by boat
Once a royal castle!
Kinross
A castle from where Mary, Queen of Scots escaped, after being held from 1567-8. Set on a small island in Loch Leven.
Burns and more!
Ayrshire
Laser-disc technology and theatrical effects bring Burns' best-loved tale to life in a special Audio-Visual presentation.
Have one of your days out at this museum housed in a beautiful Victorian farmstead
Buckinghamshire
Have one of your days out at this museum housed in a beautiful Victorian farmstead this is much more than a run of the mill museum.
A great educational day out!
Interactive and fun learning!
Fun and educational day out!
Shropshire
Make learning fun!
Go Travelling down the Snowdon Mountain Railway!
Gwynedd
Travel to the summit of Snowdon on this rack and pinion railway. For those wishing to walk down, a single ticket is available to the Summit Station.
A great family day out!
Always a huge amount to see and do and a perfect day out for all the family.
Merseyside
Safari animals park, farm, amusement rides, school & educational visits, restaurant , shop.
Glass bottomed semi-submersible boat
Ross-shire
Operating within the marine conservation area of at Kyle of Lochalsh. A unique opportunity to see the rich and diverse marine life.
Family-friendly activities all year round at this popular community museum!
Packed full of inspiring art, fascinating social history and fun interactive gadgets. School groups welcome with prior bookings. School Holiday Workshops
It's a FREE fun day out for the whole family!
London
The Science Museum is world-renowned for its awe-inspiring collections, family activities and exhibitions including the all-new Launchpad gallery!
Venture through the lakes of the world.
Cumbria
Encounter mischievous otters, fierce piranha, caiman and dainty seahorses, discover the Virtual Dive Bell and underwater tunnel.
Narrow guage Steam Train rides in beautiful lakeside setting.
Steam train trips along beautiful Rudyard lake on our narrow-gauge railway. Ideal for family days out in Staffordshire.
You will love Penrhyn Castle!
Large 19th-century neo-Norman castle fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds. Train museum, Doll museum.
Surely Scotland’s grandest castle set on it's magnificent volcanic rock.
Stirlingshire
With historical displays, recreation of the 16th century kitchens, Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
This great museum focuses on the rich natural heritage of North Essex.
Essex
Hands on displays plus churchyard Nature Reserve and well stocked shop. Excellent School sessions.
Lots of things to do here.
Shetland
An excellent insight to life on the Shetland Islands over the last one hundred years (and more). Refreshments, craft shop
It houses one of the finest craft collections in the country.
Brighton
Lots of regular hands-on events and activities in one of the most family friendly and accessible museums in the south east with an unusual Indian gateway in its grounds.
Lots for kids to see and find out about at this 900 year old Cathedral
Norfolk
Explore this historical museum!
Orkney
The museum has an extensive and varied collection of domestic and defence wireless equipment.
Nature reserve for all the family
South Lanarkshire
Time to take to the stage!
Something for everyone!
One of our ideas for things to do for the family.
Discover the American way of life from colonial times, the joys and hardships of American children. Set in 30 acres of beautiful parkland.
Take a trip back in time
Get back to nature!
Guided Underground tours at Scotland's only lead-mining museum in Scotland's highest village.
Dumfriesshire
Gold Panning in July and August. Educational & school visits, Interactive displays. Beam Engine. Gift shop, cafe.
Birds on this 24,000 acre reserve!
Highland
Varieties of birds including golden plovers, dunlins and merlins breed on the reserve. Nature trails. Field teaching scheme for schools.
Set on its own private peninsula on the southern shores of Snowdonia
This unique Italianate village bynthe sea was created by Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis
The family home of Oliver Cromwell
Cambridgeshire
The family home of Oliver Cromwell from 1636, there are exhibition rooms, and period rooms, with displays on Cromwell's life.
Start Knitting!
Edinburgh
Fun and imaginative knitting classes (and parties!) for boys and girls using quality, chunky yarns that produce quick results.
Perfect for fans of Shakespeare!
Lots of school holiday activities at this historic castle
Fun and educational!
Carmarthenshire
Families can have fun following the specially designed trail, 'A Woolly Tale', trying their hand at carding, spinning and sewing along the way.
Medicine changed the world!
Yorkshire
Explore this amazing Welsh mine
Gywnned
Meet a vast array of creatures.
Dorset
From piranhas to clownfish. Get even closer to sharks, turtles and stingrays in the underwater tunnel and experience the UK’s first virtual dive cage!
Making science accessible for the whole family
One of the most talked about Museums in Britain today
Imperial War Museum North is about people and their stories. Cafe and shop.
At Linton Zoo emphasis is on conservation and education
At Linton Zoo emphasis is on conservation and education, while providing an enjoyable family day out.
A great Aircraft attraction for all the family.
Tyne and Wear
If you like aircraft this is the place for you with over 30 aircraft and plenty more to see.
A stunning historical building
Come rain or shine there’s lots to see and do
A great small attraction!
Experience the fascinating journey from an Exmoor stream to the Atlantic Ocean.
Over 75 native species, public fish feeds, Deep reef. Fun for all, whatever the weather! Shop, cafe with sheltered outside area.
Another days out idea for kids in Inverness!
Inverness-shire
Explore our lively "Man in the Landscape" exhibition and our Discovery Centre, both on the ground floor and much more. Gift shop.
Museum
Here you actually enter the World of the Highlander and experience walking through a number of 'time windows' dating from the early 18th century.
A great attraction for your days out in Merseyside.
This Museum tells the history of one of the world's greatest ports and the people who used it.
A great place to keep the kids happy.
The People's History Museum is the only national museum dedicated to the lives of ordinary people.
This free attraction is a great place to take the family!
Kids will love this.
Herefordshire
Observe all the British Owls as well as many more spectacular examples from around the world. Tea Rooms, groups and school trips by arrangement. just one of our recommended days out in Herefordshire.
Activities for families and children.
Courses in Bushcraft, survival and wilderness skills including, fire, water, shelter, safe use of cutting tools, tracking, bow making.
Magical world of make-believe!
Fun for children (and adults) of all ages, set amidst 28 acres of spectacular scenic beauty on Royal Deeside. School groups welcome.
A place steeped in history and things to do!
A great day out!
Family days out at Kew Gardens
Small Museum of Teddy Bears!
The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum.
Have a great Kids Day Out at Dorchester's unmissable family museum, plus Teddy Bear House, a unique family house with people sized bears.
Enjoy a Seal Safari with Tenby Boat Trips
Pembrokeshire
The very latest multiplex with 20 screens.
Your children will enjoy the Gallery - a luxury digital film-viewing experience.
Animal wonderland!
Get closer to the natural world; with giraffes, tigers, rhinos, meerkats, penguins and more
For high drama and explosive action.
Fort Nelson’s the place to visit! Enjoy large-scale historical battle re-enactments, exciting hands-on children’s holiday activities.
For everyone, for ever!
Exotic wildlife and interactive 'hands-on' displays.
Find out about life on earth, from molecules to monkeys. Exhibits include chameleons to computers, and fossils to fossas.
Come and Learn at the Lichfield Heritage Centre!
2000 years of history with some great displays, mouse-hole trails and more!
Activities for children of all ages.
Adventure playground with swings, bouncy castle, giant slide. 11.00 to 17.00 on park opening days.
A great all weather attraction!
Great place for kids!
Adventure Farm set in 30 acres on the Dorset Jurassic Coast.
Ideal for your Kids Days Out - Indoor & outdoor activities including: farm animals, owls, rabbits, ponies. Lamb & kid feeding. Bouncy castles, pedal tractors, trampolines.
Check website for full details.
Huge range of children's activities for sport, fun and fitness at our leisure centres, including swimming, ice-rink, ski-slope and much more!
Fun at the farm!
A great family day out come rain or shine!
Great Day out for families! & FREE
For a fantastic free day out with railway legends, daily demonstrations and interactive exhibits visit the National Railway Museum in York.
Ideas for things to do.
Northamptonshire
Once a great Elizabethan mansion it is partly ruined and a shell. However the Great Hall and state rooms are intact.
One of the wonders of the World
World Heritage Site with awe inspiring stone circle.
An educational and fun place to visit!
Oxfordshire
Great Fairytale Castle in Pembrokeshire
Farming and domestic memorabilia, from the rural community that was Dalgarven.
Regularly changing display of vintage costumes from the museum's 1,000 or more collection.
Come and explore the wreck of the Warship Anne!
Warship Anne is the best known surviving vessel from Samuel Pepys’ Restoration Navy. Travel back to 1749!
Horse Riding!
Wrexham
Sited at approximately 1500 feet over looking the beautiful Ceiriog Valley in Wales.
Not suitable for under-4s.
Argyllshire
Eavesdrop on cases held in this courtroom with a soundtrack based on the transcripts of real trials. Look at the many exhibitions!
Award winning preserved steam railway.
Educational and Exciting!
Berkshire
Find the Jungle!
What's happening here?
Brighten up your day at our free, family workshops!
For a creative day out drop in to one of our family workshops and explore Croydon's history in our engaging galleries!
Seabird Centre!
East Lothian
Live camera feeds from the islands of Fidra and Bass Rock give excellent views of the seabirds, include gannets, shags, guillemots and razorbills.
Secrets of King Richard III
Discover the incredible story of the last English king to die in battle and the first to be DNA tested
Aquarium containing a selection of British and Tropical freshwater species.
From Piranhas to Terrapins and many interesting fish from different regions of the world including the beautiful Malawi Cichlids.
Have fun at this Interesting Railway village!
This spectacular Model Village consists of beautiful vistas and fabulous panoramic views of the miniature landscape and Model Trains.
Family events all year!
Discover this idyllic paradise nestled in the heart of North Devon, within easy reach of the beaches.
Check this out!
Devon's Friendliest Day Out!
You must take a look!
Amazing aircraft collection!
Go exploring with Summer Queen Cruises!
Cromartyshire
From Ullapool Pier, take a cruises for 2 or 4 hours, and enjoy the beauty of Loch Broom and the Western Isles.
Explore this beautiful Castle!
Ruined Castle - Built by Earl Patrick Stewart in 1600 much is in ruins, or does not exist at all, however the tower house has been somewhat restored.
Learn all about the Royal Armouries!
Where better to experience history than the world-famous White Tower within the Tower of London?
Just one of our ideas for things to do with children in Leicestershire.
Young Farmers’ Play Barn, Fort Adventure Play Area, living willow structures, picnic & toddler play areas, pond dipping/nature trail.
Cable car adventure!
Cable cars, spectacular caverns and hilltop park in Derbyshire
Set in a futuristic glass building located at the heart of Manchester
We are proud to care for the world’s greatest football collection - over 140,000 items - including the FIFA Collection.
Inspire your children!
Exciting events for kids!
WOW - Take a look at this!
Home to a variety of animals!
Book tickets now!
Have a great day out here, beach now open!
Isle of Wight
Children will love the Swiss Cottage with its child-size furniture and also enjoy letting off steam in the play area.
An Underground Adventure
Powys
Amazing secret!!
Fife
Scotland’s Cold War Control Centre, and best-kept secret for over 40 years, Hidden beneath a Scottish Farmhouse, a tunnel leads to 24,000 square feet.
Fun activities galore!
We offer many fun activities
Explore the underground Caverns of Wales!
Have a great day with the kids here.
Hand on discovery centre with over 60 hands on exhibits and live Science shows. Special events, refreshments, shop.
Great day out!
690 acres of fun for kids, ideal for school trips
Perfect for schools!
Great school trip destination!
Thousands of seabirds breed on these cliffs.
Anglesey
Watch live TV pictures of the birds. In the breeding season you may see puffins, razorbills, fulmars, guillemots, ravens, choughs.
Ghost tours. School visits.
A wonderful atmosphere of Edwardian living in the home of the Stanford family for over 130 years.
Great Visitor Centre!
Housed in an Edwardian building on the shores of Windermere start your holiday here. Lake cruise, displays, playground, refreshments.
Childrens parties with WOW
Junior Driving Days are fun, unforgettable experiences.
For children of 11 yrs & 1.4m tall & above. These sessions run on specific weekdays throughout the school holidays.
Gloucestershire
Just another idea for a day out with your kids.
This museum combines the excavated remains of the fort with spectacular reconstructions and exciting, hands-on museum displays.
Kids can let their imagination run wild with interactive creative inspiration!
Get creative with millions of Lego Bricks, take one of our rides, and enjoy our 4d Cinema!
Lots of great surprises here!
Our "paradise on earth" has loads to see and do!
Beautiful family House, huge gardens, rare-breeds farm and many more surprises! Frequent special events: see our website for latest details.
Come and meet the animals!
Our rescue centre has horses, ponies, donkeys, goats and sheep. Enjoy the various activities each open day.
Interactive family fun!
A great visit!
Over 100 aircraft on display. Free entry!
Make discovering history fun by using interactive displays, visiting our interactive centre, having a ride on a simulator and much more!
The Great Outdoors!
The perfect family, toddlers and kids day out in Norfolk
Loads going on here!
Fantastic Family Day Out near York!
Learn, explore, enjoy
Come and learn more about different types of birds here!
Flying demonstrations of owls and raptors, and other animals to see at this owl sanctuary.
Enjoy an exciting ride on the Steam train.
All aboard for an exciting journey into history! Ride a steam train and visit the museum, plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
This heritage centre is a must!
Glamorgan
The museum which creates historic Welsh life is also making gardens for the many old re-erected buildings. Also excellent formal gardens.
Discover farming through the ages
Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages.
Archaeological site dating back to the late Bronze Age!
It includes oval-shaped Bronze Age houses, Iron Age broch and wheelhouses, Viking long houses, medieval farmstead and 16th century laird’s house.
Stockwood Discovery Centre - A great place to take the kids and free!
Explore military history in Gloucester
Theatre fun for the whole family!
East Anglia
Horse riding
Dumfries & Galloway
One to three hour treks are available for those wishing to explore the beautiful Galloway countryside on horseback.
More than you can imagine!
Filled with fun exhibitions, 3 cinemas inc. IMAX (charges apply) and galleries!
The National Media Museum is a FREE fun day out for the whole family devoted to film, photos, TV, radio & the web. Restaurant, Cafe.
This donkey refuge is world famous for rescued donkeys.
Fall in love with a donkey and perhaps adopt one! A great day out for animal lovers.
The International Centre for Birds of Prey.
For many years a specialist zoo of birds of prey dedicated to their conservation. Now back with its original owner.
Have fun Exploring The many Parks, Lakes and Woodlands!
New Wildlife Visitor Centre set in 26 acres of lakes, parkland and woodland.
Killhope is a fully restored 19th century lead mine.
You experience the life and work of the local lead mining families. Huge working waterwheel.
Normal admission rules apply.
Lots here to see with regular events for the whole family.
This is the exciting story of the Corps of Royal Engineers. see their innovation & creativity including tanks, torpedoes, bridges.
Self guided tour of the works that's educational and fun.
Video presentation, view the machines and craftsmen in action, listen to a taped commentary as you go.
Learn more about Mary Queen of Scots!
Roxburgh
This impressive 16th century house, set in a garden of pear trees, interprets the tragic life and times of Mary Queen of Scots!
See history come to life!
