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Family days out in and around Birmingham, each one written up honestly with the details parents actually need.

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Aerial view of a river valley with green fields, tree-lined banks, a manor house, and a village with castle ruins beyond.Free

Abbey Fields

Kenilworth

A free park with a play area, a lake and easy flat paths from the car park, good for a no-cost couple of hours outdoors.

Accessible toiletBaby changeCaféPushchair friendly+2 more

Two people holding three coffee cups with latte art designs.from £7

Adventure Golf at Four Ashes

Solihull

Eighteen holes of adventure golf with waterfalls and rocky routes, plus a café bar to refuel in afterwards.

CaféGroup bookingsIndoor seatingFood on site+5 more

Adventure Sports (Warwickshire) Ltdfrom £16.50

Adventure Sports (Warwickshire) Ltd

Warwick · ages 8-80

A big-kid activity centre near Warwick for clay shooting, quad bikes, laser tag, karting and axe throwing.

Booking requiredGroup bookingsIndoor seatingFood on site+3 more

Indoor children's play area with colourful themed role-play zones including red vehicle and service station structures.from £3

Adventure Street Ltd

Dudley · up to age 9

A child-sized village of role-play sets, from a bakery to a fire station, where under-9s run the show for a 75 minute session.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBooking requiredCafé+7 more

Adventureland Aldridgefrom £5.50

Adventureland Aldridge

Walsall · ages 0-14

A big indoor playframe with a black hole slide, a climbing wall and a football pitch, plus a fenced baby corner for the small ones.

Birthday partiesCaféFree parkingIndoor play+3 more

Air Nationfrom £6.49

Air Nation

Birmingham · ages 0-15

An inflatable park with an 18ft bouncy slide into a ball pit, plus a toddler zone for the under-fours.

Booking requiredIndoor playFood on siteToilets

Red inflatable assault course with slides and obstacles inside an indoor leisure facility.from £6

Air Ninja

Birmingham · ages 0-16

An indoor trampoline arena with an assault course and inflatable zones for climbing, sliding and bouncing, plus a toddler area for under-4s.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféFree parking+3 more

Children playing an interactive video game on a large screen in a brightly lit gaming arena.from £6

AirHop Birmingham

Birmingham · ages 1-99

Wall-to-wall trampolines, airbags and a mixed reality arena for jumpers from toddlers to adults.

Birthday partiesCaféFree parkingGroup bookings+5 more

Albert's Schloss - Birmingham

Albert's Schloss - Birmingham

Birmingham

A Bavarian-style beer hall and restaurant in the city centre where kids can join you for food, but only until early evening.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBooking requiredDog friendly+7 more

Painted study of a figure playing cello displayed in an art studio, with a concert hall visible in the background.

Art Courses Birmingham

Birmingham

Adults-only art courses in Birmingham city centre covering drawing, painting and life drawing over a full term.

A group of older adults seated in a circle watching a performance or presentation by two women standing in the centre of a bright, modern hall.

Art for Life Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

Adults-only drawing and painting classes, from a ten-week course in composition and portraiture to one-off printmaking and pastel workshops.

Food on site

Artrix

Artrix

Bromsgrove · ages 0+

A theatre stage for pantomime and family shows, plus youth theatre classes for older kids.

Accessible toiletBlue badge parkingCaféCard only+5 more

Two young pigs standing together on straw bedding in a farm enclosure.

Ash End House Children's Farm

Tamworth

Children's farm near Tamworth with animals, tractor rides and optional play barn.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféGift shop+3 more

Red and cream narrowboat moored on a canal with tree-lined banks in the background.

Ashby Boat Company

Nuneaton

Hire a narrowboat and pilot it yourselves along the Ashby Canal, a stretch with no locks to fumble with.

Pumpkins displayed on straw in front of a wooden farm shop decorated with autumn produce.from £7.50

Attwell Farm Park

Worcestershire

Redditch farm park with animals, outdoor play and indoor play areas.

Accessible toiletBike parkingBirthday partiesBlue badge parking+15 more

A restored brick windmill with white sails stands in a green field under blue sky.from £7

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Bromsgrove · ages 0+

Wander 700 years of rescued buildings, ride the miniature train and count phone boxes in the National Collection of Telephone Kiosks.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBlue badge parkingCafé+10 more

Two people interact with interactive display screens in a neon-lit axe-throwing venue, with coloured panels and motion-sensor technology surrounding them.from £30

Axeperience Axe Throwing

Birmingham · adults only (18+)

A grown-up hour with a real axe, an instructor and a target, not a kids' activity despite the arcade-sounding name.

Booking requiredFood on site

An outdoor adventure course with a small stream, wooden poles with overhead nets, and a vehicle suspended on a ramp against a blue sky.from £7.50

Aztec Adventure - Upton Warren - Activity Centre & Aqua Park

Bromsgrove · ages 2+

Aztec-themed adventure golf, high ropes and a lakeside café, with the inflatable aqua park back for summer 2026.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBlue badge parkingBooking required+7 more

Baby College Classes West Bromwich and Wednesbury

Baby College Classes West Bromwich and Wednesbury

West Bromwich · ages 0+

Baby and toddler classes mixing music, movement and sensory play to build language and social skills from birth.

An adult supports a baby during a sensory class session on a padded play mat with other participants nearby.

Baby Sensory & Toddler Sense Birmingham South

Birmingham · ages 0-13

Weekly sensory sessions for babies and toddlers, built around massage, music, textures and early signing.

Baby changeSensory friendly

Baggeridge Country Park

Baggeridge Country Park

Dudley

A big country park where kids can hit the sandpit and diggers, ride a miniature railway, or try the high ropes if they're brave enough.

CaféOutdoor playParkingToilets

Elevated view of Roman fort ruins with picnic tables scattered across grassy grounds and wooded surroundings.Free

Bagots Castle

Coventry

Free ruins of a 14th century castle to poke about in, with a visitor centre and a picnic spot, open weekends only.

Picnic area

Bancroft River Cruisesfrom £4.50

Bancroft River Cruises

Stratford-upon-Avon

A private boat charter along the Avon through town and out into open countryside, with catering laid on if you want it.

Accessible toiletAllergy awareBooking requiredDog friendly+3 more

Victorian red brick house with green roof and stone entrance portico, surrounded by mature trees and flowering plants.Free

Bantock House

Wolverhampton

Free house museum with a mouse trail to hunt round the rooms and a nine-hole pitch and putt outside.

Baby changeBlue badge parkingBreastfeeding friendlyCafé+4 more

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