Every place in Birmingham

Progress Music Academy

Birmingham

One-to-one lessons in guitar, bass, drums, piano, keyboard or vocals, pay-as-you-go with no long-term contract.

Food on siteWi-Fi

Purple Gallery

Birmingham

A small Birmingham gallery of paintings, ceramics and jewellery, with a sculpture garden to wander round in summer.

Free parkingGift shop

RBSA Gallery

Birmingham

A city-centre gallery with changing contemporary art shows and workshops, and a lift to all three floors if you've got a buggy.

Accessible toiletWheelchair accessible

RSPB Middleton Lakes

Bodymoor Heath

Free trails, a play meadow and pond dipping among the reedbeds, with several kilometres of paths for spotting birds.

CaféDog friendlyParkingPicnics allowed+3 more

RSPB Sandwell Valley

Birmingham

Free reserve of meadows, lakes and woodland trails where kids can go wild-play spotting and get properly muddy.

Baby changeBlue badge parkingFree parkingOutdoor play+3 more

Rainforest Rascals Shirley

Solihull

Rainforest Soft Play in Shirley Parkgate with toddler zone, parties and ASDA free parking.

Birthday partiesFree parkingGroup bookingsFood on site+6 more

Red Lion Farm Ice Cream & Cake Shop

Stafford

Watch Jersey cows being milked and Highland calves up close, then feed the animals before ice cream in the tea room.

Bike parkingCaféFood on siteToilets

Redpoint Birmingham Climbing Centre

Birmingham

Top rope walls up to 13m, bouldering, and a UV lights-off room for climbing in the dark.

Birthday partiesCaféFood on siteParty rooms+1 more

Redpoint Worcester

Worcester · ages 7+

A 500m2 bouldering hall and a 1000m2 roped climbing space where kids from 7 up learn to get up walls, not just look at them.

Birthday partiesCaféGroup bookingsIndoor play+4 more

Rising Cafe

Birmingham

A relaxed café for a sit-down breakfast or lunch, with party rooms if you're planning a birthday.

Birthday partiesFree parkingIndoor seatingFood on site+1 more

Robocode Learning & Exam Centre

Solihull · ages 6-17

Weekly in-person coding and robotics sessions for 6 to 17 year olds, working towards real BCS qualifications equivalent to a GCSE.

Rodbaston Animal Zone

Stafford

Keeper talks all day and roughly 600 animals from over 140 species to spot, with no need to book ahead.

Blue badge parkingCaféGift shopPicnic area+1 more

Rose Narrowboats Ltd

Rugby

Take the wheel of your own narrowboat for a weekend, a week or a whole season, or gather a group of up to twelve for a day out on the water.

Booking requiredGroup bookings

Roxy Ball Room Birmingham Victoria Square

Birmingham

A cashless, over-18s games bar in the city centre with duck pin bowling, crazy pool and shuffleboard, not a venue for kids.

Accessible toiletBooking requiredCard onlyGroup bookings+3 more

SEA LIFE Birmingham

Birmingham · ages 0+

Sharks, otters and a walk-through ocean tunnel in the middle of Birmingham, all under one roof.

ToiletsAccessible toiletBaby changeWheelchair accessible+5 more

Saltwells Local Nature Reserve

Brierley Hill

Free nature trails through a nature reserve where kids can spot dragonflies and birds without you booking a thing.

Sandbox VR

Birmingham

Full-body motion capture VR where you and up to five mates suit up in haptic vests and fight your way through Stranger Things or a dinosaur jungle.

Birthday partiesCard onlyGroup bookingsIndoor play

Selly Manor Museum

Birmingham

A timber-framed Tudor house where kids can try on armour, dress up and poke about a real medieval garden.

Toilets

Sense TouchBase Pears

Birmingham

Sensory play, tactile art workshops and adaptive movement sessions in a fully accessible Birmingham centre built for disabled children and their families.

Baby changeBike parkingBlue badge parkingCafé+6 more

Seventh Circle - Artworks & Aesthetics Ltd

Birmingham

Free contemporary art gallery with hands-on workshops like making your own ceramic pumpkins or trying watercolours.

Free parking

Sheldon Country Park

Birmingham · ages 0-99

Free farm animals, a playground and a flat nature trail, with planes coming into land right over the fence.

Accessible toiletCaféFree parkingPushchair friendly+2 more

Showtime Circus Factory

Kidderminster · ages 1-16

Aerial hoop, silks and stiltwalking to try hands-on, with acrobatics and juggling thrown in for good measure.

Sliced N Diced

Birmingham

A board game café with over 350 titles to pick from, plus pool, air hockey and Dungeons & Dragons parties with a proper DM.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféFood on site+1 more

Slick City Action Park Nottingham

Nottingham · ages 4+

Nottingham - Slick City indoor slide action park in Lenton, dry slides and Air Courts from £14.95.

CaféBirthday partiesBooking required