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Every place in Birmingham

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

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A person sits beside tents and camping gear on a grassy bank overlooking a lake, with a building visible across the water.from £10.50

Barston Lakes

Solihull

Carp fishing by the day or night on a Solihull lake, with tickets running from a few hours up to a full 24.

CaféCard onlyParkingToilets+1 more

Becketts Farmfrom £5

Becketts Farm

Birmingham

A farm shop and restaurant that turns into an indoor pumpkin patch every October, with carving tables and a fiver gets your child a pumpkin to pick.

Birthday partiesCaféFree parkingFood on site+2 more

Adults and toddlers playing together in a colourful indoor soft play facility with purple and orange chairs and play equipment.from £1

Berzerk Active Play Atherstone

Atherstone · ages 0-10

Atherstone Soft Play with go-karts, under-5s zone, cafe and free parking.

Wi-FiFree parkingCard onlyBirthday parties+9 more

A large brown mascot bear in blue uniform and cap interacts with children playing with coloured parachutes indoors at an active play venue.from £6.99

Berzerk Active Play Birmingham

Birmingham

Active Soft Play in Kings Heath with sensory zones, parties and SEND sessions.

Indoor playBirthday partiesGroup bookingsSchool visits+5 more

Victorian red-brick building with ornate architecture and tall chimneys on a city street corner under blue sky.

Birmingham & Midland Institute

Birmingham

A quiet members' library and lecture venue in the city centre, worth knowing about if you want to introduce a curious child to a proper old reading room.

CaféWheelchair accessible

Signage for Birmingham Bouldering Centre on a brick building with a railway arch beneath it.from £5

Birmingham Bouldering Centre

Birmingham · up to age 14

Bouldering walls for kids to try under supervision, with routes changed regularly and a café to collapse in afterwards.

Birmingham Christmas Parties (Vivid Experience Ltd)

Birmingham Christmas Parties (Vivid Experience Ltd)

Birmingham · ages 16+

An 18+ Christmas party night in Birmingham with a three-course meal, fairground rides and a casino floor, for groups of 8 or more.

Booking requiredCaféFree parkingIndoor play+3 more

Person's hand pressing a hand sanitiser dispenser on a wall.from £3.50

Birmingham Snow Hill

Birmingham

A working railway station where kids travel for £1 on the family travelcard and the trains themselves are the entertainment.

Accessible toiletBaby changeCaféGift shop+5 more

Interior of a heritage railway station café with tables, burgundy chairs, service counter and vintage railway memorabilia on walls.

Birmingham Society of Model Engineers Ltd

Solihull

A miniature railway club where kids ride full-length trains around raised and ground-level tracks, through tunnels and past working signal boxes.

Birthday partiesParkingToilets

Child in orange helmet and pink jacket zip-lining through woodland on an adventure course.

Blackwell Adventure

Bromsgrove · ages 6+

Zip wires, caving, archery and kayaking on one site, built for group bookings and school visits rather than a quick solo drop-in.

Accessible toiletGroup bookingsSchool visitsToilets+1 more

Blue Orange Theatrefrom £45

Blue Orange Theatre

Birmingham · ages 6-18

Youth theatre classes and pantomime shows for ages 6 to 18, tucked into the Jewellery Quarter.

Toilets

Tree-lined pathway with overhanging branches creating a leafy green canopy on both sides.from £5

Bodenham Arboretum

Kidderminster · ages 3-16

Fifteen pools, an island to spot from the path, and a working farm to walk round on gravel trails that mostly cope with a buggy.

Baby changeCaféDog friendlyFree parking+6 more

Boing Zone Trampoline & Inflatable Parkfrom £5

Boing Zone Trampoline & Inflatable Park

Stourbridge · ages 5-16

Trampolines, a foam pit and a dodgeball court for kids aged five and up, booked in 30 to 120 minute slots.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféGroup bookings+4 more

Boom Battle Bar Edinburghfrom £5

Boom Battle Bar Birmingham Broad Street

Birmingham · ages 0-18

Axe throwing, crazy golf and beer pong under one roof, with a 7pm cut-off for anyone under 18.

Birthday partiesCard onlyGroup bookingsIndoor play+2 more

Tudor black-and-white half-timbered house with brick chimney and adjoining church under blue sky with white clouds.

Boscobel House

Stafford

A hands-on hide-and-seek history trail where Charles II once dodged Cromwell's men, with a willow tunnel and tree-themed playground.

Gift shopFood on siteOutdoor playParking+1 more

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre exterior and groundsfrom £6.95

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre

Sutton Cheney

Interactive Battle of Bosworth exhibition, Discovery Zone and free country-park trails near Market Bosworth.

ToiletsAccessible toiletBaby changeParking+7 more

Boulder Central - Indoor Climbingfrom £3

Boulder Central - Indoor Climbing

West Bromwich

Bouldering walls, a Moonboard with LED routes, and kids' climbing clubs, with a day pass that lets you climb as long as you like.

Birthday partiesCaféGift shopGroup bookings+2 more

Boundless Outdoors Bell Heath

Boundless Outdoors Bell Heath

Stourbridge · ages 8+

A day of zip wires, rock climbing, archery and grass sledging on the hills outside Stourbridge, built for kids eight and up.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesFree parkingGroup bookings+5 more

Brandon Marsh Nature Reservefrom £3.25

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve

Coventry

Muddy trails, nine bird hides and a mud kitchen make this a proper wellies-on nature reserve outside Coventry.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingCafé+10 more

Visitors riding a miniature train at an outdoor railway attraction, with families watching from the grassy surroundings.

Bridge View Light Railway

Coventry

A miniature railway ride through a garden centre, with a maze, quarry gardens and wetlands walk to explore afterwards.

Accessible toiletCaféGift shop

Broadway Plaza

Broadway Plaza

Birmingham

One car park, five different ways to spend a few hours: bowling, climbing, crazy golf, a cinema and an arcade.

CaféGift shopIndoor playFood on site+2 more

Brockswood Animal Sanctuaryfrom £4.75

Brockswood Animal Sanctuary

Dudley · ages 4+

A rescue farm in Dudley where kids meet sheep, goats, pigs and donkeys who all have a backstory.

Accessible toiletBaby changeCaféDog friendly+6 more

CDC Dance Ltd.

CDC Dance Ltd.

Birmingham · ages 0+

Weekly dance classes from toddler wiggles to street and acro, with a free trial week before you commit to anything.

Family watching an animatronic primate figure play drums in a themed exhibition display.from £12

Cadbury World

Birmingham · ages 0-18

A self-guided chocolate tour with a 4D cinema, a Chocolate Quest ride and a doodling-and-tempering zone to get sticky in.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBirthday partiesBooking required+15 more

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