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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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from £10.50Barston 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
from £5Becketts 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
from £1Berzerk 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
from £6.99Berzerk Active Play Birmingham
Birmingham
Active Soft Play in Kings Heath with sensory zones, parties and SEND sessions.
Indoor playBirthday partiesGroup bookingsSchool visits+5 more

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
from £5Birmingham 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 · 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
from £3.50Birmingham 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

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

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
from £45Blue Orange Theatre
Birmingham · ages 6-18
Youth theatre classes and pantomime shows for ages 6 to 18, tucked into the Jewellery Quarter.
Toilets
from £5Bodenham 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
from £5Boing 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
from £5Boom 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

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
from £6.95Bosworth 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
from £3Boulder 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
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
from £3.25Brandon 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

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
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
from £4.75Brockswood 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.
Birmingham · ages 0+
Weekly dance classes from toddler wiggles to street and acro, with a free trial week before you commit to anything.
from £12Cadbury 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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