Every place in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Street Food

Edinburgh

A food hall of independent street food stalls, live music and soft serve, open into the evening most nights.

Group bookings

Edinburgh Tool Library - Meadowbank Hub

Edinburgh

Borrow proper tools, get stuck into a repair café or bag a woodworking bench, all on a library membership rather than a big spend.

Group bookingsMembership scheme

Edinburgh Zoo

Edinburgh

Over 2,500 animals across a hillside site, with keeper talks daily and a lot of walking between enclosures.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBlue badge parkingBooking required+11 more

Edinburgh's Voice of the Town Choir

Edinburgh · adults only (18+)

An adults-only contemporary choir where you learn harmonies by ear, complete with choreography and claps, no sheet music required.

Booking required

Escape Edinburgh

Edinburgh · ages 0-15

Locked in a room for sixty minutes with your team, racing to solve puzzles and find the way out before time runs out.

Booking requiredGroup bookingsToilets

Escape Edinburgh Haymarket

Edinburgh · ages 10+

Sixty minutes locked in a themed room at Haymarket, cracking codes and safes to beat the clock as a team.

Booking required

Escape Hunt Edinburgh

Edinburgh · ages 8+

A locked-room puzzle hunt for 60 minutes, best saved for kids of 8 and up who like a proper brain-bender.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCard onlyIndoor play+1 more

Escape The Past Edinburgh

Edinburgh · ages 8-99

Live-actor puzzle rooms set in Edinburgh's grim history, plus an outdoor city trail if you fancy the fresh air version.

Booking requiredToilets

Everyman Edinburgh

Edinburgh

A proper cinema with screenings built round babies, toddlers and school-holiday film clubs rather than squeezed in as an afterthought.

Festival Theatre

Edinburgh

A grand Edinburgh stage for family musicals, ballet and circus shows, from touring productions to Christmas panto season.

CaféGift shopIndoor seatingFood on site+1 more

Festival Theatre Cafe

Edinburgh

A cafe on the ground floor of the Festival Theatre for a drink, a snack or a toilet stop before or after a show.

CaféFood on siteToiletsWheelchair accessible

Finnegan's Wake Edinburgh

Edinburgh

A pub with live music and big screens for sport, open from midday at weekends if you fancy a family session out.

Accessible toiletWheelchair accessibleWi-Fi

Five Sisters Zoo

West Lothian · ages 3+

Scotland's only cheetah, rescued brown bears and a reptile house with over 160 species to work through.

Birthday partiesGift shopGroup bookingsIndoor play+4 more

Flight Club Edinburgh

Edinburgh · ages 12+

Tech-tracked darts with slo-mo replays on the TV, and a window before 5pm when 12-plus can actually play.

Birthday partiesToilets

Fort Douglas Adventure Park

Dalkeith · ages 1-12

Turreted treehouses, zip wires and a bike track outdoors, built for climbers and pedallers aged 1 to 12.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféFood on site

Forth Boat Tours

South Queensferry · ages 0-15

Sail under all three Forth bridges on a 90 minute cruise, or push further out to Inchcolm Island or Blackness Castle.

Booking requiredDog friendlyToilets

Fountain Park

Edinburgh

One venue, five different ways to keep kids busy: laser tag, trampolines, climbing, bowling and an IMAX.

Food on siteParking

Four Square Park Café

Edinburgh

Free outdoor play and a proper licensed café to go with it, with free parking on site.

Dog friendlyFree parkingOutdoor playParty rooms+4 more

Foxlake Adventures

Dunbar

A ropes course over water, wakeboarding and an aqua park, plus a sauna and cold plunge for the grown-ups afterwards.

CaféFood on site

Free Walking tour Edinburgh | GuruWalk

Edinburgh

Walking tours round Edinburgh's Old and New Town, with a Harry Potter trail and after-dark ghost walks on the list.

French Institute of Scotland

Edinburgh

French storytelling, author meetings and picture book sessions for young children, with a bistrot on site.

RestaurantStep-free accessToiletsWheelchair accessible

Fruitmarket Gallery

Edinburgh

Free contemporary art galleries right by Waverley Station, with a proper café for afterwards.

ToiletsCaféGift shopWheelchair accessible

Funparx Edinburgh

Edinburgh · ages 0-12

A three-storey soft play with a 25-challenge ninja course, an inflatable slide zone and an arcade thrown in on one visit.

Booking requiredCaféIndoor playFood on site+1 more

Gallery TEN

Edinburgh

A free-to-visit art gallery near Haymarket, handy for a quick culture stop with the kids on the way past.