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Every place in Enfield

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

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Ornate entrance hall with Islamic tilework, decorative columns, brass chandelier and patterned ceiling in a historic house museum.

Leighton House

London

A Victorian artist's house with a jaw-dropping tiled Arab Hall, a new family trail, and a café you can visit without a ticket.

CaféToiletsWheelchair accessible

Lightroomfrom £10

Lightroom

London · ages 0+

Big projected shows on 11-metre walls that you wander round rather than sit and watch, near King's Cross.

Accessible toiletBooking requiredCaféCard only+2 more

Colourful indoor soft play area with climbing structures, slides, and toys for babies and toddlers, with wooden tables and chairs nearby.

Little Dinosaurs - Enfield Town Park Cafe

Enfield

Two-hour soft play sessions with a garden, a bouncy castle and a café where you can actually sit down with a coffee while they get on with it.

Birthday partiesCaféIndoor playIndoor seating+3 more

Loading Bar

Loading Bar

London

A board game and arcade bar with dozens of games to pick from, plus retro and modern consoles.

Ornate theatre auditorium filled with audience members watching a performance from multiple levels of seating.from £25

London Coliseum

London · ages 0+

Opera and ballet on a grand West End stage, with a strict under-5s rule and an 86-step climb to the cheap seats.

Booking requiredCaféIndoor seatingToilets+1 more

Passengers in a capsule on the London Eye observation wheel with views of London's cityscape, Big Ben and the Thames below.from £29

London Eye

London · ages 0+

A slow 30-minute loop 135 metres above the Thames, with Big Ben and Buckingham Palace picked out along the way.

Indoor seating

Visitors walking towards the entrance of a brick museum building with promotional banners on a sunny day.Free

London Museum Docklands

London

Free museum with a soft-play family gallery for building tunnels, role-play and trails, right by Canary Wharf.

Baby changeBirthday partiesBottle warmingBreastfeeding friendly+11 more

A man in a yellow helmet and blue shirt rock climbing on a quarry face with spectators watching below.

Lost Earth Adventures

London · ages 5+

Real rock climbing, caving and gorge walking for kids five and up, with instructors qualified to work with school groups.

Parking

Historic theatre interior with ornate gilt ceiling, red velvet seats, and an empty stage framed by an elaborate proscenium arch.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

London

A Hammersmith theatre with panto and family shows, wheelchair access sorted and a £2 levy tucked onto every ticket.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBreastfeeding friendlyToilets+1 more

Lyric Theatrefrom £20

Lyric Theatre

London

A West End stage for Room on the Broom and other family shows, with the ticket price hinging on which production is on.

Accessible toiletToilets

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South Kentish Town Underground station entrance, a Victorian-era brick building with arched windows and signage.from £28

MISSION: BREAKOUT

London · ages 9+

Three underground escape rooms with 60 minutes to crack puzzles, from spy-hunting with Churchill to a post-apocalyptic London.

Two children in protective goggles and lab coats conduct a science experiment with coloured liquids in test tubes and beakers.from £270

Mad Science London

London

A science party that comes to you, with slime, bouncy balls and a big final experiment to send everyone home buzzing.

Markfield Beam Engine and MuseumFree

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum

London · ages 1+

Free entry to a Victorian pumping station where the 1886 beam engine thunders into life on steaming days, plus toys, trails and a park playground.

Accessible toiletBike parkingCaféDog friendly+5 more

Miart Gallery London

Miart Gallery London

London

An indoor art gallery in London open six days a week, if you fancy a quiet browse with the kids in tow.

Monopoly Lifesizedfrom £54

Monopoly Lifesized

London · ages 9+

A supersized, escape-room take on Monopoly where teams race round a giant board to buy up property and bank the most cash.

Booking requiredGift shopLockersParty rooms+3 more

Garden shop display viewed through wooden trellis, with flowering plants in foreground and stone ornaments and statuary visible inside.

Moss End Garden Village

Bracknell

A garden village with reef aquariums, reptiles, birds of prey and a pottery studio all under one roof, plus free parking all day.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBlue badge parkingCafé+5 more

Farm animals grazing in a green pasture with a city skyline of tall buildings in the background.Free

Mudchute Park and Farm

London

Free Isle of Dogs city farm with animals, park walks and a kitchen cafe - proper London day out without the tourist fluff.

ToiletsCaféOutdoor playPicnics allowed+4 more

Museum of Brandsfrom £8

Museum of Brands

London

A walk through 200 years of adverts, packaging and toys, from Victorian shop shelves to today's digital brands.

Accessible toiletCaféGift shopPublic transport nearby+5 more

Visitors sit on benches outside a modern museum building with red signage and brick architecture on a sunny day.Free

Museum of the Home

London

Free period rooms, a playhouse and a sensory den to explore, with no booking needed and no minimum time limit on your visit.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingDog friendly+7 more

Nathan's Farmfrom £1

Nathan's Farm

Chalfont St. Giles

Feed the animals, hold a baby chick and go egg collecting at a small petting farm with its own café.

Birthday partiesCaféGift shopIndoor play+1 more

National Army MuseumFree

National Army Museum

London · ages 0-8

Free galleries about army history plus a soft-play zone, Play Base, built for the under-8s.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBirthday partiesCafé+7 more

Grand neoclassical museum building with columns and flags, framed by green trees, with visitors on the lawn below.Free

National Maritime Museum

London

Free galleries where kids land a Mars rover, climb through a sea-themed playground and walk into a galaxy box.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBirthday partiesCafé+8 more

Red brick Georgian mansion with domed towers, columned portico and manicured lawn under blue sky with white clouds.from £5

National Trust - Osterley Park and House

Isleworth

Tudor walled garden, parkland dens and bike rides, plus an 18th-century mansion house you can wander on the days it's open.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingBlue badge parking+9 more

A dinosaur skeleton sculpture towers above a tree-lined street facing the Natural History Museum's Victorian Gothic building and clock tower.Free

Natural History Museum

London

Dinosaurs, a blue whale and rainy-day halls in South Kensington - free entry, book timed tickets.

Booking requiredGift shopFood on siteWheelchair accessible+3 more

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