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

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Rhythm Time Leicester: Fun, developmental music classes for babies, toddlers & pre-schoolers.

Rhythm Time Leicester

Leicester · ages 0-5

Weekly music classes for babies and toddlers, with live singing, real instruments and a taster before you commit to a term.

Birthday partiesGroup bookings

Rocket Holiday Camps - Blaby | Childrens Holiday Club | Stage, Sports & Solve

Rocket Holiday Camps Blaby

Leicester · ages 5-12

School holiday camp days built round sport, drama and problem-solving challenges for kids aged 5 to 12.

Group bookings

Grand stone castle with multiple towers set within defensive walls, surrounded by sprawling green grounds and woodland under clear blue sky.from £11.50

Rockingham Castle

Market Harborough · ages 4-15

A 950 year old family home to explore on foot, with garden trails and free outdoor tours for the kids to tag along on.

Blue badge parkingCaféFree parkingOutdoor play+3 more

Toasted bread with raisins and a cappuccino served on a blue table at a café.

Roma Italian Restaurant Leicester

Leicester

Homemade pizza and pasta since 1996 - brunch coffee through to evening Italian dining.

Food on site

A brick canal bridge surrounded by lush green vegetation with still water reflecting trees and the bridge below.

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

Opening night bowling lanes at Roxy Humberstone Gate Leicesterfrom £10

Roxy Ball Room Leicester (Humberstone Gate)

Leicester

Five ten-pin lanes plus pool, karaoke and batting cage in a city-centre games bar - bowling from £10.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBooking requiredCard only+3 more

Rugby Theatre Societyfrom £16

Rugby Theatre Society

Rugby

Live theatre and film in Rugby, with a Summer Youth Project for 10 to 20 year olds and children's dance woven into some productions.

Indoor seating

Town centre pedestrian street with benches, bare trees, shops and buildings, a few people walking.Free

Rugby Visitor Centre

Rugby

Free maps, heritage trails and guided town walks that turn Rugby's rugby history into an easy afternoon out.

Accessible toiletDog friendlyWheelchair accessible

This is a PHOTOGRAPH.

Alpine valley in autumn with golden larch trees, steep rocky mountains, a river, and farm buildings scattered across green meadows below.

Rutland Outdoor Education Centre

Oakham · ages 0-18

Woodland forest school days where kids feed farm animals, build bushcraft skills and take on proper risk-assessed outdoor challenges.

Wetland landscape with reed beds, open water, and distant trees under clear sky.from £7.50

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Oakham

A lakeside reserve of hides and trails where you scan the water for ospreys and winter wildfowl.

Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingCafé+6 more

Sea otters Ozzy and Ola at SEA LIFE Birminghamfrom £19

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

Seasons Mini Golf course overviewfrom £8

Seasons Mini Golf

Leicester

Indoor 12-hole seasonal-theme mini golf in Haymarket Leicester - opening offer from £8.

A platter of Indian sweets including gulab jamun, barfi and other confections, with a bowl of mixture snack and sliced cheese on the side.from £4.25

Sharmilee Sweetmart & Restaurant

Leicester

Handmade Indian sweets by weight and a sit-down menu of North Indian, South Indian and Indo-Chinese dishes.

Card only

Indoor dry slides and airbag landing at Slick City Nottinghamfrom £14.95

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

Children gather around an adult guide in a vintage electronics laboratory filled with vintage computer equipment and control panels.Free

Snibston Colliery

Coalville

Former-miner surface tours plus the Into the Dark coalface simulation - no real underground, but a proper Leicestershire pit day out.

ParkingBlue badge parkingEV chargingCafé+7 more

Young girl in blue shirt posing on a large boulder with a heritage colliery building behind her on a sunny day.Free

Snibston Colliery Park

Coalville

Free parkland on an old colliery site with a mountain bike trail, a pump track, a playground and lakes for fishing.

Accessible toiletBlue badge parkingCaféOutdoor play+3 more

Climber on the bouldering wall at Social Climbing Leicesterfrom £10

Social Climbing Leicester

Leicester · ages 5+

A city-centre indoor bouldering gym with family sessions from age 5, coached kids activities and 175+ problems.

Lockers

Sonrisa Argentinian steak restaurant interior Leicester

Sonrisa

Leicester

Argentinian steaks and small plates in Leicester old town - near King Richard III centre.

Skater on Spin Pin roller rink with neon lightingfrom £9.95

Spin Pin Leicester

Leicester · ages 5+

Indoor roller rink in Leicester city centre - 90-minute skate from £9.95, ages 5+, then bowl or arcade if you want.

CaféFood on siteParkingLockers+4 more

St Margaret’s Pastures SkateparkFree

St Margaret’s Pastures Skatepark

Leicester

An outdoor concrete park with flat banks, ledges, grind rails and a full-length quarter, free to skate any time.

Bike parkingParkingPublic transport nearbyToilets

A library interior displays a large model ship exhibition with a wooden sailing vessel model, blue water feature, and maritime-themed decorations including flags and books about the Windrush.

St. Barnabas Library

Leicester

Free book borrowing and computer access, plus a Digital and Performance Suite to try out.

Wi-Fi

Grand wooden staircase with red carpet and ornate balustrade, lined with gilt-framed portraits and classical sculptures in an elegant period interior.from £15

Stanford Hall

Lutterworth · up to age 14

A guided hour-long tour round a Grade 1 listed 1697 hall, open only on a handful of set dates.

Booking required

Stonebridge City Farm & GardensFree

Stonebridge City Farm & Gardens

Nottingham

Nottingham - Stonebridge City Farm free community farm. Donations welcome; barn from noon; car park fills fast.

Booking requiredCaféFree parkingGift shop+9 more

White and black spotted pig standing in straw bedding next to a brick wall.from £8.95

Stonehurst Farm

Mountsorrel · ages 0-16

Mountsorrel working farm - animals, tractor rides, straw barn play and Motor Museum. Child from £8.95; under-2s free.

ToiletsAccessible toiletFree parkingCafé+10 more

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