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Family days out in and around London, each one written up honestly with the details parents actually need.
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Control Room B
London · ages 0-16
A Power Station bar with an escape room twist, kids' drinks and colouring before the 21+ crowd take over after 5pm.
Gift shopGroup bookingsIndoor seatingFood on site+2 more
from £1.20Copas Farms PYO The Fruit Fields Pumpkin Picking
Iver · ages 2+
Weekend pumpkin picking across the fields, with a maize maze to get lost in before you weigh your haul.
Outdoor playParking

Coral Reef Waterworld
Bracknell
Five water slides, an erupting volcano and a pirate ship in the pool, plus a spa for the grown-ups if you can prise yourself away.
Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBlue badge parkingBooking required+5 more
from £6CrazyPutt Adventure Golf Greenwich
London
Outdoor 18-hole adventure golf on Greenwich Peninsula - floodlit evenings, family tickets, near North Greenwich.
Birthday partiesGroup bookingsPublic transport nearbyOutdoor play

Creekside Discovery Centre
London
Wellies on, down the sloped bank into Deptford Creek to dip for animals and read the mud like a history book.
Booking requiredPublic transport nearbyToiletsWheelchair accessible

Crouch End Picturehouse
London
A local independent cinema in Crouch End with a proper café-bar, dog friendly and step-free throughout.
Accessible toiletCaféDog friendlyRestaurant+2 more
FreeDana Research Centre and Library
London
Free hands-on science galleries with experiments, retro video games and a space section, though you'll need to book tickets in advance.
Accessible toiletAllergy awareBaby changeBooking required+12 more

Danceworks
London
Ballet, tap and street dance classes for kids, run drop-in from a studio building opposite Selfridges.
Birthday partiesGroup bookingsFood on siteToilets+1 more

Daunt Books Marylebone
London
A bookshop for browsing picture books, early readers and young adult fiction, with author talks running through the year.
Gift shop
from £9Discover Children's Story Centre
London · ages 0-11
Two floors of play worlds to climb through and act out stories in, plus a garden, all built around books rather than screens.
Baby changeBike parkingBlue badge parkingBooking required+7 more

Dishoom Kensington
London
Bombay cafe Indian near Kensington museums with a mild kids menu for family days.
High chairsBaby changeToiletsWheelchair accessible+3 more

Dishoom Shoreditch
London
Original Dishoom in Shoreditch - Bombay cafe Indian with a mild kids menu near Brick Lane.
High chairsBaby changeWheelchair accessibleToilets+3 more

Dominion Theatre
London · ages 5+
A West End stage for musicals and big theatrical shows, but under 5s aren't let in at all.
Accessible toiletBlue badge parkingBooking requiredToilets+1 more

Down House
Downe
Wander round the house where Charles Darwin worked for forty years, then set kids loose on a World Builder trail.
CaféGroup bookingsIndoor seatingPicnics allowed
from £7.95Draughts - Waterloo
London · ages 0-12
A café where kids play free from a wall of over 1,000 board games while food comes to the table.
Allergy awareBaby changeBirthday partiesBooking required+10 more
from £20Duchess Theatre
London · ages 14+
A West End stage for teenagers, with a farcical comedy and an unscripted one-off show that leans hard into dark themes.
FreeEastcheap Records
London
A 21+ cocktail and pizza bar with a strict door policy, so this one's for a night off without the kids.
LockersWheelchair accessible
from £5Egyptian Avenue
London · ages 8-17
A Victorian cemetery avenue of Egyptian arches and vaults, walked at your own pace; suits kids of 8 and up who like a story.
Accessible toiletBaby changeBlue badge parkingBooking required+11 more
from £22.50Electric Brixton
London · ages 14+
A standing gig venue in Brixton with over-14s shows, like Jain playing on 14th October 2027 for £22.50.
from £28Escape Hunt Oxford Street
London · ages 8+
Locked-room puzzle games near Tottenham Court Road, with an hour to crack the clues before the door opens.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredCard onlyGroup bookings+3 more

Escape London - Shepherds Bush Escape Room
London · ages 9+
Sixty minutes locked in a themed room together, cracking codes and clues as a private team with no strangers thrown in.
Booking requiredGroup bookingsFood on siteParty rooms+1 more

Eventim Apollo
London
A big Hammersmith gig venue with bars and snacks on site, best reached by tube rather than car.

Everyman Canary Wharf
London · ages 0-18
Sofa seats, food brought to you, and baby and toddler screenings where nobody minds if your one-year-old kicks off.
Allergy awareRestaurantSensory friendlyWheelchair accessible

F1® Arcade London
London · ages 7+
Full-motion F1 racing simulators in central London, with a bar and restaurant attached, but under-18s have to be out by 6pm.
Birthday partiesCaféGroup bookingsIndoor seating+4 more
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