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Family days out in and around Northwood, each one written up honestly with the details parents actually need.
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from £18Cygnets Art School Watford
Watford · ages 5-12
Weekly term-time art classes for ages 5 to 12, with a £18 trial lesson if you'd rather test it before paying a monthly fee.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredGroup bookings
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
from £7.50Dance And Drama Classes- Rise Studios
Rickmansworth · ages 3-8
Singing, dance and acting classes for 3 to 8 year olds, with a £7.50 trial class before you commit to the term.
Booking requiredSchool visits
from £85Darwin Wellness
Northwood
Membership club with a gym, functional zone and a pool with steam and sauna, timed slots you book ahead.
Parking
FreeDaventry Country Park
Daventry
Free to get into, with an adventure playground, a reservoir to walk round and a café for when everyone's flagging.
Accessible toiletBlue badge parkingCaféDog friendly+4 more

David Lloyd Northwood
Northwood · ages 10+
A membership health club rather than a pay-as-you-go soft play: pools, kids' classes and crèche, but you join or tour before you visit.
Bike parkingFree parkingIndoor seatingMembership scheme+4 more
FreeDenham Country Park
Uxbridge · up to age 12
Free country park with an Adventure Zone playground for under-12s, sand to dig, and a flat 1.3 mile walk that takes a pushchair.
Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingBlue badge parking+6 more
from £4Dinosaur Escape Adventure Golf
Northolt
18-hole dinosaur adventure golf in Northolt - turn up and play, family tickets from about £35.
Birthday partiesParty roomsOutdoor playFood on site+1 more
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

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
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.

East Restaurant
Wembley
A Chinese and East Asian restaurant in Wembley serving from noon to nine or ten, five minutes' walk from Alperton and Hangar Lane.
FreeEastcote House Gardens
Pinner
Free gardens with a meadow ecology trail, a bug hotel booklet to fill in, and a walled garden with a Tudor dovecote to poke around.
CaféFirst aidOutdoor playPicnics allowed
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
FreeEmerald Frames and Gallery
Gerrards Cross · ages 0+
Free to walk round a working frame workshop and gallery above Gerrards Cross, open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm.
FreeEmmanuel Church, Northwood
London · ages 0-18
Free English conversation practice on Wednesday mornings in term time, plus a Friday foodbank and a Sunday service with groups for kids.
Blue badge parkingParkingPublic transport nearby
from £15Escape Hunt Watford
Watford · ages 8+
A locked room, a 60-minute clock, and a team of clue-hunters aged 8 and up trying not to panic.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredCard onlyDog friendly+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.
FreeForty Hall Estate
Enfield
A Jacobean manor with free grounds to roam, a farm to visit and paid trails that turn the walk into a hunt for bones and bugs.
Accessible toiletBaby changeBike parkingCafé+6 more
from £1Forty Hall Farm
Enfield
A weekend farm wander with animals to spot and picnic space, plus a farmers market with activities for kids.
Dog friendlyFood on sitePicnic area

Freemasons Hall, London
London
A 55-minute guided tour round an Art Deco Masonic hall and its museum of odd ritual objects.
Accessible toiletToiletsWheelchair accessible
FreeFreightliners City Farm
London · ages 0+
Free N7 city farm near Highbury - animals and gardens; closed Tuesdays, donations welcome.
Group bookingsOutdoor playSchool visits
from £9Freud Museum London
London
Step into the room where Freud actually worked, couch and all, with an audio guide included in the ticket.
Card onlyGift shopWheelchair accessibleWi-Fi
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