BY A NOTTINGHAM DAD, FOR NOTTINGHAM PARENTS
Never hear “I’m bored” on a Saturday again.
Every great family day out in Nottingham: farms, museums, parks and hidden gems, with the details parents actually need before setting off.
PICK A LANE
Jump straight to your kind of day
CURATED FOR YOU
Or start with a Huddlepin list
Hand-picked, personally visited, honestly described.
KIND TO THE WALLET
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Brilliant days out that cost nothing
Proper days out with free entry, bring a picnic and you're done.
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FEED & STROKE
3
Farms, lambs and llamas
Everything you can feed, stroke or watch being ridiculous.
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INDOOR LIFESAVERS
12
Rainy day rescue
For when the forecast betrays you, all under a roof.
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STEP BACK IN TIME
20
Museums & heritage
Castles, caves and machines kids are allowed to gawp at.
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MORE WAYS IN
However your family rolls
Parents' favourites
- 01
Skylarks Nature Reserve - 02
Lakeside Arts - 03
Papplewick Pumping Station - 04
Thoresby Park - 05
The Linby Trail and Hucknall
FRESH AIR
Parks & nature
38 places to run them ragged →
THE MAGIC WORD
26
days out that cost £0
Free entry, proper day out. Bring a picnic and keep the twenty quid.
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HIDDEN GEMS
The ones you've never heard of
Every week we visit somewhere new that isn't on the usual lists, and write it up honestly. The full collection lives in the Hidden Nottingham guide.
No. 01
Cotgrave Country Park
200 acres of former colliery land turned into woods, lakes and meadows, free to explore on foot, bike or horseback, with den-building areas for kids.
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No. 02Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Canalside Heritage Centre
Historic canalside cottages at Beeston Lock with a Victorian cottage to explore and a garden café with river views.
No. 03Mapperley
Gedling Country Park
Former colliery turned 276-acre country park with a mining-themed play area, zip wire and accessible trails, free to explore, with a proper café for afters.