06/07/2025
With the Summer holidays just round the corner, we will be posed with the inevitable conundrum of what to do with our lovely children during the holidays!?
Here's a list of some great activities to keep the little angels occupied and hopefully us parents sane!
I just copied and pasted this list too good not to share!
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment and add!
💴 = costs
🆓 = free (ie. no admittance fee)
☀️ = sunny days
☔️ = rainy days
🐶 = dog friendly
♿️ = accessible
🆓☀️🐶 Aberdour Beach, Fife FREE
🆓☀️☔️ Aberfoyle (David Marshall lodge, Lodge forest Visitor Centre) FREE
🆓 Adventure playground, Linn Park, Glasgow FREE
💶☔️ Adventure Planet softplay, Cumbernauld, £7.95 - £9.95
💶☔️♿️ Aerial Adventures soft play, Livingston. £2 - £8
💶☔️ Airthrill, East Kilbride £ 12.95
💶☀️☔️♿️ Almond Valley, Livingston, £10 - £12
🆓☀️🐶 Almondell & Calderwood country park, Broxburn FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Amazonia @ M&Ds, Motherwell, £5.20 - £6.80
🆓💶☀️ Ardardan Estate, Cardross, FREE (some events cost)
🆓💶☀️🐶 Arran (£- ferry)
🆓☀️🐶 Ayr Beach, FREE
💶☀️ Auchingarrich wildlife centre, Comrie £12- £14, under 3s free
🆓☀️🐶 Balloch Country Park - loch side walks / tree trails/ picnicking / sandy play park FREE 🆓☀️ Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Dalmarnock. FREE. (Can register kids online)
🆓☀️ Barons Haugh Nature Reserve, Motherwell, FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Barshaw Park, Paisley - duck pond / model railway / small animals / play park FREE 💶☀️☔️ Bearsden Ski Club £120 for 6 week block
💶☀️☔️🐶 Beech Tree Inn, Drumgoyne by Killearn – Bar/restaurant with small animals
🆓☀️🐶 Beecraigs Country Park, Linlithgow FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Bellahouston Park, Glasgow FREE
💶☀️🐶♿️ Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire £15.50 - £22 (kennels for dogs at entrance)
💶☀️☔️ Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness £9 - £16
🆓💶☀️☔️ Boswell’s Estate, Auchinleck - play area, gorge walks, castle ruins, coffee shop 🆓☀️☔️🐶♿️ Botanic Gardens & Kibble Palace, Glasgow FREE
💶☀️ Briarlands Farm, Stirling £7.50 - £9.50, under 2s FREE
💶☔️ Broadwood Stadium Gym Play, Cumbernauld £
🆓☀️ Burngreen park Kilsyth, play area, putting green, trampolines , from 90p
🆓☀️🐶 Burntisland, Fife. Beach and funfair FREE (attractions £2/3 each)
🆓☀️☔️♿️ Burrell Collection, Glasgow FREE
💶☔️ Cafe Ceramico, East Kilbride from £13
💶☀️ Cairnie Farm & Maze, Cupar, Fife - Mar-Oct, from £7.50, under 3s FREE (extra for fruit picking)
🆓💶☀️🐶 Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride (zoo entry £4 adults, £2 children)
💶☔️ Camera Obscura, Edinburgh £16.95 - £21.95
🆓☀️ Carmichael Estate, Biggr. farm shop and tea room £ / FREE entry
🆓☀️🐶 Castle Semple Country Park, Lochwinnoch, walking trails and coffee shop FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Chatelherault Country Park, adventure park and walking trail. Market on some Sundays
💶☔️♿️ Cineworld & Odeon Kids Club from £2.50
💶☀️☔️ City Sightseeing Tour, Glasgow (Hop on Hop off) from £15
🆓☀️ Clark’s Little Ark, Sanquhar, D&G. Farm animals and park FREE
🆓☔️ Coats Observatory, Paisley FREE
💶☔️♿️ Cocoabean Chocolate Factory, Braehead Soar £10 - £22.50
🆓☀️☔️🐶 Colzium Estate, Kilsyth - visitor centre, cafe, play area etc. FREE
💶☀️☔️ Conifox Nursery & Adventure Play park, Kirkliston £4.50 - £13.95
💶☔️ Craft Daft on a Raft, Kirkintilloch from £12.50
💶☔️ Craigend Nursery - indoor sandpit, Cumbernauld £4
💶☀️ Craigie’s Farm Shop, Edinburgh. Play area and pick your own fruit. From £5
🆓💶☀️🐶 Craigtoun Country Park, St. Andrews. Free entry £10 wristband for attractions.
🆓☔️☀️🐶 Crawick Multiverse, Sanquhar, D&G, from £4
💶☀️☔️ Cream o’ Galloway, Gatehouse of Fleet - adventure playground, nature reserve,ice cream making workshop. FREE entry, £25 for 3 people at workshop
💶☀️☔️🐶♿️ Culzean Castle, Maybole £12 - £20
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Cuningar Loop, Woodland park. Dalmarnock FREE
💶☔️ Dalgarven Mill, Museum of Ayrshire Country Life & Costume, Kilwinning £5 - £7.50
🆓💶☀️🐶 Dalkeith Country Park, free entry to park. Adventure park from £4. Go ape from £21
💶☀️ Dalscone Farm Park, Dumfries. Indoor and outdoor playpark and farm. From £11.50
🆓☀️🐶 Dams to Darnley County Park, Glasgow. Events posted online throughout year. FREE
💶☔️ David Livingston Centre, Blantyre. Entry to playpark is free. Museum £3- £7.50
🆓☀️🐶 Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock. Playpark and café. FREE
💶☔️♿️ Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, £12 - £18
🆓☀️🐶 Dhoon Beach, Kirkcudbright FREE
💶☔️ Dino Park, Dumfries £5- £10. Soft play extra under 1s FREE
💶☀️☔️ Doune Castle, Perthshire £8 - £10, under 6s FREE
💶☀️☔️ Drumlanrig Castle, gardens and adventure park £6-8. Tours of castle on selected dates
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Drumpellier Country Park, Coatbridge. Playpark, peddle boats, walks FREE
💶☀️☔️ Dumbarton Castle, £ £4.50- £7.50
💶☀️☔️ Dumfries house, Cumnock. Adventure playground, walled garden FREE. Tours from £7.50
💶☀️☔️ Duncarron Medieval Village, Carron Valley £ payable events
💶☀️☔️ Dundonald Castle, Kilmarnock £6- £9, under 5s FREE
💶☔️ Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh £12 - £19.50
💶☀️ East Links Family Park, Dunbar £8 - £18, under 2s FREE
💶☀️ East Yonderton (fruit) Pay per weight
💶☔️ Edenmill Farm Shop, Blanefield. Soft play £7, alpacha trek £13.50, petting zoo £7.95
💶☀️☔️ Edinburgh Castle £11.40 - £19.50
💶☀️♿️ Edinburgh Zoo £17 - £26.50
🆓☀️🐶 Eglinton country park, Irvine. Adventure playground, STEM trail, ruins FREE
💶☔️ EICA Ratho - Clip 'n Climb from £7.50 and soft play from £1.50
💶☀️🐶♿️ Falkirk Wheel £9.50 – £17.50 (other activities separate charge)
💶☀️☔️🐶 Finlaystone Mansion House, Port Glasgow £4-£6 under 3 free
🆓☀️ Flanders Moss national nature reserve, nr Kippen, Stirlingshire FREE
💶☔️ Flip Out Trampoline Park, Rutherglen £9.45 - £14.45
💶☀️ 5 Sisters Zoo, West Calder, £13.95 - £18.95, under 3s FREE
💶☔️ Garscube Playrooms, Glasgow £15 annual membership plus £4 per visit
💶☔️ Glasgow Climbing Centre from £26
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Glasgow Green, adventure park FREE
🆓☔️ Glasgow Museum Resource Centre, FREE pre booked tours.
💶☀️☔️ Glasgow Ski & Snowboard Centre, Bellahouston 6 week course £90 - £96
💶☔️ Gooey Events Limited, Livingston events from £30
💶☀️ Gourock Outdoor Pool £3.70 - £4.50
💶☀️ Greenbank garden, Clarkston £6.50 - £9
💶☀️ Gruffalo trail - ardkinglas estate, Argyll £2.50 - £5 (under 3’s free)
💶☀️♿️ Heads of Ayr farm park, Ayr - animals & play park indoor/ outdoor £15.50 (under 1 free)
💶☔️♿️ Hollywood Bowl, Springfield Quay & Bargeddie. Kids eat,drink and play from £7.50
💶☀️☔️ Holmwood House, Cathcart £8.50
🆓💶☔️♿️ Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery @ Glasgow Uni FREE
💶☀️☔️🐶 Inveraray Jail, from £9.50 - £15.50
🆓💶☀️🐶 James Hamilton Heritage Park, East Kilbride, FREE (£ activities)
💶☔️ Jolly tots & Cookies play cafe, Uddingston £1 - £4.50 (under 1 free)
💶☔️♿️ Jump-N-Joy Trampoline Park, Tullibody. From £12- £15
💶☀️ Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh £7.50 - £11.50 (under 3 free)
🆓☀️ Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre, Grangemouth FREE
💶☀️ Jurassic Parrr Adventure Golf, World of Golf, Clydebank £3.50 - £8.50
💶☔️♿️ Jurassic Jungle soft play, Possilpark £6.75 - £8.50 (under 1 £1)
💶☀️☔️🐶 Kelburn Castle. forest trail, indoor/outdoor play, alpacahs, tree climbing. All activities charged separately.
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kelpies & Helix Park, Falkirk FREE (tours from £6.50)
🆓☔️♿️ Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kelvingrove Park FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kilmardinny Loch (in bearsden for a Gruffalo Hunt) FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Kings park, Stirling - adventure playground FREE
🆓💶☀️☔️ Lake of Menteith / Inchmahome Priory, nr Stirling £6 - £10 (under 7 free)
💶☀️🐶 Landmark Adventure Park, Aviemore, £14 - £31 (under 3 free)
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Largs FREE
💶☀️☔️ Linlithgow Canal Centre, Cruises from £40
💶☀️☔️ Linlithgow Palace £4 - £8, under 7s FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Linn Caves and waterfalls, Baldernock FREE
🆓☀️ Linn Park Adventure centre, Glasgow indoor + outdoor play centre for children with ASN and their families (booking advisable) FREE
💶☔️ Little World of Play, Cowdenbeath £12.95
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ Loch Katrine, Trossachs FREE (boat ride chargeable)
💶☀️ Loch Leven RSPB, Kinross FREE
💶☀️ Loch Lomond Faerie Trail, Luss £6.50 (under 2s FREE)
🆓☀️☔️🐶♿️ Loch Lomond shores - outdoor play park nearby FREE
💶☀️ Lochwinnoch RSPB FREE
💶☔️ Lollipop Land soft play, East Kilbride £5.95 - £8.95
🆓💶☔️ Low Park Museum, Hamilton FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Lunderston Bay, Gourock, FREE
💶☀️ Mabie Farm Park, Dumfries (Mar-Oct) £10 under 2s FREE
🆓💶☔️ Make Do & Grow, Govan. Free drop in arts and crafts and workshops
💶☀️☔️♿️ M&D's, Motherwell - funfair All day wristband £21.95. Other packages available
💶☔️ Mariner Leisure Centre, Falkirk £3 - £5.20 (Under 3’s go free)
💶☀️☔️🐶 Milk Barn, Falkirk - ice cream parlour on farm, £
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Millport - hire a bike / play on beach £ / FREE
💶☔️ Movement Park, Whiteinch £6.50
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Mugdock Park, nr Milngavie - muddy walks/ ranger activities / garden centre FREE 🆓💶☀️🐶 Muiravonside Country Park, nr Falkirk, FREE (some events cost)
🆓💶☀️🐶 Muirshiel Country Park, Lochwinnoch, FREE (some events cost)
🆓☔️ Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh FREE
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💶☔️ National Museum of Flight, North Berwick, from £8.50 - £13.50, under 5s FREE
💶☔️🐶 National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride, £7 - £10, under 5s FREE
🆓☔️♿️ National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, FREE
💶☀️ New Cumnock outdoor pool, £2.50 - £3.50
💶🆓☀️☔️🐶♿️ New Lanark -play area/walks FREE Museum entry £6 - £12
💶☔️ Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, from £4.50 - £7.50 (under 7s FREE)
💶☀️☔️ Newmilns Snow & sports complex, east ayrshire, Activities from £9
🆓☀️🐶 Overtoun Park, Burnside, FREE
💶☔️ Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, from £10 - £22, under 5s FREE
🆓☔️♿️ People's Palace & Winter garden, Glasgow FREE
💶☔️ Pirate Pete's, Ayr £2.50 - £6
🆓☀️🐶 Plean Country Park, Stirling FREE
🆓☔️ Police Museum, Glasgow merchant city, FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Polkemmet Country Park, Bathgate FREE
🆓💶☀️☔️🐶♿️ Pollok Country Park, Glasgow (inc. dinosaur trail & fairy garden) FREE
💶☔️ Potter Around, Kirknewton (nr Edinburgh) £ no prices on website
💶☔️ Purves Puppets, Biggar £10 - £12
💶 Rainforest Adventure, Motherwell £4.95 - £9.95
💶☔️ Ravenscraig Activity Centre, Greenock. Learn to climb, soft play from £13.50
🆓☔️♿️ Riverside Museum & Tall Ship, Glasgow FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Robert Burns Birthplace, Alloway £7 - £12
💶☔️ Roller Stop, Kinning Park from £8
💶☀️☔️ Rothesay Castle, From £4.50 - £7.50, under 7s FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock FREE
💶☔️ Rouken Glen Pottery, Giffnock. Pieces from £5
💶☔️ Science Centre, Glasgow £11.50 - £14.75
💶☀️☔️ Scotkart, Cambuslang & Clydebank from £43.70
💶☀️ Scottish Deer Centre, Cupar. Website advertising ‘pay as you please’
💶☔️ Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park, £3- £5, under 5s FREE
💶☔️ Scottish maritime museum, Dumbarton & Irvine, £4- £9 (up to 3 kids FREE with paying adults) 💶☔️ Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre, Glasgow west. Performances from £6.95 - £7.95
💶☀️ Scottish Owl Centre, Bathgate, £7.50 - £9.50, under 3s & carers FREE
🆓☔️♿️ Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, FREE (booking recommended)
💶☔️♿️ Sealife centre & Aquarium, Loch Lomond, £15 - £18
💶☔️ Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Trongate Glasgow, from £9 - £15
🆓☀️🐶 Southerness Beach FREE
🆓💶☀️🐶 St. Andrew's Botanic Gardens, £5 - £6
🆓☔️♿️ St Mungo's Museum, Glasgow FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Stirling Castle £10.50 -£17.50 (under 7’s FREE)
🆓☀️🐶 Strathaven Park, FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Strathclyde Country Park, FREE
🆓☀️☔️♿️ Summerlee, Coatbridge FREE
💶☀️ Tantallon Castle, North Berwick £4.50 - £7.50, under 7s FREE
🆓💶☀️🐶 Tentsmuir, Fife - Nature Reserve, Beach, Forest, FREE
💶☀️ The Alpaca Trekking Centre, Thornhill, Stirling from £22
🆓💶☀️ The Children's Wood, Glasgow West, from £1
💶☔️ The Craft Pottery, Glasgow City from £5
💶☀️☔️ The Ecology Centre, Burntisland, Fife £
💶☀️☔️ The Experience, Hillington Bookable FREE events
🆓☔️♿️ The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow FREE (some exhibitions £)
🆓☔️🐶♿️ The Tall Ship, Glasgow Riverside - museum / cafe / teeny under 5 soft play FREE
💶☔️♿️ Time Capsule, Coatbridge - fun swim pool £3.55 - £6.85 (under 3 FREE)
💶☀️☔️🐶 Tir Na Nog, Balfron - holistic centre & shop/cafe £
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Tollcross Farm, Glasgow - small animals FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Victoria park, Glasgow west - fossil trees & play park FREE
💶☀️☔️ Vikingar, Largs £5.50 - £8
💶☀️☔️ Wallace Monument, Stirling £7.10 - £11.30 (under 5s FREE)
💶☀️☔️ Waverley Excursions, Lancefield Quay - boat trip £varies each journey
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Whitelee Wind Farm, nr Eaglesham FREE
💶☔️ Wild Adventure (soft play), Drumchapel, £2 - £9
💶☔️♿️ Wonderworld Softplay, Kinning Park £1 - £14.95
💶☀️♿️ World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre, Cumbernauld, £6 - £10 under 3s free
