For any parents or guardians looking for ideas for the summer holidays. (Hats off to whoever wrote all of this - it wasn’t me)
= 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
Activity centre, Linn park, Glasgow FREE
Adventure Planet softplay, Cumbernauld, £9.50 play & eat
Aerial Adventures, Livingston. From £5, under 1s FREE
Almond Valley, Livingston, £6.50-£8.50
Almondell & Calderwood country park, Broxburn FREE
Amazonia @ M&Ds, Motherwell, £4.75-£6.20, under 3s free (£1 Mon-Thur after 3pm)
Aquatec, Motherwell £
Ardardan Estate, Cardross, FREE (some events cost)
Arnprior Farm (seasonal...pumpkins, lambing), Stirling £
Arran (£- ferry)
Ayr Beach, FREE
Auchingarrich wildlife centre, Comrie £6.95-£8.45, under 2s free
Badminton For you, Cumbernauld £4-£6, Adventure Bouncy Castles
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 £
Beech Tree Inn, Dumgoyne by Killearn - animals/food £ (kids eat free)
Beecraigs Country Park, Linlithgow FREE
Bellahouston Park, Glasgow FREE
Bishopbriggs park Fairy trail carvings FREE
Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire £ (kennels for dogs at entrance)
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness £
Boswell’s Coach House, Auchinleck - small play area, walks, castle ruins, coffee shop
Botanic Gardens & Kibble Palace, Glasgow FREE
Bounce & Tag Active, East Kilbride £
Briarlands Farm, Stirling £, under 3s FREE
Broadwood Stadium Gym Play, Cumbernauld £
Burngreen park, Kilsyth FREE
Burntisland, Fife FREE
Burrell Collection, Glasgow FREE (currently closed for refurb)
Butterfly & Insect World, Edinburgh Dobbie's £
Cafe Ceramico, East Kilbride £
Cairnie Farm & Maze, Cupar, Fife - Mar-Oct, £, under 3s FREE
Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride FREE (zoo entry £1.50 adults, 50p kids)
Callendar Park, Falkirk FREE
Camera Obscura, Edinburgh £
Campsie Glen gallery & cafe, nr Lennoxtown £
Carmichael Estate, nr Biggar £ / FREE
Castle Semple Country Park, Lochwinnoch, FREE (some events cost)
Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton FREE
Cineworld & Odeon Kids Club £
City Kids Adventure play, Glasgow £
City Sightseeing Tour, Glasgow (Hop on Hop off) £
Clark’s Little Ark, Sanquhar, D&G (animals) FREE
Coats Observatory, Paisley FREE
Cocoabean Chocolate Factory, Braehead Soar £
Cocoa Bean Company, Kirkcudbright £
Colzium Estate, Kilsyth - visitor centre, cafe, play area etc. FREE
Conifox Nursery & Adventure Play park, Kirkliston £, under 2s FREE
Coopers Coffees, Hamilton - children's baking / biscuit making £9.95
Craft Daft, Ayr, £
Craft Daft on a Raft, Kirkintilloch £
Craigend Nursery - indoor sandpit, Cumbernauld £
Craigie’s Farm Shop, Edinburgh. Pick your own fruit, min spend £3
Craignethan Castle, Lanark, £, under 5s free
Craigtoun Country Park, St. Andrews £ / FREE
Crawick Multiverse, Sanquhar, D&G, FREE
Cream o’ Galloway, Gatehouse of Fleet - adventure playground, nature reserve, etc. £, under 3s FREE
Crieff Hydro £
Culzean Castle, Maybole £
Cuningar Loop, Dalmarnock FREE
Dalgarven Mill, Museum of Ayrshire Country Life & Costume, Kilwinning £
Dalkeith Country Park, FREE (playpark entry £3-5, under 3s & adults FREE)
Dalscone Farm Park, Dumfries £
Dams to Darnley County Park, Glasgow FREE
David Coulthard museum, Kirkcudbright £ (children go free with cocoabean workshop)
David Livingston Centre, Blantyre (weekends) £ (currently closed for refurb)
Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock FREE
Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, £
Dhoon Beach, Kirkcudbright FREE
Dino Park, Dumfries £, under 2s FREE
DinoM8, Airdrie £
Doune Castle, Perthshire £, under 5s FREE
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway £, under 5s FREE
Drumpellier Country Park, Coatbridge FREE
Dumbarton Castle, £
Dumfries house, Cumnock £
Duncarron Medieval Village, Carron Valley £
Dundonald Castle, Kilmarnock £, under 5s FREE
Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh £
East Links Family Park, Dunbar £, under 2s FREE
East Yonderton (fruit)
Edenmill Farm Shop, Blanefield, £5.95 2 hour eat & play, adults free Edinburgh Castle £
Edinburgh Zoo £
Eglinton country park, Irvine FREE
EICA Ratho - Clip 'n Climb, nr Edinburgh £
Engine Shed, Stirling, FREE (some events cost)
Falkirk Wheel £
Finlaystone Mansion House, Port Glasgow £
Flanders Moss national nature reserve, nr Kippen, Stirlingshire FREE
Flip Out Trampoline Park, Rutherglen £
Free Wheel North, Glasgow Green £
Fullarton Fairy Trail, near Troon, FREE
5 Sisters Zoo, West Calder, £9.95-£11.95, under 3s FREE
Gambado Softplay, Barrhead, £
Garscube Playrooms, Glasgow £
Gatend Equestrian, Barrmill, Ayrshire - horse riding, grooming etc. Weds & Fri, must book, £
Glasgow City Treasure Trail, starting @ George Square, £6.99 to download (2 miles)
Glasgow West Treasure Trail, starting @ Hillhead Underground, £6.99 to download (2 miles)
Glasgow Climbing Centre £
Glasgow Green FREE
Glasgow Museum Resource Centre, FREE
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whisky Bond, Glasgow £
Glasgow Ski & Snowboard Centre, Bellahouston £
Glazed (ceramics), Langside £
Go Wild Soft Play & Party Centre, Bridgend, Glasgow £
Gooey Events Limited, (parties, school visits, bookable events - inc. Time to Slime), Livingston £
Gourock Outdoor Pool £
Gravit8, Airdrie £
Green Aspirations, Drymen £
Greenbank garden, Clarkston £
Gruffalo trail - ardkinglas estate, Argyll £
Hamilton Water Palace - swim pool with pirate ship £
Happy Town NL, Cumbernauld £
Heads of Ayr farm park, Ayr - animals & play park indoor/ outdoor £
Hollywood Bowl, Springfield Quay & Bargeddie £
Holmwood House, Cathcart (seasonal) £
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery @ Glasgow Uni FREE (£ mackintosh house)
I-play softplay, Clydebank £
Inveraray Jail, from £6.75, under 5s FREE
James Hamilton Heritage Park, East Kilbride, FREE (£ activities)
Jeely Piece Club, Castlemilk £
Jolly tots & Cookies play cafe, Uddingston £
Jump-N-Joy Trampoline Park, Tullibody. From £5
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh £
Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre, Grangemouth FREE
Jurassic Parrr Adventure Golf, World of Golf, Clydebank £
Jurassic Jungle soft play, Possilpark £
Kelbourne Play Group. The Scout Hall, Kelbourne Street, Friday 10am to 12pm. £2
Kelburn Castle, North Ayrshire - bird sanctuary, forest trail/park, indoor/outdoor play, £30 family ticket
Kelpies & Helix Park, Falkirk FREE
Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow- museum & cafe, toddler group Friday's FREE
Kelvingrove Park
Kelvinhall toddler Gym time, Tuesdays & Fridays £
Kids Town Role Play, £6.95 (adults free)
Kilmardinny Loch (in bearsden for a Gruffalo Hunt) FREE
Kings park, Stirling - adventure playground FREE
Lake of Menteith / Inchmahome Priory, nr Stirling £ / FREE
Lamont City Farm, Erskine - small animal petting FREE
Lanark Equestrian Centre (pony rides) £
Landmark Adventure Park, Aviemore, £
Largs FREE
Linlithgow Canal Centre £
Linlithgow Palace £, under 5s FREE
Linn Caves, Baldernock FREE
Linn Park Adventure centre / Playground, Glasgow (booking advisable) FREE
Little Critters, Stirling (in Dobbies), small animals / birds of prey, £
Little Potters (pottery painting), above Little Coffee Company, Paisley £
Little World of Play, Cowdenbeath £
Loch Katrine, Trossachs FREE (£ boat ride)
Loch Leven RSPB, Kinross £
Loch Lomond Faerie Trail, Luss £2/£3
Loch Lomond shores - outdoor play park nearby FREE
Lochwinnoch RSPB £
Lollipop Land soft play, East Kilbride £
Low Park Museum, Hamilton £ / FREE
Lunderston Bay, Gourock, FREE
Mabie Farm Park, Dumfries (Mar-Oct) £, under 2s FREE
Make Do & Grow, Govan. Free drop in arts and crafts and affordable creative workshops, £2-3
Maley’s Artisan Chocolates, Falkirk - chocolate making / decorating classes. Weekends, holidays, some mid-week, £10
M&D's, Motherwell - funfair £
Mariner Leisure Centre, Falkirk £
Milk Barn, Falkirk - ice cream parlour on farm, £ (tables outside)
Millport - hire a bike / play on beach £ / FREE
Mini Beatz (sensory dance, birth to preschool), Glasgow & Airdrie classes. From £3.50
Monkey Madness soft play, Clydebank £
Movement Park, Whiteinch £
Muddy Boots Farm, Cupar, Fife £, under 2s FREE
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
Mystic Monkeys Soft Play, Kirkintilloch
National Museum of Flight, North Berwick, from £7, under 5s FREE
National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride, from £4, under 5s FREE
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, FREE
New Cumnock outdoor pool, £
New Lanark - museum/play area/outdoor walks £ & FREE (dogs not permitted inside)
Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, from £3, under 5s FREE
Newmilns Snow & sports complex, east ayrshire, £
Orcadia Trampoline Centre, Edinburgh £
Overtoun Park, Burnside, FREE
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, from £8.10, under 5s FREE
Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld FREE
People's Palace & Winter garden, Glasgow FREE
Pirate Pete's, Ayr £
Platform @ Argyle St Arches, every Fri, Sat, Sun, independent street food stalls (+ some events for kids) £
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 (exc Pollok House)
Potter Around, Kirknewton (nr Edinburgh) £
Purves Puppets, Biggar £
Queens Park & Glasshouse, Glasgow FREE
Rainforest Adventure, East Kilbride & Motherwell £
Ravenscraig Activity Centre, Greenock £
Reidvale Adventure Play, Denniston, from 50p
Riverside Museum & Tall Ship, Glasgow FREE
Robert Burns Birthplace, Alloway £
Rock n Roller, Cumbernauld, £5 plus skate hire
Roller Stop, Kinning Park £
Rothesay Castle, From £3, under 5s FREE
Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock FREE
Rouken Glen Pottery, Giffnock £
Ryze Trampoline Park, Glasgow £
Science Centre, Glasgow £
Scotkart, Cambuslang & Clydebank £
Scotland street school, Glasgow FREE
Scottish Deer Centre, Cupar, from £6, under 3s FREE
Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park, from £3, under 5s FREE
Scottish maritime museum, Dumbarton & Irvine, £ (up to 3 kids FREE with paying adults)
Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre, Glasgow west £
Scottish Owl Centre, Bathgate, £, under 3s & carers FREE
Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, FREE
Sealife centre & Aquarium, Loch Lomond, £
Sensory room, Hillington (@ the experience), £ (book a free session)
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Trongate Glasgow, from £3
Snow Factor, Braehead £
Southerness Beach FREE
Sportsquad - varied sports classes for 2-10 year olds. Mainly East Dunbartonshire.
St. Andrew's Botanic Gardens, FREE / £
St Mungo's Museum, Glasgow FREE
Stirling Castle £
Strathaven Park, FREE
Strathclyde Country Park, FREE
Summerlee, Coatbridge FREE
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick £, under 5s FREE
Tentsmuir, Fife - Nature Reserve, Beach, Forest, FREE / £
The Alpaca Trekking Centre, Thornhill, Stirling £
The Children's Wood, Glasgow West, FREE / £
The Craft Pottery, Glasgow City £
The Ecology Centre, Burntisland, Fife £
The Experience, Hillington £
The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow FREE
The Lighthouse, Glasgow FREE
The Messy Place, Bishopbriggs, £ (book places, 10.30-11.30am)
The Tall Ship, Glasgow Riverside - museum / cafe / teeny under 5 soft play FREE
The Wee Mud Hut, Blantyre - pottery classes, £
The ZooLab Jungle Room, Larbert, open Apr-Oct, £
Time Capsule, Coatbridge - fun swim pool £
Tir Na Nog, Balfron - holistic centre & shop/cafe £
Tollcross Farm, Glasgow - small animals FREE
Tree stumps in Balloch Park FREE
Urban Gymnastics, Kinning Park £
Victoria park, Glasgow west - fossil trees & play park FREE
Vikingar, Largs £
Wallace Monument, Stirling £
Waverley Excursions, Lancefield Quay - boat trip £
Wellsfield Farm Park, Denny £
Whitelee Wind Farm, nr Eaglesham FREE
Wild Adventure (soft play), Drumchapel, £
Wonderworld Softplay, Kinning Park £
Woodland Fairy Experience, Balfron £5 (includes tea/coffee/biscuits), under 2s free
World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre, Cumbernauld, £ under 3s free (Copied and pasted...Hats off to the person who wrote this all out, best list a parent could have!)
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