Rainy day activities for kids
A wet weekend does not have to mean screens all day. These are the indoor and undercover days out near you that work whatever the forecast does, from museums and model villages to soft play and aquariums. Sorted by how far the drive is.
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Rainy day ideas: on this weekend
Showing 20 family days out near your area · Sat 20 Jun – Sun 21 Jun. Add your postcode for drive times.
SAT–SUN · sessions through the day
Crocodiles of the World
5–78–1112+
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SAT–SUN · all day, talks timetabled
Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens
3–45–78–1112+
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SAT–SUN · 11am & 2:30pm feeds
Birdland Park & Gardens
0–23–45–78–11
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SAT–SUN · timetabled services
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
3–45–78–1112+
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SUN · 11am–3pm
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre
3–45–78–1112+
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SAT–SUN · 10am–5pm
Cattle Country Adventure Park
0–23–45–78–11
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SAT–SUN · 10am–5:30pm
Blenheim Palace
3–45–78–1112+
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SAT–SUN · 10:30am–4:30pm
Perrygrove Railway
0–23–45–78–11
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SAT–SUN · 10:30am–4pm
Didcot Railway Centre
0–23–45–78–11
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SAT–SUN · 10am–5pm
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
3–45–78–1112+
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SAT–SUN · sessions through the day
The Story Museum
0–23–45–78–11
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Rainy day ideas, answered
What are the best rainy day ideas near me?
A wet weekend does not have to mean screens all day. These are the indoor and undercover days out near you that work whatever the forecast does, from museums and model villages to soft play and aquariums. Sorted by how far the drive is. There are 32 on LittleWeekenders across the three counties.
Are there rainy day ideas on this weekend?
Yes, 20 this weekend (Sat 20 Jun – Sun 21 Jun). Add your postcode to sort by drive time.
How is the list ordered?
By drive time from your postcode once you add it, closest first. Until then it is ordered by how well it fits the category.