Summer Holiday Ideas
SCOTTISH PARENTS
Here's a mahoosive list of things to do in the summer holidays
💴 = 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
🆓️💵♿️ Let's Go Get Messy,Falkirk FREE/£5-£8 Messy play, Role play & Activities
💶☀️☔️ 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