24/06/2024
Summer Break Adventures Await! 🌞🏴
With the school summer break just a few weeks away, we've been busy updating our list of must-visit places in Scotland! 🏞️✨ We've removed closed venues, added exciting new spots, and updated prices to keep you informed. 🎟️
Before you head out, remember to double-check the venues' or events' social media pages for the latest updates, as things can change quickly.
If you’re planning to visit multiple places marked as National Trust or Historic Scotland (especially Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, and Culzean Castle) then a yearly membership of these organisations may save you money. If you’re eligible for a Young Scot card (free for 11-26 year olds) then applying for one (at www.young.scot) will also save you money on some entrance fees.
We hope this helps keep your little ones entertained over the holidays! Have a fantastic summer exploring all that Scotland has to offer!
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💙💙💙Here at Scottish Mums’ Bargain Buys we have personally added over 50 entries to the list already this summer and we will continue updating this list with any suggestions you have, so if anything needs to be added/changed/removed just let us know!💙💙💙
(Huge thanks to Stonelaw Preschool for starting off the updates for summer 2024!)
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Updated 2024 list
💴 = costs
🆓 = free (ie. no admittance fee)
☀️ = sunny days
☔️ = rainy days
🐶 = dog friendly
♿️ = accessible
💶☔️ Above Adventure, Kilmarnock. Indoor climbing & bouldering. From £6
🆓☀️🐶 Aberdour Beach, Fife FREE
🆓☀️☔️ Aberfoyle (David Marshall lodge, Lodge forest Visitor Centre) FREE
💶☀️☔️ Adventure Golf Island, Dunfermline £5-£9
💶☔️ Adventure Planet softplay centres, Cumbernauld and Paisley, £7.95 - £9.95
💶☔️♿️ Aerial Adventures soft play, Livingston. £2 - £8
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ Agnew Park, Stranraer. Play park, mini railway, boats, putting, go karts. FREE entry. Mini railway £1.20 children £1.95 adults, Mini cars £1.20, Boats £4-£5.25, Go-karts £3.10.
💶☔️ Airthrill, East Kilbride. Trampoline & inflatable park. From £12.95
💶☀️☔️♿️ Almond Valley farm park, Livingston. Outdoor play, indoor play, animals, picnic, soft play, walks. £10 - £12
🆓☀️🐶 Almondell & Calderwood country park, Broxburn FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Amazonia @ M&Ds, Motherwell, £5.20 - £6.80
🆓☔️☀️♿️ Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum (& gardens), Dunfermline. FREE
💶🆓☀️🐶 Ardkinglas Gruffalo Trail & Woodland Garden, Cairndow Loch Fyne £2.50 - £5 (under 4s FREE)
🆓☀️🐶 Ardeer Beach, Stevenston. Sandy beach with “Doon the Beach” beach hub/cafe & toilets. FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Ardrossan/Saltcoats beach. Play parks, large sandy beach FREE
💶☀️ Arran Alpacas & Balmichael Glamping, Shiskine, Isle of Arran. £
🆓💶☔️☀️ Arran Heritage Museum, nr Brodick, Isle of Arran. Museum £3-£5, gardens 50p adults, children FREE
💶☔️ Astoria Cinema, Ayr. £
💶☔️ Aviemore Ice Rink. From £8
💶☀️ Aviemore Kart Raceway. From £13. Age 4+
🆓☀️🐶 Ayr Beach. Lots of parking, large play park, kiosks. 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) Tues-Sat
💶☀️☔️ Bannockburn House & gardens, Stirling. House tours from £6
🆓💶☔️☀️🐶♿️ Barnhill Farm shop, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. Softplay bus, sand pit, farm trail, go karts. FREE entry(some activities chargeable)
🆓☀️ 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
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Belleisle Park, Ayr. FREE
💶☀️🐶♿️ Blair Drummond Safari Park, 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
💶☀️☔️ Bounce Station inflatable park, Irvine. Inflatables, laser tag, nerf, tubing, indoor and outdoor. From £8.50
💶☀️ Briarlands Farm Park, Stirling £7.50 - £9.50, under 2s FREE
💶☔️ Broadwood Stadium Gym Play, Cumbernauld £
💶 🆓 ☀️🐶♿️ Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran. Woodland play area, walks, castle tours. £9 - £15 (National Trust) Catch ferry from Ardrossan (from £4)
🆓💶☀️♿️ Brodie Castle & Estate, nr. Forres. Castle tours, grounds, playful garden. March-October.
Playful garden FREE entry for 2024 only.
Castle £8.50-£14 (Young Scot card holder £1) (National Trust) Parking £5.
💶☔️ Bubbles soft play, Partick, Glasgow. £5 - £7 (under 1 £1) Age 0-9
🆓☀️ Burngreen park Kilsyth, play area, putting green, trampolines , from 90p
🆓☀️🐶 Burntisland, Fife. Beach and funfair FREE (attractions £2/3 each)
🆓☀️☔️♿️ Burrell Collection, Glasgow FREE
💶☀️🐶♿️ Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries. Medieval castle, grounds with play park, visitor centre. £3.50-£6, under 7s free. (Historic Scotland)
💶☔️ 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. Large play park, zoo, walks (zoo entry £4 adults, £2 children, under 3 free) Park entry FREE
💶☔️ Camera Obscura, Edinburgh £16.95 - £21.95
💶☔️ Campsie Soft Play, Lennoxtown £6.50
🆓☀️ Carmichael Estate, Biggr. farm shop and tea room £ / FREE entry
💶☔️ Carnegie Leisure Centre, Dunfermline.swimming £3.80-£5.40 (under 5s £1), soft play £2.70 for 60min, climbing wall £4.30-£6.40 (requires induction-paid)
💶☀️☔️ Castle Cary holiday park indoor & outdoor pools & cafe, Creetown - open to non-residents. Adults £2.50, children £2. April/May - end of summer only.
💶☀️🐶♿️ Castle & Gardens of Mey, Thurso. castle, walks, animal centre. £5.50 - £16
🆓☔️☀️ Castle of St John, Stranraer. FREE
🆓☀️🐶 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 Kids Adventure Play, Glasgow (East End). Indoor soft play £
💶☀️☔️ City Sightseeing Tour, Glasgow & Edinburgh (Hop on Hop off) from £15
💶☔️ Clambers Soft Play, Edinburgh. £1.05-£11.99 (under 6 months free)
🆓☀️ Clark’s Little Ark, Sanquhar, D&G. Farm animals and park FREE
💶☔️ ClimbZone at Xsite, Braehead. Climbing, aerial course, giant indoor slides. Slides £1 or 12 for £10, other activities from £19
🆓💶☀️♿️ Cloybank Farm, Bonnybridge. FREE entry to walks, animal areas, cafe. Indoor & outdoor play areas children over 1 £5, adults £1.50, under 1s free.
💶☀️♿️ Clyde Valley Family Park, South Lanarkshire. Farm park, go karts, water play, mini golf. £7.25 - £17.50 (under 2s FREE)
🆓☔️ Coats Observatory, Paisley FREE
💶☔️♿️ Cocoabean Chocolate Factory, nr Kircudbright, chocolate workshops, outdoor play, indoor play, cafe. £10 - £25.95
💶☔️☀️ Codona’s, Aberdeen. Indoor and outdoor play, go karts, mini golf. From £4
🆓☀️☔️🐶 Colzium Estate, Kilsyth - visitor centre, cafe, play area etc. FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Conifox Adventure Park, Kirkliston. Outdoor play £3.50 - £9.50 (under 1s free) Indoor soft play £2.75 - £13.95 (under 1s free). 30% discount on indoor+outdoor tickets
💶☔️ 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. Outdoor walks, sculptures, climbable landscapes, events. Entry from £4
💶☀️☔️ Cream o’ Galloway, Gatehouse of Fleet - ice cream parlour, mini golf/croquet, nature reserve,ice cream making workshop. FREE entry, activities chargeable
💶☔️ Creepy Crawlies Soft Play, Irvine. £6.50 - £8
💶☀️🐶♿️ Culzean Castle, Maybole. House tours, walks, Wild Woodland & Adventure Cove adventure playparks £12 - £20 (Young Scot card holders £1) (National Trust)
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Cuningar Loop, Dalmarnock. Woodland park, bike tracks, bouldering. 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
💶☔️♿️ Dark Sky Planetarium, Kirkcudbright
Interactive Museum & planetarium £8 - £15
💶☔️ David Livingston Centre, Blantyre. Entry to playpark is free. Museum £3- £7.50
🆓☀️🐶 Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock. Castle tours/museum, play park, walks and café. FREE
💶☔️♿️ Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, £12 - £18
💶☔️ ♿️ Devil’s Porridge Museum, Dumfries & Galloway. From £8
🆓☀️🐶 Dhoon Beach, Kirkcudbright FREE
💶☔️ Dino Park, Dumfries £5- £10. Soft play extra under 1s FREE
💶☀️☔️ Discovery Point & RRS Discovery, Dundee. £9.50 - £17
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Dock Park, Dumfries. Play park, walks, bandstand. FREE
💶☀️ Doon Valley Railway, East Ayrshire. Heritage train rides. Open days - most Sundays in summer. From £4 (under 3s 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, pedal boats, walks FREE
💶☀️☔️ Dumbarton Castle, £ £4.50- £7.50
💶☀️☔️🐶 Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum. Wed-Sat + bank holiday Mondays. £4.50 - £7.50
💶☀️☔️ Dumfries house, Cumnock. Adventure playground, walled garden FREE. Tours from £7.50
🆓💶☔️♿️ Dumfries Museum FREE entry. Camera Obscura £2-£4
💶☔️ Dumfries Ice Bowl. Skating from £3
💶☀️☔️ Duncarron Medieval Village, Carron Valley £ payable events
💶🆓☀️Dundonald Castle, nr. Kilmarnock £7- £10, under 5s FREE (Historic Scotland). Grounds & Play park FREE
💶☔️☀️ Dunollie Castle, museum & gardens, Oban. £4-£10 (under 5s free). Pay once, visit all year. March-October.
💶☀️☔️ Dunrobin Castle, Golspie. Museum, walks, falconry. March - October. £9 - £14.50
💶☔️☀️🐶 Dunstaffnage Castle & grounds, Dunbeg, by Oban. £4.50-£7.50 (under 7s free, Young Scot card holders £1). March-Sept.(Historic Scotland)
💶☀️🐶 Dunvegan Castle & Gardens, Skye. April-October. £11.50 - £16.50 (Seal boat trips April-September additional £9-£12)
💶☔️ Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. Interactive science. £12 - £19.50
💶☔️ East Kilbride Ice Rink. £3.30-£7 (plus skate hire £2.50)
💶☀️ East Links Family Park, Dunbar £8 - £18, under 2s FREE
💶☀️ East Yonderton Farm, Renfrew (fruit picking) Seasonal - Pay per weight
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Eden Park, Peterhead. Play areas & walks. FREE
💶☔️ Edenmill Farm Shop, Blanefield. Soft play £7, alpaca trek £13.50, petting zoo £7.95
💶☀️☔️ Edinburgh Castle £11.40 - £19.50 (Historic Scotland)
💶☀️♿️ Edinburgh Zoo £17 - £26.50
🆓☀️🐶 Eglinton country park, Irvine. Adventure playground, STEM trail, ruins FREE
💶☔️ EICA Ratho - Clip 'n Climb from £7.50 and Scrambles soft play from £1.50
💶☔️ Electric Thrill, East Kilbride. Crazy Golf & Arcade. From £3.95
💶☀️ Elgin Kart Raceway. £
💶☀️☔️♿️ Ernespie Farm Park, Castle Douglas.
Outdoor play, indoor soft play, cafe, garden centre. £4 - £12
💶☀️🐶♿️ Falkirk Wheel £9.50 – £17.50 (other activities separate charge)
💶☔️ Farmer’s Den soft play, Dumfries & Annan. £5
💶☀️☔️ ♿️ Fife Zoo £4 - £6
💶☀️☔️🐶 Finlaystone Country Park, Port Glasgow. Woodland play areas and walks £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
💶🆓☔️ Forgotten Worlds, Stewarton. Large retro game shop and arcade. One hour unlimited arcade gaming pass £5
💶 ☀️ Foxlake Adventures CIC outdoor water park, assault course, segways, Dunbar - various prices starting at £15
💶☔️ Frankie & Lola’s soft play, Inverness. From £1.99
💶☔️ Fun Street, Silverburn, Glasgow. Soft play, mini town, interactive gaming. £1.99 - £15.99
💶☔️ Furry Murry’s soft play, Paisley. £5 - £7.95 (non-walkers FREE)
💶☔️♿️ Galleon Centre, Kilmarnock. 25m swimming pool with kids pool and flume, ice rink, squash, sports courts. £
💶☀️ Galloway Activity Centre, Parton (Loch Ken) Water sports, outdoor sports, board/boat/bike hire, laser tag, outdoor water park & water slide. From £20
💶☔️ Garage Bowling, go karting and adventure golf, Kilmarnock. From £5.50
💶☀️ Garrison Funfair, Millport, Cumbrae. Vintage rides, games, inflatables. Easter - September (open all week in school summer holidays, otherwise weekends only). Tokens £2.50
💶☔️ Garscube Playrooms, Glasgow £15 annual membership plus £4 per visit
💶☔️♿️ Gem Rock Museum, Creetown. £6
💶☔️ Glasgow Climbing Centre from £26
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Glasgow Green, adventure park, walks. FREE
🆓☔️ Glasgow Museum Resource Centre, FREE pre booked tours.
💶☔️♿️ Glasgow Science Centre, £11.50 - £14.75
💶☀️☔️ Glasgow Ski & Snowboard Centre, Bellahouston 6 week course £90 - £96
💶☔️ Gooey Events Limited, Livingston events from £30
💶☀️ Gourock Outdoor Pool £3.70 - £4.50
💶☔️ Gravity Trampoline Park, Glasgow Xsite Braehead and Edinburgh Fountain Park. From £4
💶☀️ Greenbank garden, Clarkston £6.50 - £9 (National Trust)
💶☀️ Gruffalo trail - ardkinglas estate, Argyll £2.50 - £5 (under 3’s free)
💶☀️ Hannahston Alpacas, Drongan. £10-£15 Fri-Mon
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen. Playground, golf, maze, mini zoo. FREE entry
💶☀️♿️ Heads of Ayr farm park, Ayr - animals & play park indoor/ outdoor £15.50 (under 1 free)
💶☀️♿️ Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig. £16.85 - £22.50
💶☔️ HistoryLinks Museum, Dornoch. £
💶☔️♿️ Hollywood Bowl, Springfield Quay & Bargeddie. Kids eat,drink and play from £7.50
💶☀️☔️ Holmwood House, Cathcart £8.50 (National Trust)
💶☔️☀️🐶 Hopetoun House & grounds, South Queensferry. March - Sept. £4 - £13.50 (Young Scot card holders £1) Dogs - grounds only.
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Howard Park, Kilmarnock. Large play area, sports courts. FREE
🆓💶☔️♿️ Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery @ Glasgow Uni FREE
💶☔️ Infinity Trampoline Park, Inverness. From £4.99
💶☔️ Inflata Nation, Kinning Park Glasgow. Inflatable park (indoor). £6.99 - £10.99
💶☔️ Innoflate inflatable parks. Glasgow, Livingston, Cumbernauld, Dundee, Aberdeen. From £5.95
💶☀️☔️🐶 Inveraray Jail, from £9.50 - £15.50
💶☔️ Inverness Kart Raceway. From £26.Age 8+
🆓☔️♿️ Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Irvine Beach Park. Sandy beach, sand dunes, extensive grassy dune area with walking paths and stone dragon sculpture, pond, skate park, toilets, kiosk, free parking. FREE
💶☔️ Jabberwocky Soft Play, Haddington. £4.50-£6.95 (under 1s free)
🆓💶☀️🐶 James Hamilton Heritage Park, East Kilbride, FREE (£ activities)
🆓☔️☀️♿️ Jedburgh Castle Jail & Museum, Borders. FREE
💶☔️♿️ Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, Duns, Berwickshire. £3.50-£8.50 (under 5s free). Pay once, visit all year.
💶☔️ Jolly tots & Cookies play cafe, Uddingston £1 - £4.50 (under 1 free)
💶☔️♿️ Jump-N-Joy Trampoline Park, Tullibody. From £12- £15
💶☔️ Jumpin’ Jack’s soft play, Glenrothes. £6-£9 (under 6m free, 6m-1yr £1, adults £1)
💶☔️ Jungle Creek Soft Play & Adventure Golf, Glasgow (Soccerworld). Usually a deal available on Groupon. £5-£10
💶☀️ 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)
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kay Park, Kilmarnock. Large play area, kids bike track, pond, gym equipment. FREE
💶☀️☔️🐶 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. Play park, bandstand, walks. FREE
💶☔️ Kelvin Hall Glasgow Clip & Climb £12-£15, Soft Play £5-£7 (under 1s free)
💶☔️ Kidz Play soft play, Prestwick. From £6.50
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kilmardinny Loch (in bearsden for a Gruffalo Hunt) FREE
💶☔️ Kiltoonies, Kilsyth. Mini town play centre. From £5
🆓☀️🐶 Kings park, Stirling - adventure playground FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Kirroughtree Visitor Centre, Galloway Forest. Walks, mountain bike trails, wildlife hides, play parks, cafe. FREE entry, parking £2-£4
💶☀️♿️ Kitchen Coos & Ewes, Newton Stewart. Highland cow safaris & tours £12 - £46
💶☔️ L’s Little Stars, Troon. Kids’ crafts, pottery painting. £
💶☔️ LA Bowl, Ayr. Ten pin bowling & laser quest. From £6
🆓💶☀️☔️ Lake of Menteith / Inchmahome Priory, nr Stirling £6 - £10 (under 7 free)
💶☀️🐶 Landmark Adventure Park, Aviemore, £14 - £31 (under 3 free)
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Langloch Farm CCI, Lanark. Nature trail, rope course, play park, cafe. FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Largs beach, kids’ rides, amusements, play park. FREE
💶☔️ Laser Station, Xsite Braehead. From £5.99
💶☀️☔️ Leadhills & Wanlockhead Heritage Railway. Sundays in summer. From £3.50
💶☀️☔️ Linlithgow Canal Centre, Cruises from £40
💶☀️☔️ Linlithgow Palace £4 - £8, under 7s FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Linn Caves and waterfalls, Baldernock FREE
🆓☀️ Linn Park Adventure playground, Glasgow indoor + outdoor play centre for children with ASN and their families (booking advisable) FREE
💶☔️ Little Play Planet, Ayr. Mini town play centre. From £5
💶☔️ Little World of Play, Cowdenbeath. Mini town play centre. £12.95 (non-walkers £3.50)
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ 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 - shops, cafes, sea life centre, water sports, outdoor play park. From FREE
💶☀️ Lochwinnoch RSPB FREE
💶☔️ Lollipop Land soft play, East Kilbride £5.95 - £8.95
💶☔️☀️ Loopy Lou’s soft play, Boddam, nr Peterhead. Indoor soft play with outdoor play area & astro sports pitch. £6-£10 (under 1s free)
🆓💶☔️ Low Park Museum, Hamilton FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Lunderston Bay, Gourock, FREE
🆓☀️🐶 Lynn Glen, Dalry, Ayrshire. River walk with fairy houses, waterfall. 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)
🆓☔️☀️ Mary Queen of Scots Visitor Centre, Jedburgh. FREE
🆓☀️ Merkinch Nature Reserve, Inverness. FREE
💶☔️ Merlin Cinema, Thurso. £
💶☀️☔️🐶 Milk Barn, Falkirk - ice cream parlour on farm, £
💶☔️ Messy Nessy Playcentre & Ceramic Cafe, Thurso. From £3.50
💶🆓☀️🐶♿️ Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. Catch ferry from Largs (£2 - £15.20) - hire a bike / play on beach £ / FREE
💶☀️☔️♿️ Monty’s Farm Park, Ardardan, Cardross. £5 - £9.50
💶☔️ Movement Park, Whiteinch. Parkour, BMX, Skateboarding, urban sports. From £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
💶☀️☔️ 🐶 Museum of Lead Mining, Wanlockhead. Mine tours and gold panning available. From £6.50
💶☔️ 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 Trust-affiliated)
🆓☔️♿️ National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, FREE
💶☀️ New Cumnock outdoor pool, £2.50 - £3.50
💶🆓☀️☔️🐶♿️ New Lanark -play area/walks, indoor play, cafe, museum. Indoor entry £6 - £12
💶☔️ Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, from £4.50 - £7.50 (under 7s FREE)
💶☀️🐶♿️ Newhailes House & Garden inc. Weehailes Adventure Playpark, Musselburgh. March-October. £8-£15 (Young Scot card holders £1) (National Trust)
💶☀️☔️ Newmilns Snow & sports complex, East Ayrshire. Dry ski slope, snowboarding, tubing. Activities from £9
💶☔️ Newton Stewart Cinema. £5.50-£7.50
💶☀️Nith Valley Alpacas, nr Thornhill. From £25
🆓☔️ Old Bridge House Museum, Dumfries FREE
💶☀️ Old Byre Visitor Centre, Machrie, Isle of Arran. Outdoor play, cafe, shop. £2.50 per child
🆓☀️🐶 Overtoun Park, Burnside, FREE
💶☔️ Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, from £10 - £22, under 5s FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ PalaceRigg Country Park, Cumbernauld. Play parks, walks. FREE
💶☔️ Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Glasgow (Braehead) & Livingston. From £5.50
💶☔️♿️ Peterhead Prison Musem. £7.50-£12 (under 5s free)
💶☔️ Pick me up paints, Ayr. £5 table fee (covers 4 people), pottery to paint priced individually
💶☔️ Pinz Bowling, Elgin. Ten-pin bowling, gaming bus. From £4.50
💶☔️☀️ Pirate Pete's, Ayr. Soft play, laser quest, mini golf, fairground rides. £2.50 - £12 (Next to FREE outdoor play area and beach)
💶☔️ Play Town soft play, Bishopbriggs £2-£11.95 (under 6 months free)
💶☔️ Playzone soft play, Inverness £
🆓☀️🐶 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
💶☀️ Professor Balance, Kilsyth. Cycling lessons £20 - £40
💶☔️♿️ Premier Cinema, Saltcoats. Cinema (£6.95 - £8.95), soft piay (£5.95 - £6.95), restaurant
💶☔️ Purves Puppets, Biggar £10 - £12
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Queen’s Park, Shawlands, Glasgow. Play parks, walks, pond, tennis courts. FREE
🆓💶☔️♿️ R&A World Golf Museum, St Andrews. Interactive museum & cafe. Adults £17.50, under 16s & students FREE
💶☔️ R-Cade, Saltmarket , Glasgow. Retro console gaming centre and cafe. From £7.50
💶☔️ Rainforest Adventure soft play, Motherwell £4.95 - £9.95
💶☔️ Ravenscraig Activity Centre, Greenock. Learn to climb, soft play from £13.50
💶☀️Ride Right cycling lessons, North Lanarkshire £
🆓💶☔️☀️♿️ Riverside (transport) Museum & Tall Ship, Glasgow. Museum FREE, Tall ship £4.50 adults, £2.70 children, £12.70 for family of four, under 5s free.
💶☀️☔️♿️ Robert Burns Birthplace, Alloway. Museum, outdoor play area, cafe, sculpture trail.£7 - £12 (National Trust)
💶☔️ RollerStop, Kinning Park. Roller discos/lessons/skating rink from £8
💶☀️☔️ Rothesay Castle, From £4.50 - £7.50, under 7s FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock FREE
💶☔️ Rouken Glen Pottery, Giffnock. Pieces from £5
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ Rozelle Park, Ayr. Museum & gallery, woodland walks, sculpture trail, tea room, park run. Outdoor areas FREE
💶☔️ Ruff and Tumble soft play, Glasgow (Pollokshaws) £2-£9.50
💶☔️ Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum, Sanquhar. Children’s activity area. April-Sept. FREE
💶☀️☔️ 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)
🆓☀️☔️ Seadrift Visitor Centre & Nature Reserve, Dunnet, Caithness
💶☔️♿️ Sealife centres & Aquariums, Loch Lomond and Oban, £15 - £18
💶☔️♿️ Sensory Hub Glasgow CIC, Easterhouse £5.50
💶☔️ Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Trongate Glasgow, from £9 - £15
💶🆓☀️☔️ Skye Museum of Island Life. Easter - September. Adults £6, children under 15 FREE
💶☔️☀️ Soccerworld Glasgow. Football pitches indoor/outdoor, adventure golf, soft play (see Jungle Creek entry above). £
🆓☀️🐶 Southerness Beach FREE
💶☔️ Sporty Kids soft play, Thornliebank,East Renfrewshire. From £5
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ Station Park, Moffat. FREE entry. Walks, boats (from £1 per person, under 3s free), putting (From £1.20, under 5s free), play area.
💶☔️♿️ St Andrews Aquarium. £12.50 - £15
🆓💶☀️🐶 St. Andrews Botanic Gardens, £5 - £6
🆓☔️♿️ St Mungo's Museum, Glasgow FREE
💶☔️☀️♿️ St Vigeans Sculptured Stones & Museum, Arbroath. March-Sept. £4.50-£7.50 (under 7s free, Young Scot card holders £1) (Historic Scotland)
💶☀️☔️♿️ Stirling Castle £10.50 -£17.50 (under 7’s FREE) (Historic Scotland)
💶☔️ Stoneykirk Aviation Museum, nr Stranraer. Most Sundays April - October £3.50 - £6 (under 5s FREE)
🆓☔️♿️ Stranraer Museum FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Strathaven Park, FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Strathclyde Country Park, FREE
🆓☀️☔️♿️ Summerlee, Coatbridge FREE
🆓☀️ Sunnyside Garden Centre, Kilmarnock. Cafe with outdoor kids play area. 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 Ark on the Clyde CIC, Port Glasgow. Animal encounters from £9.95 (entrance charges for Finlaystone Park apply)
💶☀️ The Bubbles Factory soft play, Carluke. £7.99 - £8.99
🆓💶☀️ 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 Kids Village, Saltcoats. Play cafe, gaming room, sensory room. From £5
🆓💶☔️ The Lonely Broomstick, Falkirk. Harry Potter themed shop. Wand and potion experiences £15
💶☔️☀️ The Playbarn at Auchrannie, Isle of Arran. £5 - £7.50 (free for hotel guests). Swimming pool also on site £
🆓💶☔️☀️ The Play Barn, North Berwick. Indoor play area £3-£10 (max height 1.5m), outdoor play park FREE
🆓☔️♿️ The Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright. FREE
🆓☔️🐶♿️ 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)
💶☔️ Time Twisters, Edinburgh (Sighthill). Soft play, laser tag, build a bear. £
💶☀️☔️🐶 Tir Na Nog, Balfron - holistic centre & shop/cafe £
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Tollcross Farm, Glasgow - small animals - FREE
💶☔️ Treasure Land soft play, Hawick. £3.50-£3.75
💶☔️ Tree Top Tumble soft play, Mackinnon Mills, Coatbridge. £3 for 60 mins (max height 145cm)
💶☔️☀️ Trimontium Trust & Museum, Melrose. Roman History Museum with VR Roman fort experience. from £6 (under 5s free)
🆓☀️🐶 Troon beach, South Ayrshire. Large beach, kiosk, mini golf, fairground, play park. FREE
💶☔️ Tumbles Soft Play, Edinburgh (Portobello). £1.05-£11.99 (under 6 months free)
💶☔️ Tumbliboo soft play, Peebles. £4
🆓💶☔️♿️ V&A Museum, Dundee. FREE admission (some paid exhibits)
💶☀️☔️♿️ Valley View Adventure Park, Rosebank. Go karts, footgolf, mini golf, play areas, maize maze, soft play. £3 - £10.95
💶☔️ Vanilla Joes, Irvine. Ice cream parlour with indoor slide. £
💶🆓☔️ Verdant Works Museum, Dundee. Children FREE
🆓☀️🐶♿️ Victoria park, Glasgow west - fossil trees & play park FREE
💶☀️☔️ Vikingar, Largs. Interactive museum £5.50 - £8
💶☀️☔️ Wallace Monument, Stirling £7.10 - £11.30 (under 5s FREE)
💶☀️☔️ Waverley Excursions, Lancefield Quay - boat trip £varies each journey
💶☔️ Wee Playhouse soft play, East Kilbride. £3 - £11 (under 6 months free)
💶☀️ Wellwood Alpacas, Cumnock. Weekend only. From £20
🆓💶☀️🐶♿️ Whin Park, Inverness. Playground, mini train, walks, mini golf. From FREE
🆓☀️☔️🐶♿️ Whitelee Wind Farm, nr Eaglesham. Walks & indoor interactive exhibit. Regular kids activities (science centre affiliated) FREE
💶☔️☀️ Whithorn Story Visitor Centre, Galloway. Includes guided roundhouse tour. March-Oct, Sunday-Friday. £4.50-£7.50 (under 7s FREE) Discount for Historic Scotland members.
🆓☔️ Wigtown Museum, Wigtown. FREE
💶☔️ Wild Adventure (soft play), Drumchapel, £2 - £9
🆓☀️ Wild Goat Park, Galloway Forest. Free parking, own food required to feed goats.
💶☀️ Wild Shore outdoor water park, Dundee - tickets from £19
💶☔️♿️ Wonderworld Softplay, Glasgow (Kinning Park), East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Kirkcaldy, Perth. £1 - £14.95
💶☀️♿️ World of Wings Birds of Prey Centre, Cumbernauld, £6 - £10 under 3s free
💶☀️WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre, Dumfries. £6-£9.95 (under 4s Free). Pond dipping included in entry price.
💶☀️ Zip Trek Adventure Park, Aviemore. From £40. Age 8+
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