Brave the treetops at Jungle Parc Adventure Course, with over 50 different activities for kids from age four, plus a new super-high Xplorer course for bigger kids. Head to Hamerton Park Zoo to meet bears, big cats, primates and ponies. Or ride the Nene Valley Railway and refuel in the Wansford Station Café.
Hand-paint your own ceramics at Pot en Ciel while mum and dad check out the cakes and coffee. Ride your bikes through the trails at Fineshade Woods. Cycle, fish, walk or sail at Grafham Water. Or get down to Wicksteed Park for rides, crazy golf, Wick’s Farmyard and indoor play.
Meet the birds of prey at Icarus Falconry. Watch the lambs being born at Rookery Open Farm. Shoot your mates at Lazer Maze. Bounce away an afternoon at Northampton Trampoline Centre. Learn all about the WW2 codebreakers at Bletchley Park. Or rack up some strikes and spares at Tenpin Northampton.
See the Spitfires at Sywell Aviation Museum, surf or climb at Bodyflight, or get wet at Aqua Park Rutland, home to climbing walls, trampolines, and some of the UK’s biggest splashtastic jumps and slides. Race your mates at Billing Go Karting, meet dinosaurs at Gulliver’s, and be wowed by virtual reality at Vertigo VR.
You’re just a few laps from Silverstone, the home of British motor racing. Or drive yourself at Tanks a Lot, a 100-acre site showcasing over 100 tanks and military vehicles. Tackle the assault course at Stanwick Lakes. Or follow 200 routes up to 12.5 metres high at The Pinnacle Climbing Centre.
Stay on site to shoot arrows or cull a few clay birds, play table tennis or volleyball on the cricket pitch, set up a karaoke night or align body and soul with some barefoot yoga. Book Guido, an international singer, for anything from 80s soft rock to dance. Or play snooker or board games in The Green Room.
Nene Extreme Adventures is the place for kayaking or paddleboarding down the river. Play 18 holes of pretty parkland golf at Oundle Golf Club. Shop the narrow streets and cobbles of hidden-gem Stamford, choc-full of jewellers and boutiques. Or sail, fish or birdwatch at Rutland Water.
Get down to Rutland Aqua Park for the UK’s largest collection of big-impact water obstacles. Visit the Imperial War Museum at Duxford to see Spitfires take to the skies where they first flew and get up close to huge aircraft. Or head out into history with lovely houses and gardens at Burghley House, Apethorpe Hall and Elton Hall.
