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💴 = 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, £10.95 for 1 hour // 2 hour £12.95 // Adults £1.50

💶☔️♿️ Aerial Adventures, Livingston £16.95 under 16’s // Adult £16.95

💶☀️☔️♿️ Almond Valley, Livingston, £11.00 (2-15) // Adult £13.00 – Soft play £2 per child (under 2 is free)

🆓☀️🐶 Almondell & Calderwood country park, Broxburn FREE

💶☀️☔️♿️ Amazonia @ M&Ds, Motherwell, Online Booking – Adult £7.30 (£7.80 on the day) Child – £5.70 (£6.25 on the day) Children under 3 – Free

🆓💶☀️ Ardardan Estate, Cardross, FREE (some events cost)

💶☀️ Arnprior Farm (seasonal…pumpkins, lambing), Stirling £

🆓💶☀️🐶 Arran (£- ferry)

🆓☀️🐶 Ayr Beach, FREE

💶☀️ Auchingarrich wildlife centre, Comrie Adult £16.00 // Child (3-16) £12.00 // 2 and under – 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