Things to do in a wet summer holiday

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So, looks like it's just going to rain for the last couple of weeks of the holiday.
Have done cinema, soft play, trampolining - dcs are alternately bored/happy to be playing on xboxes but I am stir crazy and want to get out of the house! Any have suggestions of how to pass the time? We are in a city but it's all so dear...
Maybe should just suit them up and go out in the rain.

How old are your dc? And what city?

12 and 7 - an awkward gap, but I can divide them up if need be. Edinburgh.
I had plans for camping, walks, lazy days in the garden.. why won't the rain stop???!

Where do you live i used to keep museums till rainy days most of them are free I know it might seem a bit dull but the Dc enjoyed it once we eere there we would do Kelvingrove and transport museum one day and maybe go to Edinburgh another day.

Would they not like Camera obscurea ?

In many years here I've never actually been to Camera Obscura, I'll look it up
Museum not a bad idea. Longish bus journey but that kills some time! I know they'd like Dynamic Earth but it's over £50.. Have already had quite a few "big" days out. Oh for the days when they'd be over the moon at a local softplay!
I'm just in a grump as we had plans to go to Fort Douglas (open air park) today (have groupon vouchers) and it's due to rain all afternoon again

Train out to the coast and welly walk on the beach? With bribe promise of hot chocolate (or ice cream)?

Museum of Scotland is great and a fiver suggested donation . Dynamic earth is dear for what it is, I remember when mine were school age and you get so fed up trying to amuse them.

I second the camera obscura. We went on a visit to Edinburgh this year and my two (13 and 10 loved it). Also Dynamic Earth. It is expensive but I think you can come back for the rest of the year? Don’t quote me on that though - may cost a small top up but worth investigating? Again, my two loved it.

Actually reading your suggestions clarifies for me it's the older one that's the issue, I can already hear his sighs if the word "walk" is used, younger one will just go along with stuff. Last night forecast said this afternoon would be dry, this morning it says it will be wet. I'm guessing summer will come once the Scottish schools all go back!!
Thank you for all the ideas, I'm writing them down

12 year olds are pre programmed totut and sigh justbundle them out the door

Swimming? Do some history stuff like greyfriars Bobby and then go see the statue and graveyard. Do a Harry Potter type tour (make up your own using Edinburgh sites). National story telling centre, go into stuff at the festival, free shows or street theatre where you give what you can afford. Library might have stuff on. Have a clear out for charity. Get a day ticket for the buses and just ride about seeing areas you've never been. Beach in the rain? Have a hunt round for loose change and take it to the funfair at porty (if its still there?) look up recipes on you tube and do some cooking or baking.

Ah Waxon I'm tired just reading that but you are right, there's loads to do if I put the effort in! I think will go to a park now as it is unbelievably not raining and then bake in the afternoon. They even fight when baking though over who gets to do what. Dh's idea is to read a book and ignore them
MrsJayy you have met my son!

I grew up in Edinburgh OP with no money. We mainly just spent all our time in parks or the woods by ourselves all day, but the museums were free and swimming was 5p for as long as you wanted. We'd walk miles to go, also meant we got clean at the pool too! However, staying in wasn't really an option as no decent TV and no computers or consoles. Different times to know though and I still remember times being bored. My parents worked though so we just did our own thing. Enjoy your afternoon

There must be some online site which encompasses everything - up here in Perth we've got "Small City Big Personality" which has ideas in abundance of stuff to do. Edinburgh must have the same.

I sympathise greatly though - "rainy days" so often involve being inside somewhere paid. I've promised a trip to Hobbycraft the next rainy day... ching ching. :(

Ratho clip and climb?

Thank you all. In the end we went to a park we don't usually go to - with a scooter bit - and got home before the rain. Took ds1 to the gym with me, and now watching telly with dc2. So, survived another day and spent under a fiver!

I know, waxonfeckoff I think a trip to the library was a big event in my own childhood summer holidays!

To be fair, we spent more time looking for the flasher in the gully than in the library...

Glad you had a good day, another one done.

We also used to take bits of cardboard up the hills and slide down on them hoping not to end up in a gorse bush.

Haha! I'm sending them up Corstorphine hill tomorrow with a couple of amazon boxes!

They could spend the morning decorating them like go karts :)

we weren't that sophisticated. I used to worry about ending up in blackford pond.

If you are near corstorphine, would the ice-skating be on?

Saw this list on a Glasgow FB page but lots doable from Edinburgh too ?

For those who have kids to entertain during the summer hols, here's a list of things to do

💴 = 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
💶☀️☔️ 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

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My goodness suziewong that is impressive! Thank you!

Mine practically live up corstorphine hill just now. The tree swing is a favourite and they oddly love the walled garden. Not sure why but it's a beautiful place to walk around and find little interesting bits like the frog pond.

What about cramond (scooters/skateboards), lauriston castle, gorgie farm, cinema (though it's expensive), bus ride into town to see the street performers who I think may have started up or catch some of the free kids shows at the three sisters next week (if it's on), saughton park is good, up to the meadows parks, oh the modern art galleries as I'm sure they're running stuff about collage, the library local to me has loads of stuff on through the week for all ages on their Facebook page - all free.

I write all this while managing to do sweet fa most days

Oh and the kelpies, you can park for cheap/free further away from the main car park and they have a brilliant play area and splash park area which is good fun even in the rain. Just take towels ;)

Nothing to do with days out the Kelpies terrify me especially if you drive past at night

Mrsjjay, I was always terrified of the statue of Wellington at the east end of prince's Street. Still gives me the shudders even now tbh.