Things to do in the holidays near Glasgow?

[drizzlymizzly]

We haven't been away on holiday for 2 summers now so we are running out of places to go and visit. DC are 7-10 and generally amenable, like interesting old things and a good park.

Any out of the box ideas? DD has a hankering for the Culloden experience but it's just too far a drive.

Isle of Arran?

That's on the good weather list!

Heads of Ayr
Dumbarton Castle
Falkirk Wheel
Wallace Monument
Doune Castle
Cuningar Loop
Antonine Wall forts

Are you on the'help what am I going to do today' fb page? HUGE list of stuff on that!

Yip that list on there is epic! It’s pinned on the top of the group so you can find it easily. And annotated with a wee key for things like cost accessibility etc. well worth joining for.

That sounds brilliant, I've just put a request in to join.

Polly's list is good too- Antonine wall forts and Doune Castle are both on my list now.

Cairnpapple hill is good too - double check the historic Scotland website/app for these ones. Quite a few are closed for maintenance/safety reasons at the moment.
we love our historic Scotland membership!
Finlaystone country estate has lovely walks, a nice cafe, gardens and a few different play areas around the woodland areas too!

Is around Edinburgh too far? Boat trip to Inchcolm Island, Go Ape & Fort Douglas in Dalkeith Country Park, Foxlake combined with North Berwick, axe throwing, escape rooms.

Whitelees windfarm
Cycling at Lochwinnoch
Inveraray jail
Cruachan hollow mountain
Ski lessons (Bellahouston Park or Glencoe)
Stirling Castle
Bannockburn
Finlaystone

Would a night in cheap hotel in Inverness be manageable to enable a trip to Culloden? Then you could do lots around there on the way up and back.

Balloch for Loch lomond
Take the train to Edinburgh for the day
Blair Drummond safari park
New Lanark
Drumpelier country park has a big play area and nice walks

Helix Park and the Kelpies
Summerlee Museum
Willow Tea Rooms (the one on Sauchiehall St) has a museum bit upstairs where you can dress up
There's also quite a few nice parks, gardens type places around Glasgow if you have NTS or Historic Scotland cards.
Tubing or skiing in Bearsden
West Highland Way starts from Milngavie if you want to walk some of it
Burrell Collection is open again and much better than before
Glasgow Climbing Centre in Ibrox
Hill House in Helensburgh is amazing if you like Rennie Mackintosh

If you're willing to go towards Edinburgh then Jupiter Artland is great
Chatelherault has a good park, big house and nice cafe
Roman head near Auchenstarry marina
Police museum in Bell St
The Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre