Family days out near St Albans
166 things to do with kids within 20 miles of St Albans, Hertfordshire, 79 of them free. Nearest first, with prices, opening times, parking and the quietest days to go on each page. Distances are straight-line miles from the town centre.
Closest to St Albans
- St Albans Cathedral under 1 mile · Free entry
- Verulamium Museum and Park under 1 mile · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- Heartwood Forest 3 miles · Free entry
- Willows Farm Village 4 miles · Adult £17 · Child £17 · Family £60
- de Havilland Aircraft Museum 4 miles · Adult £13 · Child £7 · Family £36
- Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead 5 miles · Adult £8–£13 · Child £8–£12 · Family £42
- Stanborough Park 5 miles · Free entry
- Hatfield House 5 miles · Adult £22 · Child £10 · Family £58
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter 6 miles · Adult £55 · Child £45 · Family £195
- Mill Green Museum and Mill 6 miles · Free entry
- Shaw's Corner 6 miles · Adult £10 · Child £5 · Family £27
- TeamSport Go Karting Watford 7 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
Free things to do with kids near St Albans (79)
- St Albans Cathedral under 1 mile · Free entry
- Heartwood Forest 3 miles · Free entry
- Stanborough Park 5 miles · Free entry
- Mill Green Museum and Mill 6 miles · Free entry
- Aldenham Country Park 7 miles · Free entry
- Cassiobury Park 7 miles · Free entry
- Stockwood Discovery Centre 9 miles · Free entry
- Panshanger Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Berkhamsted Castle 10 miles · Free entry
- Wardown House Museum 10 miles · Free entry
- Trent Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Headstone Manor and Museum 11 miles · Free entry
- Royal Air Force Museum London 11 miles · Free entry
- Ashridge Estate 11 miles · Free entry
- Dunstable Downs 12 miles · Free entry
National Museum & Exhibition (51)
- Verulamium Museum and Park under 1 mile · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- de Havilland Aircraft Museum 4 miles · Adult £13 · Child £7 · Family £36
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter 6 miles · Adult £55 · Child £45 · Family £195
- Mill Green Museum and Mill 6 miles · Free entry
- Stockwood Discovery Centre 9 miles · Free entry
- Wardown House Museum 10 miles · Free entry
- Headstone Manor and Museum 11 miles · Free entry
- Royal Air Force Museum London 11 miles · Free entry
- Chiltern Open Air Museum 12 miles · Adult £13 · Child £8 · Family £38
- British Schools Museum, Hitchin 14 miles · Adult £6 · Child £4 · Family £18
- Wembley Stadium Tour 14 miles · Adult £28 · Child £18 · Family £83
- Natural History Museum at Tring 14 miles · Free entry
- Royal Gunpowder Mills 15 miles · Adult £10 · Child £6 · Family £29
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tour 15 miles · Adult £30 · Child £20 · Family £90
- Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre 16 miles · Adult £13.95 · Child £9.95 · Family £47.80
- Emirates Stadium Tour 17 miles · Adult £17.50 · Child £9 · Family £53
- Lord's Cricket Ground Tour 17 miles · Adult £32.95 · Child £22.95 · Family £111.80
- The Sherlock Holmes Museum 17 miles · Adult £16 · Child £11 · Family £49
- Madame Tussauds London 18 miles · Adult £27 · Child £27 · Family £108
- Wellcome Collection 18 miles · Free entry
- Gunnersbury Park and Museum 18 miles · Free entry
- Grant Museum of Zoology 18 miles · Free entry
- The Wallace Collection 18 miles · Free entry
- Cartoon Museum 18 miles · Adult £9 · Child £0 · Family £16
- London Museum of Water and Steam 18 miles · Adult £18 · Child £9 · Family £49
- Design Museum 18 miles · Free entry
- The Postal Museum and Mail Rail 18 miles · Adult £18.50 · Child £11 · Family £59
- Charles Dickens Museum 18 miles · Adult £14 · Child £8 · Family £44
- The British Museum 18 miles · Free entry
- Sir John Soane's Museum 19 miles · Free entry
- The Science Museum 19 miles · Free entry
- Museum of the Home 19 miles · Free entry
- London Transport Museum 19 miles · Adult £27 · Child £0 · Family £54
- The Victoria and Albert Museum 19 miles · Free entry
- The Natural History Museum 19 miles · Free entry
- National Portrait Gallery 19 miles · Free entry
- The National Gallery 19 miles · Free entry
- Household Cavalry Museum 19 miles · Adult £10 · Child £7 · Family £31
- Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre 19 miles · Free entry
- Royal Mews 19 miles · Adult £18 · Child £9 · Family £54
- Churchill War Rooms 19 miles · Adult £34 · Child £17 · Family £102
- Wycombe Museum 20 miles · Free entry
- The London Eye 20 miles · Adult £29 · Child £29 · Family £116
- Young V&A 20 miles · Free entry
- Bank of England Museum 20 miles · Free entry
- The London Dungeon 20 miles · Adult £30 · Child £25 · Family £99
- London Mithraeum 20 miles · Free entry
- Tate Modern 20 miles · Free entry
- Florence Nightingale Museum 20 miles · Adult £10 · Child £5 · Family £27
- National Army Museum 20 miles · Free entry
- Golden Hinde 20 miles · Adult £10 · Child £7 · Family £31
Garden, Park & Outdoor (43)
- Heartwood Forest 3 miles · Free entry
- Stanborough Park 5 miles · Free entry
- Aldenham Country Park 7 miles · Free entry
- Cassiobury Park 7 miles · Free entry
- Panshanger Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Trent Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Ashridge Estate 11 miles · Free entry
- Dunstable Downs 12 miles · Free entry
- Ruislip Lido 12 miles · Free entry
- Fairlands Valley Park 12 miles · Free entry
- Capel Manor Gardens 13 miles · Adult £11 · Child £5 · Family £29
- River Lee Country Park 14 miles · Free entry
- Alexandra Palace Park 14 miles · Free entry
- College Lake 14 miles · Free entry
- Lee Valley White Water Centre 14 miles · Free entry
- Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill 15 miles · Free entry
- Hitchin Lavender 16 miles · Adult £7 · Child £4 · Family £20
- Wendover Woods 16 miles · Free entry
- Bekonscot Model Village 16 miles · Adult £13.50–£15 · Child £8.55–£9.50 · Family £44.10
- Clissold Park 17 miles · Free entry
- Walthamstow Wetlands 17 miles · Free entry
- Little Venice and Regent's Canal 17 miles · Free entry
- Black Park Country Park 17 miles · Free entry
- The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill 17 miles · Free entry
- Camley Street Natural Park 17 miles · Free entry
- Epping Forest (High Beach) 18 miles · Free entry
- Diana Memorial Playground 18 miles · Free entry
- Langley Park 18 miles · Free entry
- Holland Park and Kyoto Garden 18 miles · Free entry
- Coram's Fields 18 miles · Free entry
- Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens 18 miles · Free entry
- Burnham Beeches 19 miles · Free entry
- Coombe Hill 19 miles · Free entry
- Covent Garden 19 miles · Free entry
- Kew Gardens 19 miles · Adult £17–£28 · Child £2 · Family £54
- Changing the Guard, Buckingham Palace 19 miles · Free entry
- The Rye, High Wycombe 19 miles · Free entry
- St James's Park 19 miles · Free entry
- Southbank Centre and Queen's Walk 19 miles · Free entry
- Victoria Park, Hackney 20 miles · Free entry
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 20 miles · Free entry
- Mile End Park 20 miles · Free entry
- Sky Garden 20 miles · Free entry
Castle & Historic Landmark (33)
- St Albans Cathedral under 1 mile · Free entry
- Hatfield House 5 miles · Adult £22 · Child £10 · Family £58
- Shaw's Corner 6 miles · Adult £10 · Child £5 · Family £27
- Berkhamsted Castle 10 miles · Free entry
- Knebworth House 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £14 · Family £56
- Forty Hall 13 miles · Free entry
- Pitstone Windmill 14 miles · Adult £3 · Child £1.50 · Family £8
- Kenwood 14 miles · Free entry
- Waltham Abbey Gatehouse 15 miles · Free entry
- Fenton House 15 miles · Adult £11 · Child £5.50 · Family £30
- 2 Willow Road 15 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24
- Pitzhanger Manor 17 miles · Adult £9 · Child £0 · Family £16
- Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge 17 miles · Free entry
- Wrest Park 18 miles · Adult £14 · Child £8.50 · Family £40
- Kensington Palace 18 miles · Adult £19 · Child £9.50 · Family £57
- Osterley Park and House 18 miles · Adult £14 · Child £7 · Family £38
- Sutton House 19 miles · Adult £8 · Child £4 · Family £22
- Ascott House 19 miles · Adult £14 · Child £7 · Family £38
- Chiswick House and Gardens 19 miles · Adult £11 · Child £0 · Family £20
- Apsley House 19 miles · Adult £15 · Child £9 · Family £43
- Wellington Arch 19 miles · Adult £7 · Child £4 · Family £20
- Syon House and Park 19 miles · Adult £15 · Child £7 · Family £40
- Somerset House 19 miles · Free entry
- Harmondsworth Great Barn 19 miles · Free entry
- Buckingham Palace State Rooms 19 miles · Adult £33 · Child £17 · Family £90
- Hughenden Manor 19 miles · Adult £15 · Child £7.50 · Family £40
- St Paul's Cathedral 19 miles · Adult £27 · Child £10.50 · Family £75
- Woburn Abbey and Gardens 20 miles · Adult £22 · Child £11 · Family £59
- Westminster Abbey 20 miles · Adult £32 · Child £14 · Family £64
- Jewel Tower 20 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3.50 · Family £17
- Shakespeare's Globe tours 20 miles · Adult £26 · Child £15 · Family £74
- Carlyle's House 20 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24
- The Monument 20 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
Play & Activity Centre (23)
- Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead 5 miles · Adult £8–£13 · Child £8–£12 · Family £42
- TeamSport Go Karting Watford 7 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Flip Out Watford 7 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Go Ape Cockfosters 10 miles · Adult £39.95 · Child £39.95 · Family £159.80
- Clip 'n Climb Colindale 11 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting Dunstable 12 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- TeamSport Go Karting Brent Cross 13 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Flip Out Brent Cross 13 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Go Ape Alexandra Palace 14 miles · Adult £39.95 · Child £23.95 · Family £127.80
- Alexandra Palace Ice Rink 14 miles · Adult £11.75–£12.75 · Child £10.50–£11.50 · Family £48.50
- Clip 'n Climb Uxbridge 15 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting Edmonton 16 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Parliament Hill Lido 16 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- Go Ape Wendover 17 miles · Adult £36.95 · Child £20.95 · Family £115.80
- Go Ape Black Park 17 miles · Adult £36.95 · Child £20.95 · Family £115.80
- TeamSport Go Karting Acton 17 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- KidZania London 18 miles · Adult £15 · Child £30 · Family £81
- Lee Valley Ice Centre 18 miles · Adult £16 · Child £13 · Family £58
- Go Ape Woburn 19 miles · Adult £36.95 · Child £36.95 · Family £147.80
- Flip Out Hounslow 20 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Lee Valley VeloPark 20 miles · Free entry
- Clip 'n Climb Chelsea 20 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting High Wycombe 20 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
Zoo & Safari Park (13)
- Whipsnade Zoo 11 miles · Adult £30.50–£36.75 · Child £21.35–£25.75 · Family £103.70
- Paradise Wildlife Park 12 miles · Adult £25 · Child £20 · Family £85
- Golders Hill Park 14 miles · Free entry
- Lee Valley Park Farms 15 miles · Adult £12 · Child £12 · Family £43
- Mead Open Farm 16 miles · Adult £14 · Child £14 · Family £52
- Kentish Town City Farm 16 miles · Free entry
- ZSL London Zoo 17 miles · Adult £29.70 · Child £20.80 · Family £101
- Standalone Farm 17 miles · Adult £8 · Child £7 · Family £27
- Freightliners City Farm 17 miles · Free entry
- Odds Farm Park 18 miles · Adult £12.95–£20.95 · Child £12.95–£20.95 · Family £51.80
- Hackney City Farm 19 miles · Free entry
- WWT London Wetland Centre 19 miles · Adult £18.10 · Child £11.75 · Family £50.90
- Spitalfields City Farm 20 miles · Free entry
Aquarium & Marine Centre (1)
- SEA LIFE London Aquarium 20 miles · Adult £28 · Child £28 · Family £112
Heritage Railway & Transport (1)
- Uber Boat by Thames Clippers 19 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24
Theme Park (1)
- Willows Farm Village 4 miles · Adult £17 · Child £17 · Family £60