Family days out near Watford
215 things to do with kids within 20 miles of Watford, Hertfordshire, 102 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 Watford
- TeamSport Go Karting Watford under 1 mile · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Flip Out Watford under 1 mile · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Cassiobury Park 1 miles · Free entry
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter 3 miles · Adult £55 · Child £45 · Family £195
- Aldenham Country Park 3 miles · Free entry
- Headstone Manor and Museum 5 miles · Free entry
- Ruislip Lido 5 miles · Free entry
- de Havilland Aircraft Museum 6 miles · Adult £13 · Child £7 · Family £36
- Willows Farm Village 7 miles · Adult £17 · Child £17 · Family £60
- Chiltern Open Air Museum 7 miles · Adult £13 · Child £8 · Family £38
- Verulamium Museum and Park 7 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- St Albans Cathedral 7 miles · Free entry
Free things to do with kids near Watford (102)
- Cassiobury Park 1 miles · Free entry
- Aldenham Country Park 3 miles · Free entry
- Headstone Manor and Museum 5 miles · Free entry
- Ruislip Lido 5 miles · Free entry
- St Albans Cathedral 7 miles · Free entry
- Royal Air Force Museum London 8 miles · Free entry
- Heartwood Forest 10 miles · Free entry
- Berkhamsted Castle 10 miles · Free entry
- Trent Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Golders Hill Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Black Park Country Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Kenwood 11 miles · Free entry
- Mill Green Museum and Mill 11 miles · Free entry
- Langley Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Stanborough Park 11 miles · Free entry
National Museum & Exhibition (61)
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter 3 miles · Adult £55 · Child £45 · Family £195
- Headstone Manor and Museum 5 miles · Free entry
- de Havilland Aircraft Museum 6 miles · Adult £13 · Child £7 · Family £36
- Chiltern Open Air Museum 7 miles · Adult £13 · Child £8 · Family £38
- Verulamium Museum and Park 7 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- Royal Air Force Museum London 8 miles · Free entry
- Wembley Stadium Tour 8 miles · Adult £28 · Child £18 · Family £83
- Mill Green Museum and Mill 11 miles · Free entry
- Gunnersbury Park and Museum 12 miles · Free entry
- London Museum of Water and Steam 12 miles · Adult £18 · Child £9 · Family £49
- Lord's Cricket Ground Tour 13 miles · Adult £32.95 · Child £22.95 · Family £111.80
- The Sherlock Holmes Museum 14 miles · Adult £16 · Child £11 · Family £49
- Design Museum 14 miles · Free entry
- Madame Tussauds London 14 miles · Adult £27 · Child £27 · Family £108
- Emirates Stadium Tour 14 miles · Adult £17.50 · Child £9 · Family £53
- The Wallace Collection 14 miles · Free entry
- Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre 14 miles · Adult £13.95 · Child £9.95 · Family £47.80
- World Rugby Museum, Twickenham 14 miles · Adult £25 · Child £15 · Family £72
- Wellcome Collection 14 miles · Free entry
- Grant Museum of Zoology 14 miles · Free entry
- The Science Museum 14 miles · Free entry
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tour 14 miles · Adult £30 · Child £20 · Family £90
- The Natural History Museum 14 miles · Free entry
- Cartoon Museum 14 miles · Adult £9 · Child £0 · Family £16
- The Victoria and Albert Museum 14 miles · Free entry
- Stockwood Discovery Centre 15 miles · Free entry
- The British Museum 15 miles · Free entry
- Natural History Museum at Tring 15 miles · Free entry
- Charles Dickens Museum 15 miles · Adult £14 · Child £8 · Family £44
- The Postal Museum and Mail Rail 15 miles · Adult £18.50 · Child £11 · Family £59
- Sir John Soane's Museum 15 miles · Free entry
- National Portrait Gallery 15 miles · Free entry
- The National Gallery 15 miles · Free entry
- Royal Mews 15 miles · Adult £18 · Child £9 · Family £54
- London Transport Museum 15 miles · Adult £27 · Child £0 · Family £54
- National Army Museum 15 miles · Free entry
- Household Cavalry Museum 15 miles · Adult £10 · Child £7 · Family £31
- Wycombe Museum 15 miles · Free entry
- Churchill War Rooms 15 miles · Adult £34 · Child £17 · Family £102
- The London Eye 16 miles · Adult £29 · Child £29 · Family £116
- The London Dungeon 16 miles · Adult £30 · Child £25 · Family £99
- Florence Nightingale Museum 16 miles · Adult £10 · Child £5 · Family £27
- Museum of the Home 16 miles · Free entry
- Tate Britain 16 miles · Free entry
- Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre 16 miles · Free entry
- Tate Modern 16 miles · Free entry
- London Mithraeum 16 miles · Free entry
- Bank of England Museum 16 miles · Free entry
- Wardown House Museum 16 miles · Free entry
- Imperial War Museum London 16 miles · Free entry
- Golden Hinde 17 miles · Adult £10 · Child £7 · Family £31
- Royal Gunpowder Mills 17 miles · Adult £10 · Child £6 · Family £29
- HMS Belfast 17 miles · Adult £26.80 · Child £13.40 · Family £80.40
- Young V&A 17 miles · Free entry
- Tower Bridge Exhibition 17 miles · Adult £16 · Child £8 · Family £28.80
- Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum 17 miles · Adult £15 · Child £10 · Family £50
- Hellfire Caves 18 miles · Adult £8 · Child £6 · Family £25
- Ragged School Museum 18 miles · Free entry
- Brunel Museum 18 miles · Adult £10 · Child £0 · Family £20
- Museum of London Docklands 19 miles · Free entry
- Dulwich Picture Gallery 20 miles · Free entry
Garden, Park & Outdoor (57)
- Cassiobury Park 1 miles · Free entry
- Aldenham Country Park 3 miles · Free entry
- Ruislip Lido 5 miles · Free entry
- Heartwood Forest 10 miles · Free entry
- Trent Park 10 miles · Free entry
- Black Park Country Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Bekonscot Model Village 11 miles · Adult £13.50–£15 · Child £8.55–£9.50 · Family £44.10
- Langley Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Stanborough Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill 12 miles · Free entry
- Alexandra Palace Park 12 miles · Free entry
- Burnham Beeches 12 miles · Free entry
- Little Venice and Regent's Canal 13 miles · Free entry
- Kew Gardens 13 miles · Adult £17–£28 · Child £2 · Family £54
- Holland Park and Kyoto Garden 13 miles · Free entry
- Diana Memorial Playground 13 miles · Free entry
- The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill 14 miles · Free entry
- Ashridge Estate 14 miles · Free entry
- Capel Manor Gardens 14 miles · Adult £11 · Child £5 · Family £29
- Camley Street Natural Park 14 miles · Free entry
- Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens 14 miles · Free entry
- Clissold Park 15 miles · Free entry
- Coram's Fields 15 miles · Free entry
- Panshanger Park 15 miles · Free entry
- The Rye, High Wycombe 15 miles · Free entry
- Changing the Guard, Buckingham Palace 15 miles · Free entry
- Covent Garden 15 miles · Free entry
- St James's Park 15 miles · Free entry
- Walthamstow Wetlands 15 miles · Free entry
- Dunstable Downs 16 miles · Free entry
- Southbank Centre and Queen's Walk 16 miles · Free entry
- Battersea Park 16 miles · Free entry
- Richmond Park 16 miles · Free entry
- College Lake 16 miles · Free entry
- Wendover Woods 16 miles · Free entry
- Battersea Power Station and Lift 109 16 miles · Adult £15 · Child £10 · Family £45
- Lee Valley White Water Centre 16 miles · Free entry
- River Lee Country Park 16 miles · Free entry
- Wimbledon Common and Windmill 16 miles · Free entry
- Sky Garden 17 miles · Free entry
- Runnymede 17 miles · Free entry
- Bushy Park 17 miles · Free entry
- The View from The Shard 17 miles · Adult £32 · Child £26 · Family £104
- Mile End Park 17 miles · Free entry
- Victoria Park, Hackney 17 miles · Free entry
- Coombe Hill 18 miles · Free entry
- Burgess Park 18 miles · Free entry
- Windsor Great Park 18 miles · Free entry
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 18 miles · Free entry
- Southwark Park 18 miles · Free entry
- The Savill Garden 18 miles · Adult £12 · Child £5 · Family £31
- Brockwell Park 19 miles · Free entry
- Epping Forest (High Beach) 19 miles · Free entry
- Fairlands Valley Park 19 miles · Free entry
- Morden Hall Park 20 miles · Free entry
- Virginia Water Lake 20 miles · Free entry
- Dulwich Park 20 miles · Free entry
Castle & Historic Landmark (37)
- St Albans Cathedral 7 miles · Free entry
- Berkhamsted Castle 10 miles · Free entry
- Hatfield House 11 miles · Adult £22 · Child £10 · Family £58
- Pitzhanger Manor 11 miles · Adult £9 · Child £0 · Family £16
- Kenwood 11 miles · Free entry
- Fenton House 11 miles · Adult £11 · Child £5.50 · Family £30
- 2 Willow Road 12 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24
- Osterley Park and House 12 miles · Adult £14 · Child £7 · Family £38
- Harmondsworth Great Barn 12 miles · Free entry
- Syon House and Park 13 miles · Adult £15 · Child £7 · Family £40
- Chiswick House and Gardens 13 miles · Adult £11 · Child £0 · Family £20
- Shaw's Corner 13 miles · Adult £10 · Child £5 · Family £27
- Kensington Palace 14 miles · Adult £19 · Child £9.50 · Family £57
- Forty Hall 14 miles · Free entry
- Cliveden 14 miles · Adult £18 · Child £9 · Family £49
- Marble Hill 15 miles · Free entry
- Apsley House 15 miles · Adult £15 · Child £9 · Family £43
- Wellington Arch 15 miles · Adult £7 · Child £4 · Family £20
- Ham House and Garden 15 miles · Adult £14 · Child £7 · Family £38
- Windsor Castle 15 miles · Adult £32–£36 · Child £16–£18 · Family £96
- Buckingham Palace State Rooms 15 miles · Adult £33 · Child £17 · Family £90
- Carlyle's House 15 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24
- Somerset House 15 miles · Free entry
- Westminster Abbey 16 miles · Adult £32 · Child £14 · Family £64
- Hughenden Manor 16 miles · Adult £15 · Child £7.50 · Family £40
- Jewel Tower 16 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3.50 · Family £17
- Pitstone Windmill 16 miles · Adult £3 · Child £1.50 · Family £8
- St Paul's Cathedral 16 miles · Adult £27 · Child £10.50 · Family £75
- Shakespeare's Globe tours 16 miles · Adult £26 · Child £15 · Family £74
- Sutton House 16 miles · Adult £8 · Child £4 · Family £22
- The Monument 17 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- Waltham Abbey Gatehouse 17 miles · Free entry
- Knebworth House 17 miles · Adult £18 · Child £14 · Family £56
- The Tower of London 17 miles · Adult £38 · Child £19 · Family £114
- Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge 18 miles · Free entry
- Hampton Court Palace 18 miles · Adult £30 · Child £15 · Family £90
- West Wycombe Park 18 miles · Adult £12 · Child £6 · Family £32
Play & Activity Centre (36)
- TeamSport Go Karting Watford under 1 mile · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Flip Out Watford under 1 mile · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Planet Ice Hemel Hempstead 7 miles · Adult £8–£13 · Child £8–£12 · Family £42
- Clip 'n Climb Colindale 7 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- Clip 'n Climb Uxbridge 9 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting Brent Cross 9 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Flip Out Brent Cross 9 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Go Ape Cockfosters 10 miles · Adult £39.95 · Child £39.95 · Family £159.80
- Go Ape Black Park 11 miles · Adult £36.95 · Child £20.95 · Family £115.80
- Go Ape Alexandra Palace 12 miles · Adult £39.95 · Child £23.95 · Family £127.80
- Alexandra Palace Ice Rink 12 miles · Adult £11.75–£12.75 · Child £10.50–£11.50 · Family £48.50
- TeamSport Go Karting Acton 12 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Parliament Hill Lido 12 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £16
- KidZania London 13 miles · Adult £15 · Child £30 · Family £81
- Flip Out Hounslow 13 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Clip 'n Climb Chelsea 15 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting Edmonton 15 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- French Brothers Windsor Boat Trips 15 miles · Adult £12 · Child £7 · Family £34
- TeamSport Go Karting High Wycombe 16 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Go Ape Battersea Park 16 miles · Adult £39.95 · Child £28.95 · Family £137.80
- Lee Valley Ice Centre 16 miles · Adult £16 · Child £13 · Family £58
- Go Ape Wendover 16 miles · Adult £36.95 · Child £20.95 · Family £115.80
- Clip 'n Climb Wandsworth 16 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- TeamSport Go Karting Dunstable 17 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Lee Valley VeloPark 18 miles · Free entry
- Zip World London (ArcelorMittal Orbit) 18 miles · Adult £9–£17 · Child £9–£17 · Family £68
- London Aquatics Centre 18 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3.50 · Family £17
- Brockwell Lido 19 miles · Adult £7 · Child £4 · Family £20
- Tooting Bec Lido 19 miles · Adult £7 · Child £4 · Family £20
- Flip Out Canary Wharf 19 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
- Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre 19 miles · Adult £12 · Child £10 · Family £44
- TeamSport Go Karting Mitcham 20 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
- Activate The O2 20 miles · Adult £26 · Child £26 · Family £104
- Clip 'n Climb at The O2 20 miles · Adult £19.50 · Child £19.50 · Family £78
- Hollywood Bowl London at The O2 20 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
- Up at The O2 20 miles · Adult £40 · Child £30 · Family £126
Zoo & Safari Park (19)
- Golders Hill Park 11 miles · Free entry
- Kentish Town City Farm 13 miles · Free entry
- Odds Farm Park 13 miles · Adult £12.95–£20.95 · Child £12.95–£20.95 · Family £51.80
- ZSL London Zoo 13 miles · Adult £29.70 · Child £20.80 · Family £101
- Hounslow Urban Farm 14 miles · Adult £6 · Child £5 · Family £20
- WWT London Wetland Centre 14 miles · Adult £18.10 · Child £11.75 · Family £50.90
- Freightliners City Farm 14 miles · Free entry
- Whipsnade Zoo 15 miles · Adult £30.50–£36.75 · Child £21.35–£25.75 · Family £103.70
- Paradise Wildlife Park 15 miles · Adult £25 · Child £20 · Family £85
- Battersea Park Children's Zoo 16 miles · Adult £17.50 · Child £13.95 · Family £53.95
- Hackney City Farm 16 miles · Free entry
- Vauxhall City Farm 17 miles · Free entry
- Spitalfields City Farm 17 miles · Free entry
- Lee Valley Park Farms 17 miles · Adult £12 · Child £12 · Family £43
- Stepney City Farm 18 miles · Free entry
- Surrey Docks Farm 19 miles · Free entry
- Mead Open Farm 19 miles · Adult £14 · Child £14 · Family £52
- Deen City Farm 19 miles · Free entry
- Mudchute Farm 20 miles · Free entry
Theme Park (3)
- Willows Farm Village 7 miles · Adult £17 · Child £17 · Family £60
- Legoland Windsor Resort 17 miles · Adult £32 · Child £32 · Family £128
- Thorpe Park Resort 18 miles · Adult £32 · Child £32 · Family £128
Aquarium & Marine Centre (1)
- SEA LIFE London Aquarium 16 miles · Adult £28 · Child £28 · Family £112
Heritage Railway & Transport (1)
- Uber Boat by Thames Clippers 15 miles · Adult £9 · Child £4.50 · Family £24