10 of the best indoor attractions from soft plays to go-karting
RAIN is on the way and whether you’re excited for the end of the heatwave or not, indoor play is back on the cards.
Here are some of the top indoor attractions to keep the kids occupied when bad weather strikes from indoor gaming to trampolining and soft play.
The Playhive, North Yorkshire
The Playhive at Stockeld Park in North Yorkshire is one of the biggest indoor playgrounds in the UK.
Inside is everything from massive spaceships – with rocket walkways, ladders and nets – to planes and submarines.
Jungle-themed climbing walls and under-the-sea play areas are also part of the attraction – there are even toddler-friendly areas too.
Tickets to Stockeld Park start from £13.55pp.
Activate, London
Activate is a popular immersive experience with nine different rooms filled with games.
You can have a go at dodging lasers, digital dodgeball, basketball and challenges to test reflexes.
There are four venues across London: The O2, Oxford Street, Vauxhall, Westfield White City and Islington and children have to be over six-years-old.
Tickets to Activate start from £22.95pp.
Woodlands Family Theme Park, Devon
Woodlands Family Theme Park is home to Devon‘s largest soft play.
Inside there are drop slides, ball pools, climbing tubes, obstacles even an Ice Palace.
In the Circus Drome Zone there’s even more soft play as well as a bouncy castle, rope swings and slides for kids.
Tickets to Woodlands Family Theme Park start from £12.25pp.
Play Factore, Manchester
Play Factore in Manchester has the tallest standing indoor slide in the UK as well as a laser tag arena.
Kids can enjoy a bounce on the interactive ValoJump trampolines, the zip wire and play frame which has network of tunnels, slides and obstacles.
In the Toddler Area, there are two floors of play designed for kids under the age of five.
Tickets to Play Factore in Manchester range from £3.95 to £21.95pp.
Riverside Hub, Northampton
The Riverside Hub will keep children entertained for hours with lots of different zones to explore and an enormous climbing frame with a huge beanstalk climbing wall.
There’s a Role Play Village too where kids can use their imagination to explore a make-believe world, with a cafe, shop, witch’s house and tooth fairy dentist.
Inside is also a football pitch and a dedicated zone for toddlers with ball pits and activity walls.
Tickets to the Riverside Hub start from £7.45 for adults and £12.50 for children.
Flip Out
Flip Out are family-friendly trampoline and adventure parks filled with more activities than you can imagine.
The facilities vary depending on location, but most have a whole floor of trampolines for bouncing about, as well as inflatable obstacle courses and even a Ninja playground.
Some venues also have soft play centres and ones dedicated to toddlers.
There are over 30 Flip Out venues across the UK too so one is bound to be near you – tickets start from £8.
Gravity Max
These massive entertainment venues are great for a rainy day with lots of activities to try out.
There’s electric go-karts, digital darts, street golf, karaoke, an arcade with lots of classic games and even AR bowling.
At the sports bar there are food stalls and live sporting events are shown on the TV.
There are Gravity Max venues in Liverpool, Cardiff, Yorkshire and London and tickets vary in cost depending on activities but start from £10.99.
Junkyard Golf Club
Anyone who is a fan of crazy golf should head to one of the putting venues of Junkyard Golf Club – of which there are six in the UK.
The venues are known for their uniquely designed courses which are all made from reclaimed items.
The very creative golf course themes go from Circus Fear-Ground to Polluted Paradise, 90s Garage Scrapyard and Basement Horror.
Tickets to Junkyard Golf Club start from £16.50pp.
TeamSport, Warrington
There are 38 TeamSport tracks around the UK – but the one in Warrington has the UK’s biggest indoor track at 1000 metres.
There are 22 corners and a Monaco-style tunnel split over three levels, so it will prove to be a challenge whether or not you’re a pro-driver.
Their e-karts hit speeds of 40mph and the average lap time is just over a minute – if you’re really fast you might appear on the leaderboard.
Tickets to TeamSport Warrington start from £47.66pp.
Arcade Club
Arcade Club is the perfect spot for gamers where you can return to the golden age of gaming with these classics.
From pinball machines to Astro Blaster and Pac-Man, it’s the best place for a bit of pixel nostalgia – the arcades can be found in Blackpool, Leeds and Bury.
They also have food and drink on site, offering pizzas, burgers, hot dogs and nachos at their restaurants.
Adult tickets to Arcade Club are £18 with children under 16s being able to get their game on for £10.