Last week of the summer holidays? We’ve got you sorted with free family days out in the UK

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The summer holidays are coming to an end, but you make the most of your child’s last week with a range of free family days out available in the UK.

It’s no wonder searches for ‘free days out for kids’ have increased by 2850% since January.

New research by Clarks analysed 5* TripAdvisor reviews to reveal the UK’s best free days out for kids – and to make life even easier they have categorised their findings into cultural, nature, historical, educational and animal themed days out – so there’s something for everyone in the family.

Top 15 free cultural days out for kids

Rank

Town

Name of Attraction

No. of 5* reviews

1

London

National Gallery

29373

2

London

Camden Market

17611

3

Edinburgh

Royal Mile

14964

4

London

Covent Garden

14193

5

London

Borough Market

9100

6

London

Wallace Collection

4994

7

Manchester

The John Rylands Library

4123

8

London

National Portrait Gallery

3643

9

Edinburgh

Scottish National Gallery

3259

10

Glasgow

Buchanan Street

2974

11

London

British Library

2587

12

London

Tate Britain

2463

13

Edinburgh

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

1712

14

Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery

1616

15

Liverpool

Liverpool Central Library

1612

Top 15 free nature days out for kids 

Rank

Town

Name of Attraction

No. of 5* reviews

1

Bournemouth

Bournemouth Beach

5844

2

Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

5451

3

Edinburgh

Princes Street Gardens

4515

4

Cardiff

Cardiff Bay

3599

5

London

Kensington Gardens

2874

6

Lincoln

Steep Hill

2154

7

Swansea

Gower Peninsula

1820

8

Bournemouth

Hengistbury Head Beach

1689

9

Hastings

Old Town Hastings

1586

10

Bournemouth

Lower Gardens

1313

11

Glasgow

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

1299

12

Poole

Sandbanks Beach

1257

13

Sheffield

The Botanical Gardens

1148

14

Sheffield

Sheffield Winter Garden

999

15

Belfast

Botanic Gardens

955

Top 15 free historical days out for kids

Rank

Town

Name of Attraction

No. of 5* reviews

1

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Old Town

11620

2

York

Shambles

9552

3

Liverpool

Liverpool Cathedral

6616

4

York

York City Walls

5811

5

Chester

Chester City Walls

3807

6

Edinburgh

St Giles’ Cathedral

3557

7

Chester

Chester Cathedral

3495

8

Norwich

Norwich Cathedral

2921

9

Gloucester

Gloucester Cathedral

2724

10

Worcester

Worcester Cathedral

2156

11

Liverpool

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool

2028

12

Glasgow

Glasgow Cathedral

1679

13

St. Albans

St Albans Cathedral

1634

14

Peterborough

Peterborough Cathedral

1517

15

Cambridge

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

995

Top 15 free educational days out for kids

Rank

Town

Name of Attraction

No. of 5* reviews

1

London

The British Museum

52753

2

London

Natural History Museum

24540

3

London

V&A  – Victoria and Albert Museum

23507

4

Edinburgh

National Museum of Scotland

15890

5

York

National Railway Museum

13280

6

Glasgow

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

11143

7

London

Imperial War Museums

6650

8

Glasgow

The Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel

6205

9

Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History

5350

10

Manchester

Science and Industry Museum

4834

11

Liverpool

Museum of Liverpool

4605

12

Manchester

The John Rylands Library

4123

13

Oxford

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

4110

14

Liverpool

Merseyside Maritime Museum

3843

15

London

Museum of London

3392

Top 13 free animal days out for kids

Rank

Town

Name of Attraction

Number of 5* reviews

1

Brighton

Devil’s Dyke National Trust

586

2

Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Park National Nature Reserve

573

3

Sheffield

Our Cow Molly Dairy Farm & Ice Cream Shop

316

4

Lincoln

The Natural World Centre, Whisby

145

5

Birkenhead

Tam O’Shanter Urban Farm

138

6

Nottingham

Stonebridge City Farm

127

7

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Ouseburn Farm

119

8

Belfast

Black Mountain

116

9

Bristol

Windmill Hill City Farm

66

10

Weston Super Mare

Uphill Local Nature Reserve

66

11

Sheffield

Heeley City Farm

65

12

Bath

Bath City Farm

58

13

Bristol

St Werburghs City Farm

58

You can find supporting imagery and further data breakdowns here, including:

  • indoor and outdoor activities

  • age appropriate activities (over and under 10s)

If you would like a regional (region, county, city) breakdown, please let me know and I’d be happy to help.

Credit research by Clarks


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