Use our South West days out guide to find a family day out, fun things to do with the kids, day trips for couples or a place to visit this weekend.

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Bristol attractions :-

• M Shed - Bristol (Museums • Free Entry • Indoor)
• Glenside Hospital Museum - Bristol (Museums • Free Entry • Indoor)
• Bristol Zoo Gardens - Clifton (Animals)
• Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf Bristol - Bristol (Active • Indoor)
• Oakham Treasures - Portbury (Museums)
• Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm - Wraxall (Animals)
• Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park - Keynsham, Bristol (Animals)
• Old Down Country Park - Tockington, Bristol (Animals & Nature)
• Blaise Castle House Museum - Bristol (Museums • Free Entry)
• Uglybugs Softplay - Warmley, Bristol (Kids • Indoor)
• Cheeky Monkeys - Bristol (Kids • Indoor)
• Clifton Suspension Bridge - Bristol (Other • Free Entry)
• At-Bristol - Bristol (Museums • Indoor)
• The Red Lodge Museum - Bristol (Museums)
• Bristol Aquarium - Bristol (Animals)

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Cornwall places to visit :-

• The Monkey Sanctuary - Looe (Animals)
• Eden Project - Bodelva (Gardens)
• Holywell Bay Fun Park - Holywell, Newquay (Theme Parks)
• Geevor Tin Mine - Pendeen, Penzance (Historical)
• Springfields Fun Park and Pony Centre - St Columb (Animals)
• Lawrence House Museum - Launceston (Museums • Free Entry • Indoor)
• Tintagel Old Post Office - Tintagel (Historical)
• Godolphin - Godolphin Cross, Helston (Historical)
• East Pool Mine - Pool, Near Redruth (Historical)
• Lanhydrock - Bodmin (Historical)
• Glendurgan Garden - Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth (Gardens)
• Trelissick Garden - Feock, near Truro (Gardens)
• Trengwainton Garden - Madron, near Penzance (Gardens)
• Trewithen Estate and Gardens - Truro (Historical)
• Restormel Castle - Lostwithiel (Historical)

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Devon things to do :-

• Beer Quarry Caves - Beer, Seaton (Nature)
• Watermouth Castle and Family Theme Park - Ilfracombe (Theme Parks)
• Diggerland Devon - Cullompton (Theme Parks)
• Becky Falls Woodland Park - Manaton, Newton Abbot (Nature)
• Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park - Combe Martin (Animals)
• Babbacombe Model Village - Babbacombe, Torquay (Other)
• Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre - Milford, Lifton (Theme Parks)
• Go Ape Haldon Forest - Kennford, Exeter (Active)
• Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary - Buckfastleigh (Animals)
• Bicton Park Botanical Gardens - Budleigh Salterton, Exeter (Gardens)
• Dartmoor Zoological Park - Plymouth (Animals)
• Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum - Arlington, near Barnstaple (Museums)
• Museum of British Surfing - Braunton (Museums)
• Knightshayes Court - Bolham, Tiverton (Historical)
• Torre Abbey - Torquay (Historical)

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Dorset attractions :-

• Nothe Fort - Weymouth (Historical)
• Abbotsbury Children’s Farm - Abbotsbury, Nr Weymouth (Animals)
• The Dinosaur Museum - Dorchester (Museums • Indoor)
• Honeybrook Farm - Wimborne (Animals)
• Compton Acres - Poole (Gardens)
• Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park - Organford, Poole (Animals)
• The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum - Dorchester (Museums • Indoor)
• Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre - Longthorns, Wareham (Animals)
• Go Ape Moors Valley - Ashley Heath (Active)
• Abbotsbury Swannery - Abbotsbury, Nr Weymouth (Nature)
• Wimborne Minster Model Town - Wimborne Minster (Other)
• Dorset County Museum - Dorchester (Museums)
• Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park - Verwood (Animals)
• Adventure Wonderland - Hurn, Christchurch (Theme Parks)
• Kingston Lacy - Wimborne Minster (Historical)

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Gloucestershire places to visit :-

• Birdland Park and Gardens - Bourton-on-the-Water (Animals)
• Hidcote - Hidcote Bartrim, near Chipping Campden (Gardens)
• Snowshill Manor and Garden - Snowshill, near Broadway (Historical)
• The International Centre for Birds of Prey - Newent (Animals)
• Holst Birthplace Museum - Cheltenham (Museums)
• The Dragonfly Maze - Bourton-on-the-water (Other)
• Go Bananas Soft Play - Ebley, Stroud (Kids • Indoor)
• Cotswold Farm Park - Guiting Power, nr. Cheltenham (Animals)
• Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection - Bourton-on-the-Water (Museums • Indoor)
• Cattle Country Adventure Park - Berkeley (Animals)
• Chedworth Roman Villa - Yanworth, near Cheltenham (Historical)
• Dyrham Park - Dyrham, near Bath (Historical)
• Westbury Court Garden - Westbury-on-Severn (Gardens)
• Newark Park - Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge (Historical)
• Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate - Aldsworth, near Cheltenham (Historical)

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Somerset things to do :-

• Haynes International Motor Museum - Sparkford, Nr Yeovil (Museums)
• Fleet Air Arm Museum - Ilchester (Museums • Indoor)
• Wookey Hole - Wells (Nature)
• Bakelite Museum - Williton (Museums • Indoor)
• The Roman Baths - Bath (Historical)
• The North Somerset Butterfly House - Congresbury (Animals • Indoor)
• Lytes Cary Manor - near Somerton (Historical)
• Exmoor Pony Centre - Ashwick, Dulverton (Animals • Free Entry)
• Weston-Super-Mare Museum - Weston-super-Mare (Museums • Free Entry)
• Somerset Rural Life Museum - Glastonbury (Museums)
• Chard Museum - Chard (Museums)
• The Walled Gardens of Cannington - Cannington, Nr Bridgwater (Gardens)
• SeaQuarium Weston-Super-Mare - Weston-Super-Mare (Animals • Indoor)
• Rug Ratz Indoor Play Centre - Yeovil (Kids • Indoor)
• AJ’z Activity Centre - Taunton (Kids • Indoor)

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Wiltshire attractions :-

• Crofton Beam Engines - Crofton, Marlborough (Historical)
• Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum - Calne (Museums & Galleries)
• Little Urchins Softplay - Warminster (Kids • Indoor)
• Longleat Safari and Adventure Park - Warminster (Animals)
• Mompesson House - Salisbury (Historical)
• Jolly Roger Adventure - Swindon (Kids • Indoor)
• Museum of Computing - Swindon (Museums • Indoor)
• Old Sarum - Salisbury (Historical)
• Old Wardour Castle - Salisbury (Historical)
• Stonehenge - Amesbury (Historical)
• Westwood Manor - Bradford-on-Avon (Historical)
• Great Chalfield Manor and Garden - near Melksham (Historical)
• Salisbury Cathedral - Salisbury (Historical)
• Rein and Shine - Swindon (Animals)
• Cholderton Charlie’s Farm - Cholderton, Salisbury (Animals)

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