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Summer Staycation
28th June-31st August 2025
Venue: Stowe Gardens
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
With different events and activities each week, make Stowe your weekly staple throughout the holidays. Choose from one of the free fun-filled family trails, take in an outdoor theatre production, participate...
Summer Spectacular
19th July-1st September 2025
Venue: Willows Activity Farm
Website: www.willowsactivityfarm.com
Get lost in Maize Maze but make sure you find your way out to enjoy the splash-tastic Puddle Play Park where you’re guaranteed a splashing good time so don’t forget a change of clothes and your towel....
Cosmic Adventures
23rd July-3rd September 2025
Venue: Discover Bucks Museum
Website: www.discoverbucksmuseum.org
Relax in the space-themed sensory room, enjoy garden games in the beautiful Victorian garden, and refuel with light snacks from the café. There’s something new to discover around every corner — your...
Crunchem Hall Playground
24th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Roald Dahl Museum
Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org
Inspired by Matilda’s school, Crunchem Hall, you can enjoy some traditional games with a Roald Dahl twist. Play games such as Matilda V Miss Trunchbull giant Connect 4, Splat the Snozzcumber or Dream...
Matilda's Missenden Story Trail
24th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Roald Dahl Museum
Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org
Pick up a limited edition free self-guided walk this summer and explore the village of Great Missenden with Matilda. You’ll discover some of the sights that inspired the book including Matilda’s library,...
Roald Dahl Countryside Trail
24th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Roald Dahl Museum
Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org
Pick up a free trail this summer and head to the woods that inspired Fantastic Mr Fox.There are suggested family activities along the way including Woodland Bingo and Ranger’s Radio. Suitable for ages...
Summer of Play
24th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Hughenden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Experience and take part in fun-filled activities in the gardens. Skittles, Target Practice, Hula Hoops and many more. All included in your general admission. These activities are suitable for all ages.
Summer of Play at Cliveden
24th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Cliveden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/cliveden
Explore Cliveden your own way this summer, with activities to do whether you want a short stroll or a longer adventure.Get active or creative, put on a show or take a walk. All activities are included...
Summer fun at Booker Gym Club
28th July-2nd September 2025
Venue: High Wycombe Judo Centre
Website: www.bookergymclub.co.uk
Learn all aspects of gymnastics including bars, beam, floor, vault, tumble and trampette, plus lots of fun and games. Suitable for 4-10 year olds, 10am-3pm including a hot lunch. With the option to book...
Summer Steamings
30th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org
The full-size steam train in action, ready to take you for a ride up and down the track plus the miniature ride-on trains which are run by sister society VAMES, (there is a small £1.50 charge for this...
The Longest Yarn
2nd-31st August 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Every day throughout August you can experience The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War, a 60-metre-long knitted and crocheted artwork commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Handcrafted...
Pesky Pests at Claydon Trail
18th August-20th October 2025
Venue: Claydon House
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Not all visitors to historic houses are welcome! This trail introduces children to the insects that can damage our collections and the work we do to protect them.On this trail, children can use their detective...
Bucks Culture Open Weekend 2025
28th-31st August 2025
Venue: Various venues
Website: https://buckinghamshireculture.org/events/category/open-weekend-2025/
This is the fifth year of vibrant, Bucks-wide events full of creative activities to try out and have a go! Explore the powerful connection between storytelling and the natural world. From ancient folklore...
Chilli Fest
29th-31st August 2025
Venue: Waddensdon Manor
Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk
Turn up the heat at this annual Chilli festival taking place in the beautiful surroundings of the Aviary and Pleasure gardens. Throughout the three days explore food and drink stalls and the shopping village...
Le Carnaval De Venise - A Circus Opera
30th-31st August 2025
Venue: The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles
Website: www.vachebaroque.com/circus-opera
Campra’s dramatic music is a feast of styles and forms, folk dances featuring toe-tapping percussion riffs contrast with lyrical arias and joyful chorus numbers, with lyrics in both French and Italian...
Family Fun Day
31st August 2025
Venue: Wycombe Museum
Website: www.wycombemuseum.org.uk
A magical day of nature stories with face painting and craft activities. Part of Bucks Open Weekend 2025, on the weekend of stories and nature. The cafe will be open for food and drinks for the duration...
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
3rd-7th September 2025
Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
When 16 year old Percy Jackson discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek God, Poseidon, his life takes a dramatic turn as he is plunged into a world much bigger than he could possibly have imagined.With...
Adventure Cinema
5th-7th September 2025
Venue: Waddensdon Manor
Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk
Immerse yourself in the magic of the movies and have the time of your life with your friends and loved ones. All you have to do is buy a ticket, pack your picnic, camping chairs and blanket! Featuring...
Oxford Storytelling Festival
5th-7th September 2025
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
With contributors, workshops, activities and experiences over the weekend, Oxford Storytelling Festival provides a wonderful space for festival-goers to explore the theme of Earth and Connection and enter...
Crafts and Skills of the Iron Age
6th-7th September 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Travel back over 2,000 years and immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of Iron Age Britain. Discover what life was really like in an ancient tribal village, where families lived together in...
Potato Shindig
6th-28th September 2025
Venue: Willows Activity Farm
Website: www.willowsactivityfarm.com
Get your dungarees on, it’s time to dig up your free bucket of potatoes at Willows Potato Patch. Join them this September for a fun-tattie-tastic family day out! Spuddy the potato will be back on stage...
Le Carnaval De Venise - A Circus Opera (Relaxed Performance)
7th September 2025
Venue: The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles
Website: www.vachebaroque.com/circus-opera
A shortened version of the 2025 summer festival show, which has been specially curated for those that would benefit from a more ‘relaxed’ experience. Everyone is welcome! Visit the Relaxed Performance...
The Goonies
9th September 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com
Showing as part of our September Retro Cinema Season. A group of misfit children discovers a pirate’s treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the riches in this beloved 1980s classic directed by...
Flowers and Friendship Bracelets
13th September 2025
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
‘Shake it Off’ to Taylor Swift, sing along to ‘Flowers’ with Miley Cyrus, dust off all your best dance moves to ‘Vampires’ with Olivia Rodrigo, and not forgetting the unstoppable Sabrina Carpenter...
Musical Theatre Masterclass: Inspired by Oliver!
13th September 2025
Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Musical Theatre Masterclasses at MKT are designed to develop key theatre skills, inspired by much-loved shows; building confidence, knowledge, technique and insight. Suitable for ages 5-8 years.10am –...
Radley Keys Award Open Day
14th September 2025
Venue: Radley College
Address: Kennington Rd
Website: www.radley.org.uk
The Radley Keys Award is an all-inclusive bursary for talented and ambitious boys from state schools to attend Radley College. Families apply when their son is in Year 6 - Radley College will help place...
Heritage Open Day
15th September 2025
Venue: Stowe Gardens
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
With free entry to Stowe Gardens, Stowe Parish Church, the Gothic Temple, Stowe House, the Temple of Venus, the Temple of Concord & Victory, and Cobham's Pillar, it's a chance to see inside and explore...
E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial
16th September 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com
A young boy named Elliott finds a lost alien who has been left behind on earth. Bringing the extra-terrestrial home Elliott hides ‘E.T.’ but his brother and sister find out and they decide to keep...
Blenheim Palace International Horse Trails
18th-21st September 2025
Venue: Blenheim Palace
Website: www.blenheimpalace.com/whats-on
Experience four days of exhilarating eventing, including Dressage, Cross Country, and Showjumping. Alongside world-class competition, families can enjoy a range of activities for all ages, including a...
Relaxed House Openings
18th September 2025
Venue: Waddensdon Manor
Website: www.waddesdon.org.uk
Designed for neurodivergent adults and children and their family, friends or carers, the relaxed house openings offer a calmer visit to the historic house. During this time will be a limited capacity and...
Nick Cope: I've Lost My Bobble Hat!
20th September 2025
Venue: The Stables
Website: https://stables.org
Help Nick find his beloved bobble hat in this fun filled musical hour with all your favourite Nick Cope hits and more.Nick’s live performances are legendary. If you haven’t heard his songs or seen...
Bluey
21st September 2025
Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org
Meet the lovable Blue Heeler at intervals throughout the day and enjoy steam train rides, take a trip on the miniature railway, enjoy the visitor centre and railway museum, watch the model railway and...
Academy Taster Session
24th September 2025
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Free taster session for Aylesbury Waterside's Academy. Get a feel for these weekly drama sessions for ages 8 to 11 before you sign up. No prior experience necessary: the class allows children to explore...
Booker Bouncers Trampoline Classes
26th September 2025
Venue: Booker Gym Club
Website: www.bookergymclub.co.uk
Booker are excited to be launching the new pre-school trampolining classes starting this September.They will be delivering structured, 45 minute trampolining classes for boys and girls aged 3-4 years of...
1940s Weekend
27th-28th September 2025
Venue: Bletchley Park
Website: www.bletchleypark.org.uk
There is a packed schedule of entertainment throughout the weekend, with live music, dancing, activities for families and demonstrations.Meet characters from World War Two, both military and civilian,...
Leighton Park Open Events and Taster Days
27th September 2025
Venue: Leighton Park
Address: Shinfield Road, Reading
Website: www.leightonpark.com
Explore the whole school at this exciting event and enjoy a wide range of fun activities, meet the dedicated staff, enthusiastic students and get a real feel for life at Leighton Park. Weekday Open Mornings...
September Harvest Weekend
27th-28th September 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Join Chiltern Open Air Museum for a special Harvest Weekend and discover the rich traditions of our farming history. This family-friendly event is packed with live demonstrations, hands-on heritage skills,...
The Witch Who Couldn't Sleep
27th September 2025
Venue: The Quarry Theatre
Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com
Based on a story from Steven Lee's best-selling "How The Koala Learnt To Hug and other Australian Fairytales" this gentle, heartwarming show is just what you need to enjoy a cosy, cuddly time together...
Day camp 'Nature Explorers'
28th September 2025
Venue: College Lake
Website: www.bbowt.org.uk
Wildlife themed activities for children to explore and engage in the great outdoors! The day is packed full of activities, games and crafts to help young people connect with the fantastic natural world...
LDN Wrestling
28th September 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com/ldn-wrestling
Expect jaw-dropping championship bouts, epic tag team warfare, and all the drama, excitement, and larger-than-life characters that make LDN Wrestling the undisputed king of British wrestling! Book now...
Roald Dahl Ramble: Fantastic Mr Fox
28th September 2025
Venue: The Roald Dahl Museum
Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org
Treat the family to a walk in the woods, with cake after! You’ll walk in Roald’s footsteps through the very wood he imagined Fantastic Mr Fox living in. Spot the signs of late summer and autumn and...
Home Educators' Day 'Habitat Safari' - College Lake
1st October 2025
Venue: College Lake
Website: www.bbowt.org.uk
Activities include self-guided nature exploring, games and crafts, and there is also the opportunity to sign up to a guided workshop at either 11-12pm or 1-2pm. The day is suitable for children aged 4...
The Gruffalo’s Child
3rd-4th October 2025
Venue: The Quarry Theatre
Website: www.quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com
One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She follows snowy tracks and encounters mysterious creatures...
Apple Weekend 2025
4th-5th October 2025
Venue: Waterperry Gardens
Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
A great family day out where you will be able to sample and buy many of our different types of juices. Advice and information on growing, planting, apple identification and selecting trees and rootstock...
Open Auditions – Jack and the Beanstalk
5th October 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com/ldn-wrestling
Nothing to prepare. Just arrive, book in and audition! Are you aged 7 years or above? Would you like to appear in the ensemble in this year’s pantomime? Candidates will be auditioned in groups and taught...
RBC Race for the Kids at School
6th-10th October 2025
Venue: Nationwide
Website: www.gosh.org/get-involved
Take part in the annual school charity fun run between 6-10 October and help build the new Children's Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Get the whole class - or even the whole school...
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
7th-11th October 2025
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage,...
The Addams Family - Open Auditions
8th October 2025
Venue: Stantonbury Theatre
Website: www.stantonburytheatre.co.uk
RARE Productions will be holding their next auditions to take part in their February 2026 production of The Addams Family. You only need to attend one of the days and there is nothing to prepare. Just...
Day Out With Thomas
11th-12th October 2025
Venue: Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Website: www.bucksrailcentre.org
Join Thomas & Friends™ for a day of family fun at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, the ultimate Thomas and Friends experience.Enjoy a real steam engine ride on Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy, then meet...
The Webber School Open Morning
11th October 2025
Venue: The Webber Independent School
Website: www.webberindependentschool.com
Discover The Webber School and experience their vibrant community firsthand. With their flexible scheduling allowing you to meet the dedicated staff, explore their inspiring learning spaces and see students...
We're Going on a Ghost Hunt ™ this Halloween at Hughenden
11th October-2nd December 2025
Venue: Hughenden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Based on the bestselling children’s books, this Halloween the bunnies are setting off on an adventure to find the ghosts hidden around Hughenden with heaps of exciting things to see and do along the...
WiFi Wars
11th October 2025
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
WiFi Wars returns with a very spooky version of the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the...
Wild About Wool
11th-12th October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Visit the Home Front reenactors and find out about the role of knitting in the Great War, the manufacture of Soldier's woollen comforts and their distribution to the men, and women, at the front by the...
Top Secret – The Magic of Science
12th October 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com/top-secret-magic-science
Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop action packed interactive magical science show with experiments and magic that...
Cinderella Ice Cream Seller
25th October 2025
Venue: The Stables
Website: https://stables.org
Perfect for children and families alike, this exciting musical retelling of a fairytale classic promises a delightful blend of storytelling, stunning live music and theatrical magic. The show is suitable...
Diwali Celebration
25th October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance" and the festival takes place each autumn. With drumming workshops, dancing, dressing up, storytelling...
Terrible Tuesday - October Half Term
28th October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
Join Chiltern Open Air Museum for a Terrible Tuesday family activity day. Enjoy crafts, clay modelling with the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild, storytelling, and family activities all organised by...
The MK-7 Experience
28th October 2025
Venue: Red Bull Racing Technology Campus
Website: www.experiences.redbullracing.com/experiences/the-mk-7-experience-2025
The MK-7 Experience offers a thrilling, family-friendly dive into Formula OneT. Perfect for kids aged 5 and up, explore legendary racing cars from RB1 to RB19 and get hands-on with authentic F1T artefacts....
Mary Poppins
29th October-22nd November 2025
Venue: Milton Keynes Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Featuring dazzling choreography, incredible effects and unforgettable songs, it’s a show for all the family. With the classic songs, including Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as well as new songs,...
Halloween Spectacular
31st October 2025
Venue: Chiltern Open Air Museum
Website: www.coam.org.uk
See the buildings dressed up spooctacularly, listen to spine tingling storytelling, watch out for the spooky horses, warm yourself up by the bonfire and toast some marshmallows, brave the scary walk but...
Stick Man
10th November-11th October 2025
Venue: Wycombe Swan
Website: www.trafalgartickets.com/wycombe-swan-theatre
This award-winning production, from the team behind Zog and Zog and the Flying Doctors, features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves.
Jack and the Beanstalk
4th-31st December 2025
Venue: Elgiva Theatre
Website: www.elgiva.com
Join the Elgiva this festive season for their GIANT of a pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk! Prepare to be whisked away on a magical adventure filled with toe-tapping songs, dazzling costumes and belly-laughs...
Jack and the Beanstalk
5th December-4th January 2026
Venue: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Website: www.atgtickets.com
Starring Olivier Award-winner Nigel Harman (EastEnders, Casualty and Strictly) alongside the return of family favourite and local legend, Andy Collins (BBC Three Counties Radio) playing Silly Simon,...