family fun days out
There’s no secret recipe for a family day out. Keeping the kids happy is what it’s all about.
Outdoor Adventure & Play
Make a splash in one of the counties waterparks, strap on a harness, go racing or get imaginative at play.
The Natural World
Lincolnshire's abundance of open spaces brings wildlife in equal measure. Here's how you can see it for yourselves.
take a trip to the beach
Lincolnshire has miles of quiet unspoilt coastline to explore and enjoy, with plenty more to see and do along the way.
Zoos, farms & aquariums
make some farm yard friends
Find out where your milk comes from, then let off steam in the indoor play area or outdoor adventures activities.
family fun events in Lincolnshire
Beneath Big Skies at Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Family Crafts at Belton Estate
South Gardens Spring Opening
Eduardo Paolozzi – General Dynamic F.U.N.
Estate Heritage Walk at South Ormsby Estate
Easter Adventures at Belton
Easter Extravaganza at Rand Farm Park
Love Grimsby
Health and Well Being Day at Walled Garden Baumber
Easter Adventures at Gunby Hall
Love Cleethorpes
Beastly Boring Tours at Burghley House
The Ultimate Easter Experience at Belvoir Castle
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer – 20-21 Visual Arts Centre
Easter Adventures at Tattershall Castle
Dino City
Gunby Local Makers Market at Gunby Hall
Easter Egg Hunt at South Ormsby Estate
Easter Eggstravaganza at the Pink Pig Farm
Brick History at Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Brick Futures at Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Easter at Harlaxton Manor
Lambing Open Days – Elsham Hall Gardens & Country Park
Sleaford’s Easter Garden
The Burghley Easter Egg Treasure Hunt
Easter Sunday Family Raceday
Luke Jerrum’s Helios at Grimsby Minster
Nature Detectives Walks at South Ormsby Estate
Bardney Manor Walled Garden Open Day
£10 County Raceday – Kids Go Free!
Crafter’s De-Stash at Walled Garden Baumber
Fashion & Beauty Event at Downtown Boston
Arts & Crafts Fair at Walled Garden Baumber
Truckfest at Lincolnshire Showground
Lincoln Festival of History
Fascinating & Free Exhibition Train
Dawn Walk in the Gardens at Burghley House
Joint Wedding Fair at Walled Garden Baumber & Stourton Woods
Vintage Festival & 200 Year Celebration at Walled Garden Baumber
Steampunk, Regency and Roses at Gunby Hall
SO Festival
Lincolnshire Show
Living History Display at Burghley House
Father’s Day Classic Cars at Walled Garden Baumber
Wrangle Show
Battle Proms Concert at Burghley House
Cleethorpes Scooter Rally
90 Years of Bomber Command Summer Trail at IBCC
Beach Fest Skegness 2026
Heckington Show
National Garden Scheme Day and Makers Market at Gunby Hall
Jazz in the Gardens at Burghley House
Stourton Woods Summer Artisan Market
Medieval Weekend at Tattershall Castle
PYO Pumpkins at Doddington Hall
Sleaford Pumpkin Fest
Lincoln Monster Invasion
Winterfest at Tattershall Lakes
Lincoln Santa Fun Run and Walk
Winterlight at Sleaford Market Place
Lincoln Zoo
You'll find a fantastic array of animals, from Red Pandas and Penguins right through to Crocodiles, Tigers and other Big Cats - and find out about conservation of these rare species.
great heritage days out
Aubourn Estate
Belton Estate
Belvoir Castle
Burghley House
Doddington Hall & Gardens
Elsham Gardens & Country Park
Gainsborough Old Hall
Grantham House
Gunby Hall
Harlaxton Manor
International Bomber Command Centre
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Museum
St. Botolph’s Church
Stubton Hall
Tattershall Castle
Usher Art Gallery
Woolsthorpe Manor
‘Perch Here’ Trail
20-21 Visual Arts Centre
Alford Manor House
ARTeFACT Trail
Astra Antiques Centre
Ayscoughfee Hall
Bardney Manor Walled Gardens
Barnsdale Gardens
Boston Guildhall
Brightwater Gardens
Browne’s Hospital
Carre Gallery
Claythorpe Watermill
Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue
Cogglesford Watermill
Crowle Peatland Railway
Dogdyke Steam Drainage Station
Easton Walled Gardens
Epworth Old Rectory
Fydell House
Gainsborough Heritage Centre
Grantham Museum
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Grimsthorpe Castle
Heckington Windmill
Joseph Banks Society
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
Mrs Smith’s Cottage
Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Normanby Hall
North Lincolnshire Museum
Northcote Heavy Horse Centre
Oxcombe
RAF Wickenby Museum
Saint Wulfram’s Church
Scawby Hall and Gardens
Sleaford Museum
South Ormsby Estate
Stourton Woods
The Ropewalk
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre
turntable gallery
Bolingbroke Castle
Boston Central Park
Chain Bridge Forge
Crowland Abbey
Ellis Windmill
Humber Bridge
Late at The Lawn
Lincoln Medieval Bishops’ Palace
Lincolnshire Archives
Navigation House
Newport Arch
People’s Park
RAF Digby Ops Room Museum
Sibsey Trader Mill
St Wilfred’s Church
The Hub
Tupholme Abbey
Walled Garden Baumber
Waltham Windmill
Wyndham Park Grantham
Baldocks Mill
Blackfriars Theatre and Arts Centre
Brigg Heritage Centre
Caistor Arts and Heritage Centre
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum
Dobson’s Mill & Heritage Centre Burgh le Marsh
Gainsborough Model Railway
Grimsby Minster
Holbeach Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post
Hussey Tower
Immingham Museum
Lincoln Arboretum
Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Louth Museum
Mablethorpe Histories Trail
Pulvertoft Flowers
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society Museum
Tattershall College
The Beonna At All Saints
The Bubblecar Museum
The Lawn
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum
The Old Nick Theatre
The Red Hall
The Skegness and District Heritage Centre
The Ted Lewis Centre
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
The Village Church Farm Museum
Trinity Arts Centre
We’ll Meet Again WW2 Homefront Museum
exploring the great outdoors
Lincolnshire has miles of quiet unspoilt coastline to explore and enjoy, with plenty more to see and do along the way.
fresh air fun days
Anderby Creek
Chapel Point
Chapel St Leonards – Coastal Country Park Walks
Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve
North Sea Observatory
Seaview Colonnade
Spa Trail
Ashby Decoy Golf Club
Bourne Woods
Central Prom & Beach
Cleethorpes Beach
Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue
Crowle Peatland Railway
Crown Hall Farm
Deepings Lakes Nature Reserve
Donna Nook
Fossdyke Canal Trail
Frampton Marsh
Freiston Shore
Hubbard’s Hills
Huttoft
Laceby Manor Spa & Golf Resort
Londonthorpe Woods
Miller’s Wood Play Village
Red Hill Nature Reserve
Sandilands Beach
Skegness Beach
Sutton on Sea
The King Charles III England Coast Path
The Lindsey Trail
Viking Way
Waters’ Edge Country Park
Whisby Nature Park
Woodhall Spa Woods
Baston Fen Nature Reserve
Boothby Wildland Nature Reserve
Boultham Mere Nature Reserve
Chapel Marsh Pit
Far Ings Nature Reserve
Huttoft Bank Pit Nature Reserve
Lincoln & Witham Landscape Recovery
Lincolnshire Limewoods
Mablethorpe Beach
Messingham Sand Quarry Nature Reserve
Saltfleet
Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe Dunes
Sandilands Pit Nature Reserve
Tupholme Abbey
Walled Garden Baumber
Willingham Woods
Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve
Wolla Bank Pit Nature Reserve
Woodhall Spa Airfield Nature Reserve
Louth Navigation Trust Walks
Snipe Dales Country Park
Spires & Steeples
be inspired
Nature notes for children
Inspire your children to get in Lincolnshire’s beautiful countryside and discover the wonders. By exploring parks, woodlands, and fields they’ll develop a deeper connection to the natural environment and all its hidden treasures.