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
Vermuyden400 exhibition at Normanby Hall, Rural Life Museum
Bardney Manor Walled Garden Open Day
Matt D. Wright: The Papestry at The Usher Gallery
Matt D. Wright: The Papestry – Exhibition at The Usher Gallery
Threads Through The Bible at Lincoln Cathedral
Ella and Friends at Lincoln Cathedral
The People’s Papestry – Workshop with Matt D. Wright
IBCC Voices- Past, Present and Future Concert
Wrangle Show
Woodhall Country Park 1940s Festival
Lincoln Jazz Festival
IBCC cinema- Lancaster Film Showing and Q&A
Battle Proms Concert at Burghley House
Feed Your Face-tival at Springfields
Knights of Lincoln, Lincoln Castle
IBCC Artisan Food & Drink Fayre
Cleethorpes Scooter Rally
Libera in Concert at Lincoln Cathedral
‘Breaking not Broken’ event at Lincoln Cathedral
Summer of Play at Gunby
90 Years of Bomber Command Summer Trail at IBCC
Lincolnshire Classic Motor Show 2026
Festival of Archaeology at Tattershall Castle
Summer of Play at Tattershall Castle
Beach Fest Skegness 2026
Heckington Show
National Garden Scheme Day and Makers Market at Gunby Hall
Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting at South Ormsby Estate
Fun and Ferocious Paper Dragon Making at the Usher Gallery
Pirate Day at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life
World Nature Conservation Day at Sutton on Sea
Legbourne Funflatable Day’s
Lincoln Camera Club: Work and Play in Lincolnshire 2025
Inflatable Big-Mini Beasts at the Usher Gallery
Summer Disco at The Lincoln Hotel
StART the Summer Drop in Art Day at the Usher Gallery
Grand Medieval Joust at Lincoln Castle
East Kirkby Airshow
Assunta and Lou’s Art Club at the Usher Gallery
Puppet Making with Artist Luna Rosson at the Usher Gallery
Rand Festival
A Whale of a Day at Sutton on Sea
Jazz in the Gardens at Burghley House
King William Returns – Lincoln Castle Characters
Stourton Woods Summer Artisan Market
Living History : Tudor Day at Grimsthorpe Castle
Stop Motion Animation Workshop at The Usher Gallery
Wedding Open Day at Stubton Hall
Lady of the Castle – Lincoln Castle Characters
Clay Leaves and Flowers Workshop at the Usher Gallery
Legbourne & Little Cawthorpe Scarecrow Trail
Illustration Adventures with Mel Langton at the Usher Gallery
The Greatest Knight – Lincoln Castle Characters
Abstract Painting with Artist Charlie Mara at the Usher Gallery
Drop-in Lego Dot Printing at The Usher Gallery
Lunchtime Recital with David Flood at Lincoln Cathedral
Medieval Weekend at Tattershall Castle
Harlaxton Manor Summer Open House
Props and Pistons
Legends of Motown live at Louth Town Hall
Lincoln Live
Bangers & Bikes at Walled Garden Baumber
Wedding Fair & Wedding Car Boot at Walled Garden Baumber
Motown by Candlelight at Lincoln Cathedral
Pink Floyd by Candlelight at Lincoln Cathedral
PYO Pumpkins at Doddington Hall
All Things Lincolnshire
Lincoln Half Marathon
Showcase Wedding Open Day at Stubton Hall
The Burghley Halloween Trail
Vintage Flea Market at Walled Garden Baumber
Céline Dion By Candlelight at Lincoln Cathedral
Sleaford Pumpkin Fest
The Music of ABBA By Candlelight at Lincoln Cathedral
Toy Collectors Fair at Lincolnshire Showground
Lincoln Monster Invasion
Mascots of Bomber Command- Family Activity Day at IBCC
Beastly Boring Tours at Burghley House
Halloween Haunted Hall, Gunby Hall
Fireworks and Lancaster & Mosquito night run
Annual Service of Remembrance at IBCC
Winterfest at Tattershall Lakes
Wreath Making Workshop at Stubton Hall
The Lincoln Ice Adventure
Wartime Christmas Crafts- Family Activity Day
Stubton Hall Christmas Market
Adult’s Wreath Making Workshop at IBCC
Children’s Wreath Making Workshop at IBCC
Lincoln Santa Fun Run and Walk
Christmas Afternoon Tea at Stubton Hall
Winterlight at Sleaford Market Place
Luminarium at Wyndham Park
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
Gainsborough Old Hall
Grantham House
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Museum
St. Botolph’s Church
Woolsthorpe Manor
‘Perch Here’ Trail
ARTeFACT Trail
Astra Antiques Centre
Bardney Manor Walled Gardens
Barnsdale Gardens
Boston Guildhall
Brightwater Gardens
Browne’s Hospital
Carre Gallery
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
Indigo Crow Gallery
Joseph Banks Society
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
Mrs Smith’s Cottage
Museum of Lincolnshire Life
North Kesteven Airfield Trail
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
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 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
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
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.