8 Best Activities In Stamford

Hide & Secrets Adventure Play at Burghley House is the entry to look for, and it is adventure play rather than a house tour, which is the right way round for most families with young children. Part of it sits under cover and part in the grounds. Children will happily spend hours there once they start, so plan it as the main event rather than something you squeeze in around a walk into town.

Forest Facility Adventure Centre is the one built for them, and an outdoor activity centre suits an age that finds most other suggestions faintly embarrassing. Tallington Lakes Leisure Park is the water-based option and also outdoors. If the weather is poor, The Yard Stamford is indoors and Stamford Leisure Pool covers swimming, which at least gets everyone out of the house.

Walking-based activities cope with an age gap better than almost anything else, because everybody moves at the pace of the slowest and nobody is stuck in a booked session they cannot use. Curious About Stamford and Stamford Treasure Hunt Trail are both self-guided and outdoors. Tanktopia is the more unusual entry on this list and is outdoors too, so keep that one for a dry day.