City
5 Best Activities In Brentford
Brentford rewards a specific child. Two museums on a list of five is unusual, and both are the sort that fix on one subject and go deep into it: instruments in one, water and steam in the other.
The Musical Museum rewards standing still and listening, which not every seven-year-old manages. London Museum of Water & Steam wants the one who needs machinery to move. Snakes and Ladders Play Centre exists for the days when neither of those is going to happen, and Syon Park gives everybody somewhere to walk it off afterwards.
Showing 1–5 of 5
MuseumsThe Musical Museum
MuseumsLondon Museum of Water & Steam
SightseeingSyon Park
Indoor PlaySnakes and Ladders Play Centre
Swimming PoolsBrentford Fountain Leisure Centre
12 more within 10 miles of Brentford
Kew Gardens
Ceramics Cafe Richmond
Gunnersbury Park Sports Hub
Richmond Pools on the Park
Marzamemi Festival
Mella Mella's Pottery, Play & Cafe
Chiswick House & Gardens
ODEON Richmond
Adrenalin Rush Laser Combat
Boom Battle Bar Ealing
Richmond Mystery Treasure Trail
Easter kids club! Award winning day trips. Ages 10-13
All five listings have indoor space and three of them also have outdoor, which is a useful ratio in a part of London where weather is the usual reason a plan falls apart. Two of the five are museums, so pace it: one museum, one running-about place, then home.
Visiting Brentford with kids: FAQs
Museums or the play centre for young children?
Under about five, Snakes and Ladders Play Centre every time — it records indoor and outdoor space and asks nothing of a short attention span. From six or seven, London Museum of Water & Steam starts to land, because machinery that moves is easier to care about than a display case. The Musical Museum rewards an older or a quieter child.
Is there anywhere to be outside?
Syon Park is the main one, with indoor and outdoor space both recorded, so it doubles as a walk with a fallback attached. Snakes and Ladders Play Centre and London Museum of Water & Steam also have outdoor space listed. Between the three, filling a dry day is straightforward without going anywhere near a Tube.
Where can the children swim?
The pool here is Brentford Fountain Leisure Centre. Leisure centre timetables shift between term time and the holidays, and family sessions are usually the ones that fill first, so look at the day's programme before you arrive rather than after. It is the least remarkable entry on this list and frequently the most useful one.
What suits a teenager?
Not a great deal of it, honestly. London Museum of Water & Steam holds up for a teenager with an engineering streak, and Syon Park is fine for a walk when somebody needs air. Otherwise Brentford is at its best with primary-age children, and older ones are better served further into the city.