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8 Best Activities In Fareham
A fort, a castle and a beach on one side; climbing, a cinema and a playground on the other. The eight Fareham listings divide cleanly into the historic and the practical, and most families use both halves over a weekend.
Fort Nelson carries indoor and outdoor space. Portchester Castle is open air. Red Spider Climbing and Rock Up Whiteley are where children go when they need to be off the ground.
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Sports & ActivitiesRed Spider Climbing
MuseumsFort Nelson
BeachesHill Head Beach
CastlesPortchester Castle
CinemasCineworld Whiteley
Parks and PlaygroundsThe Forest of Bere
Sports & ActivitiesRock Up Whiteley
Parks and PlaygroundsBlackbrook Park Play Area
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Five listings have outdoor space and four have indoor, which is about as even a split as Hampshire towns get. That makes Fareham easy to plan for and hard to be caught out by.
Visiting Fareham with kids: FAQs
Are the castle and the fort actually interesting for kids?
Portchester Castle is outdoors and gives children walls, gates and open ground rather than roped-off rooms, which is usually the deciding factor. Fort Nelson has indoor and outdoor space and a lot of large artillery, which sells itself to a certain sort of eight-year-old. Neither works well as a quiet visit, so adjust expectations.
Where can we go if it pours?
Rock Up Whiteley and Red Spider Climbing are indoor climbing listings and both burn a lot of energy in a short time. Cineworld Whiteley is the fallback when nobody can agree. Fort Nelson carries an indoor flag as well, so a poor forecast does not rule it out. That is four indoor options from eight listings.
Where can they simply run about?
The Forest of Bere and Blackbrook Park Play Area are the outdoor green listings, and Hill Head Beach covers the shoreline. All three suit families who want a couple of hours rather than a full ticketed day. Take a flask, because this is a coast where the wind arrives without much warning.