18 Best Sports & Activity Venues In Nottinghamshire

Whether the session runs under cover, and what happens if it is called off. Sherwood Riding School and Derbyshire Pony Trekking are both recorded outdoors, so the answer matters between autumn and spring. Then dress the child for standing still in the cold rather than for exercise, because a child waiting a turn in an open arena gets cold long before one on a horse does.

Raceway Kart Centre is recorded outdoors and a wet track slows everything down while making it a great deal messier. Older children usually enjoy that; younger ones often find the cold gets to them first. Full change of clothes, and think about what the seats of the car will look like on the way home, because nobody thinks about that in advance.

The Asylum Skatepark carries indoor and outdoor flags, and for skating that is the whole difference. Wet concrete is unusable and unsafe, so the covered part is what makes a winter session possible at all. Check which part is open before you set off with a board in the boot, and expect it to be busier than usual when the weather is poor.

The Hangar and Clip n Climb Nottingham sit indoors on our records, and each gives children a solid stretch of hard physical activity with no reference to the forecast. Nottingham Climbing Centre is the more serious version for children who already climb. Any of the three turns a written-off Saturday into a tired, cheerful evening, which is usually the aim.