Rainy days

Welsh Railways and RAF Museum

This year our main holiday was at Easter. We still wanted to do something during the summer but having spent a lot on the previous holiday it needed to be something less expensive. One option was for a camping trip. ...

Turn a wet bank holiday into a fun science day

We had a very wet public holiday today. Whilst there are some indoor days out we could have gone to we instead decided to have a science day at home. The two main things we did today were to make ...

Locomotion - National Railway Museum at Shildon

We have visited the National Railway Museum in York several times, but this is the first time I've visited the sister museum in Shildon. Since my previous review of the National Railway Museum in York my son has taken a ...

Flambards Theme Park, Museum and Science Centre

We visited Flambards Theme park earlier this year whilst on holiday at St Ives Cornwall. As well as being a usual theme park with funfair rides Flambards is educational with a large exhibition, museum and a hands-on science centre. Funfair ...

Wet weather days out - Pendennis Castle

We visited Pendennis Castle whilst staying at John Fowler's in St Ives. It was a wet day and whilst castles don't normally come on the top of the list for rainy days it looked as though Pendennis castle had a ...

• Eden project escape from the rain
• All weather attraction - Harry Potter Studio Tour
• ThinkTank Science Museum, Millenium Point in Birmingham
• Wet day activities at Folly Farm
• Day out at Heritage Motor Centre
• Twinlakes Theme Park - Winter Wonderland with indoor rides for wet weather
• Florence Nightingale Museum - St Thomas' Hospital in London
• Magna - Earth, Fire, Water, Air - Science Adventure Centre in a Sheffield Steel Factory
• SeaLife Centre Birmingham
• Weston-Super-Mare - Grand Pier and seaside resort
• Wookey Hole caves, attractions and Magic Circus
• National Railway Museum in York
• Weymouth Sea Life Centre
• Leeds Roundhay Park Tropical World
• Cadbury World, Bournville
• St. John's Gate Museum and Priory
• National Waterways Museum
• National Waterways Museum at Gloucester Docks
• Lancaster Castle - Tours around the courts and part of the castle
• National Space Centre in Leicestershire
• Royal Air Force Museum at RAF Cosford
• Abbey Stadium Redditch
• Wyre Forest Glade Swimming Pool
• Farmer Palmer's