Gloucestershire

Allsorts Charity

Details about the charity: Our Vision Gloucestershire is an inclusive community in which families with disabled children and children with additional needs feel supported, included and able to contribute. Our Values Everyday Fun for everyone Everyone in our communities can have fun. We don’t make a song and dance about what we do – we keep things simple […]

Batsford Arboretum Gloucestershire

Details about the venue: An arboretum in the heart of Gloucestershire, which offers space to explore, walk and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. There is a cafe, enclosed play area and garden centre attached to the venue.

Bibury Trout Farm Gloucestershire

Details about the venue: Situated in the heart of Bibury (the chocolate box Cotswold village), it is a lovely location with beautiful gardens, play area and opportunity to fish for local trout.

Birdland Bourton On The Water

Details from the website about the play area: There’s lot’s of outdoor fun to be had for kids with the outdoor play area. A small obstacle type playground for children up to 10 years of age to expel all their energy! There is also a small indoor play area […]

Butts Farm South Cerney Gloucestershire

Details about the venue: Butt’s Farm and Shop is a working farm on the outskirts of Cirencester in Gloucestershire. You are able to visit the shop and cafe without paying entry into the farm.

Cattle Country Adventure Park Gloucestershire

Details about the venue: At Cattle Country you will find a whole range of activities for everyone within the family and for all ages; both indoor and outdoor attractions which means that even on a rainy day there are lots of things to do. Details from the website: Free admission for wheelchair users. Visitors with […]

Chedworth Roman Villa National Trust Gloucestershire

Details about the venue: Chedworth Roman Villa is around 10/15 minutes from Cirencester on the “Stow Road” which was the old Roman road which took the Romans to London. In recent years, they have been working on an exciting five-year summer excavations programme. They now have a modern conservation building provides exceptional access to the extensive mosaic […]

Cirencester Outdoor Swimming Pool

Details about the venue: Cirencester Open Air Swimming Pool. Built in 1869 this unique pool offers the chance to swim in natural spring water heated to an average 27°C (80°F). Located on the edge of Cirencester Park, there is a 28 metre main pool with slide, separate children’s paddling pool, sunbathing patio as well as hot […]

Corinium Museum Christmas Events

Christmas Jumper Trail 01 Dec – 6 Jan Take part in our magical Christmas Jumper Trail this holiday celebrating the book Granny Magic by author ElkaEvalds. We invite younger children to find the little jumpers hidden around the museum and older children who find them will answer questions relating to the festive season. Once complete, […]

Corinium Museum Cirencester

Corinium Museum Cirencester Background: The Corinium Museum is located at the heart of Cirencester, which is great if you are visiting the town or local and looking for a nice indoor activity for an hour or so. The main focus of the museum is the history of the Roman town of Corinium. However, the museum also […]

Cotswold Farm Park (Adam’s Farm)

Cotswold Farm Park is a rare breed farm near Bourton on the Water and 20 minutes away from Cheltenham and Cirencester. Its located on a working farm on the top of a hill (it gets pretty windy even in the summer months!) with some amazing views of the Cotswolds. Its popular with locals and also […]

Cotswold Farm Park Christmas Santa Experience

Details from the venue: Father Christmas will be here at the Farm Park on the following dates: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th November Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December Saturday 7th – Monday 9th December Friday 13th – Monday 16th December Thursday 19th – Monday 23rd December Special children’s tickets are available for […]

Cotswold Forest School

We recently visited for our 8 year old son’s birthday party. The company were brilliant and the session was wonderful. They catered for all the needs of him and his friends, it was such a fab place for a party. The link below has more details about parties and what the venue has to offer. […]

Cotswold Leisure Centre Everyone Active

A community leisure which has numerous facilities including a large sports hall,25 metre pool and 11 metre small pool, gym and group exercise, also they have a creche and children’s parties. They have numerous times/sessions for swimming lessons as well community groups including football and martial arts. For adults, they have a great relax zone and physiotherapy […]

Dobbies Garden Centre Sensitive Santa 2019

Dobbies Garden Centre Sensitive Santa 2019 We have worked in partnership with Dobbies Garden Centre in Cirencester to run five Sensitive Santa sessions throughout December 2019. The events will be running on the following dates: Sunday 1st December Sunday 8th December Sunday 15th December Sunday 22nd December Monday 23rd December All sessions are now SOLD […]

Everyman Theatre Relaxed Performance

Details from the venue: The Everyman Theatre presents Cinderella Relaxed performances on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 10:30am and 4:30pm. A relaxed performance is open to everyone but features: A relaxed attitude to noise Lights that remain on low Softening of sudden noises Audience can leave and re-enter the auditorium at any point Chill out room […]

Funky Warehouse

Funky Warehouse: Overview: Funky Warehouse is a trampoline and soft play centre Central to Cheltenham. It is very much an open plan setting and therefore easy for you see where the children are and what they are doing. Review by Vic: We have visited once on a Sunday morning and it was quite relaxed and […]

Gloucester Cathedral

We have based the review on information provided from the cathedral and online research. Thank you to Frances Bircher for providing the appropriate information. Activities available: *Tribune Gallery, accessible only via a medieval spiral staircase, is an interactive gallery space for both children and adults alike. * Audio visual interactives, including never seen before views […]

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The railway station is easily accessible via the Cheltenham Racecourse entrance and is well sign posted as you travel through Cheltenham. We have been once which was for the “Thomas special”. You would think a child with a train fixation would love this. Well he loved the train but the crowds were too overwhelming! There […]

Go Bananas

Quite a few years ago. The majority of the review is based on online research through the website The soft play centre is entered through the café which can form a nice base to watch the children (if they are capable of tackling the soft play on their own). It has lots of slides […]

Head 4 heights Cirencester

None of the team have visited. All the information collected has been through research on their website. Details from the website: “We are based within Cotswold Country Park and beach, which is open all year-round, and offers the largest inland beach in the UK with lifeguards on duty for paddling and swimming. They have many […]

Hidcote National Trust

Hidcote National Trust Hidcote is an Arts and Crafts garden in the north Cotswolds, close to Stratford-upon-Avon. They have a maze of narrow paved pathways which are great for the kids to explore and keen gardeners as they have a vast collection of plants. In the winter months it is only open weekends but still […]

Inclusion & Disability Awareness Workshop 31.1.20

Hard Days Out-Made Easy has created an Inclusion Awareness workshop to support businesses to become more inclusive in their culture. Our aim is for businesses to be as inclusive for those with additional needs as it is without. The workshop is approached from a customer perspective, and you will have genuine personal experiences to share […]

Jack’s Cafe Cirencester

Jack’s cafe is in the centre of Cirencetsr, next to the Corinium Museum and quite a few shops in the town. Now for us the best thing about Jack’s has to be the cakes (not that they’ll cheap but they are well worth it!). Recently, Jack’s re-opened under new management and also had a new […]

Jet Age Museum Gloucester

The museum is run by volunteers who are all approachable and happy to help. There is a children’s quiz to complete and at the end you are given a lovely jet based poster. They are happy to give the poster given if the child hasn’t attempted the quiz. There are lots of aircraft to see […]

Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate

Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate One of our team is currently writing a review on Lodge Park and Sherborne Estate. The information below has been collected from the venue website. Lodge Park John ‘Crump’ Dutton built this 17th-century grandstand, fuelled by his passion for deer coursing, gambling, banqueting and entertaining. Lodge Park became the National […]

Magic Beans Cafe

Magic Beans is a new café and sensory soft play in the Cotswold Water Park just outside the town of Whelford (just off the A417), and near to Lechlade (10 minutes away), Fairford (less than 5 minutes away) and Cirencester (about 20 minutes away). It is a family and dog friendly café which has lovely […]

Model Village Bourton on the Water

Overview: The Model Village is a one-ninth scale replica of the Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water. It contains all the buildings from the village including the Old Water Mill, Old New Inn and the ford, all built in Cotswold stone. The model village makes you feel much bigger as you walk around the miniature stone houses. The […]

Motoring Museum

We have been to the museum on quite a few occasions and last visited last year. There are lots of things to see, but if your child likes to climb inside vehicles this might not be the best place. It’s a great museum with lots of see. The structure works well in the sense there […]

Museum of Gloucester

VENUE Contact: Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1HP, Telephone: 01452 396131, Email: [email protected] www.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Museums http://www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/things-to-do/museum-of-gloucester-p137013 Last visited: 2017 Harddaysout Review: We visited last year and joined the membership scheme as it was value for money. The museum follow as a nice straight forward trail. There were some good interactive exhibitions, especially the dinosaur section. We probably […]

National Waterways Museum

Gloucester Waterways Museum is housed in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks in the city of Gloucester, England. It is located along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and River Severn. It is next to the Gloucester Quays shopping outlet village, so there are lots of places to eat, shop and park in the area. We […]

Newark Park National Trust

The Newark Park estate is about 5 miles from the M5 and 10 minutes drive to Tetbury. It has beautiful views across the countryside, lots of woodland trails, and a great place for walking (dogs are allowed). There are three trails which are clearly sign posted, and I would definitely recommend wellies or walking boots […]

Over Farm Market

None of our team has visited, however, members of the community have been on a few occasions. Most recently some of our followers went to the farm for pumpkin picking which they really enjoyed. Details from the website; “As well as our farm shop, we have seasonal events, petting animals, a venue barn and much […]

Pitville Park Cheltenham

Pitville Park Overview: Pittville Park is divided in two by Evesham Road. One side of the park, which is overlooked by Pittville Pump Room, is where the main children’s play area and the aviaries. The other side is much larger park with its more natural layout and small areas of woodland. Here there is the […]

Playfarm Cheltenham

We have been to the play farm soft play on many occasions but solely for the “disability sessions”. These are advertised as “autism sessions” but all children with disabilities are welcome. The venue itself has a lovely café, smaller soft play areas for younger children, a sensory area and a larger part to have a […]

Primrose Vale Farm Pumpkin Trail & Picking

Primrose Vale is hosting its popular pumpkin trail again this year, with thousands of pumpkins to choose from. It will be open between 9am and 4pm each day from October 24 to November 3. Details from their website: Our ever popular Halloween farm trail is running again in 2019. Suitable for children of all ages, […]

Relaxed Enchanted Christmas Westonbirt Aboretum

The relaxed trail will open for one hour at 4pm on Saturday 7th and 14th December 2019 It will be adapted to suit those with individual requirements. For example, strong flashing lights, loud sound effects and smoke effects will be temporarily deactivated. All usual functions will resume at 5pm. ALL SESSIONS ARE FULL

Rugrats and Half Pints Soft Play

We have been a few times since the change of name/owners. There are more available spaces available for children and dedicated age range parts. This can be advantageous but trickier if you are taking a variety of aged children. There are enclosed sections such as the trampoline area, the go kart section and the main […]

Snowhill Manor and Gardens National Trust

Access We have designated disabled parking in the main car park The Manor and Garden are a 500 yard hilly walk from reception, shop and tea room. A volunteer-driven buggy is available by request on every open day Two manual wheelchairs are available for loan from reception – these can be transported around the site […]

St Augustines Farm

One of the Hard Days Out team will be visiting the site in 2019. The details are based on information gathered from the website.

Sudeley Castle and Gardens

Sudeley Castle is located in the Cotswolds near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. The present structure was built in the 15th century and may have been on the site of a 12th-century castle. Sudeley is also one of the few castles left in England that is still a residence. As a result, the castle is only open […]

The Rose Theatre, Relaxed Pantomime

Relaxed Pantomime The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury will host a relaxed performance of pantomime Aladdin on Saturday 7 December at 11am. With the lights left on low and adjusted sounds, there are wheelchair spaces in the auditorium and accessible toilets on site.

The Royal Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail

They are open dawn to dusk daily, every day of the year. Entry is free of charge. The Sculpture Trail starts and ends at the rear of the Forestry England, Beechenhurst picnic site, west of Speech House in the heart of the Forest. The full Sculpture Trail is about 4.5 miles long. It can also be explored […]

Toro Lounge Cirencester

Toro Lounge is a café, bar, restaurant in the centre of Cirencester on Cricklade Street. It is one of our favourite places to go to eat as a family, or a place to meet friends, have brunch, dinner or breakfast. It has a lovely relaxed atmosphere, the staff are friendly and approachable, and we love […]

Westonbirt Arborteum

Westonbirt Arboretum Overview: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is a gorgeous collection of historical trees, around 3 miles southwest of Tetbury, and around 10 minutes drive from juncton 18 of the M4. It is managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom. There are two sections […]

Woodchester Park National Trust

We went with friends so five kids in total…two 3 year olds which was a bit of a struggle. It’s great in the sense of quiet and spacious but the aren’t any facilities such as toilets and refreshments so it’s “wild wees” and pockets full of chocolate animal biscuits!!!! A great place to blow the cobwebs […]

WWT Slimbridge Santa’s Grotto

Details from the website: This Christmas treat your family to a unique and memorable festive day out – and meet Santa himself! This year we’re offering a super-special experience to really make Christmas spectacular. Join us for breakfast or afternoon tea and visit Santa in his magical grotto. Throughout the day there’ll be lots of […]