We offer boat hire trips for the day, for just an activity you can hire a small boat for an hour or two. We also offer family friendly holidays and weekend breaks on The River Thames.

Located in the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Water, the Cotswold Motoring Museum is a fascinating journey through the 20th Century.

Though the main focus is on motoring, the Museum is full of the everyday paraphernalia that made motoring so popular including picnic sets from the 1920s, alongside caravans, radio sets, gramophones and knitted swimsuits.

Discover the story of the Forest, in the heart of the Forest.

Step out into the woodland to experience the lives of charcoal burners, traditional cottage-dwellers, and free miners.

Indoors, the museum tells the history of a beautiful Forest formed by an industrial past. It reveals a unique culture which visitors will find hard to forget.

Enjoy a range of homemade cakes, meals and drinks in our café, overlooking the mill pond.

A great place to start your visit to the Forest of Dean!

The museum's fascinating displays are housed in a fine Victorian Building in the heart of the City and contains many items of national and international importance. Among the spectacular collection are the archaeological finds, fine and decorative arts, and natural history specimens representing Gloucester's rich heritage. - A visit to the City Museum and Art Gallery will tell you so much about the early history of Gloucester.

Go Ape - 26 courses UK wide

“Bring out your inner ape! Can you handle three hours of tree top adventure? Are you wild enough to climb a 40ft rope-ladder, Tarzan-swing into a giant rope-net, zip-wire through trees, crawl through tunnels and tackle high wire rope-bridges? If the answer's 'yes,' then you're ready to Go Ape! Minimum age 10 years. Minimum height 1.40m. Under 18's must be supervised by a participating adult. An adult can supervise either two children or up to five 16-17 years old. Book online, get more info, read reviews and watch people Go Ape at www.goape.co.uk”

The 13th century Cistercian abbey near Winchcombe was once a series of extensive and elaborate buildings, made famous for 'the Holy Blood of Hailes'. See the remains of this once great site of pilgrimage.

Nature in Art is a museum/art gallery.We offer school holiday activity days for children. The sessions last two hours and always fun(and run by qualified staff).
This half term:
Tues 16th Feb-Beutiful Bowls £5 any age-Create a beutiful bowl out of tissue paper and glue
Weds 17th Feb- Canvas Photos- £5 any age- Visit the photography exhibition then take your own photos and transfer to canvas.
Fri 19th Feb- Encaustic Art-£10 8+-Learn to create wax fantasy pictures
To book, please call/email

Situated outside the beautiful Cotswold town of Painswick, and famous for its snowdrop display, the Rococo Garden is a fascinating step back to a flamboyant and sensual period of English Garden Design. This gem of a garden, which was originally laid out in the early 18th century, is set in a hidden Cotswold valley with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.

The family favourite! Children love the houses up in the trees, the indoor village with secret passages (treasure is hidden here!) and the covered play at Foxy Hollow. Grown-ups like the covered picnic areas, woodland walks, relaxed atmosphere, and engine shed visits (subject to staff). Perrygrove Railway & Treetop Adventure is easy to find, just follow the brown signs from Coleford in the Forest of Dean. This is a low-cost day out, there is no charge for extra rides, and you can bring a picnic.

What is the magic of Puzzlewood? Could it be the maze of pathways winding through the gulleys of moss covered rocks, the twisted roots of the Yew trees or the bridges and lookouts you can find on your way round?
Puzzlewood is an enchanting place. It has an atmosphere quite unlike any other wood you have visited. Once in Puzzlewood you will imagine that you are in a fantasy film, and that fantastic creatures lurk round every corner. In fact Puzzlewood was recently used as a location for the BBC1 production of Merlin and the fantastic creature spotted in its midst was a unicorn!! JRR Tolkien is reputed to have taken his inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle Earth from Puzzlewood, and it is easy to see why.

Plus Shetland ponies, pygmy goats, donkeys, soay sheep and highland cattle. Childrens playground, indoor maze, outdoor picnic tables and café.