All the couch-surfing and channel-hopping getting you down? Keep the kids (or yourself) from climbing the walls with our low-budget, boredom-busting guide to FREE days out around the UK.

Whether it’s a date for two or a day of family fun you’re after, we’ve got you covered.

Psst. If you need an extra hand keeping the kids entertained over the holidays, check out our Low-Cost Summer Holiday Hacks for Kids.

1. 1. The North
   2. Midland
   3. The South
   4. Scotland
   5. Wales

The North

Durham

Durham Cathedral

Sunderland

Penshaw Monument

Sheffield

Weston Park Museum

Newcastle

Great North Museum

Walk the 7 Bridges

Pet’s Corner

Discovery Museum

Plessey Woods

What to do: Walk through the forest and around the lake. There’s a large field area for dogs to have a run free too. End the day in the lovely little little cafe on site.

South Shields

Arbeia Roman Fort

Ouseburn Farm

Manchester

National Football Museum

Greater Manchester Police Museum

Imperial War Museum North

The John Rylands Library

Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery

World Museum Liverpool

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Museum of Liverpool

Sefton Park

Bradford

National Science and Media Museum

Leeds

Royal Armouries Leeds

Leeds City Museum

Room on the Broom Adventure Trail

Gateshead

Angel of the North

York

National Railway Museum

Northumberland

Northumberlandia

Sycamore Gap (Hadrian’s Wall)

Midlands

Birmingham

Thinktank Science Garden

Birmingham Museum and Gallery

Leicester

Newarke House Museum

Abbey Pumping Station

Nottingham

Wollaton Hall

Stonebridge City Farm

Green’s Mill and Science Centre

Rushcliffe Country Park

Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre

Coventry

Coventry Transport Museum

The South

London

Natural History Museum

The British Museum

National Portrait Gallery

Museum of London

Crystal Palace Park

Hertfordshire

Natural History Museum at Tring

Bedfordshire

The Nature Discovery Centre

Oxford

CS Lewis Nature Reserve

Exeter

Red Coats Walking Tours

Scotland

Isle of Skye

Fairy Pools

Glasgow

The Peoples Palace

Glasgow Riverside Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Edinburgh

Museum of Childhood Edinburgh

Sandemans Edinburgh Free Tour

Museum on the Mound

National Museum of Scotland

Wales

Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff

Cosmeston Lakes Country Park

St Fagans National Museum of History

Swansea

National Waterfront Museum

Langland Bay Beach

Gnoll Estate Country Park

Port Talbot

Margam Country Park