*Updated for 2025!
Here is our bumper blog post of everything going on for the Summer Holidays in Nottingham! There’s absolutely loads of brilliant special events and activities across the county over this school holiday and we’ve got all the details.
This post will continue to be updated as new events are announced!
This post will cover events from 26th July – 8th September 2025
Take at other blog posts for more details on:
Contents
- Festivals and Fun Days
- Parks, Gardens, Stately Homes and National Trust
- Farms
- Theme Parks
- Council Events and Libraries
- Indoor Play Centre Events
- Sporting Activities and Active Events
- Shopping Centres and In Store Events
- Museum and Galleries
- Cinema and Theatre
- Baby and Toddler Classes and Parties
Festivals and Fun Days
Nottingham Beach
Location: Old Market Square
Dates: Opens 16th July
Prices: Free entry
Gloworm Festival*
Location: Thoresby Park
Dates: 8-10th August 2025
Prices: Day tickets £55 children, £66 adults, £231 family ticket, under 2s free
Splendour Festival
Location: Wollaton Park
Dates: 19-20th July 2025
Prices: Day tickets: Adults £74, Youth 11-17y £53, under 10s free
Nottingham pride
Location: Nottingham City Centre
Dates: 26th July 2025
Prices: FREE
Nottingham carnival
Location: Victoria Embankment
Dates: 17th August 2025
Prices: £5 early bird tickets
Carnival Parade is free to watch along the route
Riverside Festival
Location: Victoria Embankment
Dates: 1st-3rd August 2025
Prices: Free Entry
Communitree Festival
Location: Wollaton Park
Dates: Sunday 10th August 2025 12-5pm
Prices: £2.35pp plus parking (pre-booking recommended)
Nottingham Video Games Expo
Location: Harvey Hadden Sports Village
Dates: 26th and 27th July 2025
Prices: £3.96-8.83pp 20% off with code OFFOUT
Ashfield Show
Location: Sutton Lawn
Dates: 8,9,10th August 2025
Prices: Free Entry
Hoopla 2025!
Location and Dates
Aspley – 5th August 10-2.30pm
St Anns – 7th August 10-2.30pm
Bulwell – 12th August 10-2.30pm
Forest Rec – 14th August 10-2.30pm
Prices: Free
The Full Shebang Festival
Location: Venues across Mansfield
Dates: 6th September 2025 11-5pm
Prices: Free
Parks, Gardens, Stately Homes and National Trust
Rufford abbey
Time Travel Trail
Dates: 19th July – 2nd September 10am-3pm daily
Prices: £3 per trail sheet including a prize
Parking charge of £7 applies.
Professor Temple’s Punch and Judy Show
Dates: Tuesdays between 22nd July-26th August 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm
Prices: FREE
Parking charge of £7 applies.
White Post Wednesdays
Dates: Wednesdays between 23rd July – 27th August 10-3pm
Prices: £3.50 per child
Parking charge of £7 applies.
FREE National Trust Day Passes available in Reach Newspapers until Sunday 13th July
National Trust Clumber PArk
Summer of Play
Dates: 19th July – 7th September
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £6 adults, £3 children, Family £15
National Trust hardwick hall
Summer of Play
Dates: 19th July – 1st September
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £6 adults, £3 children, Family £15
National Trust sudbury hall
Summer of Play
Dates: 25th July – 1st September
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £22 adults, £11 children, Family £55
National Trust kedleston hall
Summer of Play
Dates: 5th July – 7th September
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £8 adults, £4 children, Family £20
National Trust Belton house
Summer of Play
Dates: 19th July – 3rd September 2025
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £20 adults, £10 children, Family £50
National Trust Calke abbey
Summer of Play
Dates: 12th July – 2nd September
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £8 adults, £4 children, Family £20 (garden only – house is more expensive)
Meet the Taxidermist: Family Edition
Dates: 18th July and 22nd August
Prices: Included in membership, otherwise £8 adults, £4 children, Family £20 (garden only – house is more expensive)
Sherwood pines
Stick Man Trail
Dates: Ongoing from 5th February
Prices: FREE. Activity packs available at an additional cost, parking charge applies (£7 for 2 hours)
Sherwood Forest
Outdoor Cinema Season 25th-27th July
Tree-Mendous Trail
Dates: 25th July – 3rd September, 2025
Prices: £2
Robin Hood Festival – Knights Ride in Once More
Dates: 2-3rd August
Prices: FREE (£15 parking charge applies)
Robin Hood Festival – Fantasy in the Greenwood
Dates: 9-10th August
Prices: FREE (£15 parking charge applies)
Robin Hood Festival – Wildlife Weekend
Dates: 16-17th August
Prices: FREE (£15 parking charge applies)
Thoresby Park
Gloworm Festival *
Dates: 9th and 10th August 2025
Prices: Day tickets £49.50 Children, Adults £60.50, family £209
Wollaton Hall
More Summer Holidays information here
Parking charges also apply – £5-6 per day
Outdoor Cinema – more info here
Newstead abbey
Outdoor ‘Colourful Castles’ Trail
Dates: Running throughout the summer
Prices: £2 (admission and parking also applies)
southwell minster
Musical Picnic, part of Southwell Music Festival
Dates: Sat 23rd August
Prices: Pay what you can, £5 suggested donation
Farms
Stonebridge City FArm
More events TBA
White post farm
What’s the Buzz?
Dates: 26th July – 31st August
Prices: Family £55-£60, Adults £14.45-£15.95, Children £14-£15.50
Bluebell Dairy
Moofest
Dates: 25th July-3rd September
Prices: Adult £13.50, Child (Aged 2 to 16) £13.95, Under 2’s FREE
Plus you also get a free Return Visit Ticket
Theme Parks and Days Out
SUNDOWN ADVENTURELAND
Summer Time Fun
Dates: 19th July – 31st August
Prices: £24pp, under 90cm free
Also receive a voucher for £10 return visit in the Autumn.
Drayton Manor (Tamworth)
Water Fest
Dates: 1st – 31st August
Prices: Included in entrance fee
Free return ticket for 1st Sept – 17th October
Wheelgate (Mansfield)
Jurassic Adventure
Dates: 9th August – 3rd September
Prices: Included in entrance fee
Gabby’s Dollhouse Meet and Greet
Dates: 5th August
Prices: Included in entrance fee
Council Events, Community Groups and Libraries
It’s In Nottingham
Libraries
Inspire Nottinghamshire Libraries
Summer Reading Challenge Activities
Beeston Library
- Cress Heads – 5 July 2025, 10:30 am–12 pm, free
- Story Garden Character Hunt – 14–26 July 2025 (library hours), free
- Weaving with Nature – 7 August 2025, 2–3 pm, free (booking essential)
- Windmills – 12 August 2025, 11 am–12 pm, free (booking essential)
- Jellyfish Jiggleballoo – 26 July 2025, 11–11:45 am, free (booking essential)
- Hullabamooo! – 23 August 2025, 11–11:45 am, free (booking essential)
- Meet the Critters – 28 August 2025, 11 am–12 pm, free
- Rocking Snails – 20 August 2025, 2–3:30 pm, free
- Crowning Glory – 30 August 2025, 11 am–12:30 pm, free
Carlton Library
- Hot Air Balloons & Paper Plate Snails – 4 August 2025, 2–3 pm, free
- Seed Planting – 14 August 2025, 11 am–12 pm, free
- Secret Garden Collage – 21 August 2025, 11 am–12 pm, free
Collingham Community Partnership Library
- Badge Making – 1 August 2025, 10 am–12 pm, free
- Make a 3D Elephant – 7 August 2025, 10 am–12 pm, free
- Make a Nature Crown – 14 August 2025, 10 am–12 pm, free
- Make a Paper Plate Rabbit – 19 August 2025, 10 am–12 pm, free
- Make a Rainbow Cloud Decoration – 28 August 2025, 10 am–12 pm, free
Edwinstowe Library
- Minibeast Mayhem – 5–9 August 2025 (library hours), free
- Build a Bird Feeder – 12–16 August 2025 (library hours), free
- Create a Garden Scene – 19–23 August 2025 (library hours), free
Mansfield Woodhouse Library
- Summer Reading Challenge Launch – 5 July 2025, 9:30 am–1 pm, free
- Bookworm Bookmark – 7 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Potter’s Wheel (Family Craft) – 14 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Bird Feeder – 21 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Ladybird Lifecycles – 28 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
Ollerton Library
- Blooming Hedgehogs – 28 July–2 September 2025, during opening hours, free
- Cress Heads – 4–9 August 2025, during opening hours, free
- Garden Pull-Alongs – 11–16 August 2025, during opening hours, free
- Craft Catch Up – 18–23 August 2025, during opening hours, free
- Lollipop Flowers – 26–30 August 2025, during opening hours, free
- Bees and Butterflies – 5 July–5 September 2025, during opening hours, free
Ravenshead Library
- Story Garden Hunt the Character Quiz – 5 July–6 September 2025 (library hours), free
- Story Garden Craft Session – 31 July 2025, 10:30 am–11:30 am, free
- Story Garden Craft Session – 7 August 2025, 10:30 am–11:30 am, free
- Story Garden Craft Session – 14 August 2025, 2–3 pm, free
Ruddington Library
- Garden Mini Beast – 1 August 2025, 10:30 am–3 pm, free
- Vibrant Plants – 8 August 2025, 10:30 am–3 pm, free
- Magical Creatures – Dragons – 15 August 2025, 10:30 am–3 pm, free
- Enchanting Landscapes – 22 August 2025, 10:30 am–3 pm, free
- Dig into Book Characters – 29 August 2025, 10:30 am–3 pm, free
Warsop Library
- Harry-themed Summer Challenge – 1 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Garden character cress craft – 5 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Badge-making – 12 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Plant pot wind-chime – 19 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
- Pipe-cleaner flower display – 26 August 2025, 10 am–2 pm, free
Seed Family Workshops
Dates:
- Sutton‑in‑Ashfield Library: 9 August 2025 10-12pm
- Beeston Library: 11 August 2025 10-12pm
- West Bridgford Library: 11 August 2025 2-4pm
- Southwell Library: 12 August 2025 10-12pm
- Newark Library: 12 August 2025 2-4pm
- Retford Library: 13 August 2025 10-12pm
- Worksop Library: 13 August 2025 2-4pm
- Hucknall Library: 14 August 2025 10-12pm
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library: 14 August 2025 2-4pm
- Arnold Library: 15 August 2025 10-12pm
- Mansfield Central Library: 6 September 11-3pm (Full Shebang Festival – drop in)
Prices: FREE – booking required
Children’s Author Event: Snails of the Unexpected with Terrie Chilvers (5+)
- Newark Library: 8 August 2025 10.30am
- Bingham Library: 8 August 2025 2pm
£3 for children, accompanying adults free
Little Creatives (ages 2-5)
Dates in link above
FREE, booking required
Nottingham central Library
Mum Sip and Share (Event for Mums only)
Dates: 15th August 6.30pm
Prices: £11.55
Home: Zero (ages 6-10)
Interactive Performance
Dates: 29th July – 7th August
Prices: FREE – booking required
City Libraries
Draw Your Own Comic with Kev Sutherland
Dates: 29th July
- Wollaton Library 10-12pm
- Nottingham Central Library, 2pm to 4pm
Prices: £10
Make a Moving Robot!
Dates:
- Thursday 31 July – Clifton Library, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
- Monday 11 August – The Meadows Library, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
- Wednesday 13 August – Nottingham Central Library, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
- Monday 18 August – St Ann’s Valley Library, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
- Wednesday 27 August – Bulwell Riverside Library, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
- Friday 29 August – The Dales Centre, 1.30pm & 2.45pm
Prices: FREE – booking required
Council and Community Groups
Nottingham early help family hubs
Summer Events – Family Fun Days
Dates: Bestwood – 5th August, Broxtowe -13th August, Meadows – 20th August, Hyson Green – 26th August. All 11-1pm
Prices: FREE
BROXTOWE FAMILY HUB
Summer Activities (for Broxtowe families only)
under 5s Stay and play and under ones sessions
Dates: 28,29th July, 4th, 12th, 18,19,20, 26,27th August
Prices: FREE
Rushcliffe FAMILY HUB
Summer Activities (for Rushcliffe families only)
Dates: 12th, 21st, 27th August Pop up stay and play
Prices: FREE
Broxtowe Council
Play Days
- Nuthall Play Day – Wednesday 30th July 12-4pm
- Chilwell Play Day – Tuesday 5th August 12-4pm
- Eastwood Play Day – Thursday 7th August 12-4pm
- Stapleford Play Day – Monday 11th August 12-4pm
Prices: FREE
Renewal trust
Lego Club and Grub (for St Anns and Sneinton Children)
Dates: 29th July, 5th and 12th August
Prices: £2
Positively Empowered Kids
Dice & Balls Hub at Church Drive
Dates: 6, 20 & 27 August, 10:30am–12:30pm
Prices: FREE – booking required
Teversal Visitors Centre
Bendy Kids Yoga
Dates: 28th July, 4th, 7th, 11th, 14th, 18th, 28th August 2025
Prices: £2.50 – booking required
Parties and Indoor Play Events
Dolly’s nottingham
Pamper Party
Dates: 1st August and 13th August 2025 1pm
Prices: £15 per child inc one adult per child
Mighty monsters
Summer Events
Dates:
- 27th July 11–1pm Schools Out Summer Circus Event
- 1st August 9–11 Dinos X Monsters (Meet Our Baby Dinosaurs!!)
- 6th August 12–2pm Taylor Swift Tribute Party
- 11th August 9–3 Imagine Avenue Collab X Paw Patrol
- 18th August 12–2 Meet Stitch
- 27th August 12–2pm Frozen X Monsters (Meet The Princesses)
- 30th August 4:30–6:30 Swiftie Mums Event
SEND sessions
- 5th August 9-10.30am
- 20th August 1.30-3pm
- 31st August 1.30-3pm
Robyns world
Circus Specials with Outside area
28th July – 1st August, 11th-15th August, 20th-22nd August, 25th August-1st September
Sporting Activities and Active Events
National Ice Centre
Parent and Toddler Skate
Dates: Monday 28th July, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th August
Prices: £5 adults, under 5s free
Daily Public Skating and Holiday Club
Erewash Valley Gymnastics Club
Stay and Play
Dates:
Long Eaton: 5th, 8th, 19th, 22nd, 29th August
Ilkeston: 5th, 12th. 18th, 27th August
Prices: £6
Shopping Centres and In Store Events
Victoria Centre
Summer Ars Pop Up – Creative family workshops
Dates: Weds-Sat from 6th – 31st August
Prices: FREE
Hobbycraft Nottingham
Kids’ Clay Vegetable Characters Workshop (3+)
Dates: Monday 28th July, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th August
Prices: £6 (£4.80 if booked before 6th July)
Kids’ Silhouette Canvas Painting Workshop
Dates: Thursday 31st July, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th August
Prices: £10 (£8 if booked before 6th July)
Waterstones Nottingham
Pride Story Time and Rainbow Collage Crafting
Dates: Tuesday 29th July 11am
Prices: £3 per child (adults free)
Shakespeare for Kids: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Crafting and Spell-Casting Workshop (7-12y)
Dates: Tuesday 7th August 2pm
Prices: £3 per child (adults free)
Craft your own Fire-Breathing Dragon!
Dates: Tuesday 12th August 11am
Prices: £3 per child (adults free)
Dr Matt’s Cabinet of Curiosities! (5-12y)
Dates: Friday 15th August 11am
Prices: £3 per child (adults free)
Donut Squad: Create Your Own Comic Workshop!
Dates: Tuesday 19th August 11am
Prices: Free (booking required)
Creative Writing Workshop: Setting the Story (8-11y)
Dates: Tuesday 26th August 11am
Prices: £6 per child (adults free)
Ikea Nottingham
Smaland Activities
Dates: Wednesdays Rhymetime, Thursdays Storytime, Fridays Fitness
Prices: FREE – booking recommended
Kids eat for £1
Museum and Gallery Events
Lakeside Arts
Not Everything is Black and White (interactive exhibition)
Dates: 20th May – 31st August (closed Mondays)
Prices: FREE
Material Worlds – Contemporary artists and textiles
Dates: 17th May – 31st August (closed Mondays)
Prices: FREE
Summer Family Workshops: Exploring Fabric & Textiles (5+)
Dates: Saturdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd,30th August
Prices: FREE – booking required (only a few left!)
Summer Family Workshops – SEND Sessions (5+)
Dates: Wednesdays 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th August
Prices: FREE – booking required
Nottingham Contemporary
Summer Family Activities: Sounds Around
Dates: Tue 29 Jul – Thu 21 Aug, 10am – 12pm & 1 – 3pm (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays)
Prices: FREE (donations welcome) (Booking recommended but some walk in spots are available)
Mansfield museum
Harry Potter’s Birthday Celebrations
Dates: 31st July 5.30pm
Prices: £10 per ticket (Booking essential)
Family Silent Disco at Mansfield Museum
Dates: Friday 8th August 5.30pm
Prices: £5 per ticket (Booking essential)
Green’s windmill
Fab-LAB-ulous (pride themed science activities)
Dates: 26th July, 12.30pm-4pm
Prices: FREE booking recommended
Bread Baking (3+)
Dates: 27th July, 28th and 30th August 10.15am-2.30pm (6 sessions)
Prices: £4 booking required
Oaty Bakes (3+)
Dates: 31st July, 2nd August 10.15am-2.30pm (6 sessions per day)
Prices: £4 booking required
EREWASH MUSEUM
Story Chefs Performance
Dates: 31st July 11.30am and 1.30pm
Prices: £5 – booking required
Cooking Activities
Dates: 1st August
Prices: FREE, drop in activities
Viking Workshops
Dates: Thursday 7 August and Friday 8th August
Prices: £5pp (accompanying adults free)
Viking Day
Dates: Saturday 9th August
Prices: Adults £5, under 12s FREE
CRESWELL CRAGS
Step into the Ice Age: Hands on Prehistory at Creswell Crags
Dates: 9-10th August 10.30-4
Prices: £7 adults, £6 children, under 3s free – booking required
Ice Age Skeleton Science
Dates: Monday 28 July – Friday 1 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
Wildlife Wonders – Bug Hunting
Dates: Monday 4 August; Wednesday 6 August; Friday 8 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
Wildlife Wonders – Pond Dipping
Dates: Tuesday 5 August and Thursday 7 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
Fantastic Fossils
Dates: Monday 11 August – Friday 15 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
Stylish Stone Age Fashion
Dates: Monday 18 August – Friday 22 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
Archaeology Adventure
Dates: Monday 25 August – Thursday 28 August – 11:00 am, 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm
Prices: £5 (accompanying adults free)
National Justice Museum
The Grimwood Museum Adventure
Dates: Saturday 2 – Monday 25 August 2025
Prices: Included with Admission
Bassetlaw Museum
All FREE
Monday 28th July – 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Club (Ages 12+)
Wednesday 30th July
- 10am–12pm: Emma T – Songwriting Session (Booking Required)
- 1pm–3pm: Singing Games & Singalong with Emma T (No booking required)
Thursday 31st July
- 10am–12pm: Emma T – Songwriting Session (Booking Required)
- 1pm–3pm: Singing Games & Singalong with Emma T (No booking required)
Friday 1st August LEGO Day
Monday 4th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Summer Dance Workshop Day with LCSD (All ages, no booking required)
Tuesday 5th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Notts Uni Cyber Event – Retro Gaming
Wednesday 6th August – 11am & 2pm: Captain and The Last Sea Shanty
Thursday 7th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Construction Fun with Stepnell Builders
Friday 8th August – LEGO Day
Monday 11th August
- 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Group
- 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Alternative Photographic Process with Alan Withington
Tuesday 12th August – 10am–1pm: Snow Queen Ice Crowns
Wednesday 13th August – 10am–3pm: Circus Skills with Bob Adams
Thursday 14th August – 10am–3pm: Circus Skills with Bob Adams
Saturday 16th August – Bassetlaw Hospice Garden Party (Ticketed Event)
Monday 18th August
- 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Club
- 10am–1pm: Frog Prince Crafts
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Tuesday 19th August
- 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Summer Dance Workshop with LCSD (All ages, no booking required)
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Wednesday 20th August
- Debutots Storytelling Session (Booking Required)
- 10am & 11am: Tiddler
- 1pm & 2pm: The Gruffalo
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Thursday 21st August
- 8 to 14 years: Drama Day with Debukids (Booking Required)
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Friday 22nd August: LEGO Day
Wednesday 27th August -10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Woodland Wonders – Make your own forest-themed mask or headdress
Friday 29th August – 10am–1pm: Family Hub Crafts – Frog Prince Themed
Framework knitters museum
Bassetlaw Museum
All FREE
Monday 28th July – 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Club (Ages 12+)
Wednesday 30th July
- 10am–12pm: Emma T – Songwriting Session (Booking Required)
- 1pm–3pm: Singing Games & Singalong with Emma T (No booking required)
Thursday 31st July
- 10am–12pm: Emma T – Songwriting Session (Booking Required)
- 1pm–3pm: Singing Games & Singalong with Emma T (No booking required)
Friday 1st August LEGO Day
Monday 4th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Summer Dance Workshop Day with LCSD (All ages, no booking required)
Tuesday 5th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Notts Uni Cyber Event – Retro Gaming
Wednesday 6th August – 11am & 2pm: Captain and The Last Sea Shanty
Thursday 7th August – 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Construction Fun with Stepnell Builders
Friday 8th August – LEGO Day
Monday 11th August
- 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Group
- 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Alternative Photographic Process with Alan Withington
Tuesday 12th August – 10am–1pm: Snow Queen Ice Crowns
Wednesday 13th August – 10am–3pm: Circus Skills with Bob Adams
Thursday 14th August – 10am–3pm: Circus Skills with Bob Adams
Saturday 16th August – Bassetlaw Hospice Garden Party (Ticketed Event)
Monday 18th August
- 1pm–3pm: Warhammer Club
- 10am–1pm: Frog Prince Crafts
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Tuesday 19th August
- 10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Summer Dance Workshop with LCSD (All ages, no booking required)
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Wednesday 20th August
- Debutots Storytelling Session (Booking Required)
- 10am & 11am: Tiddler
- 1pm & 2pm: The Gruffalo
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Thursday 21st August
- 8 to 14 years: Drama Day with Debukids (Booking Required)
- All Day: CAMHS Crafts & Wellbeing
Friday 22nd August: LEGO Day
Wednesday 27th August -10am–12pm / 1pm–3pm: Woodland Wonders – Make your own forest-themed mask or headdress
Friday 29th August – 10am–1pm: Family Hub Crafts – Frog Prince Themed
Theatre and Cinema
Outdoor Theatre and Cinema Info HERE
Bake, Rattle and Roll with Geoffrey Jumper and Mandy
Strelley Road Library – Wednesday 30th July 10.30am
Southglade Library – Wednesday 30th July 2.30pm
Wollaton Library – Wednesday 13 August 10.30am & 2.30pm
Nottingham Central Library – Wednesday 27 August 10.30am & 2.30pm
The Quest for Planet P! (ages 4-9)
Dates:
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library: Tuesday 12 August – 10.30am
Hucknall Library: Tuesday 12 August – 2.30pm
Mansfield Central Library: Wednesday 13 August – 11am and 2pm
Newark Library: Thursday 14 August – 10.30am
Bingham Library: Thursday 14 August – 2.30pm
Retford Library: Friday 15 August – 10.30am
Worksop Library: Friday 15 August – 2.30pm
Arnold Library: Saturday 16 August – 10.30am
Beeston Library: Saturday 16 August – 2.30pm
West Bridgford Library: Sunday 17 August – 11.30am
Southwell Library: Sunday 17 August – 3.30pm
Prices: £4 for library members/ £7 for non library members – booking required
Mrs Armitage on Wheels (3+)
Dates: Mansfield Central Library 10th August 11.30am and 1.30pm
Prices: £4 for library members/ £7 for non library members – booking required
Lakeside Arts
ALSO: Theatre Holiday Clubs
Newark palace theatre
Cinema Offers
Movie mondays at nottingham beach
Dates:
28 July – Mamma Mia
4 August – Top Gun
11 August – The Greatest Showman
18 August – Moana
25 August – Grease
Films start at 6pm
Prices: FREE
Showcase cinema
Totally Tots (films for preschoolers)
Dates: Most days, various times between 9-11am
Prices: £3.99pp
Broadway cinema
Family Favourites
Dates: Family favourites every Saturday afternoon
Prices: Tickets are Pay What You Feel, from £2 up to £10.
Baby and Toddler Specials
FUN LITTLE FOODIES NOTTINGHAM CENTRAL
Pirate Treasure Chest Cakes
- St Mary’s Family Centre – 7 August, 10:00am, £16.00
Under the Sea – Oyster Cookies
- St Mary’s Family Centre – 12 August, 10:00am, £16.00
- St Luke’s Gamston & West Bridgford – 13 August, 9:30am, £16.00
Jellycat cake special – junior drop off session
- St Mary’s Family Centre – 12 August, 1:30pm, £28.00
- St Luke’s Gamston & West Bridgford – 13 August, 1:00pm, £28.00
Cookie Monster cupcakes
- St Mary’s Family Centre – 20 August, 10:00am, £16.00
- St Luke’s Gamston & West Bridgford – 21 August, 9:30am, £16.00
The Snail and the Whale – pizza snails
- St Mary’s Family Centre – 23 August, 10:00am, £15.00*
- St Luke’s Gamston & West Bridgford – 23 August, 2:30pm, £15.00*
LITTLE LEGS WITH IMOGEN
(All classes pay once per family. Older siblings welcome. Includes Mighty Monsters Soft Play.)
- Zumbini – Mondays 28 July, 11 August 10am
- Baby & Postnatal Yoga – Mondays 28 July, 11 August 11.15am
- Dinosaur Messy Play – Monday 28 July 2pm
- Mama Fit – every Tuesday through summer 10am
- Little Dreamers Sensory – Weds 30 July, 6 August, 13 August 10am
- Little Stargazers Sensory – Weds 30 July, 6 August, 13 August 11.30am
- Mama Fit – every Thursday through summer 10.30am
RHYME TIME (Tesco Toton, Community Room)
- Rhyme Time – Friday 8 August, 29 August
Julia Donaldson Specials
- Ruddington – Fridays 25th July, 15th and 22nd August
- Orston – Mondays 28th July, 18th August and 1st September
CATERPILLAR MUSIC – RUSHCLIFFE
- Edwalton – Mon 18th Aug 10am/11am
- Radcliffe – Tue 19th Aug 9.30am/10.30am
- Baby’s First Festival Baby Yoga Special – Saturday 16th August/Monday 18th August (East Leake)
- Summer Special – 28 July (Radcliffe on Trent), 31 July (Carlton)
- Picnic Play Date – 5 August, 6 August (Carlton)
- POP Explorers – 12 August (Radcliffe on Trent)
- POPlings (baby special) – 21 August (Carlton)
- SEN Special – 21 August (Carlton)
- Seaside Special – 25 August (Radcliffe on Trent), 27 August, 28 August (Carlton)
LITTLE WILD PLAY CLUB
(Scout site by Kingswood Church, Wollaton NG8 1GR)
- Forest School + Yoga – 21 July, 4 August, 18 August, 29 August
BOOGIE BEAT – NOTTINGHAM EAST & SURROUNDING AREAS
- Boogie Babies Class – 21 July (St Marks Church, Woodthorpe)
- Mixed Age Class (0–5) – 20 August (St Marks Church, Woodthorpe), 27 August (Studio 3, Mapperley)
Summer Mini Term 22 July – 7 Aug (Beeston and West Bridgford)
- Sensory Room GOLDEN TICKET Birth to Pre Walking (Sutton in Ashfield) – 31 July 10:30am, 31 July 12pm
- Sensory Room Birth to Pre Walking (Sutton in Ashfield) – 1, 7, 15, 21, 28, 29 August
- Sensory Room Mixed Age Group (Sutton in Ashfield) – 5 August 10:30am, 5 August 12pm, 19 August 10:30am, 19 August 12pm
- Sensory Room Birth to Pre Walking (Hucknall) – 22 August 10:30am
- Sensory Room Mixed Age Group (Hucknall) – 22 August 12pm
- August 15th – Edwalton Golf Centre
- August 18th – Brewhouse & Kitchen, NG2
- August 29th – Edwalton Golf Centre
Summer Specials
BABIES PAYG SUMMER SPECIALS
- Let’s Get Active – 6 August, 7 August
- Teddy Bears Picnic – 13 August, 14 August
- Going to the Seaside – 20 August, 21 August
TODDLERS PAYG SUMMER SPECIALS
- Going to the Zoo – 6 August, 7 August
- Under the Sea – 13 August, 14 August
- Going to Space – 20 August, 21 August
LITTLE NATURE TOTS (High Park Cottages, New Thorpe)
- Summer Holidays Stay & Play – 28, 31 July, 1, 4, 7, 8, 11 , 14, 15, 18 August 10am
- Beach Party Special – 9 August 10am
- Smores with Hey Duggie – 23 August 10am
- Bubble Fest with Bubbleman – 7 Sep 10am and 2pm
Pregnancy yoga
- Ilkeston – Mondays, 7pm
- Hucknall – Tuesdays, 7pm
Postnatal & baby yoga
- Hucknall – 6 August, 10am
- Ilkeston – 31 July, 10am
Little Dreamers sensory
- Ilkeston – 4 and 18 August, 10am & 11.15am
- Hucknall – 12 August, 10.15am & 11.15am
Little Stargazers – Ilkeston – 4 and 18 August, 12.45pm
Messy play (Awsworth) 1,9 ,16 August, 5 September
Mama yoga – 5th August and 2nd September 8.15pm
BOOTS AND BRAMBLES (Tollerton)
- Enchanted Woodland family sessions – 28 July and 8 August, 10:30 am – 12 pm
- A Pirate’s Life for Me family sessions – 30th July and 4th August
- Bushcraft Skills (10+) – 12th August 2025 10am – 12pm
Forest school sessions 10 till 12.30 at Long Eaton Community Garden
Tuesday 29th July, Wednesday 30th July, Friday 8th August, Tuesday 12th August, Wednesday 13th August, Tuesday 19th August
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