Summer Holidays – Fun Days

Summer fetes, play days and all sorts of holiday fun for families across Essex

 

BARKING AND DAGENHAM

BASILDON

BRAINTREE

Partyman World of Play

• Entertainment and balloon modelling – Fun and laughter throughout the school holidays.

 

BRENTWOOD

Brentwood Karting 

Hopefield Animal Sanctuary

Nuclear Races

• Summer Party 2021

Old MacDonald’s Farm

• Come and See Marshall and Skye
• Summer of Fun! – Circus workshops, Bubble fun days, magic shows, Rollercoaster ride, Teddy bears Picnics, puppet shows and Story Telling!
• Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Princess Party Wishes

• Princess Afternoon Tea – There will be Princesses Belle, Cinderella, Moana and Rapunzel at the event! There will be princess meet and greets, live performances of songs, dancing, games and a royal coronation during the event. At the end of the tea, every child will receive a special gift from the princesses!

Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary 

• Open day: Meet our 200+ animals, consisting of horses, ponies, donkeys, sheep, goats and cats. Plus, we have many stalls selling gifts, books and bric-a-brac
• Afternoon Tea at the Sanctuary – Join us for a enjoyable afternoon at the Sanctuary. Come and relax with friends and enjoy your tea, prepared specially for you.

CASTLE POINT

Hadleigh Castle

• Adventure Game: Escape room style game, played in the castle grounds!

Hadleigh Park

• Children’s playground and parkour course

CHELMSFORD

Chelmsford City Centre

• Chelmsford Carnival: A long awaited return to the city and fitting finale to the festival. This time it’s a walking parade starting in Admirals Park, travelling through Central & Bell Meadow, over Stonebridge Walk, up the Hight St to finish in Backnang Sq where there will be a host of activities to keep you amused for the afternoon.

Chelmsford Parks

• Play in the Park:  Play in the Park runs at multiple community venues during the Easter and summer school holidays, for children aged between three and 11. Children can join our Playworkers to play, create and take part in fun sports, games and craft activities at a park near you. Some sessions also feature additional activities such as inflatables, reptile handling and scooter lessons.

Marsh Farm

• Bubble n Bop: Don’t miss Marsh Farm’s summer children’s festival ‘Bubble ‘n Bop’ it’s bursting with bubbles and exploding with excitement. There will be so much going on including the much loved foam machine, loads of bouncy castles, our brand new train ride, fairground rides & more!

COLCHESTER

The Beth Chatto Gardens

• Insect Squad: Hunt out and catch all sorts of bugs and beasties on a morning expedition. Then make your own wild craft creations to take home.
• Wild scientists: For all you young scientists out there! Enjoy a morning dissecting an owl pellet opening a moth trap and finding out about ferocious freshwater larvae.

Colchester Castle

• Colchester Castle Is Under Siege! Head to the Castle over the August Bank Holiday weekend and step into an early medieval encampment filled with magic and mystery! This extra special days will be packed with live demonstrations, interactive exhibits and plenty of fun for the whole family.
• Decoding The Roman Dead: Discover more about Colchester’s Roman past and uncover stories surrounding those who lived and died here almost 2000 years ago! This family-friendly exhibition, will showcase the findings of new, cutting-edge research undertaken in partnership with the University of Reading during 2021.

Colchester Park 

• Music of the Spheres – Each 90-minute performance starts with dancers and musicians within land-based, transparent spheres and domes moving around the audience – enabling socially-distanced performances and providing a great theatrical spectacle. Musicians perform on flute, violin and accordion, as well as more unusual instruments from around the world such as Tibetan Singing Bowls and a slate xylophone.
  The highlight of the event will see a giant Sphere, the size of a four-storey building, launched onto the Park’s boating lake. Inside, aerial dancer Claire Crook will spin and spiral on silks suspended from the centre. The Sphere performs a ballet on the lake as it moves over the surface of the water controlled by the Eye Music technical team.

East Anglian Railway Museum

• Summer Steam & Diesel Days:  Experience the atmosphere, sounds and smells of a real steam railway and get up close to our impressive collection of steam engines, diesel locomotives and vintage carriages.
• Home Fleet Diesel Gala – All of our diesel fleet in action plus the miniature railway.
• Museum Viewing Days – Browse our restoration sheds, station and heritage centre.

ESSCRP

• Bucket and Spade Train to Walton on Naze: The bucket and spade train is back and we are looking forward to welcoming you onboard this exciting train event.

Jungle adventure

• Meet Chase & Rubble
• Music Night 

Mercury Theatre 

• SEND Party Nights: Calling all young people with SEND – this is the night for you! Dance the night away and make new friends at our monthly, fun-filled party for people aged 7-14. The evening takes place in a safe, positive environment.

Rollerworld

• Laser Quest – Grab yourself a laser gun and head into the battle zone for the best laser tag experience available.
• Summer Holiday sessions – 11am – 2pm 
• All age group sessions – First 4 Sundays of each month

EPPING FOREST

Bridge Farm

• 68th Toot Hill Country Show – The show offers a great afternoon out for all the family at the beginning of the summer holidays.

Epping Ongar Railway

• Services Resume! 
• Special Visits – Meet Peppa & George Pig & Chase and Marshall from Paw Patrol

Lee Valley Farm 

• Kids Fest – This Summer Holidays come visit our KIDSFEST festival and enjoy a the ultimate day out with the kids.
  ‘𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒢𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝒷𝓊𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒦𝒾𝒹𝓈’!

Royal Gunpowder Mills

• Royal Gunpowder Mills Open Days! The Royal Gunpowder Mills is once again open to the public. Every Sunday and Bank Holiday until September they will be hosting open days. Visitors are invited to bring their families and picnics and enjoy the cultural and historical site of the Mills, they have light refreshments and plenty of opportunities to spot nature.

HARLOW

Harlow Leisurezone

• Multi Activity Days – kids kingdom, Games galore and multi activities.

Pets’ Corner

• Visit Pets’ Corner: A 20-minute walk from Harlow Playhouse and you can find yourself at Pets’ corner. A small, friendly farm located in Harlow Town Park. It has a large selection of traditional farm animals, such as rabbits, chickens and ducks, more exotic animals such as Reindeer, Llamas and Alpacas, as well as a number of rare breeds including Middle White pigs. Pets’ Corner is free to enter but welcomes donations in the box on site. You can feed some of the animals for 50p a bag, available from our gift shop.

HAVERING

MALDON

Burnham on Crouch

• Burnham Week: The East Coast’s most challenging and friendly regatta

Hythe Quay

• Thames sailing Barge Trust Children’s Day 2021 – A fun filled activity event for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.

Museum of Power

• Summer Science – Join us for our science workshops during the summer! We have sessions for all ages to take part in food science, messy science, propulsion and more!
• Transport Fest – Various forms of transport throughout the ages!
• Slime & Crafts at the museum – Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer
• Bikemeet – Classic, vintage race & touring displays, stalls, live bands, kids rides and much more.
• Science & Craft day – Join us for some mad science and creative crafts.
• Robin Hood – DOT productions present their fun packed family show.
• Barleycorn – Harvest, flok & craft fayre. 

Promenade Park

• Adventure Golf – Pirates Bay adventure golf.
• Maldon Mud Race – Entrants race across the muddy river bed in this annual event which raises money for local charities and good causes.
• The Park –  The park features a water Splash Park, hire-able beach huts, galleon play ship and aerial zip-wire, model boating and crabbing lake as well as several picnic areas.

REDBRIDGE

ROCHFORD

Bricks 4 Kids

• Summer Camps – Themed fun with LEGO motorised Technic, 3D Bricks and Mosaics.

SOUTHEND

Bricks 4 Kids

• Summer Camps – Themed fun with LEGO motorised Technic, 3D Bricks and Mosaics.

 

Adventure Island

• Summer Fun – The UK’s No.1 Free Admission Fun Park!

Tiny Toes Ballet Essex

• Moana Ballet Party: Dancing, games, prizes and Moana meet & greet with tiny toes ballet!
• Summer Festival: Adventure themed ballet programme for children 6 months – 7 years throughout August. Dancing and games party style! Classes each week for all age groups. Contact to find out which age group class to book!

TENDRING

Clacton Pier

• Carl Chapman: Carl is a versatile professional singer & vocal coach with many years experience. He performs weekly as a resident artist for the Center Parcs group as well as other leisure & holiday groups
• Free Fireworks Extravaganza: Enjoy our FREE fireworks display! Please come and enjoy some of the activities we have on offer at Clacton Pier and grab the best view in town of our fireworks!
• James Magic Entertainment: One of Essex’s most popular Magicians and Children’s Entertainers.
• Kellie Browne: Kellie is a former member of ‘After Party’ a high energy, fast paced, Female Party Duo now performing solo, featuring Hits from the 60’s right up to present day plus Soul & Motown or 1 spot of each
• Lee Kamara: Come and listen to our free live entertainment with the fantastic Lee Kamara.
• Leon Mallet: Leon, from Norfolk first performed hosting as a host at The Carlton Hotel in Great Yarmouth alongside his younger brother Alex and their mother Lisa Marie.
• Relight Robbie: Looking for a Robbie Tribute who re-creates the authentic sound, has all the moves, & cheekiness? Then look no further! With over thirteen years of experience entertaining audiences in Europe, ”Relight Robbie” is a show for all the family to enjoy!
• Steve Ritchie: Steve has been singing for over twenty years, 60’s, 70’s, Motown, Soul, 80’s, 90’s, Rock, Indie up to the latest Pop, Chart, Dance, R&B.
• SMC: A semi-acoustic rock/pop covers band, who don’t take themselves too seriously. The guys just really enjoy playing and they love it even more, when the audience sing along.
• Tracey Moorhouse:  A charismatic singer covering songs from all decades guaranteed to get you up and dancing with her big voice and bubbly personality.

THURROCK

Partyman World of Play

• Entertainment and balloon modelling: Fun and laughter throughout the school holidays.

UTTLESFORD

• Summer 2021 – The Audley End Miniature Railway and Enchanted Fairy and Elf Walk is a family fun day out near Saffron Walden, Essex full of innocent fun and imagination with a brand new nature corner Featuring Bug Hotels, Wormeries, Bird Boxes, Ant Houses and much more

Cammas Hall Fruit Farm

• Twinkle & Snug: create a bear and sand-art drop-in workshop – Children can come along and create their very own fabulous bear and design a personalised t-shirt for them to wear too.
• Twinkle & Snug – Sloth, Llama and Nature Crafts – A  delightful children’s drop-in workshop. As well as nature inspired activities they also have some lovely llama and super sloth crafts to choose from!
• Painted Peppermint at Cammas Hall Farm – Come along and create a beautiful pottery keepsake capturing your child’s hand and footprints or let your older children get creative themselves. 

ESSCRP

• Bucket and Spade Train to Walton on Naze: The bucket and spade train is back and we are looking forward to welcoming you onboard this exciting train event.

Rainbow Rural Centre

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