Hertfordshire

3 miles from Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chiltern Open Air Museum is a 45-acre outdoor museum featuring over 30 historic buildings from ordinary people's homes and workplaces. Visitors can explore indoors many dressed buildings, enjoy an adventure playground, traditional games, craft demonstrations, and food from an on-site tea room. The site is mostly wheelchair accessible with facilities for children and pet friendly.

3 miles from Hughenden

Hughenden Manor is a Victorian mansion and former country house of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, featuring historic rooms, memorabilia, and extensive gardens in Buckinghamshire. Now owned by the National Trust, it offers visitors a blend of indoor historical experience and outdoor natural beauty with views over the valley.

3 miles from The Great Big Halloween Hunt Trail

3 Oct–1 Nov (another 23 days)

A family activity trail in Hughenden’s formal gardens, inspired by the children’s book The Great Big Halloween Hunt. Children can search, play and explore along the route.

3 miles from Wrest Park

Wrest Park is a Grade I listed country estate in Bedfordshire featuring a historic English country house with early Rococo Revival interiors and extensive formal gardens with notable landscaping by Capability Brown. Visitors can explore both indoor historic interiors and outdoor formal gardens, with the estate also serving as a filming location for various productions.

3 miles from Gulliver's Land

Gulliver's Land is a children's theme park in Milton Keynes, England, offering family-friendly rides, indoor and outdoor attractions including a Splash Zone, Dinosaur and Farm Park, and themed accommodation at Adventurers Village Resort for short breaks.

2 miles from Shuttleworth Swiss Garden

The Swiss Garden in Bedfordshire is a picturesque nine-acre historic garden featuring listed buildings, Victorian features, and diverse seasonal plants. It offers accessible grounds, refreshments, and includes entry to Shuttleworth's historic aircraft and motor vehicles collection.

2 miles from Fowlmere

Fowlmere Nature Reserve is a wildlife haven in farmland featuring diverse habitats like reedbeds, fen, and a rare chalk stream, ideal for spotting various birds and wildlife along accessible trails and hides.

3 miles from Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle is a historic Norman motte-and-bailey castle ruin in Hertfordshire, England, originally built in 1066. It features extensive earthworks and medieval deer park grounds, and offers outdoor exploration of its significant historical remains and scenic location. Managed by English Heritage, it is open daily for free public visitation.

2 miles from Morven Park

Morven Park in Hertfordshire offers 20 acres of historical parkland with access to scenic outdoor spaces and remains of a medieval toll house, open daily for public enjoyment. The historic house itself is a care home and not open to visitors.

2 miles from Pitstone Windmill

Pitstone Windmill is a historic 17th century post mill in Buckinghamshire, known as the earliest windmill dated in the British Isles. Visitors can explore the outdoor site and learn about traditional corn milling. The National Trust manages the site, which is open to the public on summer Friday afternoons.

3 miles from Knebworth House, Park & Gardens

Knebworth House is a historic stately home in Hertfordshire with over 500 years of Lytton family history. Visitors can explore the house interiors, extensive gardens, parkland, a dinosaur trail, and an adventure playground. The venue offers food, accessibility, and activities for children, making it a diverse day out in both indoor and outdoor settings.