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Belfast with kids: days out, clubs and events
Belfast has Titanic Belfast and the free Ulster Museum, and green spaces such as the Botanic Gardens and Cave Hill Country Park. W5, the hands-on science centre at the Odyssey, is good on a wet day.
On the map within about 20 km:
📅 What’s on in Belfast this weekend
Find by type
- Baby and toddler groups 41
- Sports clubs 28
- Dance and gymnastics 6
- Arts, crafts and learning 5
- Outdoor and forest school groups 11
- Soft plays 11
- Play parks 310
- Farms 4
- Zoos and wildlife parks 3
- Parks and walks 181
- Museums and attractions 66
- Pools 15
- Beaches 5
- Cinemas 13
- Libraries and classes 38
- Cafés and restaurants 328
- Other places to stay 8
Free to get into
- Ulster Museum Museum & attraction · Queen's Quarter · Free
- Belfast Castle Museum & attraction · Greencastle · Free
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach Beach · Rushpark · Free
- Seapark Beach Beach · Holywood · Free
- jordanstown beach Beach · Jordanstown · Free
- Linen Centre and Museum Museum & attraction · Lisburn · Free
For a rainy day
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum Museum & attraction · Belfast
- W5 Museum & attraction · Sailortown
- Queens Film Theatre Museum & attraction · Queen's Quarter
- Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum Museum & attraction · Lower Falls
- Belfast Celtic Museum Museum & attraction · The Village
- Museum of Orange Heritage Museum & attraction · Cregagh
Out in the fresh air
- Castleton Playground Play park · Tiger's Bay · Free
- Belfast Zoo Playground Play park · Whitewell · Free
- Belfast Zoo Zoo & wildlife park · Whitewell
- Twinbrook Wildlife Park Park & nature walk · Twinbrook
- Streamvale Open Farm Farm & animals · Belfast
Clubs that meet every week
- Rhythm and Rhyme at Belfast Central Library Baby & toddler groups · Belfast · Every Wednesday and Friday 11:00am – 11:30am
- Tiny Kickz (The Duncairn Complex) Sports club · North Belfast · Saturdays 10:30am (2-3½) and 11:30am (3½-5)
- Rugbytots (Queen's PEC) Sports club · South Belfast · Saturdays 9am and 10:30am (2-3½), 9:40am (3½-5)
- Watertots (Methodist College pool) Swimming lessons · South Belfast · Saturdays 11:30am-12:30pm (30-minute lessons)
- Little Kickers (Methodist College Belfast) Sports club · South Belfast · Saturdays 10am (1½-2½), 11am (2½-5)
- Ormeau junior parkrun Outdoor & forest school · Belfast · Every Sunday at 9:30am
- Rhythm and Rhyme at Ormeau Road Library Baby & toddler groups · Ormeau Road · Every Wednesday and Friday 11:00am - 11:30am; Held on the 4th Saturday of the month 11:00am - 11:30am
- Rhythm and Rhyme at Grove Library Baby & toddler groups · Grove · Friday 10:30am - 11:00am; Friday 11:30am until 12 noon; Last Saturday of every month 11:00am - 11:30am
Coming up in the next few weeks
- Belfast Christmas Market Santa & Christmas · Belfast city centre · Free · 📅 Sun 15 Nov – Tue 22 Dec
- Belfast City 5K Festive Fun Run Sport & fun runs · City centre · 📅 Sun 15 Nov
- Christmas Lights Switch On Santa & Christmas · Lisburn city centre · Free · 📅 Thu 19 Nov
- Sleeping Beauty – Waterfront Studio Panto Santa & Christmas · Lanyon Place · 📅 Fri 20 Nov – Sun 10 Jan
- Lisburn Light Trail and Santa Visits Santa & Christmas · Lisburn city centre · Free · 📅 Fri 20 Nov – Tue 22 Dec
- Lisburn to Lapland: The Great Christmas Mix Up Santa & Christmas · Lisburn city centre · 📅 Fri 20 Nov – Tue 22 Dec
- Christmas in the City of Bangor Santa & Christmas · Bangor seafront · Free · 📅 Sat 21 Nov
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears Shows, theatre & panto · Cathedral Quarter · 📅 Wed 25 Nov – Fri 1 Jan