Glasgow with kids: days out, clubs and events

Good to know

Free, whatever the weather

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and the Riverside Museum are both free to get into. Kelvingrove has a play park in the park outside, so you can mix a museum with a run about. At the Riverside, children can walk down an old Glasgow street and climb aboard trams and buses.

Worth paying for

Glasgow Science Centre is the big paid day out, with hands-on science, a planetarium and a tower. It sits across the Clyde from the Riverside Museum, so give each its own half day. If you’ll go back often, an annual pass usually pays for itself.

Fresh air

Pollok Country Park is free, with woodland walks, a play area and Highland cattle, and Pollokshaws West station is right beside it. Glasgow Green’s play parks are big and busy, and suit older children best.

Good to know

Glasgow sees plenty of rain, so the Rainy day button on the map is handy here: it finds places under a roof near you.