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St Helens with kids: days out, clubs and events
A quick way into St Helens with children: the free days out, places for a rainy day, clubs that meet every week and what’s coming up, all from the map.
On the map within about 7 km:
📅 What’s on in St Helens this weekend
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Free to get into
- Amphitheatre Park & nature walk · Derbyshire Hill · Free
- Clock Face Country Park Park & nature walk · Abbotsfield · Free
- Lyme and Wood Pits Country Park Park & nature walk · Haydock · Free
- Fosters Park Park & nature walk · St Helens · Free
- Vera Page Park Park & nature walk · St Helens · Free
- Queen's Park Park & nature walk · Newtown · Free
For a rainy day
- North West Museum of Road Transport Museum & attraction · St Helens
- Rainhill Railway Museum Museum & attraction · Rainhill
- Prescot Museum Museum & attraction · Prescot
- Freshwater Park Swimming & leisure · Great Sankey
- Lucem House Community Cinema Plus+ Cinema · St Helens
- Air Nation Soft play · St Helens
Out in the fresh air
- Knowsley Safari Zoo & wildlife park · Prescot
- Queens Park Children's Play Area Play park · Newtown · Free
- Victoria Park, Cowley Hill Park & nature walk · Cowley Hill · Free
- Victoria Park Children's Play Area Play park · Cowley Hill · Free
- Eccleston Branchline Linear Park Park & nature walk · Newtown · Free
Clubs that meet every week
- Victoria junior parkrun, St Helens Outdoor & forest school · St Helens · Every Sunday at 9am
- Toddler Time (Christ Church, Eccleston) Baby & toddler groups · Eccleston, St Helens · Fridays 9:15–11am
- 1st Rainford Boys' Brigade Scouts, Guides & youth groups · St Helens · Anchors (5–8) Wednesdays 5.30pm–6.30pm; Juniors (8–11) Wednesdays 6.00pm–7.30pm; Company (11–15) Wednesdays 7.00pm–9.00pm; Seniors (15–18) Wednesdays 7.00pm–9.30pm
- Tuesday Tots (Prescot Parish Church) Baby & toddler groups · Prescot, Knowsley · Tuesdays 9:30–11am (term time)
- 1st Bryn Boys' Brigade Scouts, Guides & youth groups · Wigan · Anchors (5–8) Tuesdays 18.00–19.30; Juniors (8–11) Tuesdays 18.00–19.30; Company (11–15) Tuesdays 19.30–21.30
- Strawberry ARTS Dance & gymnastics · Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan
Coming up in the next few weeks
- Enchanted and Santa's Grotto at Knowsley Safari Santa & Christmas · Prescot · 📅 Fri 20 Nov – Thu 24 Dec
- Christmas Carol Santa & Christmas · Prescot · 📅 Fri 20 Nov – Sat 2 Jan
- Santa's Story Time Character meet & greets · Prescot · 📅 Sat 28 Nov – Thu 24 Dec
- A Very Messy Christmas Santa & Christmas · Prescot · 📅 Tue 8 Dec – Sat 19 Dec
- Tinsel Santa & Christmas · Prescot · 📅 Tue 22 Dec – Sat 2 Jan