Things to do with the kids in our area - no matter what the Great British Summer throws at you
Will to Win, Lammas Park
15 tennis courts, 8 floodlit, four multi sport pitches, football, netball and petanque. There is a pavillion selling drinks, snacks and hot food. Changing facilities. Advance booking facility
Contact: Will to Win Ealing – 0208 840 0888 for details
Email: ealing@willtowin.co.uk web www.willtowin.co.uk
Gunnersbury Triangle, 8 Aug . This little wildlife havenlocated at Bollo Lane, W4 is running a programme of summer workshops. 020 8747 3888 www.wildlondon.org.uk
Osterley Park in Isleworth. (National Trust) Every Thursday from 31 Jul-28 Aug from 1-4pm, free nature and wildlife themed activities for families in the park. For more info call 020 8232 5050 or email osterley@nationaltrust.org.uk
Sheep racing at Odds Farm with a specially built mini race track with jumps and bends, eager sheep and miniature jockeys. Racing every day. Goats, cattle, sheep, pony, horse, pigs, chicken and many more. Watch the goat show, shearing, milking demonstrations and play in the play area. Price: adults £7.95, children 2-16years £6.95, group rates, discounts and annual tickets available. Wooburn Common, High Wycombe. 01628 520188. www.oddsfarmpark.co.uk
Parents & Babies Screenings at The Watermans in August
Please note all screenings are at 11am and are only for parents/guardians/carers with babies up to 1 year old
Thursday 7 August Mamma Mia
Thursday 14 August Cass
Thursday 21 August Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Thursday 28 August Fox and the Child
Box office: 020 8232 1010 www.watermans.org.uk Tickets: £6
New tropical biome filled with tropical trees, South American monkeys, birds and invertebrates at ZSL London Zoo. Clore Rainforest Lookout & Night Zone is open every day. Be part of a tropical cloudburst in the Clore Biome at midday. See the nocturnal animals within the dark world of Night Zone. See fruit bats flying around and hanging from their trees and see the fascinating Malagsy Jumping rats! Saver ticket £55.50 (2+2 or 1+3). ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park. www.zsl.org
Watch an IMAX movie at the Science Museum. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Wembley Stadium Tours - run daily when sporting events are not taking place and last for about 90 mins. Book on www.thestadiumtour.com
Gunnersbury Park Mela This celebration of Asian culture takes place on 10 Aug from 12-8.30pm at Gunnersbury Park, W3. Live music, dance, street theatre and ofcourse, delicious food. www.londonmela.org And this year the Get Set London roadshow will be making an appearance. Visitors will have the chance to meet QPR striker Dexter Blackstock and three-times British Junior Champion, former national 400m champion and Commonwealth Games athlete, Lesley Owusu, as well as local sports groups, such as the Alan Winner Martial Arts Academy, who will put on free taster sessions for the public. Free drumming classes and beatbox classes will also be available from Dhol Drummers, an Indian drumming group, and MC Zani of 5th Element Beatboxing, who will be hosting workshops for visitors to learn exciting drumming and beatboxing techniques. www.london2012.com/roadshow
Great British Duck Race - 250,000 plastic ducks will be released into the Thames on 31 Aug from Molesley Lock, nr Hampton Court at 1.30pm. Follow them along the 1km course down the river. Children’s entertainers, charity stalls, and refreshments available at the finish line. Adopt a duck at www.thegreatbritishduckrace.co.uk to raise money for charity.
Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park - one of the most popular open air swimming venues in London. Children can make the most of a paddling pool, play area, sandpit and slide, and a children’s entertainer sometimes in the afternoon. 020 7706 3422
The Notting Hill Carnival. 24 Aug is Children’s Day at the Carnival. Costumed parades, live music, street performances and special educational events in true Caribbean style, will all be laid on for the kids. Attendance is free.
Battersea Park Children's Zoo, Chelsea Bridge Gate, London, SW11, 020 7924 5826 www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk
Open Daily from 10am. Adults £6.50, under 15s £4.95, family £20.50.
On 27 Aug PTES (People’s Trust for Endangered Species) will be bringing props & clues to the zoo to help you work out which furry culprit has stolen the hazelnut! Sessions will run throughout the day. Check notice board upon entry for times. Activity is free. Usual entrance fee applies.
The Tropical Forest, an indoor exhibition of tropical birds, animals, insects, fish and amphibians and see if you dare. See Squirrel Monkeys and Marmosets, Macaws and Cockatoos but don’t touch the Poison Arrow Frogs! See tropical snakes, crocodiles and fish, including Red Belly Piranha, Jumping Silver Arrowana, huge Catfish and graceful Koi. The Tropical Forest, Syon Park, Brentford. 020 8847 4730. www.tropicalforest.co.uk
Junior and adult climbing courses, school holiday programme and Sunday Family session (10.30am – 12 noon). New bouldering wall now open. Crowthorne Road W10. Booking line 020 8969 0992. www.westway.org
Tudor cooking at Hampton Court Palace. 2-3 & 23-25 August, 6-7 September: experiment with recipes, ingredients and cooking methods to prepare a feast fit for a king. 0844 482 7777 hamptoncourt@hrp.org.uk www.hrp.org.uk
Open 10-6pm. Family ticket £37
7, 14, 21 and 28 Aug PM Gallery Art Workshops Children will create artwork in response to their visit to the PM Gallery and House. All material provided. Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, W5 020 8567 1227
Jumping Jellybeans fun music classes, Northfields Community Centre, 71a Northcroft Rd, W13. Drop-in classes running through the summer holidays. Under 5s: 9.30-10.45 each weekday; Under 18 months: 10.45-12 each weekday.(Classes £4.75/£1.50 siblings including refreshments). Pitshanger Methodist Church Rooms, Lindfield Rd, W5. Drop-in classes running through the summer holidays. Under 5s: 10-10.50 on Mondays and Thursdays; Under 18 months: 11-11.50 on Mondays and Thursdays. (Classes £5/£4.50 135 members/£1.50 siblings.) Fun music classes with percussion, parachute, puppets and scarves. Live violin music at all Pitshanger sessions. 07970 106 888 www.jumpingjellybeans.co.uk
Kew Bridge Steam Museum.
020 8568 4757, info@kbsm.org, www.kbsm.org.uk
Main Line Train: Kew Bridge
Adults £8.50, FREE for children under 15 (accompanied by an adult). Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays,11am-5pm.
23-25 Aug: Bank Holiday Fun/WW2 and You/Giants of Steam -1940s themed weekend, wartime vehicles and demonstrations, 'make do and mend', wartime menu in the café.
WWT London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth's Walk, Barnes, SW13 9WT
If you know of any other good children's activities running in our area, send your ideas into editor@ealingtoday.co.uk
August 8, 2008
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