Hello May – it’s time for two Bank Holidays, one on May 6th and the other on May 27th, and also its May Half Term at the end of the month. Which means there are lots of things happening, let’s have a look the them:
FREE / Low Cost
1) Visit Langley Country Park to see their amazing rhododedron in Temple Gardens
2) Visit Stoke Poges Memorial Garden to see the wisteria. Free everyday.
plus on Sunday 12th May is the National Garden Scheme Open Day (adults £6)
3) Sundays at Eton College Museums, free kids workshops at the Eton Natural History Museum. This month the workshop themes are Dragonflies, Daisies, Birds and Turtles.
4) Reading Children’s Festival – 11th May – 2nd June
5) Free Family Art Camp with Antz Kidz at Slough Museum 28th – 31st May – book a free session
6) May Half Term at Reading Museum – various activities 25th May – 1st June, see here
7) Spring Picnic Party at IKEA Reading – 8th May – face painting, balloon art, crafts and seed planting
8) Cheap kids screenings – Saturday and Sunday mornings around 10/11am: Vue (£2.49), Cineworld (£2.50) and Odeon (£3.25) – check your local cinema for exact times and films.
9) FREE Gruffalo Trail at Horsenden Hill, Perivale. Everyday (car park open until 8pm in May)
Children’s Shows
10) 4th May, Goldilocks: The Ballet at The Old Court in Windsor, tickets from £12
11) The Tiger Who Came to Tea Live at South Hill Park Theatre, Bracknell – 21st – 22nd May – tickets £16
12) 24th – 25th May – In the Night Garden Live at The Beck Theatre – tickets from £21.75
13) Out of the Hat, Norden Farm, Maidenhead – 28th – 29th May tickets from £10
14) You Choose, Curve Venue, Slough – 28th May 2pm, tickets from £10
15) Ten in the Bed, Curve Venue, Slough – 30th May, 2pm, tickets from £8
16) Plot 17 (Hip Hop garden festival for families), Curve Venue, Slough, 31st May, tickets from £8
Activities with entry fee
17) Pop Up Play Village Tales and Spanish Story Telling, £8
– 16th May Staines Library TW18 4PG
– 17th May Clewer Scout & Guide Group, Windsor SL4 5EY
18) Glow Party at Oasis Soft Play, Uxbridge – 17th May 5-7pm, book tickets
19) Kids Workshops at Maidenhead Hobbycraft:
28th May 1pm – Kids Friendship Bracelet Making Workshop £5 – book a slot
29th May 4.30pm – Kids’ Clay Safari Animals Workshop £5 – book a slot
Attractions
20) Summer Chocolate Making Workshop at Dr Chocs Windsor, throughout May, £24.95 – book a slot
21) Windsor Great Park Adventure Play, tickets from £10, under 2s free
22) Langley Memorial Park Funfair – 3rd – 6th, 10th – 12th and 17th – 19th May. 1 token £1.20, 10 tokens £10
23) Legoland Woodland Village opening 24th May
24) Family Zoo Day at BCA Zoo, Maidenhead – 25th May, tickets £9
25) Birdworld, Surrey 25th May – 2nd June: Love + Colour May Half Term event. Brand new indoor attraction with immersive and interactive play. Tickets from £15.95, under 3s free
26) Odds Farm Half Term Hoedown 25th May – 2nd June. Sheep Shearing demos, welly wanging, interactive country dancing sessions and Cowboy crafts. Tickets from £16.95, under 2s free
27) May Half Term Family Trail at Windsor Castle 25th May – 2nd June: tickets from £8.50, under 5s free (ps you can convert your entry ticket into a 1-year annual pass. Also, admission to Windsor Castle is free for RBWM Advantage Card holders.)
28) Hobbledown Heath 25th May – 2nd June – Mysterical Mayhem, the festival of dragons and fairies, anytime tickets £24, under 2s free
29) Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Bank Holiday Monday 27th May – Dragon Adventure Day. Meet a huge, smoke-breathing DRAGON, and some baby dragons. From £10.50, under 3s free
30) Wellington Country Park 27th – 31st May – Dino Takeover, tickets £21.45, under 2s free
Train activities
31) Ickenham Miniature Railway – Saturday 4th May, ride miniature trains
32) Ruislip Lido Railway Steam Gala Weekend 4th – 6th May
33) Prospect Railway – Sunday 5th May 12-3.30pm: ride miniature trains at Prospect Park in Reading
34) The EM Gauge Society 11th – 12th May – see model rail layouts at Bracknell Leisure Centre
35) Trainmaster track day – 12th May in Maidenhead, 19th May in Bracknell, £7.50 per child, adults free – book a slot
36) Pinewood Miniature Railway – Sunday 19th May, ride miniature trains
37) Risborough & District Model Railway Club 25th – 26th May
– see model train layouts at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury
38) Trackplay at Amersham, 26th May £7.50 per child, adults free – book a slot
I hope you find this useful! What are you looking forward to most in May? Tag me on socials @themummystylist with your adventures, I love seeing them 🙂
Sabrina x
