40 family-friendly activities in May around Slough and Windsor

Are you looking for things to do with your family this May around Slough and Windsor? Then this guide is for you, I’ve rounded up what’s on, from free to paid activities. Some are a bit further out but worth the travel. Can you believe May half term is just a few weeks away? Time to get planning…

FREE / Low Cost

1) Visit Langley Country Park to see their amazing rhododedron and azaleas in Temple Gardens.

2) Sundays 2.30-5pm at Eton College Museums, free kids workshops at the Eton Natural History Museum.

3) Bank Holiday Monday 5th May – Britwell Community Day celebrating 80 years since Victory in Europe, St George’s Church – book free tickets

4) Free Art Workshops for kids age 10-18, every Thursday 5-7pm at Salt Hill Activity Centre, more info

5) Free Rescue Vehicles and Thunderbirds exhibition at Slough Museum – 10th May 10am – 4pm

6) Reading Children’s Festival – 10th May – 1st June

7) Free Rhymetime, Storytime, Duplo and Lego sessions at Slough libraries

8) Celebrate Windsor at Windsor Royal Shopping, Sat 24th May 10am-4pm, with free fairground themed entertainment – see here for all the info

9) TMNT’s Leo & Donnie Meet and Greet plus games and giveaways – 24th May at Uxbridge Smyths, 25th May at Staines Smyths

10) Explore Day at The Curve, 27th May – Kids £4 workshops including street dance, art, circus skills, digital animation and DJ skills – book a slot

11) Family Art Camp with Antz Kidz at Slough Museum 27th – 30th May – book here

12) Family activities at Reading Museum – see here

13) Hot Dog and Mocktail sampling at IKEA Reading – 28th and 31st May

14) Low price kids screenings from £2.49 – Saturday and Sunday mornings around 10/11am: Vue , Cineworld and Odeon – check your local cinema for exact times and films.

15) FREE Gruffalo Trail at Horsenden Hill, Perivale. Everyday (car park open until 8pm in May)

Children’s Shows

16) Puss in Boots, 17th May at The Old Court in Windsor, tickets from £13

17) Sharing Stardust, Curve Venue Slough, performed by Curve Choir and The Herschel Stars,17th May, tickets £10

18) The Great Big Dinosaur Show, for age 4-11, Norden Farm, Maidenhead – 28th May tickets from £11.50

19) You Choose, for age 2-7, Norden Farm, Maidenhead – 29th May tickets from £11.50

20) Treasure Box Tales, for age 5+, Curve Venue, Slough – 29th May, tickets from £10

21) Peppa Pig Meets The Baby Cinema Experience from 30th May – Norden Farm, Odeon Maidenhead/Uxbridge, Everyman Gerrards Cross, Vue Staines/Reading, Cineworld Bracknell

Activities with entry fee

22) Globe Trotters Adventure Golf at Wexham Park Golf Centre, open daily through May, tickets from £10

23) Kids Workshops at Maidenhead Hobbycraft:
26th and 28th May – Kids Mixed Media Canvas Painting Workshop £10 – book a slot
29th and 30th May – Kids’ Clay Safari Animals Workshop £6 – book a slot

24) Windsor Great Park Adventure Play, tickets from £10, under 2s free

25) Langley Memorial Park Funfair – 2nd-5th, 9th-11th and 16th-18th May. 1 token £1.20, 10 tokens £10

26) Family Zoo Day at BCA Zoo, Maidenhead – 24th May, tickets £9

27) Teddys Playtown, Slough – free activities included in entry price in May and June – Tuesdays messy play 11.30am/2pm, Wednesdays rhyme time 11.30am/2pm, Fridays daytime disco 4.30pm

28) Odds Farm Half Term Hoedown is back this year, 24th May – 1st June, with interactive live shows, sheep shearing, country games, cowboy crafts Half term flexi tickets £19.95, under 2s free

29) May Half Term at Windsor Castle childrens activites 24th, 25th May and 1st June: tickets from £8.50, under 5s free

30) Hobbledown Heath 24th May – 1st June – Mysterical Mayhem, the festival of dragons and fairies, Tickets from £17.50, under 2s free

31) Tumblestone Hollow, open all half term, tickets from £7.50, children under 92cm free

32) Birdworld, Surrey – May half term there are Dinosaur shows included in your entry ticket Tickets from £15.95, under 3s free

33) Wellington Country Park 24th – 27th May – Dino Takeover, tickets £23.95, under 2s free