The summer holidays can be expensive, so I have rounded up some FREE activities in Slough and the surrounding towns.
★ Trunks across the Thames Elephant Sculpture Trail – find the elephants across Slough, Windsor, Eton and Maidenhead. Free to do, but if you’d like to track your trail, you can download the app for £1.99 (£1.45 goes to Thames Hospice). Live until 13th September.
★ The Maidenhead Beach at Norden Farm
Tuesdays – Saturdays from 23 July to 6 Sept (excluding 19-27 Aug)
★ FREE Read to the Beat workshops with Berkshire Music Trust for age 5-11 at RBWM libraries – Book a spot
23 July – Sunningdale Library 11am, Cox Green Library 12.30pm, Ascot library 12.30pm, Dedworth library 2pm
13 Aug – Datchet library 12.30pm, Windsor library 2pm, Maidenhead library 2pm
★ Reading Museum Summer Activities
24 July – 3 Sept Activity Cart: Throughout the holidays. No charge but donations welcome
★ Big Weekends at Eden, High Wycombe – every Saturday from 25th July to 30th August 11am – 4pm, with free activities and performances, plus you can book £2 workshops.
★ Reading Dino Trail across Reading and at The Oracle and Broad Street Mall, 25th July to 23rd August. 19 incredible brick-built dinosaurs to find.
★ Build your own Lego Dinosaur – FREE at Broad Street Mall, Reading – 25th July 11am – 2pm
★ Learn to crochet a poppy and poppy painting at Sostrene Grene, Windsor – 25 July 11am-1pm
★ Be a Cat Experience at Smyths Reading 25 July
★ Paw Patroller Road Tour at Smyths Staines 25 July
★ Summer Sundays at The Chimes, Uxbridge, 26th July to 30th Aug – free live music, performances, family-friendly activities, giveaways
★ Dragon Trail at The Lexicon, Bracknell 27th July to 6th Sept – find 5 animatronic dragons, the LEGO® dragon in Fenwick, and 10 giant dragon eggs in shop windows. Plus FREE face painting every Wednesday (opposite Boots 29th July – 26th Aug), FREE storytimes on Thursdays (must be booked), and Dragon Meet and Greets on Tuesdays.
★ Braywick Nature Centre
28-30 July FREE nature-based activities at Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead
31 July and 1 Aug FREE Nature Festival – fun, food, tunes and wildlife for all the family to enjoy
★ Snow Princess Parade
30 July, Burnham Park Hall at 12-2pm
★ Pop Star Factory at Slough Libraries 2pm – 4.45pm
Cippenham Library 30 July, The Curve 3 Aug, Langley Library 12 Aug, Britwell Library 17 Aug
★ Burnham’s Little Library Grand Opening 31 July 3pm-5pm at the bus shelter opposite Burnham Park Hall.
children’s activities, live music, refreshments – book a free spot
★ Summer of Fun Days 11am – 3pm
31 July Sandhurst Memorial Ground
5 Aug Great Hollands Memorial Ground, Bracknell
13 Aug Locks Ride Recreation Ground
18 Aug Morgan Recreation Ground, Crowthorne
26 Aug Braybrooke Recreation Ground
★ Memorable Mondays at Two Rivers, Staines – free family fun, with live entertainment, character meet & greets, arts and crafts, face painting, giveaways and more
3rd Aug – Meet Shrek
10th Aug – Meet Superman and Batman
17th Aug – KPOP Hunter Academy performances
24th Aug – Wizard fun and games
★ Colour your own Alice in Wonderland mask, Windsor Library – 4 Aug at 3pm
★ Drop-in Art Club at Without Shape Without Form, Slough, Wed-Sat 1-3pm in August
★ Drumming Workshops at Britwell Library
6 Aug & 20 Aug, 11am
★ The People Who Lived in the Skies – 8 Aug at Curve Plaza, Slough – free outdoor family event 11.30am and 2pm – Book a slot
★ Bish Bash Band at Slough Libraries 11am – 12.30pm
The Curve 10 Aug, Cippenham Library 20 Aug
★ FREE crafting with Art Classes Group at Observatory, Slough 11am – 4pm
15 Aug – Create your own crown and sunflower grow
22 Aug – Design your own tote bag and carnival mask
★ Summer Fun Day at Dinton Pastures Country Park, 16 Aug 11am-4pm
★ Summer Sounds at the Waterside Quarter, Maidenhead 22nd Aug – free live music, boat rides and kids crafting
★ Grays Farm PYO, Wokingham. Free entry, pay for what you pick
LAST YEAR TO VISIT – the farm is closing for good at the end of October :((
★ Eton College Museums – open on Sundays
★ IKEA Reading – free Småland creche for children age 3-10.
★ Sportropolis Beach and activities at Ealing Broadway shopping centre – now until 4th Sept.
★ Norden Farm Kite Festival at Boyn Grove Park – 30 Aug
If more free activities are announced, I’ll add them to this post.
Will you be doing any of these free activities?
Sabrina x
