Families

In these hard times you can still enjoy an exhilarating day out with us - without having to spend a penny.

We have put together a list of over a hundred different activities and events around the country that you can try out - without having to worry about the impact on your pocket. From mountain climbing to surfing, standing in the steps of movie stars or watching an historical re-enactment, there are a wide range of activities for everyone to enjoy. Please note, at some sites there may be a charge for parking.

Yorkshire

• Spot the dancing bear and turtle at Brimham Rocks
• Discover how the coast got its shape at the Old Coastguard Station
• Spot hairy ant and waterfalls with a walk around Hardcastle Crags
• Go rock pooling in Robin Hood's Bay

Northumberland

• Enjoy a Victorian wildlife walk at Allen Banks & Staward Gorge

Cumbria

• Get poetic with Wordsworth in the Lake District
• Stand amongst the 38 stones at Castlerigg Stone Circle
• Enjoy the Victorian park complete with amazing displays of daffodils and rhododendrons at Fell Foot Park
• Walk in the footsteps of Beatrix Potter in the picturesque white-washed village of Hawkshead
• Listen for natterjack toads on the dunes of Sandscale Haws
• Climb England's highest peak, Scafell Pike

Merseyside

• Follow in the footsteps of early man at Formby
• Experience the deer rut in October at Lyme Park

Suffolk

• Paint a picture that inspired Constable at Flatford
• Identify 10 different birds at Dunwich
• Visit the Theatre Royal - the only regency playhouse in existence

Norfolk

• Go crabbing at Brancaster
• Explore Humphry Repton's landscape at Sheringham Park

Bedfordshire

• Fly a kite at Dunstable Downs
• Discover a sense of place at Whipsnade Tree Cathedral

Hertfordshire

• Play pooh sticks and make tree rubbings at Ashridge

Cambridgeshire

• Visit the remains of a Benedictine Abbey at Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse

Essex

• Explore 106 acres of woodland at Blakes Wood
• Spot Napoleonic defences from Danbury and Lingwood Commons
• Travel back in time to the Medieval hunting ground at Hatfield Forest 
• Relive the Norman turmoil and conquest of the 11th-century Motte and Bailey mound at Rayleigh Mount

Shropshire

• Download a walk and head out to the Clent Hills
• Take in the views at Wenlock Edge
• Explore Shrewsbury's last remaining watch tower at Town Wall Tower

Staffordshire

• Investigate the Roman bath house at Letocetum
• Explore the houses carved into the rock face at Kinver Edge

Worcester

• Have a pint in the Fleece Inn (you have to pay for your drinks!)

Derbyshire

• Find out about the fate of the residents of Eyam village during the great Plague
• Follow in the footsteps of the Mass Trespass at High Peak
• Recreate a scene from Pride and Prejudice and look out over Stanage Edge
• Hop over the stepping stones at Dovedale
• See the bubbling, boiling river at the grotto on the River Manifold
• Visit the first Trust acquisition in the Peak District at Winster Market House
• Watch the wildlife cams at the visitor centre at Longshaw
• Enjoy the interactive geology display at the Ilam Park visitor centre
• Venture into the cave mouth at Odin Mine
• Stretch your legs on the Lyveden Way

Nottinghamshire

• Arrive at Clumber on your bike and get in free

Northamptonshire

• Discover the history of local slate and stone industry at Priest's House

Buckinghamshire

• Explore the oldest building in the county - the 15th-century Chantry Chapel
• Look across the Cotswolds from the top of Coombe Hill

London

• Feed the ducks at Morden Hall

Isle of Wight

• Learn about the space race at The Needles New Battery

Berkshire

• Visit the place where the Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede

Oxfordshire

• Take in the Bronze Age white horse, Iron Age hillfort and Dragon Hill (where St George slayed the dragon) at White Horse Hill

Hampshire

• Look for butterflies, plants and other wildlife on Selborne Common & Hill
• Venture to the New Forest to see heathland plants at Hale Purlieu

Sussex

• Explore the second largest Iron Age ring in Britain at Cissbury Rings
• Enjoy miles of views stretching along the south coast from the Devil's Dyke

Kent

• Look across the English Channel from the White Cliffs
• Watch the deer at Knole Park

Surrey

• Walk along the 20 mile towpath besides the River Wey
• Climb to the highest point in the Surrey Hills at Box Hill

Cornwall

• Watch autumn seabird migrations from The Rumps Point
• Go beach combing and rock pooling along the coastline between Bude and Sandymouth
• Explore a ruined tin mine at St Just
• Look out for Choughs on Lizard Point
• Follow in the footsteps of Marconi and the first transmission across the Atlantic at Poldhu
• Mess about on the river at Frenchman's Creek
• Fish off the harbour wall at Mullion Cove
• Look out for Basking shark at Black Head
• Surf in Gunwalloe  Explore the Lanhydrock Estate
• Visit the discovery centre at Cotehele Quay

Devon

• Watch salmon leaping up the river at Watersmeet
• Discover the Loughwood Meeting House Baptist Church
• Wander through the orchard at Killerton

Wiltshire

• Visit the set of Pride & Prejudice, Wolf Man and Cranford at Lacock
• Experience the megalithic at Avebury's stone circle
• Go butterfly spotting at Cherhill Down
• Get all Georgian at the Bath Assembly Rooms

Dorset

• Go fossil spotting on the Jurassic Coast at Golden Cap
• Join our volunteer stonewalling group at Purbeck Estate
• Visit the iconic 180ft symbol of fertility - the Cerne Giant, in Dorset

Gwynedd

• Visit the picture postcard village of Porthdinllaen on the Llyn peninsula
• Become a Roman Centaurian at Segontium
• Seek out the crab fishermen in Aberdaron
• Conquer Wales' highest mountain - Mount Snowdon

Swansea

• Surf the waves at Rhossili beach
• Enjoy a picnic in the Gower
• Uncover the secrets of smugglers at the medieval dovecote near Port Eynon
• Visit the first ever area of outstanding beauty at Rhossili

Pembrokeshire

• Explore prehistoric archaeology on St David's Peninsula

Ceredigion

• Watch for dolphins at Mwnt

County Down

• Scale Northern Ireland's highest peak, Slieve Donard in the Mournes
• Go wildlife spotting in the Murlough Nature Reserve
• Go seal spotting at Strangford Lough

Belfast

• Visit the Crown Bar and have a pint (you have to pay for this bit!)
• Explore the stunning landscape of Divis and the Black Mountain, and see amazing views of Belfast

County Londonderry

• Walk along 2 miles of beach at Portstewart Strand

County Antrim

• Explore the Clough William Ellis designed village of Cushendun
• Relive the legend of Finn McCool and Benandonner by arriving on public transport at the Giant's Causeway