If you know of any other great things to do in Ballyclare for kids which aren't listed on DAYoutWITHtheKIDS, please get in contact with us, so we can add them to the website and share the fun places to go with other children - thanks a lot
Family Days Out near to Ballyclare
Speedway Indoor Karting (3 miles)
Doagh
Speedway Indoor Karting Speedway Indoor Karting has 270cc Honda-powered Karts and mini-motos.
Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Play Centre (3 miles)
Ballyclare
Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Play Centre A small indoor play centre with friendly staff where kids can have fun on astroslides and tunnels and in soft play areas while parents relax over a cuppa. Great idea if you're looking for family days out in Ulster.
Fun Works Play Centre (5 miles)
Glengormley
Fun Works Play Centre The huge play frame is crammed full of energetic activities from our four lane astra slide and crawl tubes to a mini football and basket ball area, plenty to keep the kids happy while you relax in our coffee shop or upper level viewing gallery and enjoy one of the cappuccinos
Glengormley Sports Bowl (5 miles)
Glengormley
Glengormley Sports Bowl 16 lanes of top class Tenpin bowling provided by Brunswick, the Rolls Royce of bowling equipment. Kids' bowling balls and ramps are available on request. Also on site kids' quads, karts and an indoor play area!
Belfast Zoo (6 miles)
Belfast
Belfast Zoo Have fun at the zoo where you'll see more than 1200 animals including elephants and giraffes, monkeys and wolves, kangaroos and lions, bears and birds, turtles and tortoises, snakes and penguins. There's also a play park and a farm. Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Northern Ireland.
Playzone (6 miles)
Newtonabbey
Playzone Outer space themed multi storey play area with slides, flumes, a climbing wall and much, much more: you will have a funtastic time!
Belfast Castle Visitors Centre (7 miles)
Belfast
Belfast Castle Visitors Centre Belfast Castle Visitors Centre tells the story of Belfast Castle and its residents over the years as well as providing an insight into Cave Hill where it is situated.
Nutts Corner Circuit (7 miles)
Belfast
Nutts Corner Circuit Enjoy Speeds of up to 50mph on Northern Ireland's only European Standard Kart Racing Circuit. There is no age limit, only a height restriction of 150cm.
Cave Hill Playground (7 miles)
Belfast
Cave Hill Playground Suitable for children aged three to 14 and includes cradle swings, slides, spring rockers, sand play unit and a bicycle roundabout. For older children, there's a spectacular space net and aerial runway.
Caveman Capers at Antrim Forum (7 miles)
Antrim
Caveman Capers at Antrim Forum is a soft play adventure land for children under eleven, where they can travel back in time to a land of cavemen and dinosaurs. It provides a safe indoor environment for children to run, jump, climb and have fun.
Adventure Island (7 miles)
Antrim
Adventure Island Indoor play within the enormous shopping centre to give the kids a chance to run some energy off, complete with all the classic soft play features to entertain and exhaust. Under 4ft9s welcome.
Clementsmount Fun Farm (8 miles)
Crumlin
Clementsmount Fun Farm Clementsmount Fun Farm is a real family day out combining animals and play park activities.
Grove Wellbeing Centre (8 miles)
Belfast
Grove Wellbeing Centre Friendly zoo-themed soft play area offers fun for children aged one to 11. Full of clean, bright tunnels, slides, ball pit, climbing nets, rollers and a magic ball juggler!
Shankill Leisure Centre (8 miles)
Belfast
Shankill Leisure Centre Swimming pool with wavemaker machine and corkscrew slide and children's pool with mushroom umbrella and dolphin slide.
whowhatwherewhywhy (9 miles)
Belfast
whowhatwherewhywhy W5 is a world-class interactive discovery centre with over 160 amazing interactive exhibits housed in five action-packed exhibition areas. Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Ulster.
Belfast Treasure Hunt (9 miles)
Belfast
Belfast Treasure Hunt A great way for your family or friends to have a day out to explore Belfast. We have six great Treasure Hunts for you to choose from. Don’t forget when you complete the Treasure Hunt; you have a chance to win £1000!
W5 (9 miles)
Belfast
W5 With over 250 fun and amazing interactive science exhibits in four incredible exhibition areas, W5 provides a unique experience as well as fantastic fun for visitors of all ages and a special area for under 5s.
Odyssey Bowl (9 miles)
Belfast
Odyssey Bowl Classic family friendly tenpin bowling with gutter guards and bowling ramps to give the kids a chance. Also do glow bowling for an extra edge!
Funky Monkeys (10 miles)
Belfast
Funky Monkeys is an indoor soft play facility with climbing frame and slide for under 8s also under 4ft3.
Botanic Gardens and Palm House (10 miles)
Belfast
Botanic Gardens and Palm House Fun for kids and adults the Botanic Gardens includes a children’s playground, giant bird feeders, rockery, rose garden and sculptures. Make sure you visit the Palm House with its mini jungle of exotic plants and birds of paradise!
The Ozone and Indoor Tennis Centre (10 miles)
Belfast
The Ozone and Indoor Tennis Centre Bruiseless shoot em up fun in Laser Zone, climbing wall with easy routes, tennis courts and classes for all ages.
Carrickfergus Castle (10 miles)
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus Castle Carrickfergus Castle is one of Ireland's finest Medieval castles and stands impressive on the shore of Belfast Lough.
Victoria Park (10 miles)
Belfast
Victoria Park Home to a range of water birds such as swans, geese, ducks, herons and migrant waders. Play park for under 7s and plenty of open space too.
Aunt Sandra's Candy Factory (10 miles)
Belfast
Aunt Sandra's Candy Factory Take a visit to this candy shop - re-done to look as it did when it opened in 1953 - and a tour of the factory to see candy being handmade to Aunt Sandra's traditional recipes.
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum (11 miles)
Holywood
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum The outdoor Folk Museum tells the story of life in early 20th century Ulster. The Transport Museum displays Ireland's largest and most comprehensive transport collection.
Stormont Park (11 miles)
Belfast
Stormont Park 3 separate age grouped areas with thrilling features like huge slides, zip lines, climbing frames, tunnels, swings, rockers and more plus picnic areas and some great views.
Lunarland Amusement Park (12 miles)
Belfast
Lunarland Amusement Park Space themed adventure soft play with ride ons and toddler area, plus arcade for middle kids and proper gaming equipment for big ones.
Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park (12 miles)
Belfast
Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park Featuring international camellia trials, a walled garden, a Japanese-style garden with water features for quiet contemplation, children's playground and orienteering and eco trails.
Activities Ireland (12 miles)
Belfast
Activities Ireland Why not learn the basics skills of Canoeing or Kayaking, Climbing, Hill Walking, Archery, Coasteering or Bouldering, Orienteering or Mountain Biking?
Fun Factory (13 miles)
Ballymena
Fun Factory Large and small adventure play frames with age appropriate thrills including ball blast, vortex slides and pedal tracks.
Pirates Adventure Golf (13 miles)
Belfast
Pirates Adventure Golf Two dastardly pirate golf courses played in the shadow of their ghostly fully rigged pirate schooner complete with firing cannons! Great effects.
Dundonald International Ice Rink (13 miles)
Belfast
Dundonald International Ice Rink A centre for all the family to enjoy, Dundonald International Ice Bowl has skating, bowling, an indoor adventure area for children as well as a new adventure golf course. Great idea if you're after things to do with kids in Ulster.
Dundonald International Bowling (13 miles)
Belfast
Dundonald International Bowling A centre for all the family to enjoy, Dundonald International Ice Bowl has skating, bowling, an indoor adventure area for children as well as a new adventure golf course. Great idea if you're after things to do with kids in Ulster.
Indiana Land (13 miles)
Castlereagh
Indiana Land Become Indiana Jones for a day and go wild in this awesome jungle inspired indoor playground. Available to toddlers and children under 12 years old and 5ft in height, Indiana Land offers 3 levels of fun play equipment for the bravest explorer.
Clip n Climb Dundonald (13 miles)
Belfast
Clip n Climb Dundonald is a uniquely themed indoor climbing arena with twenty-four different attractions. It is suitable for all abilities from beginners to professional climbers and is designed to challenge the mind as well as provide a healthy work out.
Streamvale Farm (13 miles)
Belfast
Streamvale Farm A family run dairy farm situated on the edge of Belfast, with play area, extra animals and beautiful views over the city and its surrounding hills.
Mookie World (13 miles)
Belfast
Mookie World Thrilling multi storey soft play challenges for juniors, smaller versions for toddlers and appropriate entertainment for babies, plus a quiet zone with touch screen puzzles, air hockey and more.
Ballymena Sports Bowl (13 miles)
County Antrim
Ballymena Sports Bowl 16 lanes of top class Tenpin bowling provided by Brunswick, the Rolls Royce of bowling equipment. Kids' bowling balls and ramps are available on request. Also on site kids' quads, karts and an indoor play area!
Sportsbowl (13 miles)
Ballymena
Sportsbowl At Sportsbowl your kids are sure to find something to keep them entertained, whether it be bowling, pool, 'kids' quadz', video games or a soft play area!
Wallace Park (13 miles)
Lisburn
Wallace Park Ideal for families, with a good children's play area and lots of gentle walks for buggies and space to play for bigger kids. Also has a nice duckpond.
Thanks for all the great things to do in Ballyclare with kids you keep sending in.
Now we have the easter and summer holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find the best days out and as many fun things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, horse riding, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, outdoor play at the best local parks, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Ulster can enjoy the great day out as well.
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