If you know of any other great things to do in Portrush 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 Portrush
Portrush Sea Tours (< 1 mile)
Antrim
Portrush Sea Tours Is a popular attraction offering sightseeing experiences by RIB. You will have the opportunity to see the local wildlife: birds, seals, porpoise and, if you're very lucky, dolphins and whales. This will most definitely be a trip to remember and an added bonus: children under 5 go free!
The Dunluce Centre (< 1 mile)
Antrim
The Dunluce Centre Offers thrills and enjoyment for the whole family including Ireland’s only 4-D Turbo Tours motion simulator, Finn McCools 3 floor soft play adventure playground, Darklight Laser Drome and a viewing tower which offers a superb panoramic view of Portrush coast.
Finn Mc Cools Playground (< 1 mile)
Portrush
Finn Mc Cools Playground Finn Mc Cool's have got play centre fun for the young kids to the pre-teen. Ballpools and soft shapes for the under 4s, spiral tube slides and tunnels, cargo nets, obstacle courses and climbing wall for the over 4s.
4D Turbo Tours (< 1 mile)
Portrush
4D Turbo Tours Go on an adventure at 4D Turbo Tours, Ireland’s only 4D simulation ride.
Portrush Whiterocks Beach (< 1 mile)
Portrush
Portrush Whiterocks Beach Blue Flag awarded sandy beach with summer lifeguard cover. Take a boat trip into the amazingly structured caves visible from the beach, or visit nearby Dunluce Castle.
Waterworld (< 1 mile)
Portrush
Waterworld Splash around at this indoor leisure centre with waterslides and jacuzzis or try your hand at some bowling.
Cheeky Chimps (5 miles)
Coleraine
Cheeky Chimps Clean, modern, spacious multi level adventure soft play packed with classic fun features to entertain and exhaust, in full sight of the parents' area.
Giant's Causeway and Visitors Centre (5 miles)
Bushmills
Giant's Causeway and Visitors Centre - a World Heritage site and National Nature Reserve maintained by the National Trust. The Visitors Centre is a good starting point where you can learn about the origins of the Causeway - the mythology, the science and the nature.
Alley Cats Indoor Play Centre (6 miles)
Coleraine
Alley Cats Indoor Play Centre One of largest Indoor Play/Party Centres: three level 5+ frame: corkscrew slide, mega-super slide, lookout tower, cargo bridge and more. Two level under 5’s frame: boggle-ball, ball-shower, carwash and more. Private birthday party alleys. Sit back and watch the children have fun and exercise. Cafe, Baby-changing, car-parking.
Leslie Hill Open Farm (10 miles)
Ballymoney
Leslie Hill Open Farm Leslie Hill has everything a family needs for a great day out from woodland paths to adventure playgrounds, fruit picking in walled gardens and playing with small animals.
Drumaway Junction (11 miles)
Donaghadee
Drumaway Junction Have fun taking a ride on this miniature railway or hire it out for your kid's birthday party.
Finvoy Fun Farm (13 miles)
Ballymoney
Finvoy Fun Farm Finvoy Fun Farm offers a family everything you'd want on a day out: see, meet and hold lots of different animals and play in their indoor and outdoor play centres. Great idea if you're looking for family days out in Ulster.
Kidz Ahoy at Roe Valley LC (16 miles)
Limavady
Kidz Ahoy at Roe Valley LC Multi level adventure play zone with modern and classic fun features, plus a dedicated toddler zone.
Ballycastle Beach (18 miles)
Ballycastle
Ballycastle Beach Sandy beach with spectacular views, good for sandcastles, shallow swimming and taking boat trips for bird watching and diving down to the shipwrecks around the island.
ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre (28 miles)
Ballymena
ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre The ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre shows visitors in a fun and dynamic way the major challenges facing our planet, how the problems are being tackled and what we can do about our effect on the environment.
Sportsbowl (28 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!
Ballymena Sports Bowl (28 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!
Fun Factory (29 miles)
Ballymena
Fun Factory Large and small adventure play frames with age appropriate thrills including ball blast, vortex slides and pedal tracks.
Abriachan Trails (29 miles)
Abriachan
Abriachan Trails An excellent woodland and moorland walk using trails laid out by the Abriachan Forest Community Trust. Good views and a great many interesting things to see for the kids
Brunswick Cinebowl (30 miles)
Derry
Brunswick Cinebowl Your kids can't fail to find something to do at this entertainment complex: cinema, bowling, pool tables, video games and adventure castle.
Adventure Island (36 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.
Caveman Capers at Antrim Forum (37 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.
Carnfunnock Country Park (38 miles)
Larne
Carnfunnock Country Park There's something for everyone at Carnfunnock Country Park: colourful gardens and walking trails, a fun-packed family fun zone, a large activity centre and miniature golf course to name a few.
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory (39 miles)
Argyll
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory The modern focus of bird watching in Kintyre, this purpose-built sea hide provides shelter for sea watchers can take place during the worst weather, yet best sea watching conditions. 200 species regularly sighted, including some rarities.
Islay Natural History Trust (39 miles)
Argyll
Islay Natural History Trust There are marine and fresh water aquariums and a touch tank to get closely acquainted with some of the local sea creatures. They also have a large laboratory where children of all ages can learn to use microscopes and make pictures out of seaweed.
Play Shack (39 miles)
Tyrone
Play Shack is a purpose built 3 storey interactive soft play area divided into three age groups, Under 2s, Age 2 to 4 and Over 4s. Tonnes of features!
Speedway Indoor Karting (39 miles)
Doagh
Speedway Indoor Karting Speedway Indoor Karting has 270cc Honda-powered Karts and mini-motos.
Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Play Centre (40 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.
Clementsmount Fun Farm (44 miles)
Crumlin
Clementsmount Fun Farm Clementsmount Fun Farm is a real family day out combining animals and play park activities.
Nutts Corner Circuit (45 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.
Drum Manor Forest Park (45 miles)
Tyrone
Drum Manor Forest Park Great for a family hike, picnic or ramble; take binoculars and camera, good views and some natural wildlife spotting opportunities.
Machrihanish Bay (45 miles)
Argyll
Machrihanish Bay A soft sandy beach surrounded by rocky coastline good for swimming, surfing and kite-surfing. You can usually see seals and wild goats in their respective habitats, and there is a nearby wildlife observatory.
Annaginny Farm Park (46 miles)
Dungannon
Annaginny Farm Park Come and see their animals close up: llamas, alpacas, wallabies, black swans, doves, mice and much more. Have a BBQ inside or out and then a bounce on the bouncy castle.
Fun Works Play Centre (46 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 (46 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!
Playzone (46 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 Zoo (47 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.
Carrickfergus Castle (47 miles)
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus Castle Carrickfergus Castle is one of Ireland's finest Medieval castles and stands impressive on the shore of Belfast Lough.
Belfast Castle Visitors Centre (47 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.
Cave Hill Playground (48 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.
Thanks for all the great things to do in Portrush 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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