📍 West London 🎂 7+ year olds

Things To Do With 7+ Year Olds in West London

48 activities tried and tested. Real costs. Honest reviews.

London Museum of Water & Steam Week 1
Medium 🌤️ Flexible

London Museum of Water & Steam

A family-friendly museum where you can explore mighty Victorian steam pumping engines. It features a great outdoor Splash Zone for kids to discover the power of water through hands-on learning.

Hanwell Zoo Week 2
Low ☀️ Outdoor

Hanwell Zoo

A family-friendly attraction in Brent Lodge Park, offering an intimate, farmyard-style vibe to get a closer look at the animals. It has a maze and playgrounds just outside the zoo.

Hobbledown Heath Week 3
High 🌤️ Flexible

Hobbledown Heath

Immersive adventure play in a fantastical world with indoor and outdoor areas, plus zoo and wildlife elements.

Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace Week 4
High 🏠 Indoor

Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace

A 1,800-capacity all-day venue that spans two floors in the centre of Westfield's White City Development. The roller rink is the only one of its kind built from black maple wood.

WWT London Wetland Centre Week 5
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

WWT London Wetland Centre

An incredible 105-acre nature reserve in Barnes where you can spot otters, rare birds, and frogs right in the city.

Gunnersbury Park & Museum Week 6
Medium 🌤️ Flexible

Gunnersbury Park & Museum

A sprawling historic park with a beautifully restored mansion museum, boating lake, and a massive playground.

Syon Park & Great Conservatory Week 7
Low ☀️ Outdoor

Syon Park & Great Conservatory

The London home of the Duke of Northumberland, featuring incredible gardens and a stunning glass conservatory.

Ravenscourt Park Week 8
High ☀️ Outdoor

Ravenscourt Park

A beloved Hammersmith park featuring a walled garden, multiple playgrounds, and a paddling pool in the summer.

Leighton House Museum Week 9
Low 🏠 Indoor

Leighton House Museum

A jaw-dropping Victorian artist’s home, famous for its incredible Arab Hall covered in intricate Middle Eastern tiles.

Chiswick House & Gardens Week 10
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Chiswick House & Gardens

A glorious Neo-Palladian villa set in 65 acres of magnificent gardens, complete with a lake and hidden statues.

Bishops Park & Urban Beach Week 11
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Bishops Park & Urban Beach

A fantastic riverside park featuring a unique urban beach area, a skate bowl, and a moat.

Fulham Palace Week 12
Low 🌤️ Flexible

Fulham Palace

The historic former home of the Bishops of London, featuring a small museum and a gorgeous walled botanical garden.

Thames Path Walk (Putney to Hammersmith) Week 13
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Thames Path Walk (Putney to Hammersmith)

Walk the famous Boat Race route along the river, watching the rowing clubs and spotting wildlife.

Diana Memorial Playground Week 14
High ☀️ Outdoor

Diana Memorial Playground

A legendary Peter Pan-inspired playground dominated by a huge wooden pirate ship surrounded by sand.

Victoria and Albert Museum Week 15
Low 🏠 Indoor

Victoria and Albert Museum

The world's leading museum of art and design, featuring massive statues, armour, and incredible fashion.

Electric Cinema Kids Club Week 16
Low 🏠 Indoor

Electric Cinema Kids Club

Watch a family movie on a Saturday morning in one of London’s oldest, most luxurious cinemas with plush armchairs and front-row beds.

Westway Sports Centre Climbing Week 17
High 🏠 Indoor

Westway Sports Centre Climbing

One of London’s largest climbing walls with over 350 routes, hidden right under the Westway flyover.

Holland Park Adventure Playground Week 19
High ☀️ Outdoor

Holland Park Adventure Playground

A brilliantly designed, challenging outdoor play area featuring a massive zip line, climbing towers, and tyre swings.

Brook Green Playground & Tennis Week 20
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Brook Green Playground & Tennis

A classic, highly popular local green space with an excellent enclosed playground and tennis courts.

Chelsea Physic Garden Week 21
Low ☀️ Outdoor

Chelsea Physic Garden

London’s oldest botanical garden, filled with medicinal, historical, and highly poisonous plants.

Puttshack White City Week 22
Medium 🏠 Indoor

Puttshack White City

High-tech, neon-lit mini-golf where the balls track your score automatically on interactive courses.

Marble Hill House & Park Week 23
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Marble Hill House & Park

A beautiful Palladian villa set in 66 acres of outstanding riverside parkland, managed by English Heritage.

Osterley Park and House Week 24
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Osterley Park and House

A spectacular National Trust Georgian country estate surrounded by gardens, parkland, and farmland right in West London.

Ruislip Lido & Miniature Railway Week 25
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Ruislip Lido & Miniature Railway

A 60-acre lake with a real sandy beach, bordered by woods, featuring Britain’s longest 12-inch gauge miniature railway.

The Musical Museum Week 26
Low 🏠 Indoor

The Musical Museum

A quirky museum full of self-playing musical instruments, from tiny music boxes to the mighty Wurlitzer cinema organ.

Flip Out Hounslow Week 27
High 🏠 Indoor

Flip Out Hounslow

A massive indoor active arena featuring laser quest, ninja tags, bumper cars, and trampolines.

Kensington Palace Week 29
Low 🏠 Indoor

Kensington Palace

Explore the birthplace of Queen Victoria and the current home of young royals, featuring grand state apartments and fashion exhibits.

Ealing Riding School Week 30
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Ealing Riding School

A friendly local riding school offering beginner pony rides and lessons right in the suburbs.

Brompton Cemetery Walk Week 31
Low ☀️ Outdoor

Brompton Cemetery Walk

One of London's "Magnificent Seven" historic cemeteries, famously featuring names that Beatrix Potter borrowed for her characters.

Wormwood Scrubs Kite Flying Week 32
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Wormwood Scrubs Kite Flying

A massive 200-acre open common, perfect for completely unstructured play, frisbee, or flying kites.

Clip 'n Climb Chelsea Week 33
High 🏠 Indoor

Clip 'n Climb Chelsea

A colourful, theme-park style indoor climbing arena using auto-belays so you don't need any experience.

Bramley's Big Adventure Week 34
High 🏠 Indoor

Bramley's Big Adventure

A giant, multi-level indoor soft play centre featuring slides, ball pits, and climbing nets.

National Army Museum Week 35
Low 🏠 Indoor

National Army Museum

An incredibly engaging, modern museum exploring the history of the British Army with great interactive exhibits.

Hampton Court Palace & Magic Garden Week 36
High ☀️ Outdoor

Hampton Court Palace & Magic Garden

Henry VIII's spectacular palace featuring the famous maze and the incredible dragon-themed Magic Garden playground.

Craven Cottage Stadium Tour Week 38
Low 🏠 Indoor

Craven Cottage Stadium Tour

A behind-the-scenes tour of Fulham FC, one of the oldest and most characterful football stadiums in London.

High Street Kensington Farmers Market Week 39
Low ☀️ Outdoor

High Street Kensington Farmers Market

A vibrant Sunday morning market off the high street offering fresh bakes, giant cheese wheels, and street food.

Science Museum Wonderlab Week 40
High 🏠 Indoor

Science Museum Wonderlab

The most interactive science gallery in London, featuring friction slides and indoor lightning strikes.

Natural History Museum Week 41
Low 🏠 Indoor

Natural History Museum

Dinosaur skeletons, the blue whale, and the earthquake simulator. A must-do London staple.

Design Museum Workshops Week 42
Medium 🏠 Indoor

Design Museum Workshops

Explore the tech and design behind everyday objects, often featuring hands-on family maker events.

Stamford Bridge Stadium Tour Week 43
Low 🏠 Indoor

Stamford Bridge Stadium Tour

Go behind the scenes at Chelsea FC, including the dressing rooms, press room, and pitch-side dugouts.

Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway Week 44
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Kew Gardens Treetop Walkway

A physical climb to walk 18m above the ground through the tree canopy for a unique forest perspective.

Queens Skate Dine Bowl Week 45
High 🏠 Indoor

Queens Skate Dine Bowl

A neon-lit venue combining ice skating, bowling, and retro arcade games in a high-energy setting.

KidZania London Week 46
High 🏠 Indoor

KidZania London

A mini-city where kids take on jobs, pilot, radio DJ, and more, to earn money. Perfect for curious kids.

Kyoto Garden in Holland Park Week 47
Low ☀️ Outdoor

Kyoto Garden in Holland Park

A peaceful Japanese garden with waterfalls and peacocks, a perfect breather between higher energy days.

London Transport Museum Depot Week 49
Low 🏠 Indoor

London Transport Museum Depot

A massive warehouse containing over 320,000 items, including vintage tubes and buses. A tech treasure trove.

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Week 50
Low 🌤️ Flexible

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

Contemporary art and architecture in a historic manor, with plenty of room to run in the adjoining park.

Richmond Park Cycle & Deer Hunt Week 51
Medium ☀️ Outdoor

Richmond Park Cycle & Deer Hunt

Cycle through London's largest Royal Park to spot herds of wild red and fallow deer.

Oxygen Freejumping Acton Week 52
High 🏠 Indoor

Oxygen Freejumping Acton

Huge trampoline park featuring obstacle courses, dodgeball, and airbag jumps for a final energy burn.

4+ years 5+ years 6+ years 8+ years 9+ years 10+ years
← All West London Activities