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FREE - Family Learning Workshops (Opens in New Window)

Tuesday 25 May
Art & Craft: Weaving age 5+,10am to noon (MM299PMC)
Maths: Fun with Numbers age 6 - 9, 10am to noon (MM299PTC)
Science: Volcanoes age 5+,1 to 3pm (MM299PKC)
Wednesday 27 May
Engineering: Journeys on Earth and Beyond age 5+, 10am to noon (MM399PVC)
Maths: Fun with Numbers age 6 - 9, 1 to 3pm (MM399PUC)
Art: Paint Like Picasso age 5+, 1 to 3pm (MM399PXC)
Thursday 28 May
Recycling: Looking After the Environment age 5+, 10am to noon (MM499PWC)
Art: Water Life age 5+, 10am to noon (MM499PNC)
Science: Fun with Light and Bubbles age 5+, 1 to 3pm (MM499PLC)
Art: Bugs and Butterflies age 5+, 1 to 3pm (MM499PPC)
Friday 29 May
Art & Craft: Nature Collage, age 5+, 10am to Noon (MM599PRC)
Art: Bugs and Butterflies age 5+, 10am to Noon (MM599PQC)
History: Local Elections and Democracy, age 8 - 14, 1 to 3pm (MM599PSC)
Art: Water Life age 5+, 1 to 3pm (MM599POC)
All workshops are free and require advanced booking: To book, call 020 8583 6000 quoting the codes next to the times. Sessions are for adults and children to work together. You will need to supervise your children at all times.
Venue: Meadowbank, Adult Education Centre, Community Close, Bath Road, Cranford, TW5 9QX

Holiday Club @ Christ Church W4

Reception to Year 6
A fun holiday club with lots of games and activities
Cost: £15 per child for 3 days from 9am to 1pm
Christ Church W4, Town Hall Avenue, Chiswick, W4 5DT

Gunnersbury Park (Opens in New Window)

May Play Days
Age: 4 and up
Join us for a playful adventure through the last 100 years of toys and games! We’ll be taking all the family friendly fun of our centenary fete right through May Half Term. Play games, make crafts to take home, and learn more about the history of the park.
Cost: £3 per child, no booking required
Gunnersbury Park's 100th Birthday Party (May 25th only)
Age: All ages
It’s our 100th birthday! Join us for a massive party and celebrate the best that Gunnersbury has to offer. Listen to live music from the 1920s, join in a tour of the park or Museum, stroll through our community market. We’ll have crafts for kids and traditional games and activities to try. Finally, make sure you bring a picnic to sit on our giant community picnic blanket!
Cost: Free
Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, Ealing, W5 4NH
Contact: 020 3961 0280

Hogarth Youth Club for ages 8 to 21 years

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For children and young people aged 8 to 13 years and 13 years and over.
Cost: £1.50
Hogarth Youth and Community Centre, Duke Road, Chiswick, W4 2JR.
Contact Denny, Youth Officer on 07579 042910 for more information

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Half term newsletter and activities (Opens in New Window)

Short Breaks for children with a disability

Free - Gardening Together (Opens in New Window)

Wednesday 27 May 2026 at 1.30pm
Building habitat stacks and making dead hedges in the wilderness, to sowing seeds for our maize maze in the Kitchen Garden, our Gardening Together session.

Bedfont Lakes Country Park

Offering a wide range of sessions during the half term, such as:
Wildlife Explorers - Bug Hunting and designing your own bug.
Animal Handling - Meet, greet, and learn about some of our rescue centre animals.
Fancy Dress in the Forest - Fairy potions, building a shelter and storytelling.
Bush Skills – Shelter building and learning safely how Shelter building and learning safely how to build a fire.
Prices Vary - All bookings through countryside@hounslow.gov.uk

Osterley Park and House. (Opens in New Window)

Craft Cart - May 28 - Activities include colouring, cutting and sticking to produce a variety of art and craft creations, themed to coincide with the Osterley Events timetable. The session runs from 12-3pm, and all activities are free.

Boston Manor Park

May half term Art in the park holiday Club with Tash, (6-14 year olds), 26, 27 & 28 May, 10.00-12.30pm, Hub: for children who love to craft or do arty activities, this will be the perfect way to spend a morning with different indoors and outdoors activities each day- mosaic making, clay creature modelling, nature photography with macro lens, tree cookie and stone painting, botanical doodling, elder wand creating and decorating, macrame bracelets weaving and more! £15pp. Booking via Eventbrite. Places limited.

Discounted Family Days Out

Find out more about discounted days and the many museums in and around Hounslow.

Calling All Mini Multi-sporters and Creative Kiddos! (Opens in New Window)

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Come and try our multisport camp for girls and boys aged 3 - 12 years. Raining? No worries, we’ve got indoor fun too!  Tiny campers under 5 are welcome for half-day adventures (up to 4 hours). Chiswick House and Gardens, Cricket Pavilion (Staveley Road, Chiswick, W4 3ES)

London Kayaking School - Brentford (Opens in New Window)

Holiday Activity camps for children aged 10 years and over.

Capybara Discovery Week at Hobbledown (Opens in New Window)

Discover adventure play areas, indoor and outdoor attractions, friendly animals and exciting experiences for children of all ages

Parks and open spaces (Opens in New Window)

Places to explore, play, or simply sit!

Gala Weekend (Opens in New Window)

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Snakey Lane, TW13 6XH. 30 and 31 May. (Advanced Booking strongly recommended)
£4 for children (under 3s free) and £9 adults unlimited rides on 1903 steam locomotive ‘Darent’. Fantastic model railway layouts on display, as well as the miniature sit-on train for little ones – and it’s FREE

Virgin Active Holiday Camps (Opens in New Window)

Available for members and non-members who are in school year 1 aged 5+.

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The activities are listed for your convenience. Please ensure that they are appropriate and safe before participating. The London Borough of Hounslow does not endorse or approve any of the activities listed. Keeping children safe away from home | NSPCC gives advice and tips on keeping your child safe.
Using after-school clubs, tuition, and community activities | GOV.UK. Guidance on what providers should be doing to provide a safe space for children.