Days Out in Lincolnshire

15/06/2025

Dad’s go free at Hardy’s Animal Farm today!

Come rain 🌧 or shine 🌞 you'll be sure to have a great family day out this Dad's Go Free weekend.

Download your voucher online or just turn up. There is great fun to be had for the whole family. See you soon.

https://hardysanimalfarm.co.uk/event/dads-go-free-weekend-june-2025/

23/05/2025

This is happening in Cleethorpes on Bank Holiday Monday

📍 Suggested Our Future Starts Here day out 1: Start at the Boating Lake!

🌞 Want to see the most amazing shows without the stress? We’ve got your perfect Bank Holiday Monday route planned! Start at Boating Lake Paddock and follow this timeline to catch Bamboo, Life’s a Beach, and Everywhere’s a Beach — all in one day!

📅 Here’s your plan:

🕦 11:30–12:15 – BAMBOO by NoFit State Circus
Jaw-dropping acrobatics on a living bamboo sculpture 🎪🌿

🕧 12:20–1:50 – Right to Play by Pif-Paf Theatre
Let the kids build their own adventure playground while you kick back with a picnic! 🛠️🧺

🚶‍♂️Take a scenic stroll (~15 mins) to Kingsway Kiosk…

🕝 2:30 – Life’s a Beach by Joli Vyann
A playful acrobatic show about seaside life 🌊

🕒 3:15 – Everywhere’s a Beach by Hikapee
Circus on a spinning parasol? Yes, please! 🎪☂️

🌈 Bonus: Just enough time to enjoy the Beach of Dreams flags nearby!

💸 All events are FREE and family-friendly. Plan your perfect day, pack a picnic, and make some memories!

23/05/2025

🌼 Half-Term at Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens 🌼
A week of garden adventures, blooming roses, and time-traveling fun awaits.

🦋 Nature Bingo Trail
Pick up a sheet from the welcome shed or tea-room and spot butterflies, bugs, and more.
🕙 10am - 4pm, £2 per trail, ages 3 - 14
🎟 Normal admission applies. No booking needed

🌹 Rose Week (24 May – 1 June)
Gunby’s gardens are bursting with colour and scent in celebration of rose season.
🐾 Dogs on leads welcome. Picnics encouraged
🎟 Normal admission applies. No booking needed

🎩 Bank Holiday Bonanza
Two themed days. One unforgettable weekend.

🕰 Steampunk Sunday (25 May)
Meet the Skegness & East Coast Steampunk crew.
⚔ Parasol Duelling: 11am. Cane Duelling - 2pm
🎪 20+ Makers Market stalls
📸 Costumes and photo ops

👑 Regency Monday (26 May)
Step into Jane Austen’s world with the Lincolnshire Regency Society.
💃 Dance, theatre and lawn games.
🧺 Bring a picnic
🕙 Highlights:
• 10:50 – Welcome from Sir Mostyn
• 11.10 and 2pm – Dance performances
• 2:50 – Character promenade

🎟 Free for National Trust members and under 5s | Normal admission applies

23/05/2025

This Saturday - paddling pools are back for the summer! 🌞

The always popular pools at Queens Park (Mablethorpe - LN12 2XA), The Fairy Dell (Skegness - PE25 3HW) and the new and improved Maple Leaf (Sutton on Sea - LN12 2ET) will be open from this Saturday, 24 May, for Spring Bank Holiday, remaining open until the end of September.

They are available for you to enjoy for free every day during the summer between 10am and 6pm, with no need to book! 🌊

19/05/2025

South Ormsby Estate in the Lincolnshire Wolds are offering free tours - follow the link for booking information

19/05/2025

19/05/2025

The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust have some great events over the half-term week

Just one more week of this half-term... If you're looking forward to getting out and about in the break, or over the bank holiday weekend, we have a host of family-friendly activities taking place - many of them free!

From open days on our nature reserves to sea dipping and pond dipping, nature crafts, trails and challenges, find out what's happening near you at lincstrust.org.uk/events

16/05/2025

We’ll be at Gunby Hall tomorrow with some of our herd as part of the Love Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival Activity Day from 10am!
It’s free entry, no need to book, family-friendly and dogs on leads welcome … plus the sun will be shining!
Hope to see lots of you there 😊

10/05/2025

Just one day to go!!!

Who's coming to our fabulous Festival of Fun tomorrow?

Saturday, May 10th, 2025 - 10AM to 4PM

We've even booked the sunny weather!

Fun and games, with tombolas, hook a duck, coconut shy, and lots more

Booky Dip - have a blind date with a book! Bargain price, and books for children and adults alike!

Plant Sale - Shrubs, exotics, veg and greenhouse plants, and lots more - plenty to tempt garden lovers!

Makers Zone - A selection of local crafters and artisan food producers

May the Fae Face Painter - FREE professional face painting for all!

Lincolnshire Guild of Spinners & Weavers - learn about the journey from fleece to fibre, and watch the mesmerising craft of spinning wool - and say hello to some Lincoln Longwool sheep!

- the Misfits will be entertaining you throughout the day with awesome stilt walking, BUBBLEOLOGY and comedy juggling!

Refresh South & East Lincolnshire Flags Project - this awesome arts project will be in the park gardens - giant flags form a 'gallery' depicting the thoughts and beliefs of local children aged 8-18.

Of course, our magical, magnificent Pub in the Park will be open all day to tempt you!

Come along and support Jubilee Park and a host of other local charities, as we raise vital funds to help us provide vital services to our local community.

10/05/2025

🌸 Visitors are cordially invited to Regency & Roses at Gunby – and not forgetting Steampunk Sunday.
Gunby Estate, Hall and Gardens invites visitors to a Bridgerton-worthy weekend celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen, with a delightful blend of Regency elegance and steampunk spectacle.

🌹 Steampunk Sunday – Sunday 25 May
The Skegness & East Coast Steampunk Group will bring imaginative flair to the gardens.
🕚 11am - 12pm – Parasol duelling
🕑 2pm - 3pm – Cane Duelling
🎩 Costumed characters will be promenading for photos and conversation throughout the day.

🌿 Regency Monday - 26 May
The Lincolnshire Regency Society brings Austen’s era to life.
👋 10.50am - Welcome by Sir Mostyn
💃 11.10am and 2 pm – Dance performances
🚶‍♀️ 3 pm - 4 pm – Regency promenade

🧺 Families are encouraged to bring a picnic, enjoy traditional lawn games, and soak up the rose-filled atmosphere in Gunby’s beautiful gardens.

18/02/2025

31/08/2023

It's nearly the end of the summer holidays, but there's still time to enjoy some late sunshine!

What are your favourite places to take the kids before they head back to school?