Autumn family days out and adventures

Days out and Adventrues

Solihull Parents’ Network have created a tremendous newsletter, to share all the great family fun and activities happening in and round Solihull and Birmingham, available this October half term. 

Below you will find a wide variety of days out and adventures that you and your littles ones can enjoy! 

Events & Activities and Stay up to Date

Do you want to be even more adventurous with ghost walks, castles, bushcraft and more?

Find the Days Out blog below with even more fun for you!

To stay up to date with the Solihull Parents’ Newtork, sign up to their network and newsletter! It is jam-packed with events and activities. It’s free and will also keep you up to date with regular ebulletins throughout the year, with information about all the events and activities taking place. 

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford Town Walk

Please note:
For both the Stratford Town Walk and Stratford Ghost Walk fee includes exclusive discounts at selected shops, restaurants, pubs, coffee shops and attractions

Award-winning daily guided walking tour around historic Stratford upon Avon to discover Stratford, its history, attractions and fascinating relationship with William Shakespeare. ‘It’s like walking through the pages of history’ A ‘must do’. Walk in Shakespeare’s footsteps through the ancient town, passing Shakespeare’s Birthplace, New Place, Hall’s Croft, Harvard House, the Royal Shakespeare Theatres, River Avon, a range of architectural gems, the Guild Chapel, Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall and Holy Trinity Church. Hear fascinating stories of fire, flood, plague, medieval medical cures, old fashioned sayings and history, wrapped up in a little Shakespeare. Discover favourite tea houses, pubs, shops and restaurants. Don’t forget your camera.

Walk takes approximately 2 hours

Tickets must be pre-booked via website

AGE:

All ages

DATES

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Saturday

Christmas Day

TIMES

11.00AM (S, M, T, W, T, F,)

11.00AM and 2.00PM (Saturday)

10.30AM

COST

FREE

Under 8 years old

£5

Per child (8 – 15 Years old)

£10

Per Adult

CONTACT

07855 760377

Stratford Ghost Walk

Please note:
For both the Stratford Town Walk and Stratford Ghost Walk fee includes exclusive discounts at selected shops, restaurants, pubs, coffee shops and attractions

Tickets must be pre-booked via website

Award-winning evening Ghost Walk in Stratford upon Avon. Walk around the ’haunted’ streets to discover the ancient creaky buildings seeping with sinister stories of ghosts, witches, murder and misery. The costumed guides are professional entertainers and deliver the tour in their own unique style.  

AGE:

8 Years old + (not suitable for under 8’s)

DATES

Every Saturday

Tuesday 31st October
Halloween Ghost Walk

TIMES

7.30PM

COST

£5

Per child (8 – 15 Years old)

£10

Per Adult

CONTACT

07855 760377

Solihull

Solihull Spooktacular 2023

Solihull Town Centre Mell Square, Solihull 

Halloween Spooktacular event in the town centre!

  • Roaming street entertainment
  • Ghostbusters characters and the Ghostbusters car
  • Day of the Dead gliding characters and Pumpkin stilt walkers
  • Zombie dancers and free face painters
  • Free VIP Kids Club and a Freddie Frankenstein keyring
  • Halloween Parade around the town centre at 3.30pm
  • Children’s Halloween Spooky Disco in Mell Square starting from 1pm
  • Halloween Trail during half term
  • Ten town centre businesses participating in the trail
  • Collect special Halloween stickers from each venue
  • Complete your sticker collection and bring the scene to life
  • Enter the competition to win a £200 gift card to spend at Toys ‘R’ Us inside WH Smiths
  • Halloween booklets available at the Touchwood Information Desk and at the event on Saturday 28th

AGE:

All ages

DATES

Halloween Event
Saturday 28th October

Halloween Trail
Saturday 28th October to
Sunday 5th November

TIMES

12.00PM Onwards (Event & Trail)

COST

FREE

CONTACT

All information available via website

Solihull Roundtable Fireworks 2023

Tudor Grange, Park, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3LU

CARERS GO FOR FREE

Illuminate Your Night with Solihull Roundtable’s Firework
  • Display at Tudor Grange Park! 
  • Dive into a world where the skies burst with colours and joy fills the air on November 4th at Solihull’s most spectacular Firework Display! 
  •  Don’t miss out on the special price before it rockets up!
  •  Ignite Your Excitement with: 
    A mesmerising Professional Fireworks Display 
    A colossal, cozy Bonfire 
    An exhilarating Funfair 
    A plethora of vendors offering delectable Hot Food & Beverages 
Feel the warmth in your heart knowing every penny of profit goes straight to local charities and good causes!

AGE:

All ages

DATES

Saturday 4th November

TIMES

4.30PM – 9.00PM

COST

£2

3 – 12 years old
Arrive before 6.00PM

£2.50

3 – 12 years old
Arrive after 6.00PM

FREE

CARER TICKET

Arrive before or After 6.00PM
Carer ID required

£10

Standard Ticket
Arrive before 6.00PM

£12

Standard Ticket
Arrive after 6.00PM

£60

Exclusive Round Table VIP Ticket
Needed for all ages (expect children under 12) 1 free child per ticket – Includes food, free bar, heated VIP tent and private viewing area

Kenilwroth Castle and Gardens

Castle Green, Off Castle Rd, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1NE

Halloween Half Term

Grab your broomsticks and get ready for a bewitchingly brilliant day out. Follow the quest to solve creepy clues and gather round to listen to spooky stories.

AGE:

All families

DATES

Friday 27th October to
Friday 3rd November

TIMES

10.00AM – 4.00PM

COST

Book online (Save 10%)

Ghost Tales at Kenilworth Castle

Experience Kenilworth Castle after dark this Halloween. Join our historic storytellers on a journey through the past with tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history. 

Over 16s only and don’t forget to bring a torch – things are going to get dark…

AGE:

16 Years old + 

DATES

Friday 27th October
Saturday 28th October
Tuesday 31st October

TIMES

6.00PM
6.30PM
7.00PM
7.30PM
8.00PM
8.30PM

COST

Please see website

West Midlands Safari Park

Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF

Spooky Spectacular

The Park will be brimming with Halloween decorations and hundreds of pumpkins in the impressive Pumpkin Patch. The excitable pumpkin-scarecrow character, ‘Patch’, will be returning to greet guests and have his picture taken with them! 

There will also be the introduction of a new character; Mitzy Monster, who will be hosting a brand-new show in half term only (from 28th October)! Mitzy and Patch will be joined by their creators – the silly scientists, who will also be entertaining guests throughout the day.

Spooky explorers will also need to help locate the missing potion ingredients in the free Spooky Trail, to win a delicious treat!  

AGE:

All ages

DATES

Saturday 21st October to
Sunday 5th November