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Glasgow With Kids

FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, INSPIRATION FOR DAYS OUT & LOTS OF FUN

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Reidvale Adventure Play Area (RAPA)

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019Leave a Comment on Reidvale Adventure Play Area (RAPA)

Reidvale Adventure Play Area is a really wonderful wee community driven place right in the heart of Dennistoun. There’s so much for kids to do and loads of space for them to just play and be kids.

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Glasgow’s Best Low Cost Family Activities: The Indoor Edit

February 19, 2019May 19, 20203 Comments on Glasgow’s Best Low Cost Family Activities: The Indoor Edit

Glasgow has loads of indoor places and activities that are either completely free to visit, or pretty low cost. Here’s a list of some of our favourites we’ve visited in the past 5 years!

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Briarlands Farm

November 29, 2018March 6, 2019Leave a Comment on Briarlands Farm

Briarlands Farm is a great place for a run around, for jumping and climbing, for letting off some steam and for meeting cute animals. The tearoom at Briarlands is lovely too (their giant custard creams are absolutely amazing). It has a wee indoor play area with lots of toys where the kids can play while you finish your cuppa! It’s also reasonably priced for entry.

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Dumfries House

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018Leave a Comment on Dumfries House

Dumfries House is set in beautiful grounds. There are lots of bits to entertain kids and their Engineering Playpark (a water play area) is absolutely fantastic. We all had a blast!

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Our Favourite Playparks in Glasgow

July 5, 2017January 22, 2021Leave a Comment on Our Favourite Playparks in Glasgow

The little lady loves a good playpark. I’m a fan too – outdoors, free, energy burning – perfect activity! So I thought I’d share our favourite playparks in Glasgow (or pretty nearby).

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PlayGym Gymnastics for Pre-schoolers

March 5, 2017March 17, 2017Leave a Comment on PlayGym Gymnastics for Pre-schoolers

Running, bouncing, climbing, swinging, rolling, jumping… PlayGym is probably our most looked forward to activity of the week. We love it!

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Free Wheel North

February 23, 2017August 21, 2019Leave a Comment on Free Wheel North

We made the most of the dry weather yesterday & headed to Free Wheel North at Glasgow Green for a shot of the balance bikes…

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Sand Pit Play in Condorrat

February 3, 2017February 19, 2018Leave a Comment on Sand Pit Play in Condorrat

We went along to the indoor sand pit at Craigend Nursery & Coffee Shop in Condorrat last week. Great fun & lovely cafe!

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The new playpark at Calderglen

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016Leave a Comment on The new playpark at Calderglen

We’ve been along to the new playpark at Calderglen Country Park a few times since it opened. It’s great for younger and older kids, and the little lady LOVES it!

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Cuningar Loop

October 10, 2015August 17, 2016Leave a Comment on Cuningar Loop

We went east today, to see and have a wander around Cuningar Loop, a new Forestry Commission park over in Rutherglen. It’s now officially open (since spring 2016). The Lowdown The project is a Commonwealth Wood, part of the 2014 games legacy. It is…

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Birthday party at The Messy Place

September 21, 2015September 22, 2015Leave a Comment on Birthday party at The Messy Place

We had a little party in The Messy Place in Bishopbriggs for the little lady’s second birthday. We decided to have it in The Messy place for a number of reasons. The main one though is that I wanted to have…

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The Beach at Riverside

July 15, 2015August 17, 2015Leave a Comment on The Beach at Riverside

We’re at the beach today! Not in the usual sense though. We’re in a giant sandpit (aka the Beach at Riverside) and it’s really nice. It’s been here for a few summers now. But I’ve never been before, so I was…

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There are so many benefits!

April 21, 2015June 9, 2015Leave a Comment on There are so many benefits!

“Children who play outside develop better language skills, are fitter, and have fewer behavioural problems”. Best make the most of the Scottish summer while it lasts…

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Sporty Kidz Thornliebank

March 25, 2015April 28, 2016Leave a Comment on Sporty Kidz Thornliebank

We met a friend at Sporty Kidz soft play over in the South Side the other day. Having been to the one in Maryhill (and thinking it was great) I thought that the Spiersbridge Rd Sporty Kids would be much…

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The Glasgow Science Centre

February 26, 2015April 28, 2016Leave a Comment on The Glasgow Science Centre

We took our first (long awaited, in my case) trip to the Science Centre at the weekend. Full disclosure: I worked there when I was a student, and I loved it, and I’m also a tiny bit of a science…

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Science Here We Come!

February 24, 2015June 12, 2015Leave a Comment on Science Here We Come!

I was so excited to cash in our vouchers for our science passports at the weekend; a very thoughtful Christmas gift from my family. Our science passports mean we can visit the Science Centre for a year at anytime, for…

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Toddler Sense in Knightswood

January 18, 2015August 8, 2015Leave a Comment on Toddler Sense in Knightswood

So we tried out Toddler Sense Knightswood yesterday. We used to go to Baby Sensory regularly, and my little lady loved it. But then I went back to work, she went to nursery and we haven’t had the chance to…

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Adventure Planet

December 31, 2014April 28, 2016Leave a Comment on Adventure Planet

We met up with some family in Adventure Planet soft play this morning, in Cumbernauld. (Soft play is a surprisingly good way to do Christmas visits when you’ve all got kids!) The play area The toddler area is a nice mini…

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Baby Sensory

May 6, 2014August 8, 2015Leave a Comment on Baby Sensory

It’s the little lady’s favourite today: Baby Sensory. And it’s French week! (Pity her head is too gigantic for that little red beret her auntie brought back from France…) Each week has a different theme. We’ve had messy week, pirate week, cowboy…

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Garscube Community Playrooms

April 25, 2014April 28, 2016Leave a Comment on Garscube Community Playrooms

What a fantastic facility! We tried the Playrooms out for the first time yesterday and my little lady LOVED it. There are 3 rooms: the first has lots of tables for lunching, drawing, playing with dinosaurs amongst oh so many…

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