Top family activities of a budget in the West Midlands
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Llewela Bailey looks at the best family days out
Birmingham
Ikon Gallery
Free admission
www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Birmingham Back to Backs
Family ticket £12.25
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Thinktank
Family ticket £28
www.thinktank.ac
Canon Hill Park
Free admission
www.birmingham.gov.uk/cannonhillpark.bcc
Black Country
Walsall Leather Museum
Free admission
www.walsall.gov.uk/leathermuseum
Sandwell Valley Country Park, incorporating Sandwell Park Farm & Forge Mill Farm
Free admission to Sandwell Valley Country Park and Forge Mill Farm
Sandwell Park Farm: Family ticket £2.00-£4.50
www.sandwell.gov.uk
The New Art Gallery Walsall
Free admission
www.artatwalsall.org.uk
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Free admission
www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
COVENTRY
Coventry Transport Museum
Free admission
www.transport-museum.com
Coventry Cathedral
Cathedral: Free admission
St Michael’s Tower: Adult £2.50, Child £1.00
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk
Herbert Museum & Art gallery
Free admission
www.theherbert.org
HEREFORDSHIRE
The Amazing Hedge Puzzle & Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo
Joint family ticket £20
www.mazes.co.uk
www.butterflyzoo.co.uk
The Old House, Hereford
Free admission
www.herefordshire.gov.uk
Symonds Yat – canoeing and picnic
Prices start at £9 per hour for a 2 person canoe
www.canoehire.com
Westons Cider
Traditional and Rare Breeds Farm Park and Orchard Walk: Adult £3.00, Child £2.00
Shire horse dray rides: Adult £2.50, Child £1.50
Children’s play area: Free
Guided tour family ticket £13.00
www.westons-cider.co.uk
Shakespeare Country
Rowing on the River Avon
Adult £4.00 per hour
Child £3.00 per hour
www.avon-boating.co.uk
Stratford Bike Hire
Adult Tourer half day £7.00
Child half day £5.00
www.stratfordbikehire.com
Stratford–Upon-Avon Butterfly Farm
Family ticket £16.00
www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
Summer Space at Compton Verney
Family ticket £17.60
www.comptonverney.org.uk
Shropshire
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Free admission
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford
Rays Farm Country Matters, near Bridgnorth
Family ticket £21.00
www.raysfarm.com
Hoo Farm, near Telford
Family ticket £25.00
www.hoofarm.com
Ludlow Castle
Family ticket £12.50
www.ludlowcastle.com
Staffordshire
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Free admission
www.stoke.gov.uk/museums
Trentham Monkey Forest
Adult £ 6.00
Child £ 4.50
www.monkey-forest.com
Cycling in the Manifold Valley
Hire bikes from Brown End Farm Cycle Hire or Manifold Valley Cycle Hire.
www.enjoystaffordshire.co.uk
Tittesworth lakeside walk
Free admission
www.stwater.co.uk
Worcestershire
Arrow Valley Country Park
Free admission
www.redditchbc.gov.uk
Severn Valley Railway
Adult £4.00 - £13.00
Child £2.00 - £6.50
www.svr.co.uk
Worcester Woods Country Park
www.worcestershire.whub.org.uk
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