| Emberton Country Park is a taste of the country, just a short walk or ride from Olney. You can take several circular walks & rides from here to neighbouring villages. (O.S Landranger map for Northampton & Milton Keynes (sheet 152) covers the area. See full details... Located 1 miles from Olney |
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| Lavendon Narrow Guage Railway raises money for charity with its Santa Special Train Rides. See full details... Located 3 miles from Olney |
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| Experience the 'Tree Top Walk' - a wooden platform that takes you above Salcey Forest. For children the fallen down trees & playarea are engaging and there are plenty of trails. See full details... Located 5 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: half day |
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| Test out your courage on this adventure ropes course and its series of challenging obstacles. See full details... Located 8 miles from Olney |
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| Once called the Eco Park, Gulliver's Dinosaur & Farm Park aims to teach childen about the world in which dinosaurs roamed and also how farms provide our food and veg. See full details... Located 9 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Theme Park catering for 2-13 year olds which has rides, attractions and shows. See full details... Located 9 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: All day |
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| Ice Skating rink in Milton keynes offering lessons and public skating. See full details... Located 9 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| The exciting Northamptonshire track is best known for drag racing, but hosts over 50 events a year. See full details... Located 9 miles from Olney |
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| Xscape at Milton Keynes has real snow - just indoors! Try skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing and ice sliding.
See full details... Located 9 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| A free water park on the Embankment in Wellingborough and great for children of all ages to play on a hot day. Imagine the garden hose on a bigger scale!
See full details... Located 10 miles from Olney |
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| Country Park with rope course, sandpit, narrow guage railway museum and shop. See full details... Located 10 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| Adventure play and imaginative play areas at what was once 'Gambardos', complete with carousel. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half-day~Day |
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| One of the largest Bird of Prey centres in the UK, there are bird displays and chances to get up close to the birds. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| Lazer game (incorporating Hullabaloo). See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| Water slides, a 'tide' washing up to the beach pool, a rapids area that goes from the inside to the outside - this is a really fun place for children to experience
the water. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
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| A fun and educational trip to the farm, with the chance to see many animals. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Stoke Bruerne is a lovely place to watch canal boats navigate a flight of locks, walk, cycle or visit the National Waterways Museum. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| The trust manages the huge number of parks in MK and offers a great range of guided walks, special events and family theme day. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
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| Animals, tractor rides, sandpit and playareas! See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Known locally as Activityland this children's play area has a 25 foot climbing wall, giant slides and outdoor 'driving', plus panning for gold and more adventure equipment. See full details... Located 11 miles from Olney |
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| If you feel like trying something different why not take to the water in Bedford. See full details... Located 12 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| The once secretive war time code breaking site now offers a unique day out. Some of the brightest and best codebreakers were based here to decode the riddle of Nazi radio messages.
See full details... Located 13 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Surrounded by lovely countryside and lots of wildlife and with a massive outdoor adventure playground for children. See full details... Located 13 miles from Olney |
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| Formerly the Bedford Butterfly park there's still plenty to see in the butterfly house, as well as animals to pet, a playarea and hedgehog trail. See full details... Located 13 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: All day |
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| A chance to go 'on safari': experience lions, tigers, monkeys and bears close-up from your car in drive-through animal enclosures. And on foot you can get up close to wallabies, squirrel monkeys and exotic birds in this interactive park. See full details... Located 14 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| One of the largest areas of woodland in Bedfordshire - a very popular place for off-road cycling, walking and horse riding with miles upon miles of bridleways as well as great views. See full details... Located 14.5 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| Swing through the trees and test your nerve inside Woburn Safari Park (you can go and see how the monkeys do it afterwards). See full details... Located 15 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: 3 hours approx |
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| Millenium Country Park has a Forest Centre & 600 acres with traffic free trails to cycle or walk. There's been massive tree planting to create a new forest for this Century; the trees are young but growing!
See full details... Located 16 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day-Day |
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| See historic aeroplanes spanning 100 years of flight, with 50 historic aeroplanes.
See full details... Located 16 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| The Stables Equestrian Centre has 34 horses and ponies available for riding lessons and cross-country.
See full details... Located 16 miles from Olney |
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| Magnificent Woburn Abbey, featured in the BBC television series, showcases antiques, fine furnishings and works of art by Gainsborough, Van Dyck and Canaletto.
See full details... Located 16 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half-All Day |
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| Travel into another age! With its sharp curves, its steep gradients, level crossings and unique roadside running, the Leighton Buzzard Railway takes you back to the time of steam. See full details... Located 17 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half-Full Day |
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| Offers courses that are "Pay and Play", with either 9 or 18 holes that can be played free of membership fees.
See full details... Located 17 miles from Olney |
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| A theme park in a country park, with rides, playareas, walks & fishing. See full details... Located 17 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: All day |
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| This is a country Park offering some different experiences: from the sensory garden to the sculpture trail. You can try yourself out as the human sunclock or tackle the mini turf maze.
See full details... Located 17.5 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Half Day |
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| The last resting place of Diana Princess of Wales, where the exhibition Diana:A celebration is housed. Includes her famous bridal gown, childhood letters and accounts of her charity work. See full details... Located 19 miles from Olney |
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| Silverstone offers plenty of activities - from Formula 1 to the supercar showdown. Entry for under 15's free* See full details... Located 20 miles from Olney |
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| From a huge indoor activity centre to rabbit cuddling, this offers children a varied day out. See full details... Located 23 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: all day |
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| A fascinating attraction with a good range of events, including family events. See full details... Located 27 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Set in 600 acres of rolling Chiltern Hills, the zoo is a place to observe animals in what it hopes is as close to the natural habitats as possible. ZSL carries out much conservation work for endangered species. See full details... Located 27 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: 1 day |
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| Explore the House, gardens, dinosaur trail and playground - a Stately home with lots for children. See full details... Located 28 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: All day |
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| The Centre is a working museum where you can stroll among some giants of the steam age. A hit with Thomas the Tank Engine fans on special "Days out with Thomas". See full details... Located 29 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: All day |
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| Animal Farm & & Leisure Park with an old fashioned fun-fair. See full details... Located 30 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| A whole range of animals with indoor and outdoor play areas. See full details... Located 32 miles from Olney |
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| The world's oldest model village! This is a 1930s timewarp...six little villages in a 1.5 acre miniature landscape. Has to be seen to be believed.
See full details... Located 48 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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| Imperial War Museum Duxford is Europe's leading aviation museum, with its displays of military and civil aircraft spread over a large area.
See full details... Located 49 miles from Olney |
Visit takes: Day |
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