What's on for Summer 2024

What have we been up to recently? Have we a new family recipe we've loved we want to share? Do we want to highlight a particular area of Hertford? From National Make a friend day to pizza dough recipes you can find it here. We are specialist days out bloggers and when it comes to days out with the kids locally we aim to give you the lowdown. So do head over to our tried and tested pages too.

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Published: 6th July 2024

Ready for some summer activities and events in Hertford (and beyond)?

The good news is that as always we are in your corner and on your side when it comes to occupying your children this summer.

Specific dated events

This are able to be found on our whats on pages.

Budget friendly options

Times are tough for many this year and so we've made finding free and budget friendly options a top priority.

There are several totally free events and activities in Hertford Town this summer which you may like to add to your diaries.

The Summer holidays kick off with the fantastic free annual event Teddy Bears Picnic at Hertford Castle on 21st July. Details here.

And Hertford play day also returns to the town centre on the 7th August with child friendly activities games and more which are mostly FREE.
Theres also Rock at the castle on the 4th August with music, face painting and fun activities the order of the day.
The open air cinema is also back at the castle this summer with tickets from just £6.
Of course theres also this years summer reading challenge to sign up for as a fantastic free activity all the family can get involved in.
The local museums such as Hertford Museum, Ware Museum and Lowewood Museum are also fantastic resources for a fun activity over the summer with free entry, free trails and more to discover.
Hertford museum also has drop in crafts on set tuesday-thursday throughout the summer for a small additional fee details here.
Ware Museum have a family Archaeology day which is Free on the 20th July.
My Petpals FREE Workshops at Pets at Home Hertford.
Rhyme time at Hertford Castle is running on selected mondays and is FREE.
Cedars Nature Centre once again is running their 6 weeks of Cedars where entry to their small zoo and all their summer activities are just £2.40 per person with a whole schedule of summer events planned such as pokemon day and a visit from bluey and more
Lowewood Museum have some great FREE events on this summer.
Harlow Pets Corner is FREE as always and with a fantastic play park just next door you can easily spend most of the day there for a budget friendly trip.
Stanborough Lakes also has their free splash park for a warm day BUT it is first come first serve and be mindful of parking charges.
We also love RSPB Rye Meads

Family Centre

The local family centres have a range of drops in over the summer. The full timetable can be found here.

Live Shows

Our beloved Hertford Theatre , now BEAM is reopening this August and has a whole range of shows that can be booked see here for details.

The Wonderden

So special that they need their own category but the wonderden have some incredible workshops on this summer available to be prebooked now.

The Southern Maltings.

The Southern Maltings also have a range of incredible workshops this summer.

Tried and tested blogs

We make it our business to visit as many local attractions as possible so we can feed back to you regarding all the information you may need before choosing a day out.

You can find our Tried and Tested reviews many local attractions including Lee Valley Farm Kidsfest Church Farm, Audley End Miniature Railway, Knebworth House , and others in our Tried and Tested blog section.

Fun days out and activities

Mid range prices attractions - this is a new category for this year and we've listed attractions which fall between a budget day out and a big ticket attraction.

Looking for a big ticket day out this summer? The special days out the ones you might do just the once during summer?

Here are some of our favourites.

Kidsfest at Lee Valley Park Farms -We absolutely loved this event previously!
Audley End Miniature Railway - one of our favourite activities, we've never had a bad visit.
Hertfordshire Zoo - always a fab day out lots of special event weekends over the summer.
Willows Activity Farm - we are members here, action packed a full day of fun.
Knebworth House, gardens and dinosaur trails - We love Knebworth and have spent many a happy day spotting dinosaurs and playing in fort knebworth.
Royal Gunpowder Mills - Only open for select open days this year.
Whitewebbs Museum of Transport - generally open the last sunday of the month well worth a visit.
RAF Museum Henlow -Recommended by many of our followers.
Old Mcdonalds Farm - we have only visited a few times but it is loved by our followers.

Activity ideas

We love Lee Valley Boat Centre and will be visiting again this summer for sure!
The Van Hage Summer Circus is also back.
Theres also a range of ideas for bowling, mini golf, foot golf and local activity centres on our things to do page.

Out and About

We have lots of ideas for walks and trails over on our "Out and About" page plus why not give Geocaching a go this summer (its free and a real life treasure hunt).