Children's Activities & Credit Crunchers
DO YOU NEED SOME IDEAS FOR WHAT TO DO? | |
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| Amusements | The Lido on Marine Parade. Fun for all the family. March – Oct; daily 10am - dusk |
| Art & crafts | Field Place offers a variety of artistic workshops. Call for details – 01903 244034. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - special days throughout the year with workshops. Open Tuesday to Saturday. Pieces, Mosaic Studio, The Lido, make a mosaic from just £3.50 - Tel: 01903-502655 or 07528-199883 |
| Badminton | Worthing Leisure Centre, Davison Leisure Centre, Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, Southwick Leisure Centre |
| Basketball | Contact Worthing Sports development - Tel: 01903 221067. Pay and Play at Worthing Leisure Centre |
| Boating | Boats on lake at Brooklands Pleasure Park - Tel: 07967 361847 |
| Bowling | Tenpin Bowling - AMF Worthing Bowl -Tel: 0844 8263041 - www.amfbowling.co.uk Open daily 10am – late. For all ages |
| Bowls (lawn) | Greens available April to end Sep at Beach House Park, Marine Gardens, Church House Grounds (Tarring) and at Field Place. |
| Bowls (shortmat) | Available at Worthing Leisure Centre and Community Centres. |
| Chess / Draughts | Play with giant pieces at Beach House Park. Ask at the park Pavilion to hire the pieces free of charge (10am to dusk). |
| Climbing Wall | Worthing Leisure Centre & Adur Outdoor Activities Centre |
| Crazy Golf | Splash Point Mini Golf at Denton Gardens - 07788 197647 |
| Crèche | Worthing Leisure Centre for up to 5 year olds Mon – Fri 9.15am – 10.45am & 10.50am – 12.20pm. |
| Cricket | As well as the cricket clubs there are pitches in 14 of the parks throughout Worthing and indoor nets at Worthing Leisure Centre. |
| Fishing | Off the Pier? Or elsewhere? Ask the Foreshore Inspectors for further details -Tel: 01903 238977 |
| Football | 25 Football pitches in our parks & recreational grounds. Soccer schools are held at Worthing Leisure Centre |
| Golf | Brooklands Golf Centre, a par 3-9 hole course Tel: 01903 232270 and Hill Barn - www.hillbarngolfcourse.co.uk -Tel: 01903 237301, an 18 hole course |
| Go Karts | Brooklands Park, Open-weekends & Bank Hols & school holidays 07867 762106. |
| Guided Tours | Shoreham Airport Visitor Centre - Great for aircraft enthusiasts - Tel: 01273 441061 www.visitorcentre.info |
| Gymnastics | Davison Leisure Centre, Worthing Leisure Centre |
| Indoor play areas for children | Amazon Adventure & Tumbling Tinies (under 5’s) Worthing Leisure Centre. Also, School Holiday Programme at P.L.A.Y. – Stoke Abbott Road - Tel: 01903 231117 - Open 7 days a week 10am – 6pm. Playbarn at Brooklands Pleasure Park -Tel: 07967 361847. Open daily. |
| Kite flying | More fun for children of all ages, go down on the beach at low tide or go to one of our many parks |
| Kayaking | Adur Outdoor Activities Centre |
| Low Ropes | Assault Course Adur Outdoor Activities Centre |
| Mini Motor Bikes | Brooklands Mini-Moto Club -Tel: 07867 762106, Sundays from 4.30pm – 6.30pm, plus Thursdays in summer (own bikes only – under review) |
| Model making | Courses sometimes available at Field Place. |
| Mountain Biking | Adur Outdoor Activities Centre |
| Netball | Courts at Field Place for hire - with / without floodlights. |
| Out & About | For ideas on things to do and places to visit out and about why not visit our Tourist Information Centre for a wealth of ideas. |
Paddling Pool |
Near the Aquarena - May – September - visit www.worthingleisure.co.uk/worthingleisure/aq/facilities. Brooklands Pleasure Park – open daily – FREE (subject to weather, check for details). |
| Parks | Filled with colourful plants and places to sit, picnic and rest - try Beach House Park, Denton Gardens and Marine Gardens. |
| Petanque | What? Try your hand at French style Boules on the pistes at Field Place. Great fun for small or larger groups. Also at Lancing Manor Leisure Centre. |
| Playgrounds | Most parks have children’s playgrounds. Newly refurbished playground at Field Place. Play areas at Brooklands Pleasure Park. Peter Pans Playground www.peterpansworthing.com (Clive Hagger -Tel: 01903 235554 or 07808 100396). Various activities plus crazy golf. Opens Easter holidays 10.15am – 5.30pm and weekends mid May - then daily to mid Sep 2009. Customers will be given a coloured band to come and go. Pony Rides Brooklands Pleasure Park – 07967 361847 - Daily 10.30am – 5pm £3 for two circuits (approx 5 mins) |
| Pottery | Courses often run at Field Place. |
| Putting | Pitch & Putt at Brooklands Golf Centre – 01903 232270. Putting at Marine Gardens - Tel: 01903 227070 Also, 9 hole course at Field Place. |
| Roller Disco | Sat 4pm – 5pm at Davison Leisure Centre. Sat; at Southwick Leisure Centre visit: www.impulseleisure.co.uk/ACLisports_Southwick.htm for details. |
| Seaside | Make the most of our beach area, sea and the seafront. Look for pebbles, check out fishing boats or get your fresh fish. Do you want the tide out to explore the beach or tide in for swimming? Tide-tables available at the Tourist Information Centre (30p min. donation towards RNLI). Safety advice also given by the Beach Inspectors (Tel: 01903 238977). Pop into the Tourist Information Centre for brightly coloured wristbands to help quickly identify and reunite lost children with their parents. |
| Skateboarding | Purpose built Skateboard Park in Homefield Park, Worthing and Ham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea www.adur.gov.uk/leisure/bmx-skateboard-the-ham.htm |
| Sports – Clubs & Development | The Council’s Sports Development Team arranges coaching sessions. Details - Tel: 01903 221067. see www.worthing.gov.uk/worthings-services/ leisureandculture/sportsclubsinworthing or www.adur.gov.uk/leisure/sports-development.htm |
| Swimming | Indoors at the Aquarena on Brighton Road, Worthing. Also, Wadurs at Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Tennis | Courts available at Beach House Park, Church House Grounds, Tarring & Homefield Park - 10am – sunset. Davison Leisure Centre, Field Place has courts and hosts both Junior & Adult Tennis Academies (details from Judy Leader on 07801 869386). Also Lancing Manor Leisure Centre & Southwick Leisure Centre. |
| Trains | Diddley Train gives rides around lake at Brooklands Pleasure Park. Worthing & District Society of Model Engineers operates public rides on miniature trains, April to end Oct (2nd & 4th Sundays in month) at Field Place, 2pm – 5pm-Tel: 01903 235102 + check for Halloween and Christmas specials. Diddley Land Train runs daily along the Promenade from the Lido to Wallace Avenue during the summer. |
| Trampoline | Brooklands Pleasure Park, Worthing Leisure Centre & Davison Leisure Centre. Also, on the promenade near to the beach office. |
| Yoga | Classes available at - Field Place |
50 Things to do for Free!
We've come up with 50 things to do for FREE. Here's our top 12 favourites. You can download the full list below:-
1 Explore Worthing Museum & Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden with costumes & toys from a bygone age – events take place throughout the year
2 The South Downs National Park is right on your doorstep – lots of open space for walking, cycling, kite-flying and lots more
3 Follow the cycle route along the seafront from George V Avenue, Worthing via Splash Point to Lancing, Shoreham and beyond.
4 Try your skills at Skateboarding at , Worthing; Ham Road, Shoreham or at Adur Recreation ground, next to Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham
5 Play chess on the giant board in
6 Take a look at High Salvington Windmill – (open days twice a month in summer)
7 Follow the ‘Henry Highdown’ trail through Highdown Gardens
8 Watch aeroplanes and helicopters at Shoreham Airport’s viewing area
9 Do a scavenge hunt; list ten items for your children to find along the seashore – a stone with a hole in it, a piece of drift-wood, an empty pop bottle (please pop it in a bin afterwards!) etc
10 Attend one of the many amazing free events in the area such as the Worthing Birdman. Keep checking out the what’s on pages.
11 Take a walk around the Ropetackle in Shoreham where you can follow the sculpture trail and peer through the many unusual looking glasses that distort the world around you (scattered along the Ropetackle and riverside complex)
12 Have a BBQ on the designated BBQ stands of the Plantation, Worthing – don’t forget to clean up afterwards!
Please note that although the places listed are free to enter, parking charges may apply and there may also be some activities that incur a charge. Please check beforehand to avoid disappointment.
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