Things To Do This Summer Holidays in Bucks

2026-06-02T18:18:56Z

The summer holidays have a way of sneaking up on us — one minute the school run is in full swing, the next you’ve got six weeks stretching out ahead. Whether you’re planning every day in advance or taking a more relaxed approach, there’s plenty to enjoy across Buckinghamshire this summer.

This is the season for making the most of the longer days. From family-friendly events and outdoor adventures to ice cream stops and countryside walks, there are endless opportunities to get out and explore. Whether you’re looking for big days out or simple ways to keep the kids entertained, Buckinghamshire has something for everyone.

You might have a calendar full of activities already, or you may be searching for inspiration week by week. Either way, you’ll find plenty of easy wins across the county: parks, playgrounds, nature reserves, cafés, riverside walks and local attractions that make for memorable summer days.

Things To Do This Summer

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Art

Art School Foundation

Explore core drawing and painting techniques in this flexible, dynamic art class with renowned artist Derek Ogbourne—perfect for beginners and creatives alike looking to develop their own artistic voice.

📅 Monday 27th July (+2 more dates)
🕰️ 7pm - 9pm
📍 High Wycombe Arts Centre
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event

Beach Bag Decorating Family Workshop

Get ready for a fun, hands-on creative session with our Decorate a Beach Bag family crafternoon! Together, you’ll design and personalise your very own canvas tote — perfect for sunny days, seaside trips, and summer adventures.

📅 Monday 27th July
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More

Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Pinch Pot Animals

We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home

📅 Monday 27th July
🕰️ 10am - 12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Find Out More

Teens' Holiday Workshop: Introduction To Oil Painting

This fun, hands-on workshop is designed for teens who want to explore the world of oil painting

📅 Monday 27th July
🕰️ 10:30am - 1pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £25
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Windswept Family Painting Workshop

Get ready to paint one of Britain’s most beloved animals in our Windswept Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a charming painting of a Highland cow with a wonderfully windswept fringe, full of character, warmth, and personality.

📅 Monday 27th July
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Pumpkins With Bugs

We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home

📅 Tuesday 28th July
🕰️ 10am - 12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £15
🔗 Explore This Event

Enchanted Creature Dream Catcher Family Workshop

Join Toni at 9:30am on Tuesday 28th July for our enchanting Magical Creature Dream Catcher Family Workshop at The Walled Gard

📅 Tuesday 28th July
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More

Happy Cat Family Painting Workshop

Get ready to create something utterly adorable in our Happy Cat Family Painting Workshop!

📅 Tuesday 28th July
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Pop-up Paper Tales

Get hands-on with papercraft and cut, fold and decorate to make a fantastic fold-out townscape. Your creation will show what’s going on above and below ground.

📅 Tuesday 28th July – Friday 31st July
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Children's Holiday Workshop: Printmaking - Inky Animals

In this hands-on workshop, children will create playful prints of their favourite animals or own pets using funky foam and lino techniques

📅 Wednesday 29th July & Thursday 6th August
🕰️ 10am - 12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
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Teens' Holiday Workshop: Printmaking - Inspired By Street Art

Explore bold, creative printmaking inspired by the energy of street art

📅 Wednesday 29th July & Thursday 6th August
🕰️ 1pm - 3:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
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Children's Holiday Workshop: Coral Reef Collage

Young artists can brush up their painting, drawing and collaging skills in this class with art tutor Lindsey Grexhammer

📅 Thursday 30th July
🕰️ 1pm - 4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £19
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Enchanted Creature Lantern Family Workshop

Step into a world of magic, imagination, and glowing creativity with our Enchanted Creature Lanterns family craft workshop. Together, y

📅 Thursday 30th July
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Mini Makers Sunflower Collage Family Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

📅 Friday 31st July
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event

Vanbrugh Weekend

Get ready for a weekend packed with creativity, imagination, and activities for all

📅 Saturday 1st August & Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ 10:30am - 4:30pm
📍 Stowe House, Buckingham
💷 £3
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Colin Family Painting Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a bright and colourful family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with imagination, creativity, and plenty of rainbow fun.

📅 Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
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Museum Makers

Get creative together with local award winning illustrator Elly Bazigos at Amersham Museum! Inspired by the rich histories and fascinating collections of Amersham Museum, these hands-on sessions invite families to explore the past through art. Discover stories hidden in objects, photographs, and archives — then bring them to life using a variety of exciting materials and techniques.

📅 Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ 10am - 11:30am
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event

Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery Dragons

We will use air-hardening clay so you can take your creations with you at the end and paint them at home

📅 Monday 3rd August
🕰️ 1:30pm - 4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
🔗 Find Out More

Mini Makers Swan Collage Family Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

📅 Monday 3rd August
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More

Painted Pony Family Painting Workshop

Step into a world of symbolism, and creativity with our Painted Pony family painting workshop

📅 Monday 3rd August
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Rosie Family Painting Workshop

Get ready for a calm, creative, and joy-filled experience with our Rosie family painting workshop! Together, you’ll create a charming, expressive painting of Rosie — a lovable dachshund with heart-shaped glasses, full of personality and playful spirit.

📅 Tuesday 4th August
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Children's Holiday Workshop: Bonkers Bubble Art!

It’s such fun to blow coloured bubbles onto paper to create a background and practice effects from pulling string

📅 Wednesday 5th August
🕰️ 10am - 12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £16
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Create! Pop Art Posters

Take inspiration from objects in the museum and make your own colourful pop art picture

📅 Wednesday 5th August
🕰️ 11:30am - 3pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
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Bubbles Family Painting Workshop

Get ready to create something colourful, cheerful, and full of ocean magic in our Bubbles Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll paint an adorable whale swimming through the sea, sending a trail of beautiful rainbow bubbles soaring from its blowhole.

📅 Thursday 6th August
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Neon Pandas Family Workshop

Get ready for a bright, colourful, and joy-filled experience with our Neon Pandas Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a vibrant, eye-catching painting of adorable pandas brought to life with bold neon colours, playful patterns, and glowing details

📅 Thursday 6th August
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Buzz Off Family Painting Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a fun-filled, family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with humour, creativity, and plenty of character

📅 Friday 7th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event

Teens' Holiday Workshop: Pottery - Doorway To Another World

It is often said that doors are portals to other places and sometimes even other worlds

📅 Friday 7th August
🕰️ 1:30pm - 4pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £15
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Blaze Family Painting Workshop

Looking for a fun family activity in Downley or High Wycombe? Join us for a colourful evening of creativity with Family Paint Party: Blaze

📅 Saturday 8th August
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Bricklayers Arms
💷 £22
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Mini Makers Peacock Collage Family Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a colourful, hands-on family workshop designed for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

📅 Tuesday 11th August
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Create! Marvellous Marbling

Take inspiration from the beautifully decorated endpapers of our newly conserved Amersham Bible and discover the magic of marbling

📅 Wednesday 12th August
🕰️ 1:30pm - 3:30pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 See More Info

Spike Family Painting Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a delightful family-friendly acrylic painting workshop inspired by one of Britain’s best-loved woodland animals.

📅 Wednesday 12th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
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Campfire Family Painting Workshop

Gather around the glow of creativity with our Camp Fire Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of a glowing campfire nestled amongst the trees of a peaceful forest at twilight.

📅 Thursday 13th August
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
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Big Family Weekend

Get ready for a sizzling summer celebration at The Walled Garden! With sunshine in the forecast, this is set to be our biggest event of the season – and you’re invited

📅 Saturday 15th August
🕰️ From 12pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Make Your Own Memory Book, Photo Album Or Recipe Keeper

Create a handmade photo album, recipe book or memory journal inspired by family stories and traditions

📅 Saturday 15th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 Chalfont St. Peter Community Library
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Abstract Painting Workshop With Artist Derek Ogbourne

Join us for a fun, lively, and hands-on workshop suitable for all ages and abilities. Together, we'll explore three different approaches to abstraction through a series of creative exercises.

📅 Sunday 16th August
🕰️ 3am - 5am
📍 The Hub, We Make Wycombe
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Pink Mermaid Family Painting Workshop

Dive into a magical underwater adventure with our Pink Mermaid Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of a pink-tailed mermaid relaxing in the warm sunshine, basking in the shallow waters of a sparkling tropical lagoon.

📅 Thursday 20th August
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event

Aurora Wolf Family Painting Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a magical, family-friendly acrylic painting session inspired by the beauty of the night sky and the wonder of the natural world.

📅 Friday 21st August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
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Sunflower Unicorn Famil Painting Workshop

Get ready for a magical, golden, and creativity-filled experience with our Sunflower Unicorn Family Painting Workshop! Together, you’ll create a beautiful painting of an enchanting unicorn crowned with radiant sunflowers, brought to life with shimmering metallic golds, warm bronzes, and rich summer-inspired tones.

📅 Friday 21st August
🕰️ 2pm - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden
💷 £20
🔗 Explore This Event

Make Your Own Mixed Media Heritage Artwork - A Wooden 'desk Sitter' Inspired By Chesham's Past

Create a mixed media artwork - a wooden 'desk sitter' - inspired by the historic Chesham photographs held by Chesham Library, and from shared memories, maps, art supplies and local heritage and ephemera

📅 Saturday 22nd August
🕰️ 10:30am - 1:30pm
📍 Chesham Library
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Family Whittling - Bucks Culture Open Weekend

Join us in the garden at Amersham Museum for a family whittling workshop inspired by the Chilterns’ heritage craft of green woodworking and bodging

📅 Sunday 23rd August (+2 more dates)
🕰️ Various Times
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £7
🔗 Explore This Event

Create! Clay Fantastic Faces

Take inspiration from the portrait busts in our exhibition and sculpt your own clay head! Discover how artists use facial features and expressions to create character, then shape, pinch and model a unique face to take home

📅 Wednesday 26th August
🕰️ 11:30am - 3pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 Find Out More

Lines Of Tradition: The Rituals & Rhythms Of Madhubani Art

Please note that this activity is included in the standard admission price

📅 Friday 28th August
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 Chiltern Open Air Museum
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Harvest Festival

Celebrate the year's harvest at Oxmoor as the farm comes alive with inspiration, conversation and community

📅 Saturday 29th August
🕰️ 10am - 6pm
📍 Oxmoor Farm
💷 £10
🔗 Find Out More

Sunflower Coo Family Painting Workshop

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a heartwarming, family-friendly acrylic painting session inspired by the beauty of the countryside.

📅 Saturday 29th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
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Festival Of Archaeology @ Discover Bucks Museum

Past Event

Celebrate the Festival of Archaeology with exclusive tours of our new SAXONS exhibition and fun craft activities for children

📅 Saturday 18th July
🕰️ 10am - 4pm
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Create! Terrific Tudor Crafts

Past Event

Step back in time and discover what life was like in 16th-century Amersham! Led by a costumed Tudor interpreter, you'll make your own leather pouch and herb bag, learn to play the traditional game of Nine Men's Morris, and take part in a lively Tudor play

📅 Sunday 19th July
🕰️ 1:30pm - 3:30pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £5
🔗 Explore This Event

Toni Ashwood

Past Event

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a fun-filled, family-friendly acrylic painting session packed with creativity, colour, and canine cuteness.

📅 Wednesday 22nd July
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More

Sprinkles Family Painting Workshop

Past Event

A Creative Workshop Full of Sweet Treats, Colour & Magical Fun

📅 Friday 24th July
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More

Pink Flamingo Family Painting Workshop

Past Event

Join Toni from Easely Does It for a bright, cheerful, family-friendly acrylic painting session bursting with colour, creativity, and tropical charm.

📅 Saturday 25th July
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 National Trust Hughenden
💷 £20
🔗 Learn More

South Asian Family Fun Day

Past Event

Head down to the We Make Wycombe hub for a vibrant and family-friendly celebration of South Asian culture

📅 Saturday 25th July
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 We Make Wycombe Hub, 1-2 Cornmarket, High Wycombe, HP112BW
🔗 Learn More

Summer Of Play At Waddesdon Manor

Each week we introduce a new theme with fun activities to get stuck into

📅 Saturday 25th July (+25 more dates)
🕰️ 11am - 5pm
📍 Waddesdon Manor
🔗 Explore This Event

The Great Dragon Adventure @ Discover Bucks Museum

Set off on a thrilling Dragon Quest this summer at Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury and turn your museum visit into an unforgettable family adventure

📅 Saturday 25th July – Monday 31st August
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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White Cube At Claydon

This summer, White Cube and the National Trust unveil White Cube at Claydon, a major contemporary art exhibition set within the extraordinary rococo interiors and gardens of Claydon House, Buckingham

📅 Saturday 25th July (+22 more dates)
📍 Claydon House
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event

Theatre

FNHC On Stage Present Fame

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity proudly presents Fame at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre!

📅 Sunday 2nd August & Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ Various Times
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £22
🔗 Learn More

K-Pop Icons

Get ready to sing, dance and party like never before with the K-POP ICONS – the ultimate live concert starring the UK’s first virtual K-Pop band and a sensational live dance crew delivering a world-exclusive experience celebrating Korea’s global music phenomenon.

📅 Thursday 6th August
🕰️ 7pm - 9pm
📍 The Elgiva
💷 £23
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A Midsummer Night's Dream With Shakespeare Circus At The Arches Theatre

A man version of Shakespeare’s most popular play will sure to have you in fits of laughter as well as enchanting you with the magic and mystery of the forest

📅 Saturday 15th August
🕰️ 7pm - 9:30pm
📍 The Arches Theatre (Clifton Reynes)
💷 £18
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A Suitcase Of Stories

Join Theatre Shed at Chesham Library for a vibrant and inclusive family drama workshop celebrating the unique tapestry of our community

📅 Saturday 15th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 12pm
📍 Chesham Museum
🔗 Explore This Event

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland With LOL Productions At The Arches Theatre

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and meet all manner of strange and extraordinary characters in this curious hour-long family friendly theatre production

📅 Sunday 16th August
🕰️ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
📍 The Arches Theatre (Clifton Reynes)
💷 £12
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In The Night Garden Live

In the Night Garden Live is coming to Wycombe Swan in 2026! Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends are back in their fun-filled live show Igglepiggle’s Busy Day! Join Igglepiggle as he looks for his friends in the Night Garden by following their funny sounds until he finds them all! You’ll see all your favourite characters beautifully brought to life with full-size costumes, magical puppets, and enchanting music

📅 Thursday 20th August
📍 Wycombe Swan
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The Dinosaur That Pooped A Rock Show!

When Danny and Dino’s favourite rock band are playing their last ever concert, they go on a quest to get the last two tickets

📅 Saturday 22nd August
📍 Wycombe Swan
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Our Stage Summer Drama

Our Stage is Creative Learning’s new inclusive drama project for 12 to 18 year olds - the programme is designed to be particularly supportive of young people with disabilities, neurodivergent young people, and those with additional needs

📅 Monday 24th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 1:30pm
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £40
🔗 Learn More

The Jungle Book, With Immersion Theatre

Immersion Theatre are thrilled to bring their trademark energy to their wildly entertaining musical adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling family favourite, THE JUNGLE BOOK!

📅 Sunday 30th August
🕰️ 5:15pm - 7pm
📍 Ascott House and Gardens - National Trust
💷 £13
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The Big Meet

Past Event

West Wycombe once again plays host to a celebration of interesting vehicles from far and around

📅 Saturday 18th July
🕰️ 10am - 4pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Bluey's Big Play

Past Event

Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli are heading to Aylesbury in the Olivier award-nominated live stage show, Bluey’s Big Play

📅 Sunday 19th July
🕰️ 10am - 11am
📍 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
💷 £20
🔗 Find Out More

Annie

Past Event

THE SMASH-HIT WEST END PRODUCTION OF ANNIE, THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE FAMILY MUSICAL, RETURNS WITH A NEW UK AND IRELAND TOUR, STARRING CLAIRE SWEENEY AS THE TYRANNICAL MISS HANNIGAN!

📅 Saturday 25th July
📍 Milton Keynes Theatre
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Family Fun Day

Join us at The Stables for a fun-filled day of creativity for children and their grown-ups!

📅 Sunday 26th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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The Tales Of Peter Rabbit

Join Peter and Benjamin on their hair-raising adventures in this enchanting adaptation of the much loved Beatrix Potter classic – a treat for all the family!

📅 Sunday 26th July
🕰️ 2:30pm - 4:15pm
📍 Ascott House and Gardens - National Trust
💷 £12
🔗 Explore This Event

Other Events

Youthspace Drop In

A space for youth to hang out after school with your friends

📅 Tuesday 28th July (+4 more dates)
🕰️ 3:15pm - 5pm
📍 Mapledean Family Centre
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Conjuring On The Cobbles!

Looking for something magical and totally FREE to do this summer? Get ready to be spellbound as the amazing Colonel Custard brings his dazzling Conjuring on the Cobbles show to Market Square!

📅 Thursday 30th July
📍 Market Square
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Dads And Tots

Dads and Tots runs on the first Saturday of every month, 9–10

📅 Saturday 1st August
📍 St Andrew’s Church, Hatter's Lane, High Wycombe, HP13 7NJ
🔗 Explore This Event

Boggis, Bunce And Bean’s Digging Machines

Channel your inner farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean to creative a nifty digging vehicle out of junk materials

📅 Tuesday 4th August – Friday 7th August
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Clay Foxy Feast

Play with clay and make a feast inspired by Fantastic Mr Fox

📅 Tuesday 18th August (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles – A Gameshow For Awful Children

Past Event

Winner: Best Kids Show 2022 - Leicester Comedy Festival / UK Kids Comedy Festival

📅 Sunday 19th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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Marvellous LEGO® Menagerie

Drop in to our pop-up LEGO® making room and create your own marvellous animal

📅 Saturday 25th July (+29 more dates)
🕰️ 10am - 4:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
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Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical

DOUBTFIRE, the West End's hit comedy musical based on the beloved film, is heading on a UK tour

📅 Saturday 25th July – Monday 31st August
📍 Milton Keynes Theatre
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Summer Trail

In 2026, the Summer Trail runs from Saturday 25th July to Saturday 15th August

📅 Saturday 25th July – Saturday 15th August
📍 PrincesRisborough
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History and heritage

Peek Behind The Pages

Curious about what’s hidden behind the scenes at the Museum? Then join us for a fascinating mini archive adventure! Guided by the Head of Collections, families with children aged 8 and up will get a rare, up-close look at real archive treasures

📅 Thursday 30th July (+2 more dates)
🕰️ 10:30am - 2:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
🔗 Explore This Event

The Saxons Weekend At Discover Bucks Museum

Step into the world of the Saxons this summer with a family-friendly weekend of live action, storytelling and hands-on discovery at Discover Bucks Museum

📅 Saturday 1st August & Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ Various Times
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Quiet Opening SEN Family Friendly Morning

Explore the museum in your own way during our relaxed SEND opening

📅 Tuesday 11th August
🕰️ 10am - 12pm
📍 Amersham Museum
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Live Storytelling With The Red Phoenix

Buckinghamshire is an ancient county of Roman forts and highwaymen, motorways and urban myth

📅 Friday 14th August
🕰️ 11am - 3:30pm
📍 Discover Bucks Museum
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Teddy Bears Picnic

If you go down in the museum today, you’re sure of a big surprise!

📅 Tuesday 18th August
🕰️ 10am - 1pm
📍 Amersham Museum
💷 £3
🔗 Learn More

Free Craft Workshops: Migration Stories

Past Event

Chesham Museum warmly invites children and families from our Chesham Mosque community to three free workshops inspired

📅 Saturday 18th July
🕰️ 9:30am - 11:30am
📍 Chesham Town Hall
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Sports

Fun Fest Marlow – Bourne End Summer Holidays

Fun Fest Marlow is a holiday club which provides high quality, summer camp style childcare for children from 3 years old, offering them a choice from a menu of exciting activities every morning and afternoon.

📅 Monday 27th July (+24 more dates)
🕰️ 8am - 6pm
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Zumba Kids Camp

Zumba Kids is a fun, high-energy dance fitness program designed specifically for children

📅 Tuesday 28th July (+4 more dates)
🕰️ 9am - 3pm
📍 Little Missenden Village Hall
💷 £55
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Booker Parkplay

ParkPlay is free community play, every week in a park or public space

📅 Saturday 25th July (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📍 Booker Rec, 19 Barry Cl, High Wycombe, HP12 4TA
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Laser Tag At Wendover Woods

Step into the ultimate adrenaline fuelled experience with laser tag in Wendover

📅 Saturday 25th July (+11 more dates)
🕰️ 10am - 4pm
📍 Wendover Woods
💷 £25
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Marlow Inclusive Cycling

Our sessions are open to both children and adults and are all about breaking down barriers to cycling,especially for those with disabilities

📅 Saturday 25th July (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 12:30pm - 2:30pm
📍 Little Marlow Athletics Track, Wycombe District Athletics Complex, Marlow Rd, Little Marlow, Marlow SL7 3RS
💷 £5
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Aylesbury Inclusive Cycling

Our sessions are open to both children and adults and are all about breaking down barriers to cycling,especially for those with disabilities

📅 Sunday 26th July (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 11am - 1pm
📍 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Guttmann Rd, Aylesbury HP21 9PP
💷 £5
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Workshop

Titchy Fox Cubs

Why let the big kids have all the fun? Join us for a special led session for our littlest visitors aged from 6 months to 4 years

📅 Thursday 30th July & Wednesday 5th August
🕰️ 10:30am - 2:30pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Children's Holiday Workshop: Pottery Throwing

5 hour session gives young creatives a chance to work on a pottery project guided by an expert tutor

📅 Tuesday 4th August
🕰️ 10am - 12:30pm
📍 Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre
💷 £30
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Mr Fox’s Living Landscapes

Use natural materials (including some that grow!) to create a landscape in a container. You’ll find out out how the lovely Chilterns on the doorstep of the Museum inspired the story of Fantastic Mr Fox before getting stuck in.

📅 Wednesday 12th August – Friday 14th August
🕰️ 11am - 3pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Into The Woods With Poet Will Burns: A Family Poetry Adventure

Step into the magical landscapes that inspired Roald Dahl’s stories and let your creativity bloom!

📅 Wednesday 26th August & Thursday 27th August
🕰️ Various Times
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £25
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Drop In Chess Club | Wycombe Library

Drop-in for Chess Club! Come along and learn the basics or practice your skills

📅 Saturday 25th July – Monday 31st August
📍 High Wycombe Library
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Weekend Tech Academy- More Making, More Imagination, More Confidence

At the ComputerXplorers South Buckinghamshire Weekend Tech Academy, children don’t just consume technology — they learn how to create with it

📅 Saturday 25th July (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 10am - 12:15pm
📍 St.Thomas Hall, Mayflower Way, Beaconsfield HP9 1UF
💷 £13
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Music

Midsummer Music

Join us for a full day of live entertainment, with four fantastic live music acts performing throughout the afternoon before our late-night DJ takes over to round off the celebrations

📅 Saturday 8th August
🕰️ From 2pm
📍 Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa
💷 £5
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Sing Along Show Case On The Cobbles

Get ready to shine, sparkle, and sing your heart out! Join DJ Dan Blase on Market Square for a fabulous Sing Along Showcase, where kids can grab the mic and show off their talents with their favourite songs

📅 Thursday 13th August
📍 Market Square
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Open Mic Night @ Wycombe Arts Centre

Join Wycombe Arts Centre for our popular open mic night! Known as one of the friendliest in the area, our open mic nights are perfect for seasoned performers and first-timers alike

📅 Friday 14th August
🕰️ 7:30pm - 10:30pm
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Summertime Swing

Past Event

We are delighted to announce that Summertime Swing is back by popular demand! Following its previous sell-out success, this much-loved event returns to the idyllic village of The Lee for another unforgettable afternoon of music

📅 Sunday 19th July
🕰️ 2:15pm - 6pm
📍 The Lee Cricket Club
💷 £20
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Mike Sanchez Band

Past Event

British singer and pianist Mike Sanchez is one of the most exciting and charismatic performers in the world of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll

📅 Friday 24th July
📍 The Stables, Milton Keynes
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Food and drink

Street Food Evening July

Free entry – Dog friendly – Indoor & outdoor seating – Parking on-site

📅 Friday 31st July
🕰️ 5pm - 9pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Baby And Toddler Café

A monthly gathering where new baby parents and carers can meet each other and foster connections over a coffee.

📅 Wednesday 12th August
🕰️ From 10am
📍 John Lewis High Wycombe
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Mystery Wine Night With Amersham Wine Club

Ever felt overwhelmed choosing wine? Or found yourself nodding along to someone else’s opinion while secretly not enjoying what’s in your glass? Amersham Wine Club was born to change that

📅 Wednesday 12th August
📍 The Wine Place, 1 Market Square, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0DF
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Street Food Evening August

Free entry – Dog friendly – Indoor & outdoor seating – Parking on-site

📅 Friday 28th August
🕰️ 5pm - 9pm
📍 The Walled Garden, High Wycombe
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Gaming

Games Club at Stony Stratford Library

Join the fun at the new weekly Games Club at Stony Stratford Library, starting Thursday, 26th September, from 3:45 to 4:45 pm—bring your favourite games and enjoy a friendly hour of fun for all ages!

📅 Thursday 30th July (+4 more dates)
🕰️ 3:45pm - 4:45pm
📍 Stony Stratford Library
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High Wycombe Family Board Game Club

Enjoy a variety of classic and new games with your family

📅 Sunday 26th July (+5 more dates)
🕰️ 1pm - 3pm
📍 High Wycombe Library
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Outdoor

Wild Wood Adventure Playground

Visit the newly opened Wild Wood adventure playground at Waddesdon Manor

📅 Saturday 1st August
🕰️ 10am - 5pm
📍 Waddesdon Manor
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Awesome Animals Village Trail

You’ll head off on the guided walk around the village of Great Missenden

📅 Tuesday 11th August & Tuesday 18th August
🕰️ 11:45am - 2:15pm
📍 The Roald Dahl Museum
💷 £5
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Health and wellness

Tring Community Garden

Join us on the 2nd Sunday of every month from 10am-12pm at Duckmore Lane allotments to help create a sustainable garden!

📅 Sunday 9th August
🕰️ 10am - 12pm
📍 Duckmore Lane Allotments, Tring
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Literature

Grandmothers Great Adventure

Donna will be back to share another of her intergenerational stories exploring family histories, roots and healthy rituals as part of my event this year

📅 Saturday 15th August
🕰️ 11am - 12pm
📍 Eden Library
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Nature

Creatures On The Cobbles

Meet an amazing mix of reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates as our expert team brings a mini animal world right onto the cobbles

📅 Thursday 27th August
📍 Market Square
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Networking

Chatty Cafe At Bisham Abbey

A friendly and relaxed senior social group for those living with dementia, their friends, family and caregivers in the local community

📅 Tuesday 18th August & Tuesday 21st July
📍 Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre
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Science

Planetarium

Join us this summer for a popular daytime night’s sky experience! We’re excited to welcome back two family-friendly shows inside an inflatable planetarium within Stowe House.

📅 Friday 28th August
🕰️ 10am - 5pm
📍 Stowe House
💷 £6
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Town Day Trips

If you fancy exploring somewhere new this summer, why not base a day around one of Buckinghamshire’s towns? Each offers something a little different — from riverside strolls and historic streets to independent shops, cafés and family-friendly attractions:

• Amersham Town Guide
• Aylesbury Town Guide
• Beaconsfield Town Guide
• Chesham Town Guide
• Marlow Town Guide
• Wendover Town Guide

They’re perfect for building a simple but memorable day out — grab a coffee, explore somewhere new, stop for lunch and enjoy a slower pace of summer.

However You Spend It…

The summer holidays don’t need to be packed with expensive trips and non-stop activities to be memorable. A few well-chosen outings, plenty of fresh air and some quality time together can go a long way. Whether you’re discovering new places, revisiting old favourites or simply enjoying what’s on your doorstep, there’s plenty to make the most of this summer.