Looking for ways to keep the little ones entertained this May half term? We've rounded up some brilliant family-friendly events happening in Cambridge.
All events (and many more…) can be found in the Events in Cambridge calendar.
Happening everyday:
Cambridge Nature Festival is running, with events planned everyday till the 30th June
Trail at Anglesey Abbey, inspired by the book Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden.
Botanic Garden’s Mystery History Family Trail is on till the 27th, and will be followed by Bee School Summer Adventure – SELF-LED TRAIL from the 28th
Under the Sea @ Cambridge science center
Weekly opening schedule @ the Warehouse
Meet the cows at Wandlebury (10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
Join the family fun skate at Chesterton Sports Centre (2pm)
Brown Dwarf stars and Rogue Planets @ Institute of Astronomy (10:00 – 12:00)
Family Drop-in craft @ Cambourne Nature reserve (10:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Learn how to make a bird box with Cambridge Makers
Create something artistic at Studio Sunday at Kettle’s Yard (Relaxed session: 12-1, main event: 1-4pm
Dance at Family Zumba in Storey’s Field Centre
Learn block printing on textiles at Cambridge Makers
Explore the world of fossils at Sedgwick Museum
Watch the Dinosaur that Pooped at the Corn Exchange
Design your tiles at Huntingdon Library
Eco-Friendly Crafts at Cherry Hinton Library (10:30am)
Pond Dipping at Wicken Fen (10:30am, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 2:45pm)
Print with Veggies at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Climb a really big tree at Wimpole
Help a robot learn to spell at the Centre for Computing History
Explore the science of sound at the Whipple Museum (3pm)
Wild in the Woods: Family Pond Dip & Walk in Cambourne (10am)
Pond Dipping at Wicken Fen (10:30am, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 2:45pm)
Explore the science of sound at the Whipple Museum (3pm)
Build an electronic dice at the Centre for Computing History
Disability Friendly Opening at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences (10am)
Animal Antics at Museum of Classical Archaeology (2pm)
Big Tree Climbing at Wimpole Hall (9am–5pm, £25)
Wild in the Meadows: Family Pond Dip & Adventure Walk at Trumpington Meadows (10am)
Discover dirt through outdoor play at Wicken Fen
Explore Earth's Earliest Animals at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences (10am)
Check out the Cambridge County Show
Learn about ancient peat remains in Wicken Fen
Unwind through family yoga at Satyam Yoga
World Reef Day Storytime at Cambridge Central Library (3pm, Free)