WildTracks Outdoor Activity Park
Sports and outdoor activity facility offering motocross, karting or quad bike tracks and archery. Most suitable for teenagers or older children (over 8 years).
Teenagers
Red Lodge Karting
Outdoor circuits of 1200m and 700m with karts for everyone from novices to experts, with tuition. Children from age 8 can start their karting adventure in one of the sturdy Cadet karts powered by a Honda GX160 engine. There are also kids parties for age 8 upwards. There is clay pigeon shooting, laser tag and …
Cambridge Escape Rooms
The latest group challenge, and for the family, they recommend a minimum age of 13. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. In teams of 2-6 you have 60 minutes to escape a locked room using only the power of your brain.
Spy Missions
A series of puzzles and challenges for the family, set on a fictional battle cruiser. Get together a group and see if you can get through the challenge. You can pretend to be spys! They also have challenges for kids, 6-7 years and 8+ years, and do birthday parties.
Airplay Aviation
A great trip for teenagers with a head for heights. Airplay Aviation is a flexwing microlight training school. Trial Flights wind-in-the-face experience of a flexwing microlight being truly unique. Maximum weight is 110kgs, and min age is 14.
Cambridge Gliding
You must be over 13 years old to fly. Trial flights are a great way to try gliding for the first time. It is an expensive sport however it is also a unique experience. The Cambridge Gliding Club is the nearest centre for taking to the skies.
Combat Archery
Battle like the Hunger Games! This combines elements of dodgeball and archery, using bows and specially designed foam tipped arrows Minimum group is 10, age 7 upwards.
Rainbow Rocket Climbing
This is a bouldering centre, where climbing is done without ropes. These climbing walls are only suitable for those age 8 and upwards, and be supervised by an adult who has taken the appropriate course. Please see website for details.
Go Ape Forest Centre
This is also located in High Lodge Thetford Forest. It has 50,000 acres of pine and is the UK’s largest man made lowland forest. Enjoy two to three hours in the trees taking on Zip Wires, Tarzan Swings, Rope Ladders and a variety of obstacles and crossings – an adventure to test all the family. …
Institute of Astronomy – Public
This is an inspiring place, and does sometimes open to the public. Please check ahead for details. They have public observing evenings (see website for details) during the Winter only. For kids they have introduced a range of fantastic talks on astronomy. These are accessible via their YouTube channel through these links: YouTube channel (click …
