Farrington’s Playbarn & Farm Park

If you’re after a proper day out near Bristol without spending a fortune, this place delivers. The soft play keeps the under-7s genuinely occupied — slides, swings, climbing structure — while the farm animals add something you don’t get at your average indoor play centre. Parents get free entry, which makes a real difference when you’re already paying for snacks and lunch (the food here is actually good, not just tolerable). It gets busy on weekends so worth arriving early, but the mix of barn play and farmyard wandering means kids don’t burn out on one thing.