New Year Family Days Out - Suffolk
Check out the New Year activities and events happening in Suffolk this year.
MINI MANSIONS
Christchurch Mansion, 10am & 11.15am
4th & 5th February 2025
Explore the collections and galleries together through a mixture of play, stories, craft and science activities. The theme for February is ‘Telling the Time’.
Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, IP4 2BE
Cost: From £3
INDOOR CRAZY GOLF
Ickworth Estate, 12pm & 3pm
15th to 23rd February 2025
Discover the joys of the great outdoors this season as well as fun indoor crazy golf this half term.
Have fun, no matter the weather!
Ickworth Estate, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5QE
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ickworth
Cost: free for National Trust members, Golf £4 per player
BUILD A NEST BOX
Foxburrow Nature Reserve, 1-3pm
17th February 2025
Come and make a nestbox to encourage more birds to live in your garden. We’ll have everything you need to make your nestbox.
Foxburrow Nature Reserve, Woodbridge, IP12 1NA
Cost: £10 per next box kit
TEATTIME TALES WITH HATTY ASHTON
The Apex, 2pm - 3pm
18th February 2025
An hour of fun with actress and author, Hatty Ashton. Expect ridiculous rhyming retellings of local legends that surround the Anglo-Saxon King Edmund.
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3FD
Cost: £10 per child
THE BRICK PEOPLE
New Wolsey Theatre, various times
18th February 2025
Each show offers a wide range of exciting LEGO® related activities, including self-building activities, along with tables featuring monitored activities.
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, IP1 2AS
Cost: £8 per ticket
PICTURE BOOK DRAWALONG
Theatre Royal, 2pm
20th February 2025
Join much-loved children’s writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt in a family-friendly, fun-filled drawalong.
Bring pencils, paper and something to lean on.
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QR
Cost: £15 per ticket
THE PIGLET EXPERIENCE
Everlong Farm, various times
January, February & March 2025
Come and spend an hour in the company of adorable Kune Kune piglets and their mother. They love the company of people and adore belly rubs and stroking.
Everlong Farm, Weybread Diss, IP21 5RP
Cost: £40 Private session (up to 4 people)
BEACH COMBING
Suffolk beaches
All Year
Make the most of Suffolk’s glorious beaches. Give the kids a checklist of items to find on the beach, from various colours and shapes of pebbles, to seaweed, birds, boats. Once everything is ticked off the prize is a well-earned ice cream!
Cost: Free