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Places near you - separated by postcode for easier browsing! To find out just how close an attraction is, take a look at the Essex Mums Map

Basildon

• Action Park, Wickford
• Barleylands Farm Centre & Craft Village, Billericay
• Laser Kombat, Basildon
• Monkey Madness, Basildon
• Partyman World of Play, Basildon
• The Wick Community Centre, Wickford

Braintree

• The A12 Entertainment Centre, Witham
• Blake House Craft Centre, Nr. Braintree
• Boydells Dairy Farm, Wethersfield
• Coggeshall Museum
• Colne Valley Railway, Castle Hedingham
• The Great Maze, Near Braintree
• Krazy Kids, Witham
• Little Lanes Children's Centre, Braintree

Brentwood

• Brentwood Theatre, Brentwood
• The Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker, Brentwood
• Seesaw Children's Centre & Day Nursery, Braintree

Castle Point

• Canvey Heights Country Park
• Cheeky Monkeys Indoor Adventure, Canvey Island
• Dutch Cottage Museum, Canvey Island
• Farmer Fred's Play Barn, Benfleet
• The Kids Place, Canvey Island

Chelmsford

• Admirals Park, Chelmsford
• Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum
• Bell Meadow, Chelmsford
• Boleyn Gardens, Chelmsford
• Central Park, Chelmsford
• Cheeky Monkeez, South Woodham Ferrers
• Essex Police Museum, Chelmsford
• Hylands Estate, Chelmsford
• Hylands House, Chelmsford
• Little Scrummers, Chelmsford
• Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers
• Oaklands Park, Chelmsford
• Penny Arcade, Battlesbridge
• Sky Blue Pasture, Chelmsford
• Tower Gardens, Chelmsford
• Tropical Wings Butterfly & Bird Centre, South Woodham Ferrers
• West Park, Chelmsford

Colchester

• Abberton Reservoir, Layer-de-la-Haye, Colchester
• Colchester Castle Museum, Colchester
• Colchester Zoo, Colchester
• Go Bananas, Colchester
• Hollytrees Museum, Colchester
• Natural History Museum, Colchester
• Ormiston Children's Centres, Colchester
  
• Tymperleys Museum

Epping Forest

• Epping Forest, High Beech
• Epping Forest District Museum, Waltham Abbey
• Epping Forest Field Centre, High Beech
• Forest Lodge Kids Korner, Epping Forest
• Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning

Harlow

• MamaBellis Soft Play & Party Centre, Harlow
• Wild 'n' Wacky, Harlow

Havering

• Havering Museum, Romford
• Kids R Us, South Ockendon

Maldon

• Burnham-on-Crouch Museum
• Combined Military Services Museum, Maldon
• Maeldune Heritage Centre, Maldon
• Maldon Museum
• Maldon and District Agricultural and Domestic Museum
• Mangapps Railway Museum, Burnham on Crouch
• Monkey Puzzle, Maldon
• Museum of Power, Maldon
• Wam Bam Boomerang, Burnham on Crouch

Redbridge


Rochford

• CJ'S Bowling, Hockley
• The Fun Factory, Rochford
• Ladybird Children's Centre, Rayleigh
• Megaplay, Rayleigh
• Megazone, Rayleigh
• Monkey Bizzness, Hockley
• Munchkins Play and Party, Rayleigh
• Oak Tree Children's Centre, Rayleigh
• Seashells Children's Centre, Great Wakering
• Willows Children's Centre, Hullbridge
• Wishing Well Children's Centre, Rochford

Southend

• Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea
• Belfairs Park & Nature Reserve, Leigh-on-Sea
• Blenheim Children's Centre, Leigh-on-Sea
• Chalkwell Park. Southend-on-Sea

Tendring

• Brightlingsea Museum
• Fingringhoe Wick, Fingringhoe
• Harwich Maritime Museum
• Maeldune Heritage Centre, Maldon
• Play Rascal, Clacton-on-Sea

Thurrock

• Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury
• Partyman World of Play, Lakeside
• Twinkletoes School of Dance, Stanford-le-Hope

Uttlesford

• Audley End House and Gardens, Saffron Walden
• Audley End Miniature Railway, Saffron Walden
• Saffron Walden Museum
• Spangles Children's Centre, Stansted Mountfitchet
• Tumble Downs, Saffron Walden

Outside of Essex

• Chingford & District Model Engineering Club, Chingford
• Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Gallery Three, Ipswich, Suffolk
• Howletts Wild Animal Park, Kent
• Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, Suffolk
• IWM Duxford
• Leeds Castle, Kent
• Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent

If you would like to have something listed on Essex Mums, please contact me at louise@essexmums.org or list it in the relevant section on the forum and I will be sure to add it.