The best family events in Oxford this weekend! And don’t forget our sunny guide to Oxford for the heatwave! Stay cool and safe people!
SATURDAY 21st JUNE
🥳FloFest and GloFest
This has to be the top pick for this weekend! Such an amazing FREE festival! Lots for the children, lots for the adults! Treasure hunts, animals, carousels, interactive games, free tennis, crafts, community groups and so much more!
📅 Saturday 21st June ⏰11am – 4.30pm 💷FREE daytime entry 🎫 No pre-booking required ℹ️ More info on the Flofest website.
💦Abbey Meadows Pool
Abbey Meadows outdoor pool opens for this weekend only! We’ve been many times and loved the graduated entry point for little ones, it’s also fully accessible with ramp access too. If this weekend is popular then they may open it earlier than the planned July date. Use it or lose it!
📅 Saturday 21st June and Sunday 22nd June ⏰9am – 6pm 💷Adults: £6.80, Children: £4.30. Up to two children swim for free with every adult before 10am 🎫 Pre-booking recommended ℹ️ More info on Better website or Better app.
🔭Science Oxford: Family Day
The UK’s first indoor-outdoor primary science education centre with a hands-on Exploration Zone, Water Lab and 15 acres of woodland and ponds. This is STEM on another level and the fun factor is off the wall! We’ve been here so many times for school trips and days out and there is always something new to learn. Your tickets get you all day access to the woodlands and ponds.
📅 Saturday 21st June ⏰10am – 12noon/ 12.30pm – 2.30pm/ 3pm – 5pm 💴 £8 per ticket, Under 3s Free 🎫 Booking required ℹ️ Book via the Science Oxford website and check out our previous visit here.
📚Caper author event: I Could Be Eaten by a Shark
! A funny, uplifting story from Marcela Ferreria and Mark Chambers, the author and illustrator of Bear vs Dragon, all about facing your fears. Books play such an important role in allowing children to explore different emotions.
📅 Saturday 21st June ⏰2pm 💷Ticket only: £3, Ticket + book: £7.99 🎫 Pre-booking recommended ℹ️ More info and booking here.
🥥Boarstall Fete
We’ve been to this before and it’s excellent – a very quintessential village fete. Really impressive vintage cars turn out for the car show on the lawn. There’s lots of activities to entertain the children too.
📅 Saturday 21st June ⏰1pm – 4.30pm 💷£5 per adult 🎫 No pre-booking required ℹ️ See Facebook post for more info.
SUNDAY 22nd JUNE
⭐ Bike Oxford taking place – expect road closures and diversions ⭐
💜Cotswold Lavender
It’s open! The hot/ rain/ hot / rain combo recently has done wonders for the lavender. It’s not in full bloom yet, and the wildflowers aren’t quite there yet but keep an eye on their Facebook page where they post regular updates. This is still classed as ‘off peak’ until next weekend.
📅 Sunday 22nd June⏰10am – 5pm 💴Off peak: Adults: £5.75, Children: £3, Under 5s: free. Peak: Adults: £7.75, Children: £3.50, Under 5s: free 🎫 Walk-ins only ℹ️ See Cotswold Lavender website for further details and here for a previous visit of ours.
🥵 Millets Farm: Action Arena
The UK’s biggest touring inflatable obstacle course comes to Millets Farm. This is huge! We’ve done something similar before in an aircraft hangar and it’s a sweaty load of tiring fun! There’s a course for big and small and this is one you can defo opt to watch from the side-lines!
📅 Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June⏰9.30am – 6.15pm 💴Mini arena: £8.95, XXL Action Arena: £13.50 🎫 Pre-booking essential ℹ️ Book via Action Arena website.
🎵JDP Cushion Concert
An introduction to different styles of music and instruments to children and their families. Bring your cushions to sit on and your best singing voice, dancing feet and clapping hands!
📅 Sunday 22nd June⏰ Under 5s: 10am & 11am, Over 5s: 12pm 💴 All tickets: £7, Under 1: Free 🎫 Booking required ℹ️ See website for further details.
