Family Friendly Perth

Squirrel Play Land

Squirrel Play Land is a soft play adventure playground, and has been designed to offer children a fun, safe and educational environment to play. At Squirrel Play Land they have a large custom built soft play area, themed party room and snack bar. They have something for all ages from babies to older children!

Squirrel Play Land provides the perfect environment for children to play and parents to stay. While your children discover the hidden treasures of our play zone, you can relax and enjoy something from our wide selection of snacks.

The high quality equipment has been professionally installed and is spotlessly clean and well maintained.

Toddlers & under 5's are well catered for with our soft play area with plenty to keep them occupied for hours. The soft play area is 15 sq metres in size with an adjacent seating area so that parents can sit nearby while the children play. They also have a baby changing and breast feeding room.

For children over 5 years old they have the main climbing frame which occupies a 60m3 area and includes slides, tunnels, tightrope, obstacle course and much much more.

Keeping your Kids Safe... for added security and peace of mind Squirrel Land Play take health and safety very seriously and have the following procedures in place:
All equipment has been professionally installed
Internal & External CCTV cameras
All staff are CRB cleared
All catering staff are trained in food hygiene

Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 6.00pm
Sunday, 11.00am - 6.00pm

Prices: £3.00 per hour (Season Tickets available)

Perth Museum & Art Gallery

With over 220 years of history and experience . . . Perth Museum & Art Gallery have collected objects to document and reflect the changing environment of Perth & Kinross. The entire collection has been designated as a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland.

The collection is too big, and some items are too sensitive, for everything to be on display at the same time. Permanent displays and galleries include: All that Glistens, Beakers Bowls & a Thousand Flowers, Communion Tokens, For the Kirk of Perth, Furniture & Faces, The St Madoes Stone, The Time of our Lives, Wild & Wonderful Perthshire. All full list of exhibitions and events are available to download by clicking here.

Opening Hours
Monday - Saturday, 10.00am to 5.00pm (exclduing Christmas & New Year public holidays).
Sunday opening, 1.00pm - 4.30pm (until 26th August 2012)

Facilities
Baby changing facilities are available in both male & female toilets.
For visitors with a disability the facilities include steps with handrails, a ramp and a wheelchair lift into the building. Inside, most public areas are on one level with fully accessible toilets. There is also free use of a wheelchair during your visit if required. Please note there is no wheelchair or assisted access to the Upper Round Gallery and there is a short flight of 5 steps to access and exit the Sculpture Court.

Accreditation
Perth Museum & Art Gallery is fully accredited under the Accreditation Scheme administered by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council. The entire collections are designated as a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland.

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Perth Concert Hall & Theatre

Perth Concert Hall - Scotland's newest concert hall: it opened in 2005. Built as a millennium project, it has a dazzling glass-fronted foyer and copper-topped dome hall with a stunning auditorium and elegant studio. The open public area is home to the Glassrooms cafe bar and the unique Threshold artspace for contemporary art. They have a busy year-round programme of concerts, comedy, dance, musicals, contemporary art, film, talks, arts workshops and hire out our spaces for conferences and events.

Perth Theartre - Slap bang in the middle of Perth's bustling High Street, who would expect to find one of Scotland's oldest theatres! Perth Theatre is well over 100 years old — and continues to be one of the busiest. It has a charming Edwardian 460 seat auditorium and a decadent café bar and restaurant, Redrooms. Perth Theatre offers a year round programme of classic and popular drama, new writing, unique Perth productions and touring shows, with a spattering of music, comedy and dance thrown in for good measure. The Studio Theatre hosts small scale performances and Redrooms is the perfect venue for singer-songwriters, jazz, folk and comedy.

See What's On pages for programme info.

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Perth Leisure Pool

Enjoy a great day out at one of Scotlands most popular aquatic attractions. Opened in 1988, Perth Leisure Pool is complete with flumes and fun features ensuring there is something for everyone. Kids will love the outdoor lagoon and parents will love that kids under 5 go FREE! Swimming Pool child admission policy available by clicking here.

Leisure Pool
Monday to Thursday, 10.00am - 8.30pm
Friday, 10.00am - 9.00pm
Saturday, 10.00am - 9.00pm / Sunday, 10.00am - 6.00pm

Teaching Pool
Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 3.00-4.00pm
Tuesday & Thursday, 3.00- 4.00pm
Saturday, 11.30am - 6.00pm / Sunday, 10.00am - 6.00pm

Fitness Gym
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 6.30am - 10.00pm
Wednesday, 6.30am - 11.00am, 12noon - 8.00pm & 9.00pm - 10.00pm
Saturday, 8.00am - 9.00pm / Sunday 8.00pm - 10.00pm

Health Suite
Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 10.00pm
Saturday 10.00am - 9.00pm / Sunday 10.00am - 10.00pm

Creche
Monday & Tuesday, 9.00am - 5.45pm
Wednesday, 8.45am - 5.45pm
Thursday & Friday, 9.00am - 5.45pm
Saturday, 10.00am - 12 noon / Sunday Closed

Beauty Spa
Monday Tuesday & Thursday, 1.30pm - 8.00pm
Wednesday, 10.00am - 6.00pm
Friday, 10.00am - 6.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 1.00pm / Sunday Closed

Café Aqua
Monday to Friday, 10.00am - 7.00pm
Saturday & Sunday, 10.00am - 6.00pm

Bell's Sport Centre

Bell's Sport Centre has an extensive activity programme for pre-school and school age children. Programmes are available from their reception or by clicking here for Active Kids or clicking here for Active Steps.

Bell's Sports Centre offer a Soft Play area for children aged 2 to 8 years. The area is open every day, subject to main arena events and private parties. Children will have great fun in this inflatable wonderland. It offers slides, ball pools and a range of obstacles – the only problem is children will never want to come out! The Soft Play area is open from 9.00am – 9.00pm, Sunday to Friday and 9.00am – 5.00pm on Saturday. Please note availability is subject to centre events, it is advisable to call in advance. All children must be supervised by an adult.

Other activities include: martial arts, badminton, short tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, squash, trampolining and more.

Bell's Sports Centre offers impressive public disabled changing facilities that include: track & hoist system fixed to ceiling system to allow full room coverage, height adjustable bench, drop down seating, grab rails that may be raised and a shower area with a mobile shower chair.