National Railway Museum
Leeman Road, York YO26 4XJ
The world's largest railway museum — from Stephenson's Rocket to bullet trains, all free. You don't need to love trains (but you will).
Museums, Kids & Family, Science & Technology
Free
World Museum Liverpool
William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN
Egyptian mummies, live tarantulas, and a planetarium — five floors of everything in one of the great free museums of the north.
Museums, Kids & Family, Science & Technology
Free
The Riverside Museum
100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow G3 8RS
Zaha Hadid's stunning museum on the Clyde — vintage cars, recreated streets, a tall ship, and 3,000 objects of transport history, all free.
Museums, Science & Technology, Kids & Family
Free
Glasgow Science Centre
50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA
Three floors of hands-on science, a planetarium, and a rotating tower — Glasgow's best rainy-day family adventure on the Clyde.
Science & Technology, Kids & Family
From £13.50
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD
A cathedral to the natural world — free to enter, impossible to forget, and home to 80 million specimens.
Museums, Kids & Family, Science & Technology
Free
Greenwich Park & Royal Observatory
Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich, London SE10 8QY
Stand on the Prime Meridian, enjoy world-class views of the London skyline, and explore where time itself was defined.
Nature & Outdoors, Science & Technology, Landmarks & Attractions
Free
Science and Industry Museum
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4FP
The world's oldest railway station, working steam engines, and the story of how Manchester invented the modern world. Free.
Science & Technology, Museums, Kids & Family
Free
Porthcurno Beach and Telegraph Museum
Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 6JX
White sand, Caribbean-blue water, and the extraordinary story of how this tiny cove connected the British Empire by telegraph cable.
Beaches & Coastal, Museums, Science & Technology
Free
Techniquest
Stuart Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5BW
Hands-on science and a brilliant planetarium on Cardiff Bay — where Welsh kids fall in love with how the universe works.
Science & Technology, Kids & Family
Free for Members
Eden Project
Bodelva, Par, Cornwall PL24 2SG
The world's largest indoor rainforest in a Cornish clay pit — giant biomes, living ecosystems, and a vision for our relationship with nature.
Nature & Outdoors, Science & Technology, Kids & Family
Free for Members