KidsOutdoors

Get on your bike 75% of the UK population live within two miles of a National Cycle Network route. Visit the Sustrans website to find out more about this network and it’s more than 10,000 miles of walking and cycle routes on traffic-free paths, quiet lanes and traffic-calmed roads. Enter your postcode now and find your nearest route.

Watch a Parade Britain has a whole host of local parades and festivals that happen around the UK all year round. Whether it’s joining in with the February's Chinese New Year celebrations or Manchester's Irish Festival in March, there are events to keep even kids with tiny attention spans happy.

Go to the beach Even though it's not summer, beaches are still a fun place for kids to play. With more than 3,300 British beaches and marinas now displaying the Blue Flag quality indicator (given when a coastal destination has achieved the highest quality in water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management), there’s nothing to stop you taking the kids to collect shells or walk along the seashore.

Plant a tree Want to bring a bit of woodland to you? The Woodland Trust's 'Tree For All' campaign aims to give every child the chance to plant trees, with plans to help plant 12 million trees over the next five years. Along with their free tree seed sowing kits they offer complimentary educational resources and planting instructions.

Go for a walk in a National Park Home to some of the most breath-taking and spectacular landscapes in Britain, why not go for a walk in one of our 14 National Parks, which are spread out all around the country.

Go bird watching You don’t have to go far to have fun outdoors. Why not take your kids into the garden or a nearby park and see how many of the over 450 recorded species of bird in the UK they can spot. The RSPB or British Garden Birds websites can help them identify what they saw.

Go star gazing What better way of keeping kids busy that getting them to look at the 100 billion billion stars in the Universe. The BBC’s Sky at Night website has sky maps and constellation guides to get you started.

Go on a walking tour You don’t have to head to the countryside to go for a walk. Britain’s cities are home to some fantastic world-class architecture, and now lots of towns and cities offer free local walking tours. The Ramblers Association website lists a variety of urban walks, several of which are free.

Fly a kite Keep kids entertained on a windy day by making and flying a kite. There are dozens of websites that give you step by step instructions on home to make a variety of different kites, along with some top flying tips.

Create a local Breathing Place You know that bit of land you walk past every day and think someone should really clean that up and make it wonderful for all the wildlife and people round here. Now’s your chance to do it yourself with the BBC’s Breathing Places scheme.