South and Vale Holiday Activities

During most school holidays, our Active Communities team offer a range of free and low-cost activities, for young children, teenagers and families to enjoy at locations across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse.

Bookings open around a month before each holiday period – follow our new Active Communities Facebook page, you can join our mailing list to receive regular email updates, or if you have any questions; please email active.communities@southandvale.gov.uk 

The activities are usually very popular, we encourage you to book early to avoid disappointment.  See below for details of our next programme of holiday activities and how to book. Booking is required to be able to attend our activities.

What’s on, where and when:

The Active Communities Team are running free and low-cost activities between 27 – 31 October. Please see some dates for your diary below. More information and booking available soon.

Monday 27 October

• Thame Leisure Centre Fun Day; Working in partnership with Better Leisure to bring you a day of fun, free activities from 10am-2pm. More information and booking available soon

Tuesday 28 October

• Xplorer South Oxfordshire – A family-friendly fun navigation challenge that is educational and gives children a sense of adventure as they explore the park to find the markers. At each marker children need to identify what is pictured and enjoy learning a fun fact to tell their friends. More information and booking available soon

Wednesday 29 October

• Xplorer Vale of White Horse – A family-friendly fun navigation challenge that is educational and gives children a sense of adventure as they explore the park to find the markers. At each marker children need to identify what is pictured and enjoy learning a fun fact to tell their friends. More information and booking available soon

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October

• Make memories with the whole family at Cornerstone Arts Centre with Spot’s Birthday Party! Every ticket comes with a free party hat and meet and greet with Spot after the show. Tickets are £15, £13.50 Under 16s, Family Ticket £55.

Thursday 30 October

• Meet some of the cast of this year’s pantomime Beauty and the Beast at Cornerstone Arts Centre! This activity is free – timings TBC
• Make Your Own Halloween Hand Puppets with local in-house artist Eden! An hour of creative fun where little ones can create and grown ups don’t need to tidy up. £10 per child. More details on the Beacon website.
• PLAYTIME! A play-along theatre adventure for 2-6 year olds and their grown-ups. Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette Theatre Company. This free event is part of the Wantage Literary Festival with two sessions at 10am and 11.30am. Bookings can be made on The Beacon’s website.

Saturday 1 November

• Join much-loved children’s writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt in a family-friendly, fun-filled drawalong for all ages. Tickets are £12, £10.80 Concessions. More details on the Cornerstone website

We offer a range of free and low-cost activities, for young children, teenagers and families to enjoy at locations across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse during term time.

To find out more, visit our Term Time Activities page.

We also work across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse to help residents with their physical health and wellbeing, running a variety of weekly activities for all ages and abilities.

To find out more and to see what activities are available near you, visit our pages on Active Communities in South Oxfordshire and Active Communities in the Vale of White Horse.