Free activities for children over the Summer

The Forest for the Future will be in Derby Market Place until Saturday 27 August and kids can explore the woodland wonderland & let their imagination run wild. The installation is free to enjoy and is open all day, every day, with family-friendly events such as smoothie making and making bird & insect habitats, also taking place at the site throughout July and August.

Free Sublime Science Parties for children at Alvaston, Mickleover Library, Normanton Library and Riverside Library as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. Join Dragons Den winners Sublime Science for a fun-filled and action-packed science party with magic tricks, bouncing bubbles, fizzing potions, plus the chance to make sweets and slime. Booking for the event is essential,

Booking essential. Go on a free magical journey to meet all the oceans and seas! Join award-winning author Caryl Hart on a submarine epic adventure with her children's book Meet the Oceans. You’ll learn the Jellyfish Jiggle and work together to design an eco-warrior’s submarine!

Summer Reading Challenge at Derby Libraries

Check out what is on at Derby Museums

Love Exploring app imaginatively bring parks across Derby to life; the free app is available for Markeaton Park.