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Stanley · Adventure
Active Kids Adventure Park with kids
For an energetic Perthshire day, families can choose all-day outdoor play, book a timed indoor session or combine both. Outdoor play is the main event, with climbing, bouncing, pedal activities, an under-sevens area and farm animals, while the indoor space gives ages 0-12 a separate treehouse-style play session.
- Best ages
- Toddlers to primary age
- Entry
- Paid · choose indoor, outdoor or both
- Weather
- Outdoor park · timed indoor play
- Allow
- Around 4 hours outdoors
Our family take
Choose it when your children mainly want to run, climb, bounce and play rather than follow a fixed route or spend the day watching animals. The mix of outdoor adventure play, a younger-child area, farm animals and optional indoor time gives families more control over the pace than a single-session soft play visit.
- Indoor time is limited. A combination ticket includes one indoor session. It does not give you an all-day indoor fallback if the weather turns.
- Before a late visit. Confirm the outdoor closing time with the park; published times differ. Christmas and New Year closures and extreme weather can also affect your plans.
- Access. Paths are not all flat and individual play features vary. The park welcomes a visit to look around before you commit to tickets if access will decide your day.
The practical details
Plan your visit
- Choose the right ticket
- Outdoor admission covers the park for the day. Indoor admission covers a timed session. Combination tickets include outdoor access plus one indoor session.
- Standard admission
- Published peak outdoor prices are child aged 2–12 £12.50 and adult £6.25; indoor prices are child £7.95 and adult £3.95. Under-2s enter free. Winter rates, concessions and offers have separate terms; check your total on the booking page, including the £1.75 online basket fee.
- Opening and sessions
- Open seven days a week, with Christmas and New Year closures. Outdoor play can close in extreme weather. Confirm the outdoor closing time for your date with the park before planning a late visit. Indoor sessions last 90 minutes at weekends and during school holidays; check the booked time and length for midweek visits.
- Booking
- Book standard tickets online and choose your indoor session before travelling. The published online fee is £1.75 per basket; tickets are non-refundable. Specific on-the-door offers have separate terms.
- Parking
- Free on-site parking for cars and buses, with designated disabled bays near the entrance. Electric vehicle charging points are available; check charging arrangements with the park.
- Toilets and baby changing
- Toilets are available indoors and outdoors, with accessible toilets and baby-changing stations. The main building also has a changing place with a hoist.
- Free and concession tickets
- Under-2s enter free. The booking system lists free registered-carer and older-adult tickets; check the age threshold, eligibility and accepted proof before booking.
ParkingCafé or restaurantAccessible toiletsToiletsBaby changingPacked lunch space
3 October 2026
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Make it work for your family
Should you choose indoor, outdoor or both?
Start with outdoor-only when the forecast is workable and your children want the widest range of activities. It gives families room to change pace, revisit favourite equipment, see the animals and stop for food without watching a short session clock.
Indoor-only works better for a shorter, contained play visit. Choose the combination ticket when the outdoor park is still the main event but one indoor session would make the day easier to pace. Indoor time is booked and limited, so do not treat it as an all-day fallback for poor weather.
What age gets the most from Active Kids?
Toddlers and preschoolers have the clearest purpose-built provision: a dedicated under-threes section indoors and an under-sevens area included with outdoor admission. Primary-age children have the broader climbing, bouncing, pedal and adventure-play offer to explore.
Older children at the top of the 0-12 indoor range may still enjoy the more challenging play, but this is not a strong teenage destination. It also suits children who want to do rather than watch; families mainly seeking animal encounters may find the farm animals too small a part of the overall day.
- Outdoor play
- The 11-acre outdoor park has bouncing pillows, zip lines, pedal go-karts, a pirate ship, forts, sand play and crazy golf. The under-sevens area has smaller play equipment, sand pits, trampolines and push tractors.
- Animals
- Farm animals include donkeys, goats, pigs, cows, chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits and alpacas. They are an extra alongside the play rather than the main reason for visiting.
How much of a day should you allow?
Around four hours is a useful starting point for outdoor play with a cafe or picnic break. Families whose children keep returning to the equipment can stay longer within the day’s opening hours.
For a combination visit, choose the indoor session first and let the outdoor park fill the time around it. That gives the day a clear anchor without forcing every family to arrive or leave at the same time.
Prams, wheelchair routes and ASN planning
The park has wheelchair routes from the car park into the main building and around the outdoor play area. Paths are not all flat, and an accessible route around the site does not mean every play feature is independently accessible. You can visit to look around before buying tickets if you need to judge how the equipment would work for your child.
The main building has ramp access, accessible toilets and a changing place with a hoist. Borrow a calm bag at reception for an indoor session. ASN sessions are also offered indoors and outdoors; check upcoming dates with the park or Perth Autism Support.
Food, toilets and practical breaks
The cafe makes it possible to buy breakfast items, hot and cold lunches, snacks and drinks. Families can also bring a picnic for the outdoor park, where benches, shelters and grass give you several ways to stop without leaving the site.
Toilets are available indoors and outdoors, with accessible toilets and baby-changing stations. Outside food stays outside: picnics are not allowed in the cafe or indoor play space, and barbecues are not permitted.
Booking and arrival
For indoor play, aim to arrive 15 minutes before your chosen session. Children need adult supervision, long sleeves, long trousers and socks or indoor shoes; avoid clothing with drawstrings.
Driving is the easiest option, with free on-site parking for cars and buses. If coming by bus, check the current service to Stanley and the walking approach, especially with a buggy or wheelchair. Family pets are not admitted; ask the park about assistance-dog arrangements before travelling.
When to choose somewhere else
Choose another day out if teenagers need the main activity, if animal handling is your priority, or if every child needs independently accessible play equipment rather than accessible routes around the park.
Dunkeld Cathedral can work as a calmer short stop if you are continuing north. The Hermitage is another option near Dunkeld when your family still wants a woodland walk, but it adds another outdoor activity.
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