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Activities & Days Out / 14 April, 2025 / Christina Walter

If you’re looking for the best summer camps for kids in London you’ve come to the right place. We’ve pulled together a list of recommended summer camps and clubs to keep your kids amused during the summer holidays.

The Strings Club is passionate about creating unforgettable experiences for children aged 4-11 that deliver the very best in childcare and music, every school holiday. And with more than 250 verified 5-star reviews in just the past year, you know it’s top childcare you can trust.

Every single week over the summer holidays has a different theme, including Space Adventures, Disney Pixar, Mysterious Magic and Let’s Get Active!

The interactive activities and music sessions are led by qualified, friendly, fully-DBS checked practitioners and string teachers who know how to inspire children from drop-off to pick-up time!

Locations include:

  • London – Balham, Bow, Brockley, Dulwich, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney Dalston, Hackney Wick, Hampstead, Harborne, Islington, Muswell Hill, Pimlico,

  • Richmond, Streatham, Walthamstow

  • Warwickshire – Leamington Spa

  • Birmingham – Harborne

Contact: 0121 296 9204

Visit: The Strings Club

Camp Bonas has designed an outdoor, screen-free, adventure-led week to allow your child to rewild their minds; joining in on creative workshops, participating in outdoor team-based activities, set against the backdrop of the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

At Camp Bonas, the children will stay in log cabins set into a hillside surrounded by organic pasture and forest. The cosy wooden bunks make sure all campers get the rest they need to be able to enjoy the week-long outdoor adventure.

Address: Bonas MacFarlaneEducation Ltd, Victoria House, 1a Gertrude Street, London, SW10 0JN

Contact: +44 (0) 207 223 2794

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A TARKA holiday class is a very popular option for childcare in the school holidays.

TARKA is a developmental exercise company that specialises in getting young children to love exercise from an early age. Rather than just getting children to run around and burn off steam, they get children to use their brains, work in teams and begin to understand what it is to be ‘emotionally intelligent’. TARKA runs classes for children starting from 18 months old all the way up to 8 years old. As well as their term time classes, they offer 4-hour holiday classes throughout all of the holidays where their primary focus is on getting children moving and being active!

There are three locations across London to choose from.

Address:

  • St Francis of Assisi Church, Pottery Lane W11 4NQ

  • Fulham Boys School, 532 Fulham Road, SW6 5BD

  • St Columba’s Church, Point Street SW1X 0BD

Contact: 020 7164 6281

Visit Tarka London

When it comes to the best summer camps for kids, Sharky & George have crafted a variety of amazing options that will all go a long way in entertaining your children over the holidays.

Their fantastic team will lead the children through activities such as chocolate making, mad science, nature trails, spy mysteries, fashion shows, graffiti workshops and much much more.

The camp runs from 9am until 4pm each day with drop off from 8:45 am. Children must be aged 5-11.

Sharky & George are also able to offer Private Adventure Clubs in a venue of your choice.

Address: The Parsons Green Club 31 Broomhouse Ln, London SW6 3DP

Contact: 020 7924 4381

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Holiday Activity Camps for children aged 6-12, Kaleidoscope provides outlets where, during the holidays and after school, children can explore, create, enquire, experiment and, above all, have fun.

At Kaleidoscope their goals are to promote and encourage an appreciation of the arts among children, to reconnect kids with the outdoors, to provide children with the tools and guidance needed to create, express, and explore.

Address:

  • St Luke’s Hall, St Luke’s Street SW3 3RP (view map here)

  • The Hall of Remembrance, Flood Street SW3 5SY (view map here)

  • The Hut, Alpha Place SW3 5SY (view map here)

  • Christ Church Kensington, Victoria Road W8 5RQ

Contact: 0203 651 7870

Visit Kaleidoscope

An Ofsted-registered school holiday programme specially designed to offer affordable summer child care for parents, Camp Horizons offers 5-14 year-old campers a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, which means they can enjoy their favourite hobbies, as well as develop new interests in a safe and encouraging environment.

They offer a broad range of activities which includes sports, arts and crafts, drama, dance as well as old camp favourites such as Capture the Flag, Dodgeball and inter-camp competition days. Additionally, each week there’s a theme day for the kids to enjoy.

Address:

  • Leytonstone – Buxton School

  • Olympic Park – Chobham Academy

  • Hackney – Haggerston School

Contact: 07858333200

Visit Camp Horizons

MN Science Holiday Camp is the ultimate holiday mix of education, fun and indoor and outdoor science experiments and activities. Every year the Mother Nature Science Camp inspires thousands of budding scientists, ages 5- 12 years, during the summer, Easter and Christmas school holidays and even the half-term breaks at premium Partner School Venues.

  • Indoor and outdoor activities

  • Four classroom-based fun, hands-on, science sessions per day, with wow-factor demonstrations and take-home experiments – across chemistry, biology and physics

  • Three ‘Playground-Activity-Breaks’ per day

Address: 22 Westmoreland Road. London, NW9 9BW, UK

Contact: +44 (0)20 8863 8832

Visit Mother Nature Science

With unrivalled activities to suit every interest at Barracudas COVID-19 secure camps, your kids will have a blast this summer. With 42 locations in the South East, you can choose the camp that’s most convenient for you.

The range of activities your child can choose from has been well thought out, making sure there’s something for every child. With over 80 different activities to choose from, they’re sure to get stuck into something they really enjoy. Whether they’re a budding artist, scientists or love sports, your kids will have a blast at Barracudas Activity Day Camp.

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