Going to a soft play centre can be a great outing – the kids run off lots of energy and you might even get the chance to grab a coffee too! It can also be pretty crazy at the weekend and during school holidays so you’ve been warned! There are lots of other great alternatives too for a rainy day from trampoline centres to indoor climbing walls.
Here’s our roundup of some of the best indoor play centres in Hertfordshire. Click on the links for reviews of the ones we’ve been to. If you’re looking further afield check out our Buckinghamshire soft play reviews.
Hertfordshire Indoor Play Centres
DJs Play indoor play areas
DJs Play have three soft play centres in Hertfordshire and we’ve reviewed them all. There’s something for all ages and each is a little different.
Gosling Sports Park (Welwyn Garden City)
With a new challenge area, the Multi Activity Zone at Gosling Sports Park leisure centre had a great mix of soft play and trampoline fun all together.
Gosling Sports Park multi activity zone review
Little City
Little City stay and play sessions pop up all over Hertfordshire. Perfect for imaginative play, there are lots of little ‘rooms’ set up and full of accessories too.
Mama Baby Play indoor playcentre & cafe
Nestled in Hitchin town centre, Mama Baby Play is perfectly designed for babies and toddlers with lots of variety and even a sensory room.
Hatfield Leisure Inflatable Zone
The Inflatable Zone is a recent addition to the centre and has been up since November 2024. The whole inflatable course fills the entire sports hall and includes lots of difference sections!
Hatfield Leisure Inflatable Zone review
Little Liscombe Soft Play
Liscombe Health Club soft play is small but beautifully designed! Just outside Leighton Buzzard, it has a farmyard theme suitable for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers up to 5.
Little Liscombe soft play review
Mead Open Farm
While you might think of going to a farm as an outdoor day out, Mead Open Farm has all that as well as an epic indoor play centre. Big kids are catered for with drop slides and there are separate areas for toddlers too.
Woody’s Play Barn
Woody’s Play Barn soft play area is amazing. It’s bright, it’s colorful, and it feels like it stretches on forever (in the best way). Think massive climbing frames, squishy obstacle courses, speedy slides, and plenty of nooks and crannies for hide-and-seek. There’s even a separate toddler zone.
But wait for it — Woody’s isn’t just about soft play. They’ve also got a splash park, and let me tell you, it’s a total game-changer on a sunny day.
Get Wild!
Get Wild! soft play is found right in the middle of The Galleria shopping centre in Hatfield. With an assortment of slides, tunnels, rope walks, climbing frames is perfect to pop in for an hour to run off some energy in between shopping. (Hatfield)
Inflata City Ware
Hertfordshire’s newest indoor play centre has a huge 6000 sq foot obstacle course that goes round the outside of the area with inflateables to climb and conquer. You’ll also find jump slides and walls to climb and challenge your strength and an area for little ones.
Parents Paradise Childrens Play Centre family-run play area includes play frames, a separate baby play and sensory area, go karting race track, a football penalty shooting area (on the main playframe), ride on machines and interactive play areas (Bushey)
Flip Out Watford is an indoor playcentre with trampolines, Dodgems, Laser Quest, Drift Trikes and so much more (Watford)
Soft Play City at Campus West is for the little ones up to age 7 (Welwyn Garden City)
360 Play Stevenage admission includes all the facilities both indoors and out. Inside they have a main playframe, toddler section and baby sensory area. There is also a role play area and outdoor playground (Stevenage)
Little Rascals soft play cafe with toddler and main children’s playframe (Hitchin)
Hertfordshire Indoor Climbing Centres
Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre climbing wall
Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre in St Albans boasts a 12-meter climbing wall with 14 rope lines, catering to all skill levels. For the younger climbers, there’s a dedicated children’s wall designed to make climbing both fun and safe.
Westiminster Lodge Leisure Centre indoor climbing wall review
Rock Up has over 26 climbing walls, high ropes stretching out over the shopping centre, towering Leap of Faith & soft play (Watford)
Hertfordshire Trampoline Parks
Jump In Trampoline Park includes wall-to-wall trampolines, giant airbags, battle beams, wipeout, tumble tracks, extreme slides, inflatables and more (Elstree)
Flip Out Watford is an indoor playcentre with trampolines, Dodgems, Laser Quest, Drift Trikes and so much more (Watford)
More Ideas for What to Do With Kids on a Rainy Day in Hertfordshire
Campus West Roller Disco
Family roller skate sessions are great fun with a purpose built smooth skate hall at Campus West in Welwyn Garden City.
Campus West roller disco review
Pocket Towns portable wooden role-play town has launched exclusively at The Grove for school holidays. (Chandlers Cross)
Cloud 9 Leisure Xtreme Airpark with a huge selection of gladiator/total wipeout and ninja warrior activities for all ages (Hemel Hempstead)
Pop Up Play Village East Herts multi award winning mobile role play village
Laser Quest sci-fi action adventure (Hatfield)
Planet Ice ice skating (Hemel Hempstead)
