What to Do in the Summer Holidays in Surrey: A Parent's Practical Guide

The Surrey school summer holidays run from Wednesday 22 July 2026 to early September. That is six full weeks to fill for primary-age children, and a smaller stretch for secondary pupils, against a backdrop of varied weather, working diaries, and budgets that do not stretch to a paid attraction every day. This guide is the one Surrey families and carers reach for when they sit down in late June and try to map the whole thing out.

It pulls together free outdoor days at the country parks and National Trust sites Surrey is built around, paid attractions worth saving for the right week, a structured framework for combining the two, and the practical detail (postcodes, parking, age guidance, booking timelines) that turns a vague plan into something workable. Holiday camps for working weeks are covered separately in our Summer Holiday Camps in Surrey guide, with cross-links throughout where they help.

Surrey summer holidays 2026: the dates and the planning frame

For community and voluntary controlled schools, Surrey County Council confirms summer term ends on Wednesday 22 July 2026, with autumn term starting in early September. Academies, foundation, voluntary aided and free schools set their own dates, so check your school's calendar before booking anything that crosses term boundaries. Plan for roughly six weeks of holiday cover.

Most Surrey families end up combining four types of day across the six weeks:

• Free outdoor days at country parks, National Trust open access land, and town parks. The cheapest and the most repeatable.
• Paid attractions and farm parks, typically one to three across the holidays. Worth booking ahead online for the price drop.
• Indoor and wet-weather backups for the inevitable rainy weeks. Cinemas, leisure centres, libraries, and a handful of larger soft play centres.
• Structured holiday camps for the weeks parents and carers are working full days. Tax-Free Childcare eligible and worth booking in March, not July.

The framework below combines all four. The comparison table is the section to skim if you only have ten minutes to plan.

The venues in this guide have been included based on parent recommendations, Google ratings and publicly available information. KidzRGoGo has no commercial relationship with any provider listed and does not approve, inspect or endorse them. Always check directly with the venue before visiting, particularly for current pricing, opening hours and accessibility. Details may change.

Surrey summer holidays at a glance: 14 most-used family venues compared

This is the table to screenshot before you start the holidays. It pulls together fourteen of the venues Surrey families use most for summer days, ordered loosely cheapest to most expensive, with the honest trade-off for each.

Venue	Town & postcode	Age range	Rough cost	One honest note
Lightwater Country Park	Lightwater, GU18 5RG	0 to 12	Free entry, parking £2 to £4	Splash area is small and busy by 11am in hot weather
Newlands Corner	Guildford, GU4 8SE	0 to 16	Free entry, parking £3 to £5	Car park fills early on sunny Sundays
Frensham Great Pond	Farnham, GU10 3BT	0 to 16	Free, parking pay-and-display	Sandy beach swim, no lifeguards, watch toddlers carefully
Box Hill	Tadworth/Dorking	3 to 16	NT members free, otherwise £5+ parking	Steep paths, not pushchair friendly beyond the cafe
Polesden Lacey	Leatherhead, RH5 6BD	2 to 12	NT free, £14+ adult, £7+ child	Excellent natural play, house entry is the slow bit
Winkworth Arboretum	Godalming, GU8 4AD	2 to 12	NT free, around £10 adult	Better for under-10s who like running off-path
Horton Country Park	Epsom	0 to 14	Free, free parking	Big open fields, fewer facilities than the paid options
Guildford Lido	Guildford, GU1 1HB	3 to 16	Around £6 to £8 per swim	Outdoor 50m pool, unheated; book online for school holiday slots
Painshill	Cobham, KT11 1AG	3 to 12	Around £10 child, £15 adult	Buy online for the discount; under-fives go free
Bocketts Farm Park	Leatherhead, KT22 9BS	1 to 9	Around £13 to £16 child	Get there before 10am or queue for the tractor
Godstone Farm	Godstone, RH9 8LX	1 to 10	Around £15 to £18 child	Indoor play barn rescues a rainy day
RHS Garden Wisley	Woking, GU23 6QB	4 to 14	RHS members free, adult £16+	Membership pays back in three visits; check school-holiday trails
Mercedes-Benz World	Weybridge, KT13 0SL	5 to 16	Free entry, drive experiences extra	Underrated rainy-day venue; book the junior driving early
Chessington World of Adventures	Chessington, KT9 2NE	4 to 14	From around £30, gate price much higher	Cheapest if you book seven or more days out, online

Free outdoor days: the backbone of the six weeks

Free days do the heavy lifting through any Surrey summer. The county sits on the North Downs and the Surrey Hills AONB, with National Trust open-access land, country parks run by the borough councils, and a string of commons that all charge nothing or close to nothing once you have parked. These are the venues to default to when the budget is tight, the weather is reasonable, and the children just need to run.

Lightwater Country Park, Lightwater

Entry is free, parking is cheap, and the children's area combines a wooden adventure playground, a small splash pad, and a flat lake circuit short enough for a four-year-old. The cafe is functional, not a destination in itself. The splash pad has no postcode of its own, the whole site sits at GU18 5RG. Drive in via the M3 J3 turn-off and you are five minutes away. Rated 4.6 on Google from 1,105 reviews. The honest note: the splash area is the size of a small garden and on a 25-degree day it is a sea of toddlers by 11am, so come early or come after 3pm. Search the playgrounds category on KidzRGoGo for other free Surrey park days nearby.

Newlands Corner, Guildford

Surrey Hills viewpoint at GU4 8SE, free entry, parking £3 to £5 depending on length of stay. The walks fan out across the chalk downland and into woodland that stays cool even in late July. The cafe at the top is decent and there are clean toilets, both rarities at free Surrey sites. Rated 4.7 on Google from 4,006 reviews. The car park is medium-sized and fills by 11am on the first sunny weekend; on weekdays you can usually arrive at any time.

Frensham Great Pond and Frensham Common, Farnham

A genuinely sandy beach at GU10 3BT, on the Surrey/Hampshire border, with a shallow pond children can paddle in (no lifeguards) and acres of common land behind. Park-and-walk in, bring everything, leave nothing in the car. Frensham Great Pond is one of the few inland places in the South East where children can swim outdoors for free; the water is dark and you cannot see your feet, so it suits confident over-fives more than nervous toddlers. Rated 4.5 on Google. Frensham Little Pond, slightly further north, is a quieter alternative with reedier edges and a 4.8 Google rating from 190 reviews.

Box Hill, Tadworth and Dorking

National Trust members park free, everyone else pays £5 or so for a few hours. Box Hill suits primary-age children better than toddlers; the steep paths down to the stepping stones are not pushchair friendly and the climb back up is steep enough to be a workout. The cafe at the top is fine and there are play trails marked out. Rated 4.7 on Google from 971 reviews. Box Hill & Westhumble (RH5 6BT) is the station-side entry, useful if you are coming by train from Leatherhead.

Polesden Lacey, Leatherhead

One of the better National Trust days in Surrey for families with primary-age children. The natural play trail is genuinely good, the grounds are wide enough that you never feel crowded, and the house is short enough that children do not get bored. Postcode RH5 6BD, rated 4.6 on Google from 5,319 reviews. NT members get in free, otherwise around £14 for an adult and £7 for a child, lower if you gift-aid. The honest note: it is a 15-minute drive off the A24 down lanes that are narrow on busy weekends.

Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming

National Trust again, postcode GU8 4AD, 4.6 on Google from 3,014 reviews. Winkworth peaks in spring and autumn but works in summer for families who like running children loose under tree cover; there are no formal play areas, which is the point. NT members free, day visitors around £10 adult. Best for under-10s who like climbing and exploring rather than tweens looking for a structured activity.

Horton Country Park, Epsom

Big open fields, free parking, family cycle routes, and a play area near the main car park. Postcode KT19 area, 4.5 on Google from 727 reviews. Horton sits next to the Horton Park Children's Farm (a paid extra), but the country park itself is one of the best free options in north Surrey. Bring scooters; the tarmac paths are wide and almost car-free.

Stoke Park, Guildford

Town park at the edge of Guildford centre, GU1 1ER. The paddling pool (GU1 1ET) opens through the summer holidays for free splashing about, the playground is solid, and there is mini-golf if you have older children to entertain at the same time. Rated 4.5 on Google from 3,793 reviews. The honest note: parking is street-side and limited; if you are local, walk or cycle in.

Farnham Park, Farnham

320 acres of open parkland behind Farnham Castle, postcode GU9 0AU. Free entry, free parking, large play area, golf, and walking trails. Rated 4.6 on Google from 1,760 reviews. Excellent for kite-flying, scooter-loops, and picnics; less good if you need a cafe close to the play area.

Priory Park, Reigate

Postcode RH2 7RL, 4.7 on Google from 2,347 reviews. Lake, big playground, a skate park nearby, and tennis courts that the borough lets families use cheaply through the holidays. One of the better east Surrey town parks for a half-day with mixed ages.

Horsell Common, Woking

Free open-access common land at GU21 4HQ, 4.7 on Google from 441 reviews. Sandy bunkers, pine woodland, and the famous H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" sand pit. Good for older children with bikes and for shorter dog-walking-with-kids days; less structured than a country park, so suits independent under-twelves rather than toddlers.

Paid attractions and farm parks for a bigger day

One paid day a fortnight is roughly the cadence most Surrey families settle on. The venues below all reward booking online and arriving early; gate prices are usually 15% to 30% higher than the online price.

Painshill, Cobham

An 18th-century pleasure garden at KT11 1AG, rated 4.6 on Google from 846 reviews. Painshill runs school holiday trails through the summer with crafts and outdoor activities included in entry; children under five go free. The Crystal Grotto (rated 4.7 from 723 reviews) and Gothic Tower are highlights, and the cafe is better than the average attraction cafe. Pushchair-friendly across most of the site. The honest note: parts of the route are exposed and there is limited shade for the hottest July afternoons; bring sun hats.

Bocketts Farm Park, Leatherhead

The most-reviewed family farm in Surrey, KT22 9BS, rated 4.7 on Google from 2,628 reviews. Tractor rides, indoor and outdoor play, daily animal handling, and the kind of small-enough-to-walk-everywhere layout that suits one to nine year olds. Get there by 10am in school holidays or you will queue for the car park, the tractor, and the indoor play. Annual pass pays back in two visits if you have under-fives.

Godstone Farm, Godstone

RH9 8LX, 4.5 on Google from 3,053 reviews. Similar concept to Bocketts but slightly bigger play areas and a stronger indoor offering, which matters when the weather turns. Good for families with two or three children at different ages; the older ones can use the outdoor adventure park while the toddlers stay in the soft play.

RHS Garden Wisley, Woking

GU23 6QB, rated 4.7 on Google from 18,356 reviews. Wisley runs a summer family programme with trails, glasshouse exploration, and outdoor sculpture. RHS members enter free, which makes membership pay back inside two visits for a family of four. Non-members pay around £16 per adult. The Children's Garden is the section most families spend the longest in; do that first, then loop the rest.

Hatchlands Park, Guildford

National Trust property at GU4 7RT, rated 4.5 on Google from 2,433 reviews. Quieter than Polesden Lacey on most days, with rope swings, dens, and a flat parkland trail suitable for prams. Members free, adult around £12. Worth combining with a Wisley membership if you live in east Guildford.

Loseley Park, Guildford

GU3 1HS, 4.5 on Google from 878 reviews. Family home with walled gardens; calmer than the National Trust honeypots and good for families with a non-running toddler. The summer kitchen garden trail is the strongest reason for an under-eight to come; the house itself suits older children.

Watts Gallery and Artists' Village, Guildford

GU3 1DQ, rated 4.6 on Google from 1,412 reviews. A genuinely good small museum and sculpture-trail combination, with a family-friendly cafe and the cemetery chapel that surprises everyone who visits. Children under 17 enter free; adults around £14. Better for a half-day than a full day. Pairs well with Loseley Park (10 minutes away).

Brooklands Museum, Weybridge

KT13 0QN, with a 5.0-rated dedicated children's playground (from a handful of reviews). The museum sits on a former motor racing circuit and aerospace site; the Concorde walk-through is the headline, and the rotating school holiday programme tends to include flight simulators and hands-on workshops. Pair it with Mercedes-Benz World next door for a half-day each.

Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge

KT13 0SL, 4.7 on Google from 8,188 reviews. Free entry to the exhibition, with paid driving experiences for ages eleven and up. Often overlooked as a rainy-day option; the upstairs viewing balconies overlook the test track, which keeps mechanically-minded under-tens occupied for an hour at no cost.

Chessington World of Adventures, Chessington

KT9 2NE, 4.1 on Google from over 30,000 reviews. The biggest theme park in Surrey, best for ages four to fourteen. Book seven or more days ahead on the official site to halve the gate price, and consider the cheaper combination tickets with the zoo and Sea Life. The honest note: a one-day visit feels short and a two-day visit is much better value if you stay on-site.

Go Ape Bracknell

Just over the border at Swinley Forest, postcode in RG12 area, 4.7 on Google from 1,595 reviews. Tree-top adventure with separate junior and full courses; minimum age four for the toddler course and ten for the main one. Most Surrey families count it as a Surrey day out because it is closer than Box Hill for west Surrey. Book online a week ahead in school holidays.

Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford

GU10 2DL, 4.6 on Google. An open-air collection of old village buildings, with a miniature railway and a fair amount of hidden corners for children to explore. Genuinely different from the polished National Trust day; quieter, cheaper, and longer-lasting for curious primary children.

Wet-weather and indoor backup for the rainy week

Every Surrey summer has at least one washout week. Plan two or three indoor options before you need them; trying to find one at 9am on the day in school holidays is a fast route to a packed soft play and a £40 bill.

Guildford Spectrum, Guildford

GU1 1UP, rated 4.2 on Google from 3,416 reviews. Pools, ice rink, ten-pin bowling and indoor adventure golf in one building. Open through the holidays with extended swim sessions; book the pools online to skip the queue. The cafe is functional; the better food is on the High Street, ten minutes away.

Guildford Lido, Guildford

GU1 1HB, 4.1 on Google from 817 reviews. Outdoor heated 50m pool plus a smaller children's pool; sessions sell out quickly in school holidays, so book the day before. Counts as wet-weather only because it is heated; on a 16-degree drizzle day it is grim, but on a 22-degree cloudy day it is one of the best swim experiences in Surrey.

The Light Cinema, Redhill

RH1 1RU, 4.5 on Google from 762 reviews. Includes an indoor climbing wall alongside the cinema, which makes it one of the only single-location options in east Surrey where two children of different ages can do different things on the same trip. Look for kids' film morning tickets at around £3 each.

Nova Cinema, Woking

GU21 6GQ, 4.0 on Google from 846 reviews. Independent cinema with cheap school holiday morning programmes; expect older Disney and Pixar titles at £3 to £5. Combine with a play in Woking Park and you have a half-day for under £20 for two.

Vue Cinema Staines

TW18 4BL, 4.0 on Google from 3,166 reviews. The Mini Mornings programme runs school holiday films at a low fixed price; the screens are big and the seats are reclining. Good wet-weather fallback for north-east Surrey families.

For dedicated soft play and toddler-friendly indoor venues, the Surrey soft play category compares the larger centres by age and budget.

Holiday camps and structured childcare weeks

Most Surrey working families end up booking one to three weeks of camp across the summer, depending on annual leave and grandparent cover. Camps are the obvious answer to the weeks no parent or carer is at home, and they range from £150 to £350 per child per week. Book in March for the popular ones; June is too late for most of the Guildford and Woking options.

For a full guide to the 25+ camps Surrey families use, see our Summer Holiday Camps in Surrey pillar. Cluster guides:

• All Surrey holiday camps by town and type
• Sports-specific camps (football, netball, triathlon)
• Arts, drama and performing arts camps

Two practical notes on funding:

Tax-Free Childcare applies to most registered holiday camps in Surrey. Eligible families pay £8 for every £10 of camp fees, capped at £2,000 per child per year (£4,000 for disabled children). Sign up on the gov.uk childcare account before you book; the camp needs to be Ofsted-registered or accept the scheme through a registered umbrella, which most of the larger Surrey camps do.

Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, run by Surrey County Council, offers free places at participating camps for primary and secondary children who get benefits-related Free School Meals. Check the council's HAF pages from May for available slots; demand outstrips supply.

A six-week plan that actually works

This is the framework we see most working Surrey families settle into, adapted from talking to camp providers and reading hundreds of Google reviews. Adjust to your own working pattern, annual leave, and budget.

Week 1 (22 to 26 July): reset week. Don't book anything paid. Stick to local parks (Stoke Park, Farnham Park, Priory Park, Horsell Common), the library, and one swim. Children are still tired from school. Save the energy and the money for later.

Week 2 (28 July to 1 August): first paid day out. Bocketts Farm or Painshill for under-tens, Chessington or Go Ape for older children. Book on the Monday for the Wednesday or Thursday, midweek is quieter than the weekend.

Week 3 (4 to 8 August): the first camp week if you need one. Surrey Sports Park or Ultimate Activity Camps are the workhorses; book by mid-April. Top up with one paid afternoon (cinema or pool) for the camp-free children, if you have siblings outside the camp age range.

Week 4 (11 to 15 August): free outdoor week. Newlands Corner, Box Hill, Frensham Pond, Polesden Lacey, Lightwater. Pack a picnic each time. This is the week the children build their best summer memories without it costing anything.

Week 5 (18 to 22 August): the second camp week if you need one, or the big family day out (Wisley, Brooklands, Watts) for the families who have grandparent cover. Plan one trip outside Surrey too if budget allows; the South Downs and the coast are an hour away.

Week 6 (25 to 29 August): reset to free again. Library summer reading challenge finishes around now, so make the final library trip count. Local parks, paddling pools, and prep for school. By Friday everyone wants term back; that is normal.

Choosing by age and energy level

Surrey day-out venues divide cleanly by age in a way that is not obvious from the brochures.

Toddlers and under-fives: Bocketts Farm, Godstone Farm, Lightwater Country Park, Stoke Park paddling pool, Frensham Little Pond (calmer than the Great Pond), Polesden Lacey, Loseley Park. Avoid Box Hill (too steep), Chessington (most rides have minimum heights), and Brooklands (less to climb on).

Primary 5 to 8: the broadest age range, suited to almost everything in this guide. Painshill, Bocketts, Wisley, Watts, Polesden, Lightwater, Newlands Corner. This is the age you can finally take to the National Trust honeypots without it being a logistical event.

Primary 9 to 11: Chessington, Go Ape Bracknell (junior course at four years and up, but eight years old is the sweet spot), Brooklands, Mercedes-Benz World, Frensham Pond (confident swimmers), Watts Gallery, the lido. Painshill and Box Hill still work but feel less novel.

Secondary 12 and up: Go Ape main course (10+), Chessington, lido sessions, Mercedes-Benz junior driving, cinema and shopping in Guildford or Kingston, and the camps offering teen-specific weeks (Surrey Sports Park, Larkspur Equestrian). The free outdoor days work if you let teens go independently; a Surrey Hills walk with a friend is a genuine option from about thirteen.

Practical information: parking, booking, accessibility

Parking

The free venues (Newlands Corner, Lightwater, Frensham, Box Hill non-NT entry points) all charge for parking even when entry is free, usually £2 to £5. National Trust members park free at NT sites. Carry £5 in coins and a contactless card; many car parks accept both, neither always works. The paid attractions (Painshill, Bocketts, Wisley, Chessington) include parking in the entry fee.

Booking ahead

Three rules: book Chessington seven or more days out for the best online price, book the lido and the Spectrum the night before for the best slot times, and book any camp by April for the popular weeks. Bocketts and Painshill do not require booking but the car parks fill on hot days from 10am.

Accessibility and SEN

Step-free access is best at Painshill (most of the site), Wisley (most paths), Polesden Lacey (parkland and ground floor of the house), Bocketts (indoor areas), and the leisure centres. Box Hill, Newlands Corner walks, and Frensham Pond all involve uneven terrain. Several venues run dedicated SEN sessions through the school holidays; check the venue's own pages a fortnight ahead. The cinemas (The Light, Vue, Nova) all run autism-friendly Mini Mornings with lower volume and lights left on.

Funding and discounts

Beyond Tax-Free Childcare and HAF, the everyday savings come from membership: an annual National Trust family membership (around £150 to £180) repays in three Surrey visits, and an RHS family membership (around £80) repays in two Wisley visits. Library cards are free and give access to the summer reading challenge, free events, and free internet for any families catching up on holiday-club booking emails.

Frequently asked questions

When do Surrey schools break up for the summer holidays in 2026?

Surrey County Council community and voluntary controlled schools break up on Wednesday 22 July 2026 and return in early September 2026. Academies, free schools, voluntary aided and foundation schools set their own dates and may differ by up to a few days. Check your specific school's published calendar before booking anything that lands at either end of the holidays.

What are the cheapest things to do with children in the summer holidays in Surrey?

The cheapest options are the free country parks and commons: Lightwater Country Park (GU18 5RG), Newlands Corner (GU4 8SE), Frensham Great Pond (GU10 3BT), Horton Country Park (Epsom), Horsell Common (GU21 4HQ), Stoke Park (Guildford GU1 1ER), Farnham Park (GU9 0AU), and Priory Park (Reigate, RH2 7RL). Add the free National Trust days at Box Hill and Polesden Lacey if you hold a family membership. Library summer reading challenges and council-run play schemes round out a near-zero-cost week.

Where can children swim outdoors in Surrey during the summer holidays?

The two main options are Guildford Lido (GU1 1HB), a heated outdoor 50m pool with timed sessions, and Frensham Great Pond (GU10 3BT), an open-water sandy beach swim with no lifeguards that suits confident over-fives. Frensham Little Pond and the unsupervised stretches of the River Wey are wilder again; talk to the children about the risks and stay in shallow water with toddlers. Stoke Park paddling pool (Guildford GU1 1ET) is open through the holidays and is free.

Are there free activities for children in Surrey during the summer holidays?

Yes. The country parks above are all free for entry. Surrey libraries run a free Summer Reading Challenge every year from July, including events at branches across Guildford, Woking, Reigate, Farnham, Dorking, Epsom and the smaller towns. Surrey County Council's HAF programme funds free places at participating holiday clubs for Free-School-Meals-eligible children. Some Surrey churches and community halls run free Holiday Bible Clubs in August. Most local councils run free play schemes in town parks for at least one week.

How early should I book a Surrey holiday camp?

For the most popular camps (Surrey Sports Park Junior Camps, Ultimate Activity Camps, Camp Glide, Larkspur Equestrian, Supreme Camps) book in March or early April for the summer weeks. Mid-tier camps usually have spaces into May. By the end of June most popular weeks in the Guildford, Woking and Reigate area are fully booked, particularly the first and last weeks of the holidays. Full guide in our Summer Holiday Camps in Surrey post.

Can I use Tax-Free Childcare for holiday camps in Surrey?

Yes, most registered Surrey holiday camps accept Tax-Free Childcare. Eligible working families pay £8 for every £10, up to £2,000 per child per year (£4,000 for disabled children). Open a childcare account on gov.uk, top up the balance, and pay the camp from your account. Confirm the camp is Ofsted-registered or signed up to the scheme before you pay; the larger Surrey providers (Energy Kidz, Premier Education, Active Surrey, Mini Athletics) all are.

What can families do in Surrey on a rainy day during the summer holidays?

Indoor options worth knowing: Guildford Spectrum (pools, ice, bowling, GU1 1UP), Brooklands Museum (Weybridge, KT13 0QN), Mercedes-Benz World (KT13 0SL, free entry), The Light Redhill (cinema and climbing, RH1 1RU), Nova Cinema Woking, Watts Gallery (Guildford, GU3 1DQ), and the larger Surrey libraries for free reading events. For wet-weather soft play and toddler venues, see the Surrey soft play category.

Are there summer activities in Surrey for children with additional needs?

Several venues run SEN-friendly summer sessions. Painshill (Cobham KT11 1AG) and RHS Wisley (GU23 6QB) both have quiet hours and accessible paths. Surrey leisure centres (including Guildford Spectrum, GU1 1UP) run autism-friendly swim sessions through the holidays. The Light Redhill, Nova Cinema, and Vue Staines all run autism-friendly Mini Mornings. Surrey County Council's local offer site lists SEN holiday clubs and short breaks funded for eligible children; apply early.

Where can teenagers go in Surrey during the summer holidays?

Go Ape Bracknell (main course 10+), Chessington World of Adventures (most rides 1.4m+), Mercedes-Benz junior driving experiences (11+), Guildford Lido session swims, Surrey Sports Park's drop-in sessions for ages 11+, the cinema chains, and bowling at Guildford Spectrum. Box Hill and Newlands Corner work for teens who like walking with friends. Most teens also do best with one structured week of camp combined with otherwise unstructured days.

How do I find activities near me in Surrey?

The fastest route is to filter by your town on KidzRGoGo. Try Guildford, Woking, Farnham, Dorking, Reigate or Godalming for everything within a few miles. From there, filter by category (parks, swimming, soft play, camps, museums).

More from the Surrey summer holidays guide

• Summer Holiday Camps in Surrey: The Complete Guide for Families
• Sports Holiday Camps in Surrey
• Arts and Performing Arts Holiday Camps in Surrey

Find more Surrey activities and listings

This guide covers the broad strokes. To go deeper:

• For working weeks: the Summer Holiday Camps in Surrey pillar guide
• Browse by activity type: all Surrey camps, outdoor and nature, swimming, museums, attractions
• Browse by town: Guildford, Woking, Farnham, Dorking, Reigate, Godalming, Epsom

Save this page, screenshot the comparison table, and good luck with the six weeks. The trick is not finding things to do; it is pacing them.