Wokingham Children's Fun Day

We’ve lots going on at the Children’s Fun Day this year. Including fairground rides, farm animal meet & greet, face painting, go kart rides, wonderful birds of prey, ferret racing, hands on arts and crafts and much more! All activities are free.

Come for a few hours or bring a picnic and stay all day.

The 1st Winnersh Scouts will be running a BBQ with both meat and vegetarian options, Easy Squeezy Lemonade will be on site, and Sir Whippy will be on hand serving ice cream.

Sun hats and sun cream will hopefully be required!

Perfect for children 10 years and under. Sponsored and organised by Wokingham Town Council.

Coming this year:

• JWS Fairgrounds with a selection of small fairground rides
• Circus Scene with facepainters, entertainers and a toyzone for the really little ones
• Cowshed with arts and crafts
• Miller’s Ark mobile farm
• Millets Wildside static birds of prey and ferret racing
• Go karts from Go Kart Party
• Wokingham In Bloom with nature crafts
• Soft play from First Days
• Climbing Wall from Dinton Activity Centre
• and more

Food and Drink

• 1st Winnersh Scouts Barbeque – Meat and Vegetarian options available. Tea and Coffee.
• Easy Squeezy Lemonade
• Sir Whippy
• and more

Food stalls tend to have long queues but usually move quickly.

Facilities on site:

• Toilets (portaloos)
• Disabled portaloo
• First aid
• Information/help point.
• Sensory Tent and Quiet Tent from Me2Club

Event map and what to expect tips

Help

• Town Council staff are dressed in a green t-shirt and can be found around the event and at the help tent (Marked with a yellow flag). Come to the Help tent for information, lost property or any other questions.
• First Aid on site from Beyond First Aid.
• Toilets are portaloos, including a basic disabled portaloo.
• Quiet and Sensory Tents are available for rest and recuperation from Me2Club.

Activities

As a rule the top of the map has the more sensory intense activities and the bottom is more relaxed. If queuing isn’t mentioned it is not expected. All provision is subject to change.

GoKarts (Go Kart Party) – Can be a noisy and tend to have long queues

Fairground (JWS FunFair) – A selection of rides for different ages.
• Enclosed Soft Play – Younger years, medium queue
• Jets ride – Younger years, short queue
• Merry go round – Younger years, short queue
• Bumper cars – all ages, expect longer queues
• Bungee trampolines – older ages, long queues
All sensory intense

Circus Scene
• Face painting – long queues
• Children’s entertainment shows
• Under 5’s toys area
Giant bubbles and balloons can sometimes happen here.

Soft Play (First Days) – Relaxed activity for younger years

Arts & Crafts (Cowshed and Arty Party) – A selection of simple arts and crafts activities

Mobile Farm (Miller’s Ark) –  A selection of enclosed farmyard animals that you can interact with. Hand washing supplied and encouraged.

Climbing Wall (Dinton Activity Centre) – Pop over to book your slot in advance.

Bloom (Wokingham in Bloom) – Simple nature based activities.

Mindfullness activities (Mindset Unlimited) – Drawing, crafts and child friendly yoga

Birds of Prey (Millets Wildside) – Static birds of prey display and ferret racing throughout the day.

A pdf version of the map to download

Getting here:

Please choose to walk or cycle where you can. There is no dedicated parking on site. Please make use of Town Centre car parks.

Both Cockpit Path and Denmark Street car parks are a couple of minutes walk from Langborough Rec.

Waste and Recycling:

We are working with Kethro Ltd to manage the waste and recycling at this event. They work in conjunction with Grundon in the south. Waste created at this event is processed to ensure as many recyclables are retrieved as possible and sent off to be recycled. Typically that’s around or more than 90% of materials. Anything that isn’t recyclable is sent to an Energy from Waste facility where it is incinerated to produce energy for the grid. Since taking on this approach it has been reported that no waste from the Fun Day has gone to landfill.

Other info:

Dogs can attend but must stay on a lead at all times and owners must be aware that the event can be loud and busy. Individual providers retain the right to request dogs are moved away.