Soft Play and Rainy-Day Places Near Reigate

On a wet day most Reigate families head for one of three places. Wacky Kingdom in Redhill’s Belfry centre takes children up to 12 and needs no car. Donyngs Leisure Centre is the cheap option for under-sixes, at £6.50 an hour. Lets Explore in Horley has three themed floors for children up to 10. Every entry checked against the venue’s own site on 27 October 2026.

There is no soft play centre in Reigate town itself, so this guide covers Redhill and Horley first, then the bigger play barns and activity parks within a half-hour drive. We have not visited any of them for this guide and nothing here is a review: each entry sets out what the venue publishes about ages, prices, opening times and food, with the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating where the venue’s cafe has one. Prices change often, so check the booking page before you go.

Redhill and Horley

Wacky Kingdom, Redhill

Wacky Kingdom is in the Belfry shopping centre on Station Road, Redhill (RH1 1SE), next to Marks and Spencer and, it says, a two-minute walk from the bus and train stations. It describes itself as a soft play centre “suitable for all children aged 12 years and under”, with a three-storey play frame and a Baby Zone for early years. Its prices page lists opening hours of Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm and Sunday 10.30am to 5pm. Off-peak entry is £1 for under-ones, £3.95 for one-year-olds, £5.95 for two and three-year-olds and £7.75 for four and over (peak £2.50 to £9.95); adults pay £2 off-peak and £2.95 peak. There is a 120-minute play limit and no outside food apart from baby food, because there is a cafe. A SEND session runs on the first Monday of each month from 3pm to 5pm. Food hygiene rating: 3, given on 3 December 2025.

Donyngs Leisure Centre soft play, Redhill

Better, the charity that runs Donyngs Leisure Centre on Linkfield Lane (RH1 1DP) for the council, has a soft play area “designed for children aged six and under”. Its soft play page says it is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and at weekends 8am to 10.30am. Tickets are for one hour: £2.40 for an under-two and £6.50 for a child over two, and every child ticket lets one adult in free. All visits must be booked in advance on Better’s website or app; there is no walk-in. The leisure centre’s cafe, Chapters Cafe, holds a food hygiene rating of 5, given on 4 February 2026. Weekend soft play parties for up to 30 children cost £170.

Lets Explore, Horley

Lets Explore, at 59 to 61 Brighton Road, Horley (RH6 7HJ), is a soft play centre and day nursery that describes “three exciting worlds to discover: under the sea, jungle and space”, spread over three levels, with separate areas for babies, toddlers and older children up to 10. Every visit is a pre-booked 90-minute session, starting at 9.30am, 11.30am and 3.30pm daily, plus 1.30pm at weekends and in school holidays. It is open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Easter Sunday. Off-peak (term-time weekdays) prices are £2.75 for under-ones, £6.95 for under-fours, £8.50 for four and over and £2.75 for adults; weekends cost £3.50 to £9.75. Socks are compulsory. Parking on site is free, registered at reception. The site’s food hygiene rating, listed under its day nursery, is 5, given on 21 October 2026.

Farm play barns

Godstone Farm, Godstone

Godstone Farm, on Tilburstow Hill Road (RH9 8LX), calls its play barn “Surrey’s biggest soft play”: a 351.8 square metre frame on four tiers with seven slides, room for 200 children, separate baby and toddler areas, a role play area and a cafe. The farm’s play barn page lists toilets on both floors, a passenger lift and a Changing Places toilet. The barn is included in farm entry, which the prices page gives as from £16.95 for anyone aged two and over and from £8.50 for one-year-olds, booked online; on busy days time in the barn may be limited. The farm is open daily from 10am to 4.45pm except Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and runs after-school sessions on selected term-time weekdays from 3.30pm. Food hygiene rating: 5, given on 30 July 2025.

Bocketts Farm, Fetcham

Bocketts Farm Park on Young Street, Fetcham, near Leatherhead (KT22 9BS), has two indoor play barns: what it calls a “huge undercover soft play area” with a four-lane Astro-slide and a baby zone, heated in colder months, and a separate Big Kids Play Barn for children over one metre tall. The play page lists the barns alongside the outdoor play and animals. The farm is open every day from 10am to 5pm. Its prices page gives off-peak tickets of £17.50 for children aged 3 to 17 and £16.50 for adults (standard £21.50 and £19.50); under-ones are free. The farm asks drivers to search for “Bocketts Farm” rather than the postcode, which it shares with other addresses. Food hygiene rating: 5, given on 3 March 2026.

Further afield

Silvermere Softplay, Dorking

Silvermere Softplay is in Meadowbank Park, Mill Lane, Dorking (RH4 1DX), and describes itself as “an accessible and inclusive space” with a café next door that welcomes dogs. Its website lists pre-school sessions for children up to five and general sessions for children up to 11, with play features including a spinning disc, a stepping stone zone and a spider web challenge. It is open seven days a week. SEN sessions for ages 0 to 11, with fewer children, run from 3.30pm to 5pm on alternate Tuesdays and on the fourth Sunday of each month. There is no parking at the centre; the venue points visitors to St Martin’s Walk car park. Food hygiene rating: 5, given on 16 June 2026.

Rascals Softplay, Epsom

Rascals is on the second floor of Epsom Square (the Ebbisham Centre), above Epsom Library (KT19 8AG), and is for under-fives only, which it says means little ones “can explore without worrying about older kids”. The venue’s site lists 90-minute play sessions from £5.95 including one adult, a separate area for babies under one, a cafe, and opening seven days a week. The NCP car park is in the basement of the same building and Epsom station is about five minutes’ walk. We could not find a Food Standards Agency rating listed under the Rascals name.

Oxygen Activeplay, Crawley

Oxygen’s trampoline and activity park is at Unit 3D, Crawley Leisure Park, London Road, Crawley (RH10 8LR), with up to five hours’ free parking. The park’s page lists interconnected trampolines, a giant airbag, two slides with a 1.3 metre minimum height, a sports pitch, the Strike Zone game, a multi-level soft play area for under-fives and a cafe. Open Play for ages 4 and over costs £15.95 for 60 minutes, booked online. Toddler Play, for walking children to age five, costs £13.95 for a parent and toddler. Term-time hours from 1 November are Monday to Friday 9.30am to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 7pm, weekends 9am to 7pm. It also runs SEN Peaceful Play sessions.

Hollywood Bowl, Crawley

On the same leisure park, Hollywood Bowl Crawley (Crawley Leisure Park, Crawley Avenue, RH10 8LR) has 26 bowling lanes, arcade games and pool tables, and is open from 9am every day, until 11pm Sunday to Thursday and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. It advises booking ahead at busy times. Food hygiene rating: 5, given on 10 October 2024. Combined with Oxygen next door, it is the one place on this list that suits teenagers as well as small children.

Free, for under-fives

Pebble rhymetime at Redhill and Reigate libraries

Surrey County Council’s libraries run free Pebble rhymetimes for under-fives and their parents. At Redhill Library (Warwick Quadrant, RH1 1NN) they are on Wednesdays at 10am and 11am and Saturdays at 10.30am, each 30 minutes, with one ticket per family from the helpdesk when the library opens at 9.30am on the day, according to the library’s events page. At Reigate Library (Bancroft House, Bancroft Road, RH2 7RP, opposite the Everyman cinema) rhymetime is on Tuesdays at 10.30am, followed by a stay and play session from 11am, and a LEGO and DUPLO club for ages 3 and up runs on Saturdays from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at £1 a child, per its events page. Reigate Library is closed on Mondays.

Not open at the moment

The Harlequin Theatre and Cinema in Redhill, which used to run children’s shows and family films, remains temporarily closed after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was found in the building, according to its website. Updates are on the council’s Harlequin page.

How we chose

These are the indoor places families near Reigate search for when it rains: the soft play centres in the borough, plus the larger play barns and activity parks within a half-hour drive. Every price, age limit and opening time comes from the venue’s own website on 27 October 2026; library sessions come from Surrey County Council’s library pages. Food hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency. We left out venues whose own website or a recent notice could not confirm they are still open. We have not visited any of them for this guide.

For more ideas, see things to do in Reigate, what’s on in Reigate this month, October half-term in Reigate, and our guides to playgrounds and parks, walks near Reigate and Reigate cafes. Local businesses are in our Reigate business directory.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the nearest soft play to Reigate?

Redhill has two. Wacky Kingdom is in the Belfry shopping centre on Station Road, for children up to 12, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm and Sunday 10.30am to 5pm. Donyngs Leisure Centre on Linkfield Lane has a soft play area for children aged six and under, booked in advance in one-hour slots.

Which soft play near Reigate is cheapest?

Donyngs Leisure Centre in Redhill charges £6.50 an hour for a child over two and £2.40 for an under-two, with one adult free per child. Wacky Kingdom’s off-peak prices start at £3.95 for a one-year-old and £7.75 for children aged four and over. Free options are the Pebble rhymetimes at Redhill and Reigate libraries for under-fives.

Is there soft play near Reigate for children with special educational needs?

Yes. Wacky Kingdom in Redhill holds a SEND session from 3pm to 5pm on the first Monday of each month and offers £4 entry for children with SEN that morning. Oxygen Activeplay in Crawley runs calmer SEN Peaceful Play sessions, and Silvermere Softplay in Dorking has SEN sessions on alternate Tuesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month.