The best local summer holiday camps in Surrey & SW London
Summer holiday camps can be a lifesaver for working parents.
Knowing that your kids you have a week or two of activities planned during the school holidays – whether it's sports, drama, outdoor adventure or multi-activity – is a welcome break in what can seem like an endless childcare juggle. We take a look at some of 2020s most popular summer holiday courses and activities for kids and teenagers.
Don’t wait until July to book! Spaces go fast.
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Camp Beaumont
Best for: all types
With over 40 activities on offer, there is something for everyone, including horse riding and orienteering, art and drama, science and swimming. Children participate in up to six activities every day, including 3D modelling, biscuit decorating, cheerleading, dance, face painting and body art, football, jewellery making, karaoke and trampolining.
From July 23 – Aug 24; suitable for 4-16 years; 1 day from £43, 3 days from £123 or five days (price tbc); extended days (8am – 6pm), lunch and transport available (cost extra); specialist courses (eg drama, art and swimming) cost extra (from £60 per week)
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Guildford Shakespeare Company Summer Camp
Best for: drama
Older children (ages 12-18) can attend The Tempest week (July 31 – August 4), during which they will rehearse and perform their own version of the play. For younger children (aged 7-13) there’s a chance to perform Romeo and Juliet the following week (August 7-11). In each case, a final performance for family and friends will take place on Friday afternoon.
Highly recommended – teenagers are welcome and all children have a speaking role and a say in how the play is delivered. It’s educational and superb for boosting confidence.
Suitable for 7-18 year olds; 10am – 4pm; £145 per week
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Mother Nature Sciences
Best for: science bods
Learn about chemistry, biology and physics through hands-on activities, exciting indoor and outdoor demonstrations, experiments, team games and quizzes. Each camp covers a different scientific theme and parents receive a handout to inform them what’s covered in each session.
From July 9 – Aug 24, 9am – 3.30pm with extended hours available; suitable for 5-12 years; £245 for five days (early booking discount £225); £60 per day (phone booking only); sibling discounts available
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Reigate School of Ballet
Best for: performing arts
For youngsters that love to perform, the school is hosting two three-day summer holiday courses open to children aged 4-11 of all abilities.
Top-class instructors will teach dance, musical theatre, singing, stagecraft and audition techniques – throwing in some arts and crafts to boot – with a final performance for parents at the end of the course.
A lovely camp for aspiring young performers that comes highly recommended.
July 30–Aug 1 and Aug 20-22, 9.45am – 3pm. Open to ages 4-11 years; £25 per day or £69 for three days
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International Competitive Sailing Course
Best for: sailing
For children that can sail and those that would love to learn, this four-day ICS course covers everything from the basics to advanced race training. Daily two-course lunch and light tea, T-shirt, log books and all awards and badges included in the price. Sibling discounts are available.
Highly recommended and stress-free for parents, as all food is included and children gain a sailing qualification at the end.
Suitable for 7-16 years, £365 (plus boat hire if required); August 6-9
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The Little Gym Hampton & Teddington
Best for: learning through movement
Conceived in the US 40 years ago, the Little Gym philosophy is all about using physical activity as a conduit for the development of mental skills – such as concentration and decision-making – and life skills (teamwork, cooperation, leadership, confidence), as well as stimulating physical and motor skill development with balance, strength and coordination games. There are now over 300 Little Gyms around the world.
Further locations in Wandsworth and Fulham.
From July 23 – Aug 24; 9.30am – 12.30pm for 3-8 year olds, 1.30-4.30pm for 5-12 years; members half-day £32/non-members half-day £36; members full day £64/non-members full day £72; lunch club £12
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Flip Out Trampoline Action Club
Best for: bouncy kids
The Action Club starts with a one-hour free run lesson that focuses on balance, jumping, landing, vaulting and flipping. This is followed by a two-hour skateboard lesson where kids learn to push and navigate alongside tricks like pump on the ramp and drop in. Each participant will receive lots of beginner tips and improvement techniques with assistants on hand.
The first class is held 9am-12am for 7-10 years and the second class is 10am-1pm for 11-15 years; £38 for the 3 hour sessions
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SCL Holiday Camp
Best for: multi-activity for under 9s
Running every day, SCL’s Club Energy offers games, team sports, arts and crafts, drama and dance workshops and outdoor pursuits. There is also a soccer school at the same location.
Club Energy is widely regarded as a great value and an excellent resource for younger children.
A second location in Guildford.
Suitable for 4-12-year olds; 9:45am – 4pm daily (extended hours available), childcare vouchers accepted. Cost per session: £25 per day (£28 extended hours, 8.15am – 5.45pm), £110 per week (£125 with extended hours)
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Barracuda's Summer Camp
Best for: variety
From swimming in the indoor pool to football and basketball, from fencing and archery to drama, craft and Skills Builder courses, there are heaps of activities here. Each day there are six one-hour sessions, with at least two activities to choose from in each session. The Skills Builder courses include Motor Mania (road safety, signals and basic mechanics), Swim School (for beginners), Lab Rats (science experiments) and Upstage (drama workshops).
Further locations in Cobham and Ripley.
From July 16 – August 17, 8.30am – 5.30pm with extended hours available; suitable for 4.5 – 14 years; £40 – £43 per day or £164 – £174 per week (depending on dates booked); sibling discounts available; Skills Builder courses cost extra (from £40 per week)
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Twenty20 Cricket Holiday Camp
Best for: cricket
Specialist cricket coaching for young players of all abilities, with fun games and skills training for the younger players and hardball matches for the older ones. In bad weather, children can watch DVDs and take part in quizzes in the pavilion.
This is a fun camp suitable for those that already enjoy cricket, as well as for those who want to learn the basics.
Further locations in Weybridge, Woking and Hampton Wick.
Suitable for 5-15-year olds, 9.30am – 4.30pm, extended day available. Cost £35 per session, £150 per week; extended hours (8:30am – 5:30pm) £40, £175 per week. Sibling discounts available
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Barnes Summer Play School
Best for: trips to London
Big Top Adventures is an excursion-based camp that takes 8-12-year-olds out and about to different places in London (and sometimes to Brighton). The format changes weekly, but popular activities include boating on the Serpentine lake, visits to Battersea Park Children’s Zoo and the Charles Dickens Museum and swimming locally in Pools on the Park.
For younger ones (3-7-year-olds), the Barnes Summer Play School is a site-based camp where daily activities include French and Spanish lessons, playdough, dressing up and yoga.
From July 23 – August 24, 9.30am – 3.30pm. For 3-7 years: £195 per week; £29 half day; £49 full day. For 8-12 years: £230 per week; £65 per day; no half days
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Stagecoach Holiday Camp
Best for: performing Arts
For those with children interested in learning how to perform, Stagecoach is running age-appropriate holiday clubs.
Younger children (4-6-year-olds) can join the Little Performers Workshop, singing, dancing and acting all week and putting on a performance on the Friday. Older children (aged 7-18) can sign up for the Summer Holiday Workshop, which offers long hours of singing, dancing and acting.
Another short-day option, Stagecoach is reliable and popular with all ages, highly educational and great for boosting confidence.
Further locations in Reigate, Leatherhead, Cobham, Epsom, Godalming, Coulson, Weybridge, Hinchley Wood, Kingston, Woking, Wimbledon, Croydon, Oxted, Richmond, Putney, Kew, Fulham and Farnham.
July 30 – Aug 3; suitable for 4-18-year-olds. Little Performers £125 per week (£100 sibling); 9.30am – 12:30pm. Summer Holiday Workshop: £170 per week (£130 sibling); 10am – 4pm, evening presentation on the Friday
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Ultimate Activity Camps
Best for: varied fun
With numerous options including fencing, swimming, cricket, trampolining, pedal kart challenges and dodgeball, as well as cooking and arts and crafts, there’s plenty here for all ages.
July 23 – Aug 24, 8.30am – 5.15pm; suitable for 4-14-year olds; childcare vouchers accepted. Cost per session: £39 per day, £164 per week (including early booking discount). Extended Day Pass (8am – 6pm) £5 extra per day
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Teddington Cricket Club
Best for: sporty types
Dibbly-dobbly, googly, slog sweep, header, backheel… say what? If your child’s a die-hard sports fan, he or she will know we’re talking cricket and football.
For those who love both sports, Teddington Cricket Club’s four-day summer holiday camp is perfect. There might even be an interested deer or two watching from the sidelines.
From July 9-12, 16-19, 23-26 and August 6-9, 13-16, from 10am – 3pm with extended day options. Suitable for 7-12 years; 1-day £35, 2 days £60, 3 days £80, 4 days £100; sibling discounts available
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Rugged Earth Adventures
Best for: Nerf Gun shooting and forest fun
Kids will spend their days shooting Nerf guns, making campfires and setting traps and snares, as well as trying out archery, bushcraft, nature art and shelter building and generally having fun in a forest.
Highly recommended by all ages, particularly as kids get to make a campfire and then cook their own sausages over it (snacks and lunch included in the price). Siblings and friends can be grouped together. However, as it’s an outdoor-based camp, send them prepared.
Suitable for ages 5-12+; 10am – 4pm. Cost: £30 per day, extended hours (8.30am – 5pm) £36
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Sparks Workshop Centre
Best for: budding movie makers
The Sparks team has been running movie-making courses for children since 2010. Its hands-on Summer Shoot is a chance to get both behind and in front of the camera, planning, shooting and producing a short film over five days, with a red carpet screening for friends and family in September. Groups consist of no more than 20 (with two adults) and are age-tiered.
Other locations include Belleville Primary School in Battersea and St George's College in Weybridge.
July 9-13 and July 30 – August 3 in Balham and July 23-27 in Battersea. All classes run from 9am-3pm. Suitable for 4-18 years in Balham and 7-14 years in Battersea; from £215 per child; sibling discounts available; 020 7101 9329
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Fun Tech Summer Camp
Best for: techies
Is your child aged 7-16 an aspiring games designer? Or mad about Minecraft? Running since 1996, FunTech now operates at 11 locations, including Richmond. The courses cater to different ages and include Minecraft with Mods, Lego Robotics Junior (or Advanced), Mobile Games, 3D Game Design, Python Coder, 3D Modelling and Printing, and Java Coder.
From July 16 – August 24, from 9am – 5pm; suitable for 7-16 years; from £525 for five days
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St John’s Summer Sports Camp
Best for: sports
The school’s summer holiday sports club runs a camp that gives children of all abilities the chance to be coached by international athletes. The camp covers a wide range of activities including football, touch rugby, athletics, tennis, rounders, netball, grass hockey, indoor hockey, JOLF (junior golf coaching), table tennis, dodgeball, cricket, and volleyball, badminton, basketball and more.
A great camp for sporty kids. The days are slightly shorter than for most comparable courses, but the quality more than makes up for it.
Suitable for 8-11-year olds; dates tbc, 10am – 4pm; £55 per day
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Koosa Kids Summer Camp
Best for: multi-activity for under 9s
The huge range of options includes arts and crafts, jewellery making, sports, movies and go-karting.
This is highly recommended for under 9s as being great value and, thanks to the extended hours, offering very effective childcare.
Suitable for 4-13-year-olds. Cost per session: £20, 10am – 4pm; extended hours £23, 8:15am – 6pm
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Activate Camps
Best for: dedicated sports courses for those aged 16 and under
For anyone with sports-mad kids, Activate Camps offers specialised coaching courses covering cricket, hockey, netball, multisports, tennis, gymnastics and lacrosse. Guildford Sports Centre is the venue for Activate’s three-day Netball Fever and two-day Louis Smith Gymnastics Experience Academies.
While the academies provide excellent focused coaching and are very popular with teens, the courses only run for two or three days and may consequently require some juggling with other providers if you are hoping for a full week’s worth of childcare.
Suitable for 5-16-year-olds; 9.30am – 4.30pm, extended hours available, multi-course and sibling discounts, childcare vouchers accepted. Cost: Netball Fever Academy £47 per day, £125 (three days);
Louis Smith Gymnastics Experience Academy £55 per day, £100 both days; extended hours (8.30am – 5.30pm) £6.
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The Avenue Cookery School
Best for: wannabe chefs
The ever-popular Really Useful Course for teens starts from the basics and covers all manner of sweet and savoury dishes, with a dinner party on Thursday evening.
Suitable for 14 years plus (may be able to accommodate younger children); dates through July and August; £710-740 per week
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Xtreme Activate
Best for: indoor activities (ice skating, swimming and bowling)
With ice skating, swimming, soft play, trampolining, bowling, track time and arts and crafts, this camp offers plenty of activities to keep kids happy.
Xtreme Activate is very popular for older children, as it offers plenty of energetic action – even in bad weather – for a reasonable fee. Be aware that under 9s are not allowed to swim, due to the leisure centre rules, and you can’t book online – bookings must be made over the phone and on certain days.
Suitable for 5-12-year-olds, 10am – 4pm, extended hours available, childcare vouchers accepted. Cost: £25.50 per day, £117.50 per week. Extended hours (8.30am – 6.30pm) £35 per day, £165 per week
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Kingston School of Art's Fashion Camp
Best for: budding designers
Kingston Uni is consistently listed among the top 10 places in the world to study fashion, and this five-day summer course is a fantastic opportunity for teens considering applying for a Foundation Course to learn sketching and design, analyse trends and upstyle a garment to a design brief.
Suitable for 17 plus; 10.30am-4pm; August 6-10; £250
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Kew Music Academy
Best for: musicos
Established in 2012 by local musicians James Hayes and Spencer Down, the academy caters for children interested in singing and those learning instruments (Grade 1 and above, see website for instruments included). Students will play in an orchestra and jazz band, learn essential theory and aural skills, prepare songs with the choir leader for the end-of-week recital, and learn how to compose their own works and create their own tunes.
From July 30 – Aug 3, 9am – 4pm; suitable for 8-18 years; £275 for five days (£225 if booked by Monday June 26)
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Ezee Sports Camp
Best for: sports for younger children
Children can practise skills and drills, play mini matches and try out numerous sports, including cricket, badminton, football and basketball. They will also play some EzeeSport games. Half days are available for pre-schoolers.
A really good value option.
Suitable for 5-11-year olds; dates tbc, 9.30am – 3.30pm. Cost per session £25, early bird discounts available
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The Strings Club
Best for: young musicians
The award-winning Strings Club runs across London and is packed with fun-filled musical activities focusing on four key areas of development: music-based skills and knowledge, communication and language, physical development and personal, social and emotional development.
Morning sessions involve music lessons with an introduction to those new to playing. The afternoons feature a range of 10 music-based workshops designed to foster skills such as focus, teamwork and making new friends. Each camp ends with a grand concert for participants to show off their new skills.
Suitable for 4-11 years; morning or afternoon session £20, both sessions together £37.50, sibling discounts available; summer dates tbc, from 9:30am – 4pm with wrap-around care from 8am – 5.45pm; flexible booking
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Best Tennis
Best for: tennis fans
Game, set and match! You know it’s summer when Wimbledon is on, but you don’t need to be a professional to pick up a racquet and have a go.
The Best Tennis summer camp is suitable for complete novices, as well as for more advanced players. Sessions can be half-or full-day, and there are also mini-sessions available for 3-5-year-olds. Second location is at the tennis courts in Old Dear Park, Richmond as well.
From July 16 – Aug 24; 3-5 years, 11.30am – 12.15pm, £15 per day/£60 per week; 5-14 years 9am – 3pm (participate in morning or afternoon sessions, or all day), prices from £35 per session; sibling discounts available
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Aquasports Summer Holiday Camp
Best for: watersports for older children
For 8-13 year-olds that love the water, Aqua Sports offers a range of activities including windsurfing, dinghy sailing, paddle sports, raft building and racing, plus team games throughout the holidays. Teenagers (14-17) are offered the same watersports, but during dedicated weeks (dates tbc).
This is definitely a fun option; and, as children are promised at least two water sessions per day, they can work towards their personal goals in various sports. There is also the option of booking individual days. Not a cheap camp, but worth the expense.
Suitable for 8-17-year-olds (must be competent swimmers); July 23 – Aug 17, 9.30am – 4.30pm. Cost: £320 per week, day camp £69
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Super Camps
Best for: choice
This is a firm favourite for older children who are trusted to choose their own activities from a vast range, including football, softball, cricket, clay modelling, toy making and painting. Check out the specialist courses such as A Passion for LEGO Play, A Passion for Cooking or RAW Outdoor Adventure.
Further locations at Hampton Prep and Pre-Prep School, Tiffin School in Kingston and Christ’s College in Guildford.
From July 23 – Aug 24, 9am – 5pm, extended hours available; suitable for 4-12 years; from £39 per day or £179 per week (different prices for specialist courses)
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Barfield School Activity Camp
Best for: outdoor activities for all ages
The Three Peaks Activity Camp offers sports, games and outdoor activities, ranging from high ropes and zip wires to quad biking and archery (some activities are age-dependent).
It’s a popular summer camp with a wide range of outdoor pursuits – even older children approve of this one and will come home shattered.
Suitable for 4-12-year-olds; 9am – 4pm (free drop-off from 8am onwards, extended hours available); childcare vouchers accepted. Cost per session: £35 per day, £99 for 3 days, £129 for 4 days, £145 for 5 days. Extended hours (4pm – 6.15pm) £12
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Richmond Gymnastics Association
Best for: bendy bods
This popular club runs two summer camps – Junior (4-9 years) and Senior (9+) – for members and non-members in Kew, where facilities include a full-size performance floor, foam pit, an international length tumble track, apparatus gymnasium and a dance studio. All coaches are British Gymnastics qualified. Students learn different disciplines, working on track, beams, floor and vault. At the end of each week, there’s a performance for parents.
From July 17 – Aug 24; the two summer camps run Tues to Fri, 9am – 1pm for 4-9 years and 1.30-4pm for 9+; from £100 for four days
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Fire Tech Summer Camp
Best for: techies
Python is the fastest-growing programming language, so it’s no surprise that FireTech’s five-day Teen Coding with Python (14-17 yrs; 10am-4pm) is one of its most popular courses. For younger techies (9-12 years), Junior Coder runs the same three weeks (with a slightly longer day 9am-5pm) and there’s a new course this year drawing on the latest trends in Augmented and Virtual Reality.
Suitable for 9-17 years; £550 for five days, July 16-August 3
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Stag Lodge Stables
Best for: pony lovers
Located in Richmond Park, these Pony Week Courses give kids the chance to get involved in all aspects of horsemanship and equine care. Each day includes two rides and stable management lessons with grooming and mucking out. Friday is competition day with a themed grooming competition and a gymkhana.
From July 10 – Aug 31; £325 for four days; Tues – Fri, 10am – 3pm; suitable for 5-12 years
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Reeds School Cricket Camp
Best for: cricket fans
At its launch earlier this year, Alec Stewart described the school’s new high-tech indoor centre as the best in the country and this summer, cricket aficionados can have a taste of its PitchVision technology and virtual bowling machines during three weeks of summer camps.
Suitable for 7-16 years, July 9-13, 16-20, 23-27; 9am-5pm; cost tbc
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Kimberley Swim Clinics
Best for: waterbabies
Run by swim teacher Kimberley Burrows, the swim clinics are grouped into four categories: Learning to Swim, Developing Technique, Perfecting Technique and Water Safety.
Suitable for 3-14 years, £90 for five days (Perfecting Technique clinics £135); summer dates tbc; 07771 907 553
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Select Tennis Academy
Best for: tennis
Based at the home of the GB Davis Cup Team, these camps offer world-class training for all ages and abilities, delivered by an expert team of international coaches who all are ATP certified. Groups consist of 4-6 players.
Suitable for 5-7 years at £155 per week, 8-16 years at £185 and all-day camps (8+) £260 per week. Daily prices: £35 for mini masters, £40 for development, competition and performance and £55 for all day. July 16 – August 27; Mon – Fri from 9.30am – 12.30pm or 9.30am – 3pm
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Planet Soccer Summer Holiday Camp
Best for: football
Planet Soccer does exactly what it says on the tin – offers football coaching for all abilities, with a tournament held on the final day of the week. FA qualified coaches help children develop their skills, increasing self-esteem and confidence along the way.
This is one of our cheapest options and is very popular. Moreover, as an outdoor-based camp it is best experienced during the summer months.
Further locations in Guildford, Cranleigh, Virginia Water and Ewell.
Suitable for 4-12-year-olds; 9am – 3pm.
£20 per session, with a discount for those attending for the whole week
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Arty Party Workshops
Best for: budding Picassos
A great introduction to new and exciting techniques and a chance to explore themes such as Roald Dahl, Picasso and Ancient Egypt. The sites have all been chosen so that children can run around, play and have their picnics outside at lunchtime and during breaks. Each day ends with party games and dancing.
Further locations in Balham, Wimbledon and Wandsworth.
Suitable for ages 5+; from £40 per day with a minimum of two days during the same week or £175 for a full five-day booking; from 9am – 3.30pm
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The Hive
Best for: excitement
This clever combination of mobile technology and hands-on ‘missions’ aims to get kids outdoors using tablets, nature cameras, broadcasting apps and GPS technology. Each week there’s a different immersive task: a mystery to solve, an art show to produce, a base camp to protect, a restaurant to open, with new skills to learn along the way such as fire lighting, cooking, and robot-building and geo-caching.
Suitable for 5 and a half-13 years in three age brackets: July 30-August 10; £53 (one day) to £210 (five days)
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Little Nut Tree Holiday Club
Best for: trips
For five weeks during the holidays, Lucy and her team run an action-packed club with trips into the city to aquaria, playgrounds and museums, as well as heaps of onsite activities with visits from sporting coaches, animal handlers and craft companies. Arts and crafts, tablets, puzzles, playdough, fancy dress, table football, face paint, building, scooters, and an indoor garden: it’s all here.
Suitable for rising 5s to 11s; full day £47, half-day £31.50. A number of discounts are available for weekly and sibling bookings
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Pop Star Performers
Best for: the X Factor
Musical theatre camps abound, but sometimes kids just want to belt out a Britney. This will be the first summer season for founder and professional vocalist Claire Bender whose popular weekly classes are proving a big draw for mini-songsters.
Suitable for 5-14 years (in three age categories); each workshop runs 10am-1pm with a Friday pm show; August 20-24; £45 a workshop (£35 for 3 or more)
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Lions Sports Academy Summer Camp
Best for: rugby
If an oval ball is more your child’s thing, Lions Rugby Camp offers core skills training, followed by small-sided games, competitions and tournaments to develop competence and confidence.
These camps are highly recommended, even for teens, packing plenty into a short space of time.
A second location in Guildford.
Suitable for 8-18-year olds; 10am – 3pm. Summer dates and prices tbc
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Great British Woodshop
West ByfleetBest for: DIY
Fresh from the telly, David Free host of the Great British Woodshop TV series, is running workshops through the summer teaching kids to saw, shape and assemble games consoles and phone holders, clocks and pencil boxes.
Suitable for 11-14 years (plus some workshops for 9-14 years); £30-60 (half day/full day)
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Funky Moves Holiday Courses
Best for: getting the groove
Founded in 2005 by professional dancer Alice Thorpe, this four-day vibrant dance workshop is all about street moves. The days are split into different activities including arts & crafts, learning a dance, playing games and fancy dress, plus there’s a breakdance workshop and a final performance for parents and friends.
Suitable for 3-12 years; £125 + VAT for four days, £120+ VAT for additional siblings; summer dates and location tbc; 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Sassy Stirrers
Best for: bowl-lickers
These fun cooking courses run by the popular Sassy Stirrers team have a new theme and recipes each day. All ingredients and a healthy lunch are included.
Suitable for 5-12 years; July 23, 24, 30, 31 and August 6 and 7 at St George’s; August 9 and 10 at Esher; £45 a day, 10.30am-3pm
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Youngstars Holiday Camps
Best for: active kids
A team of enthusiastic coaches who have a passion for getting youngsters involved in sports to deliver football, basketball, cricket, lacrosse, hockey, t-ball, tennis, rugby and athletics coaching.
Further locations at Balham, Clapham and Battersea.
Suitable for 3-10 years (varies from club to club, so check beforehand); £30 full day at Clapham, Battersea and Putney, £14 for extended day pass (check with relevant club); £25 half day and £50 full day at Balham; 9am – 1pm with an extended day pass from 1-3pm for children aged 5+ years (but check with relevant club)
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Rose Theatre Summer School
Best for: drama
“Intense, fun and an excellent way to develop as an actor”, The Rose’s Play-in-a-Week camps come highly recommended. Each week small groups take on a different show –this year it’s The Jungle Book, Charlotte’s Web, Alice in Winterland, The Railway Children and Much Ado About Nothing. There are less structured shorter courses too for younger children (from 7 years) with games and storytelling.
Play-in-a-Week courses are suitable for 10-15 years and cost £200; two and three-day courses are £100-£140, July 30-Sept
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The Hawthorns Sports Centre
Best for: multi-activity
The Sports Centre (part of The Hawthorns School) runs Mega Days offering arts and crafts, cooking, judo, swimming, cricket and more. The wide variety of activities, including the enticement of a pool, makes this a very appealing option.
Summer dates tbc, 9am – 4pm; suitable for ages 4-12 years; childcare vouchers accepted. Cost per day £32 (9am – 4pm); extended care £36 (1hr), £40 (8am – 5pm) or £45 (extended to 6pm). Half days also available
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Shout!
Best for: value
Elmbridge Council runs six weeks of sports and arts camps for 5-13 years as well as several one-day events for younger children such as animal art and craft days, Teddy Bear Picnics, play days and a Big Dig, Sow and Grow gardening days at the Cobham Community Garden.
Suitable for 5-13 years; July 23 to August 31; £31.50 a day
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Energy Kidz Holiday Club
Best for: all types
Whether they love science, action games or arts and crafts, children are encouraged to try something new. The clubs follow a weekly schedule that revolves around a free choice of activities. Breaks and snacks are slotted in throughout the day.
Location in Balham as well.
Suitable for 4-11 years; 10am – 4pm £25.50, 8am – 6pm £32.50, 8am – 4pm £29 and 10am – 6pm £29; July 23 – Sept 2 in Wandsworth and July 23 – Aug 31 in Balham
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MyBand Summer Camp
Best for: rock stars
Run by young, gigging musicians, this intense three-day course gives a unique taste of what its like to be in a band: it covers songwriting, learning classic tunes and recording original tracks, culminating in a live performance and recording session for the YouTube channel.
Suitable for 11-18 years, all instruments and levels of ability welcome, August 29-31; £120
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Wild Learning at Claremont
Best for: old-fashioned fun
Remember when summer holidays meant charging around the woods until you got tired and wet enough to come home? This back-to-nature camp is the closest to that today: expect campfires, wide games, mud sculptures and den building as well as assault course practice in the ‘Rhododendron Jungle’ and raft building on the lake. It’s all outdoors so waterproofs essential.
A second location in Godalming.
Suitable for ages 5-11; 10.30am-4.15pm; July 23-Aug 3, Aug 13-24 and Aug 29-30; £45 a day with discounts for 5 or more days
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