The North Down Coastal Path runs the length of the shoreline and is completely free.
Stormont Estate adds more open ground to roam, and when the weather closes in, Tots Play Holywood is close at hand. Fourteen of the 48 places listed here cost nothing.
The best days out near Holywood
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Tots Play Holywood
Soft play
in town
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Modest Beer
Breweries & cider
Free · in town
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North Down Coastal Path
Greenways & cycle trails
Free · 1 mi
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Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club
Sailing
1 mi
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Redburn Country Park
Castles & Estates
Free · 1 mi
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The Spa at Culloden Estate & Spa
Spas & wellness
1 mi
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Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Museums
1 mi
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Hercules Brewing Company
Breweries & cider
2 mi
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RSPB Window on Wildlife
Wildlife watching
Free · 2 mi
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Stormont Estate
Parks & gardens
Free · 3 mi
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Mo Mowlam Play Park
Play parks
Free · 3 mi
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Movilla Trout Fishery
Fishing & angling
3 mi
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Pure Adventure Belfast
Water sports
3 mi
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Airtastic Belfast
Trampoline parks
3 mi
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Belmont Park Playground
Play parks
Free · 3 mi
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Titanic Distillers at Thompson Dock
Distilleries
3 mi
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Strand Arts Centre
Cinemas
3 mi
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HMS Caroline
Heritage sites
4 mi
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Jordanstown Loughshore Park Playground
Play parks
Free · 4 mi
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Funky Monkeys Dundonald
Soft play
4 mi
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Omniplex Belfast — Dundonald
Cinemas
4 mi
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Trigger Happy Activity Centre
Paintball & airsoft
4 mi
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Pirates Adventure Golf
Funparks
4 mi
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Titanic Studios Site (Linen Mill Tour)
Film & TV
Free · 4 mi
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Abbey Centre
Shopping centres
Free · 4 mi
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Clip 'n Climb Belfast
Climbing walls
4 mi
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Clip 'n Climb Dundonald
Climbing walls
4 mi
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Dundonald International Icebowl (Bowling)
Bowling
4 mi
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Dundonald International Ice Bowl
Activity centres
4 mi
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Battlefield CQB
Paintball & airsoft
4 mi
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Indiana Land Soft Play (Dundonald)
Funparks
4 mi
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Aunt Sandra's Candy Factory
Funparks
4 mi
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Airtastic Entertainment Centre — Newtownabbey
Trampoline parks
4 mi
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Helen's Bay to Bangor Cycle Path (NCN 93)
Greenways & cycle trails
Free · 4 mi
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Boundary Brewing
Breweries & cider
4 mi
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NI Scout Centre, Crawfordsburn (climbing wall)
Climbing walls
4 mi
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Titanic Belfast
Heritage sites
4 mi
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Streamvale Open Farm
Animals & farms
4 mi
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Inflata Nation Belfast
Trampoline parks
4 mi
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SS Nomadic
Heritage sites
4 mi
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Helen's Bay Coral Strand Snorkel Site
Diving & snorkelling
Free · 4 mi
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Belfast Boulder Co
Climbing walls
4 mi
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Skate 100 @ V36
Skate parks
Free · 4 mi
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Treetop Spa at The Old Inn
Spas & wellness
4 mi
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Connswater Community Greenway
Greenways & cycle trails
Free · 4 mi
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Crawfordsburn Activity Centre (Scouts NI)
Activity centres
4 mi
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Streamvale Open Farm Mini Golf
Mini golf
4 mi
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W5 at Odyssey
Heritage sites
4 mi
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