With six weeks of summer holidays to fill it can be a struggle as a working parent to find childcare or just to arrange lots of fun to keep your kids occupied. Here’s a great list of Summer holiday activity camps running around Oxfordshire that will keep your kids entertained. Click on the links in red below for further information.
If you’re close to the border you can find holiday camp guides for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire too.
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Ultimate Camps – activity-based holiday day camps for children aged 4 to 14 years
Every day, children will enjoy a brilliant mix of sports, games and creative activities led by inspiring staff at amazing locations! With great savings if you book early, they offer great value for money. Book by the day or week and you can use childcare vouchers to pay too.
- Moulsford, Wallingford
- Abingdon Athletics Academy
- Oxford West
- Oxford Farmoor (Hill End Outdoor Centre) – Ultimate Survival for 7-14 years
- Headington
- Faringdon
- Oxford
Oxfordshire Summer Holiday Kids Clubs
Mini Professionals Dance Academy Summer camp – Students will take part in plenty of exciting dance styles such as jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, funk, gymnastics, ballet, tap, musical theatre and more! At the end of the 5 days students will put on a short performance for parents to watch. MPDA are also offering a fantastic Musical theatre themed week from 11th-15th August where students will put on a production of Mamma Mia the musical!
There will also be an Advanced Summer Camp in Kidlington – an intensive dance course for those who are at an intermediate/advanced level. Perfect for any squad students, or students who strive to improve their technique and hope to enter the dance industry!
House of Fun Holiday Camp – my boys have been here before and had a great time. They’re family run and have a huge amount of energy and lots of variety from sports to crafts and cooking. The multi-activity camps including cookery, sports and arts & crafts for 5-13 year olds in every school holiday, with sites in Oxford and Abingdon. Children choose all their activities each day, and through a safe, fun environment under the supervision of a fantastic team of friendly and experienced staff, giving children the chance to just be kids.
Calling all budding engineers – ibrick at House of Fun is excited to invite you on an all-new Lego adventure. Action-packed holiday camp days for children aged 7-13 years old, using bespoke ibrick kits to design, build and innovate with mechanised Lego models.
- Cutteslowe (North Oxford)
The Oxford Boat Adventure is a holiday camp with a difference, on the land and on the water. Children experience outdoor life around a secluded lake close to Dorchester-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire. Check out our review
- Dorchester on Thames (near Wallingford)
Cokethorpe’s Camps make full use of the 150-acre parkland grounds to deliver an activities programme across three different age-groups in addition to a Watersports 2 day course.
- West Oxfordshire near Witney
Elite Youth Sports Ofsted registered Multi-Activity Holiday Camps are suitable for boys and girls aged 4-13. They have an exciting programme of Sports and Elite Activities to fulfil the needs of energetic children looking to learn new skills, build confidence and make new friends while having fun!
Just For Kids Company offer fun and inclusive holiday camps for ages 3+. Over the summer holidays they have a packed timetable with different themes and activities each day with games. There will also be a musical theatre week and circus week.
Cygnets Art School Abingdon & Didcot and East Oxford are running holiday workshops in the summer holidays where kids aged 5-13 of all abilities can learn real artistic techniques using quality materials under the supervision of artist-teachers.
SuperCamps are a leading provider of childcare in the UK, offering holiday camps for children aged 4 to 14 throughout the school holidays. SuperCamps stands out for its out-of-the-ordinary activities and the breadth of options available at Multi-Activity camps means that children will always enjoy a new experience.
Join The North Wall in Summertown Oxford this summer with creative workshops
The North Wall lead playful, energetic, and inclusive workshops with a strong commitment to having fun! Find out about spoken word masterclass for 12 to 17 year olds or reimagining stories for 8 to 11 year olds.
Next Thing Education Tech Camps – Explore, Create, and Invent!
Join Next Thing Education for an exciting summer of hands-on tech fun! The summer holiday camps are designed for children aged 5-11, where they can dive into coding, robotics, electronics, and much more. Each day is packed with creative activities, from building robots to experimenting with virtual reality, all led by qualified instructors. Kids will also take home their very own inventions, inspiring a passion for technology and creativity.
Book your place today – flexible booking options available, with multi-day discounts. Don’t miss out on the adventure!
- Banbury
- Hook Norton
- Bicester
- Didcot– Northbourne Primary School
- Didcot – Willcroft Community School
- Oxford – Headington
- Oxford – Cowley
- Witney
Looking for a fun and engaging holiday club for your tweens and teens? Look no further! Ridgeway Adventures are offering limited spaces on their holiday activity days for 10-15 year olds with axe throwing, archery, airsoft shooting, archery tag and a lazer heist experience.
- Ridgeway Adventures Activity Days (South Oxfordshire, not far from Moulsford)
The Wychwood Inspires Summer School offers a range of creative and sporting week long courses for young people aged 9-16 during the sumer holidays. Your child does not need to be currently attending Wychwood School to take part in any of the programmes.
Jane Brooks intensive 5 day swimming courses Jane Brooks Swim offers intensive swimming courses during the school holidays designed to help children make rapid progress. I can give this one a personal recommendation with my kids have been and it really giving them such a boost in confidence and skills.
Master Builders Club Lego Brick Building Workshops incorporate 1000s of LEGO bricks for fantastic 2 hour Lego workshops. Sessions are designed as a creative adventure that incorporates a playful learning experience whilst nurturing young minds. Suitable for all abilities of “Brickie” aged 5+.
The Hedgehog Club holiday club Summer Holiday Activity Daysare tailored for 5 to 12 year olds. Enjoy a day of outdoor challenges and games including den building, fire lighting, cooking and of course toasting marshmallows on the fire.
Vicky’s Holiday Club (near Witney) – wider range of activities including arts, crafts and sports.
Oratory Prep School Holiday Camps for all children between the ages of 4 – 11, and offer action-packed adventure weeks, utilising the whole school site and facilities
Woodcote Pre-School (Woodcote) – summer holiday club suitable for children 2 – 8 years
Get Active (Didcot) – fun-filled holiday camps with friendly support and encouragement to a child so that they can enjoy up to 9 activities per day.
Jamie Cassidy Soccer School (Bicester) – Boys, girls and all abilities are welcome to learn new skills and techniques at these popular school holiday football holiday clubs in Bicester.
Courtside Camps (Oxford) – The tennis camps are packed with ways to build skills, enjoy fresh-air fun and instill confidence.
Peapods Nursery School (Henley) runs a Holiday club for the Henley on Thames/Peppard area, during the Summer, Easter & Christmas holidays and all half term breaks, for children aged 1 – 8 years old.
Serious4Sport – (Grove) children’s Sports Camps with a whole range of sports and activities
Full Circle Sports (Wallingford) – safe, fun holiday camps for children age 4 to 14 years.
Imperium Sports (Kidlington) offer a wide range of physical activities and sport throughout the day as well as a crafts and games.
Junior Adventures Group – multi activity camps with a mix of sports, activities and creative sessions
- Abingdon
- Benson
Springbox Gym Club – general gymnastics and fun camp for non members and have fun, games & colouring while learning gymnastics
- Henley
- Wallingford
Longridge Activity Camps (near Marlow) – activity days are for young people between the ages of 8 and 12.
WR Sports – multi activity camps and gymnastic workshops
- Oxford
- Watlington
TA Sport Stars aim to make every child’s experience on camp the best it could possibly be!
- Grove
- Faringdon
- Wantage
- Abingdon
Atlas Camp‘s (Brize Norton) multi-activity kids camps offer fun-filled school holiday childcare to children aged 4-14
Just Camps (Banbury) run fun based activity camps during every school holidays for children from 4-12 years
Aspire Sport & Coaching football camps – engaging games to improve football skills, fun challenges, matches and tournaments.
- Kidlington
- Stonesfield
Kid Active Holiday Clubs (Headington, Oxford) – offer children aged 4-12 a fantastic mix of high and low energy activities.
NOX Gymnastics Camps are designed to be a fun space for children (of all gymnastics abilities!) to learn, play and make new friends through the school holidays.
Bright Sparks Science Camps – science holiday activities are designed to entertain primary school aged children during the school holidays. Join in for a jam packed holiday camp full of science tricks, messy experiments, fun games and science crafts.
- Oxford
- Abingdon
- Woodstock
- Didcot
- Bicester
- Wantage
Oxford Active Camps– children’s multi-activity camps are for children aged from 3 to 14 years and have a wide range of fun activities for kids to enjoy during the school holidays. With venues at top independent schools with outstanding facilities from indoor and outdoor swimming pools to sports playing fields, woodlands and 100’s of acres to explore.
- Oxford
- Banbury
