- Dec 23, 2025
- 13 min read
Updated: Feb 11
If you're looking for something to do this February half term in Basingstoke, you've come to the right place. From clubs, classes, events and local companies, you will be spoilt for choice. All places recommended are within 30 minutes drive from Festival Place.
I'm going to update this as new events roll in, so please do check back now and again for more ideas!
***Don't forget to check out the websites / social media pages of the events below to stay up to date with the latest information***
(Jump to the bottom to see what's open everyday or click on a date below)
Any events with a ⭐️ is FREE! (Booking a space still may apply)
FRIDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2026
Wild House Play Cafe
❓Valentines day afternoon tea and play
📍Cross Pillary Lane, Alton GU34 1HL
SATURDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2026
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Artwell Basingstoke
❓Make and take craft shops - 11am-3pm
📍Opposite Starbucks, Festival Place, Basingstoke
No booking required - drop in subject to availability - £3 per item
The Malls, Basingstoke
❓Valentines Balloon Modeling and Facepainting
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Luna New Year, cardboard horse craft and special construction club
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Active Tots
❓Valentines Breakfast and Playtime
📍5-7 Granary Court, RG7 2DL
Pavilion on the Park CANCELLED
❓Roller disco - milkshakes music and fun!
📍1 Kingfisher Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9HL
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
4 Kingdoms
❓Valentines Disco Party + soft play + laser tag
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Naturally Curious Play
❓Outside fun in the woods
📍YMCA Activity Centre, RG7 4QT
Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm
❓Family Valentines Disco
📍Cholderton SP4 0EW
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
Trainmaster HQ
❓Come and Play Trains
📍Crookham War Memorial Hall, GU52 8LD
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
SUNDAY 15TH FEBRURARY 2026
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
Perfect Parties Venue
❓K pop Academy
📍Victoria Court, Mortimer RG7 3SG
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Anvil Arts
❓Dinosaurs LIVE
📍The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke RG21 7QR
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
MONDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2026
PFT Academy
❓Parkour Half Term Camp
📍Grafton Way RG22 6HY
Shaw House, Newbury
❓Jack and the Beans Talk (show)
📍Church Road, RG14 2DR
The Lights, Andover
❓Franky! (show)
📍West Street, SP10 1AH
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
ArtDen Basingstoke
❓Northern Lights painting for 11-16yr olds
📍42 Derwent Road, Kempshott RG22 5JB
Popley Fields Community Association
❓DIY bird feeder decorate and craft
📍Popley Fields Community Centre, Carpenters down, RG24 9AE
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Mini Chefs Chinese New Year cooking session
📍The Point, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
Andover Library
❓ Storytribe: Green and thrifty - interactive story and craft
📍53 Chantry Street, SP10 1LT
⭐️ FREE Book your tickets
Army Flying Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Middle Wallop, SO20 8FB
📍Craft activities, plant your own veg seeds, learn about war time evacuees
Orida Hotels Newbury
❓Enchanted Afternoon Tea and crafts
📍13 Oxford Road, Newbury RG20 8XY
Lush Basingstoke
❓Make your own bath bomb
📍Lush, Festival Place
Roger Morris Community Centre
❓Dino Mayhem
📍Roger Morris Community Centre, RG21 4QE
Viables Community Centre
❓Toot Toot Town
📍Viables Community Centre, RG22 4BJ
Basingstoke Gymnastics
❓February Holiday camp!
📍 Active Life Centre, RG21 6XR
The Pop Up Events Company
❓Nerf gun fun
📍Andover Leisure Centre, SP10 1QP
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
The Lights Andover
❓Franky - family show
📍West Street, SP10 1AH
Perfect Parties
❓Princess crafting
📍64 Victoria Court, EG7 3SG
New Projects Association Performing Arts
❓A Wicked Day in Oz workshop
📍Rucstall Community Hall, Holbein Close, RG21 3QN
⭐️ FREE - Book your space here
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
Junk Jodie SOLD OUT
❓Tree-TASTIC! interactive storytelling show and craft
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE - Book your space here
Trainmaster HQ
❓Trainmaster is 8! Come and Play Trains
📍Oakridge Hall 4 All, RG21 5RL
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
TUESDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2026
Parish of Basingstoke Down
❓Pancake Day Hunt
📍 Cafe in the Park, Beggarwood RG224AQ
⭐️ FREE Book here
Bloom Baby Basingstoke
❓Bloom Baby Classes
📍Newnham Clubroom Near Hook, RG27 9AE
Shaw House, Newbury
❓Movie in the hall: Fantastic Mr Fox
📍Church Road, RG14 2DR
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Anvil Arts Musication Station
📍The Point, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Luna New Year, cardboard horse craft and special construction club
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Army Flying Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Middle Wallop, SO20 8FB
📍Craft activities, handle real WWII Objects, 19040s house tour
Naturally curious play
❓Outside forest fun
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
The Dance Studio
❓Half Term Workshop
📍St Leonard’s Centre, Oakley, RG23 7ED
Lush Basingstoke
❓Make your own bath bomb
📍Lush, Festival Place
Basingstoke Gymnastics
❓February Holiday camp!
📍 Active Life Centre, RG21 6XR
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
The Dance Studio
❓Cirque Enchantment
📍The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke RG21 7QR
Anvil Arts
❓Cirque Enchantment
📍The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke RG21 7QR
The Arc, Winchester
❓Print a pop art poster
📍The Arc, Jewry Street, SO23 8SB
Whitchurch Silk Mill
❓Portraits that POP!
📍28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AL
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Winchester Science Centre
❓ Night Sky LIVE
📍 Telegraph Way, Winchester, SO21 1HZ
ArtDen Basingstoke
❓ Ocean Scene craft workshop - 6-11 year olds
📍 ArtDen, RG22 5JB
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
WEDNESDAY 18th FEBRUARY 2026
Hook Village Halls
❓February half term fun - animals!
📍Hook Community Centre, RG27 9NN
⭐️ FREE (£3.50 - Animal encounter with Safari Pete)
PFT Academy
❓Parkour Half Term Camp
📍Grafton Way RG22 6HY
Shaw House, Newbury
❓Family Activity Day: Feathered Friends
📍Church Road, RG14 2DR
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Are you the ultimate litter picker? Take the challenge
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Artwell Basingstoke
❓Make and take craft shops - 1pm-4pm
📍Opposite Starbucks, Festival Place, Basingstoke
No booking required - drop in subject to availability - £3 per item
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Chuckle Chimp -ride on, crafts and play
📍The Link, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Anvil Arts Musication Station
📍The Point, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Green and thrifty crafts: Rainbow caterpillar bookmark
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Army Flying Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Middle Wallop, SO20 8FB
📍Craft activities, 1940s house tour, war time cooking demos, food themed poster coloring
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
Lush Basingstoke
❓Make your own bath bomb
📍Lush, Festival Place
Rucstall Community Centre
❓Mini Movers
📍Rucstall Community Centre, RG21 3QN
Viables Community Centre
❓Ceramic Painting
📍Viables Community Centre, RG22 4BJ
Basingstoke Gymnastics
❓February Holiday camp!
📍 Active Life Centre, RG21 6XR
Phoenix Arts
❓Kids Rave
📍The Phoenix Theatre, GU35 0LR
The Pop Up Events Company
❓Nerf gun fun
📍Hart Leisure Centre, Fleet, GU51 5HS
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Whitchurch Silk Mill
❓Young Makers, Weave a wall hanging workshop
📍28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AL
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Gilbert White's House - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Wild Wednesdays
📍 High Street GU34 3JH
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
THURSDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2026
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Learn how to make a Zine (mini book)
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
No need to book - £4 per craft - more info here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Glow in the dark craft activity
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
No need to book - £2 per craft - more info here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Artwell Basingstoke
❓Make and take craft shops - 11am-1pm
📍Opposite Starbucks, Festival Place, Basingstoke
No booking required - drop in subject to availability - £3 per item
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Anvil Arts Musication Station
📍The Point, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Green and thrifty crafts: weather dial
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Army Flying Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Middle Wallop, SO20 8FB
📍Craft activities, plant your own veg seeds, learn about evacuees, gramophone fun, 1940s knitting patterns
Lush Basingstoke
❓Make your own bath bomb
📍Lush, Festival Place
Basingstoke Gymnastics
❓February Holiday camp!
📍 Active Life Centre, RG21 6XR
Westside Community Association
❓Superhero and Princess Afternoon Tea
📍Kings Road Cafe, South Ham RG22 6DJ
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Anvil Arts
❓Justin Live
📍The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke RG21 7QR
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
Love Basingstoke
❓Let's Glow!
📍War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill RG21 4AG
⭐️FREE - just turn up! More info here
Junk Jodie
❓Tree-TASTIC! interactive storytelling show and craft
📍Alton Library, Vicarage Hill, GU34 1HT
⭐️ FREE - Book your space here
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Trainmaster HQ
❓Come and Play Trains
📍Wherwell Village Hall, Church Street, SP11 7JJ
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
ArtDen Basingstoke
❓Northern Lights painting for 11-16yr olds
📍42 Derwent Road, Kempshott RG22 5JB
FRIDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2026
Bloom Baby Basingstoke
❓Bloom Baby Classes
📍Oakley Village Hall Rg23 7HA
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Glow in the dark craft activity
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
No need to book - £2 per craft - more info here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Artwell Basingstoke
❓Make and take craft shops - 1pm-4pm
📍Opposite Starbucks, Festival Place, Basingstoke
No booking required - drop in subject to availability - £3 per item
Trunkwell House
❓Lost in Wonderland Afternoon Tea, hosted by Mad Hatter and Alice, mini disco and circus skills
📍Beech Hill Road, RG7 2AT
Popley Fields Community Association
❓Cooking and baking
📍Popley Fields Community Centre, Carpenters down, RG24 9AE
⭐️FREE - Book your space here
TDCA The Link and The Point
❓Nature Explorers craft morning
📍The Point, Newchurch Road RG26 4HN
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Nature story time
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Basingstoke Discovery Centre SOLD OUT
❓ Potters walk, RG21 7LS
📍Animal encounters - handling and talk
⭐️ FREE Book your tickets
Army Flying Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR
❓Middle Wallop, SO20 8FB
📍Craft activities, 1940s house tour, cooking demos, food themed poster colouring
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
Lush Basingstoke
❓Make your own bath bomb
📍Lush, Festival Place
Roger Morris Community Centre
❓Mini Makers
📍Roger Morris Community Centre, RG21 4QE
Roger Morris Community Centre
❓Tuff Tray Play
📍Roger Morris Community Centre, RG21 4QE
Basingstoke Gymnastics
❓February Holiday camp!
📍 Active Life Centre, RG21 6XR
Westside Community Association
❓Superhero and Princess Afternoon Tea
📍Kings Road Cafe, South Ham RG22 6DJ
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Anvil Arts
❓Tom Gates, EPIC stage show
📍The Haymarket, Churchill Way, RG1 7QR
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
Love Basingstoke
❓Let's Glow!
📍War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill RG21 4AG
⭐️FREE - just turn up! More info here
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
New Projects Association Performing Arts
❓Jukebox show in a day
📍Brighton Hill Community School, RG22 4HS
⭐️ FREE - Book your space here
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
SATURDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2026
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Glow in the dark craft activity
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
No need to book - £2 per craft - more info here
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Artwell Basingstoke
❓Make and take craft shops - 11am-3pm
📍Opposite Starbucks, Festival Place, Basingstoke
No booking required - drop in subject to availability - £3 per item
Basingstoke Discovery Centre
❓Green and thrifty crafts: collage flower pot
📍Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Potters Walk, RG21 7LS
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
Hawk Conservancy
❓Owls by Moonlight
📍Andover SP11 8DY
Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
Love Basingstoke
❓Let's Glow!
📍War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill RG21 4AG
⭐️FREE - just turn up! More info here
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
SUNDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2026
Pets at Home
❓My Pet Pals - 45 minutes workshop
📍Hatch Warren Retail Park - RG22 4TT
⭐️ FREE- Book here
Messy Monkey Makers
❓The Little Bakehouse messy play
📍Popley Fields Community Centre, Carpenters Down, RG24 9AE
Willis and Salisbury Museum
❓Draw, doodles and decorate walls with scenes and people from the pask
📍Market Place, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
⭐️ FREE drop in - more info here
Millers Ark
❓Petting farm open day
📍Blackstocks Lane, Hook RG27 9PH
The Pop Up Events Company
❓Nerf gun fun
📍The Garrison, Aldershot GU11 2EY
4 Kingdoms
❓Lambing Live and park access
📍Thatcham RG19 8JY
National Trust - The Vyne
❓Pirate Puzzle Challenge
📍Sherbourne St John Road, RG24 9HL
Book your tickets or just turn up!
The Watercress Line
❓Magic of Locomotion
📍 Alresford SO24 9JG
Finkley Down Farm
❓Spring Half Term
📍Andover SP11 6NF
Milestones Museum - PAY ONCE GO ALL YEAR!
❓Playdays and Teddy Bear Take Over
📍Basingstoke Leisure Park, RG22 6PG
OPEN EVERYDAY DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
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