South and Vale Holiday Activities

During most school holidays, our Active Communities team offer a range of free and low-cost activities, for young children, teenagers and families to enjoy at locations across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse.

Bookings open around a month before each holiday period – follow our new Active Communities Facebook page, you can join our mailing list to receive regular email updates, or if you have any questions; please email active.communities@southandvale.gov.uk 

The activities are usually very popular, we encourage you to book early to avoid disappointment.  See below for details of our next programme of holiday activities and how to book. Booking is required to be able to attend our activities.

What’s on, where and when:

The Active Communities team have free and low-cost activities running over the Christmas holiday.

For more information, please following the booking links. Online booking and payment are required for most of our events.

Please keep checking back as we will be adding more activities in the next few weeks.

Information on activities for Christmas holidays will be available in the next few weeks.

The Beacon, Wantage

The Beacon in Wantage has a range of creative activities and entertainment planned for the half term. Young people aged 9 to 16 can have a go at stop-motion filmmaking at an Animation Station workshop on Saturday 24 October, while younger children and their families can enjoy painting, sticking and imaginative play at Monkey Makers on Tuesday 27 October.       

Keep an eye on The Beacon’s website for even more activities.  

Cornerstone Arts Centre

Over at Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot, families can enjoy free art activities throughout the half term, as well as a mix of entertainment and live performances. On Saturday 24 October, families can enjoy a colourful ballet, Alice in Wonderland, and the holiday will finish with a Halloween-themed K-POP ICONS performance on Saturday 31 October. Members of the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime cast will also be at Cornerstone during the day for a meet-and-greet.

Keep an eye on Cornerstone’s website for even more activities. 

We offer a range of free and low-cost activities, for young children, teenagers and families to enjoy at locations across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse during term time.

To find out more, visit our Term Time Activities page.

We also work across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse to help residents with their physical health and wellbeing, running a variety of weekly activities for all ages and abilities.

Monday 26 October  

Residents can help shape a new Play Corridor for Berinsfield – a fun walking trail with play features and a history theme. Drop-in sessions will take place at Berinsfield Recreation Ground on Monday 26 October from 2–4pm The Oxfordshire Play Association will be there with play and arts activities for everyone to get involved in this half term! Find out more the Berinsfield Play Corridor events 

Tuesday 27 October  

Residents can help shape a new Play Corridor for Berinsfield – a fun walking trail with play features and a history theme. Drop-in sessions will take place at Berinsfield Recreation Ground on Tuesday 27 October from 11am–1pm. The Oxfordshire Play Association will be there with play and arts activities for everyone to get involved in this half term! Find out more the Berinsfield Play Corridor events.

To find out more and to see what activities are available near you, visit our pages on Active Communities in South Oxfordshire and Active Communities in the Vale of White Horse.