THE school summer holidays have arrived, but are you wondering how to entertain your children for the next six weeks?

Help is at hand with The Gazette's handy guide to family fun over the summer, from free activities to one-off events, there's a whole range of ideas to keep you busy.

If there is anything we have missed, please provide the details using the comments section below and we will add these to the list.

JULY

Manydown Maize Maze

July 18 to September 4

10am to 5pm

Scrapps Hill Farm, Worting Road

Along with a giant two acre living crop maze, there is also adventure play, farmyard animals, an inflatable slide, tractor and trailer rides, crazy golf, trampolines and a bouncy castle.

Prices from £9.25 for adults and £8.25 for children

manydownfamilyfun.co.uk

Kids Football Coaching

July 18 to August 2

9am to 4pm

Powerleague, Brighton Hill

£10

powerleague.co.uk

Mystery of the Vanishing Queen

July 19 to October 30

Milestones Museum

An interactive mystery in the Victorian streets of Milestones

Prices from £10 for adults and £6.30 for children (includes entry to the museum)

hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/whats-on

Children's craft and colouring

July 23

10am

Basingstoke Discovery Centre

Part of the national Love Parks Week

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Totally Tennis taster session

July 23

From 10am

War Memorial Park

Part of the national Love Parks Week

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Thai Food and Craft Festival

July 23 to July 24

Experience an array of authentic Thai food, crafts and music

War Memorial Park

£3

Facebook basingstokethaifoodandcraftfestival

Family Fun Day

July 23

11am to 2pm

Cornerstone Nursery, Priestley Road

Donkey rides, bouncy castle, games and performances

Free

Tree Climbing

July 23, August 5, August 20 and September 2

10am to 3.45pm

The Vyne Sherborne St John

The Great Big Tree Climbing Company is visiting The Vyne to help you enter a tree's canopy using ropes whilst securely attached in a harness

£20

Call 0800 0556760

St Michael's Hospice Big Wheel Bike Ride

July 24

9am

Down Grange Sports Complex

Routes of 65 miles, 21 miles, 39 miles or a family five mile ride

Prices start from £10 for adults and £6 for children

stmichaelshospice.org.uk/BigWheel.html

Tadley Concert Brass

July 24

3pm to 5pm

Eastrop Park Bandstand

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Paw Patrol

July 24

11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm

Festival Place

Paw Patrol will visit the shopping centre for a special narration

Free

festivalplace.co.uk

Pop-up Play Session

July 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29

2pm to 3.30pm

Rooksdown playing field and Sullivan Road green space in Brighton Hill

Design your own insect and other activities

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Health Walk

July 25

10.45am

Eastrop Park

Meet at Eastrop Park boathouse for a choice of two or three walks

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/healthwalks

Bug Hunt

July 25 and 27

10am to 11am

Glebe Gardens, Basingstoke

Meet by the information sign near Chute House

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Pond Dipping

July 25

1pm to 3pm

Eastrop Park

Meet at the pond dipping platform, signposted from the boathouse

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Tai Chi Taster

July 25

12.30pm to 1.15pm

War Memorial Park

Meet by the War Memorial Park outside Civic Offices

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Summer Streetz

July 25 to August 26

Various locations across the borough

Providing activities such as street dance and laser tag for 11 to 17-year-olds

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/streetz

Make and Take Tuesday

July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30

10.30am to 12.30pm

Whitchurch Silk Mill

Enjoy fun crafts at the mill

£1 per child

whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk

Pond Dipping

July 27

10am to 12pm

Eastrop Park

Meet at the pond dipping platform, signposted from the boathouse

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

CHaOS Science Roadshow

July 27

10am to 5pm

Basingstoke Discovery Centre

Join the CHaOS team, a group of students from Cambridge University when their roadshow visits Basingstoke. Try out a range of different experiments from extracting the DNA from kiwi fruit to getting messy in gooey cornflower

hants.gov.uk/library/bsdc.htm

Zootropolis Kids Cinema

July 27

2pm to 3.30pm

Tadley Community Centre

£1.50

Call 01189814538

Make and sail a model boat

July 27

11am to 3pm

Eastrop Park boating lake

Make and sail a model boat with the Model Boat Club

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

High School Musical

July 28 to July 30

The Haymarket Theatre

Disney's hit musical comes to life on stage

Prices from £13

anvilarts.org.uk/whats-on

Under the Sea Party

July 29 12noon

Playdays Indoor Playcentre

A party to celebrate the release of Finding Dory with a treasure hunt, disco and hot meal

£10

playdays-basingstoke.co.uk

Taste at The Top of Town

July 31

Market Place

Celebrity chef Brian Turner will join a host of regional chefs to prepare some mouth watering dishes

Free

topofthetown.org/

Dog Show

July 31

11am to 6pm

War Memorial Park

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Bioblitz

July 31

10am to 4pm

Mill Field, Old Basing

Fun activities for all the family including wildlife safaris and pond dipping

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

AUGUST

Big Art Workshop

August 1

10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm

Basingstoke Discovery Centre

Get sticky and creative with this Roald Dahl themed workshop

£5

hants.gov.uk/library/bsdc.htm

Pop-up Play Session

August 1, 2, 4 and 5

Beggarwood (10am to 11.30am) and Eastrop Park (2pm to 3.30pm)

Design your own insect and other activities

Free

basingstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

How You Can Help Honeybees

August 2

2pm to 3pm

Basingstoke Discovery Centre

Talk from a local beekeeper about how to help honeybees. All children will receive a free packet of 'bee friendly' seeds

£3

hants.gov.uk/library/bsdc.htm

National Play Day

August 3

11am to 4pm

Eastrop Park

Fun activities for all the family

Free

basinstoke.gov.uk/loveparks

Kung Fu Panda 3 Kids Cinema

August 3

2pm to 3.30pm

Tadley Community Centre

£1.50

Call 01189814538

Dance and Drama Workshop

August 5

2pm and 2.25pm

Basingstoke Discovery Centre

Using drama, dance and singing children will be trained up as pirates and mermaids to be taken on a thrilling voyage to Neverland where they will rescue treasure from Captain Hook

£2

hants.gov.uk/library/bsdc.htm

Oakley Village Show

August 6

2pm

Oakley Junior School

Jazz band, stalls, dog show and arena performances 

£1 for adults free for those aged 17 and under

Battle Proms Picnic Concert

August 6

4pm

Highclere Castle

The famous castle will play host to the UK's premier picnic concert series

Tickets from £37 for adults and £18 for children

highclerecastle.co.uk/events

Maps and Compass Challenge

August 7

12noon to 1pm

The Vyne Sherborne St John

Put your map reading skills to the test in a prepared activity in the grounds of The Vyne

£3

Call 01256 883858

Miniature Train Rides

August 7

11am to 4pm

Viables Craft Centre

Ride around a 1,000 foot track on a miniature train

£1.50

Jungle Book Kids Cinema

August 10

2pm to 3.30pm

Tadley Community Centre

£1.50

Call 01189814538

Family Play Day

August 10

11am to 3pm

The Hurst Leisure Centre

A family fun day with activities including facepainting, arts and crafts and bouncy castle

£5 per family

hurstcentre.co.uk

London Dungeons Coach Trip

August 17

8.30am to 6pm

Tadley Community Centre

£40 adult £35 children

tadleycommunitycentre.org.uk

Alvin and the Chipmunks Kids Cinema

August 17

2pm to 3.30pm

Tadley Community Centre

£1.50

Call 01189814538

Tile making for The Vyne roof project

August 20

10am to 3pm

The Vyne Sherborne St John

In preparation for The Vyne's roof project starting in the autumn, visitors are invited to make their own roof tiles.

Free (normal admission charges apply)

nationaltrust.org.uk/the-vyne

Norm of the North Kids Cinema

August 24

2pm to 3.30pm

Tadley Community Centre

£1.50

Call 01189814538

Make a Trail with Sticks

August 27

The Vyne, Sherborne St John

12pm to 1pm

A chance to create a secret trail marked out with sticks

£1 plus normal admission

nationaltrust.org.uk/events