Soft Play and Rainy-Day Places Near Barnet

The soft play most Barnet families land on is AeroPlay! at the RAF Museum in Colindale (from £1.75, inside a free museum), Belmont Farm in Mill Hill, N20 KidsClub in Whetstone, where you can walk in without booking, and Inflata Nation in Colindale for bigger children. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 27 October 2026.

We have not been to these places to test them and nothing here is a ranking. Each entry sets out what the venue publishes: prices, ages, opening hours, booking rules, cafes and access, with the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating where the venue serves food. Prices are per child unless we say otherwise. Most play centres ask for socks on children and adults, so pack a pair.

Colindale and Hendon

AeroPlay!, RAF Museum London, Colindale

AeroPlay! is the soft play in Hangar 4 of the RAF Museum, which opened it in April 2026. The museum’s page lists it for ages 6 months to 10 years, “suitable” up to 8, with a separate toddler area for 6 months to 3 years. Sessions last an hour and a half and start “from £1.75”; a one-month off-peak pass is £20 for unlimited term-time weekday visits for one named child and one adult. One carer per child goes free off-peak with proof of disability. The space is step-free, but the museum says the structure is not suitable for wheelchairs. Socks are required, and adults must stay with their children but may not use the equipment. Outside food is not allowed, apart from baby food for under-1s. The museum says AeroPlay! “often reaches capacity during weekends and school holidays”, so book online; sessions are listed through to 31 December 2026.

The museum itself is free and open 10am to 5pm daily. Parking is £5 for up to three hours. The museum’s catering, run by Restaurant Associates, has a hygiene rating of 5 (FSA, 22 May 2026). Grahame Park Way, NW9 5LL (sat nav NW9 5QW), a short bus ride from Colindale station. Our RAF Museum Christmas guide has the winter events.

Inflata Nation, Colindale Retail Park

Inflata Nation is an inflatable park in a retail unit on the Edgware Road, with a main arena of inflatable obstacles and a separate “Under 4’s Area”. Its Colindale page gives normal hours as Monday to Friday 12pm to 7pm and weekends 10am to 7pm, with weekdays from 10am at peak times such as school holidays. It is open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day. Prices show on the booking panel once you choose a date. It recommends under-3s stay in the toddler area, and spectators go free. Inflata Tots runs on Monday and Wednesday in term time, with the whole arena given over to pre-school children and parents going on free. Disability Friendly sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time are aimed at children on the autism spectrum. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 8 October 2025, Brent Council: the building is on the Brent side of the Edgware Road). Unit 1, Colindale Retail Park, 355 The Hyde, Edgware Road, NW9 6TH.

Hendon Leisure Centre, Brent Cross

Better’s Hendon Leisure Centre lists “trampolines and soft play” for younger visitors and a climbing wall. Better’s timetable shows Climbing Pebbles for ages 4 to 6 and Junior Rock Climbing for 7 to 15 on the wall, and the centre offers soft play, climbing and basketball birthday parties. The page publishes no soft play prices or session times, so check the centre’s timetable or the Better app before you go. The centre is open Monday to Friday 6am to 10pm and at weekends 8am to 8pm this week, and has a paying car park with 35 spaces, two of them for disabled drivers. Marble Drive, NW2 1XQ, a short walk from Brent Cross station.

Mill Hill and Edgware

Belmont Farm, Mill Hill

Belmont Farm is a children’s farm on The Ridgeway with an indoor soft play, which it calls Fun Farm. The farm’s soft play page lists it for children from 6 months to 10 years, at £8.50 on weekdays and £10.50 at weekends, both including “special socks”. Adults are £2 on weekdays and £3 at weekends, with at least one adult for every four children. The farm’s home page says the soft play is open daily 9.30am to 4.45pm, and stays open on days the farm itself is shut. You must visit the soft play before the farm, because you cannot go back in after going down to the animals. Payment is contactless only; no cash. Food is not allowed in the soft play, but drinks are; the Bakery & Café keeps the same hours. Tickets are online. Hygiene rating 3 (FSA, 14 May 2026). The farm and café close on 25 and 26 December. The Ridgeway, NW7 1QT.

Barnet Burnt Oak Leisure Centre, Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak’s soft play page describes a soft play for under-5s with a bouncy castle, a ball pit and soft toys. It is used for Toddlers World sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9am to 10.30am, which you can book on the Better app or at reception, and can be hired for birthday parties. Better’s Junior Membership includes free entry to all its soft play sessions in Barnet, as well as free swimming. The centre page lists a paying car park with 57 spaces, three of them for disabled drivers, and space for eight bikes. Watling Avenue, Edgware HA8 0NP, close to Burnt Oak station.

Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre, Mill Hill

Copthall is the one Better soft play in the borough that publishes its prices. Its soft play page lists Toddlers World on Mondays from 9am to 10.30am, parent-supervised, at £7.75 a session for non-members, £5.50 with a Better card and £3.90 at the concession rate. Junior Membership is £24.50 a month plus a £12.50 joining fee, and covers unlimited Toddlers World sessions and free swimming across Barnet. Inclusive Toddlers World follows every Monday from 10.30am to 11.15am in the sports hall: the centre calls it a “quieter, reduced-capacity” session for children from 6 months, suited to children with SEN or those who prefer a calmer setting. The centre page lists a cafe open 9am to 7pm on weekdays and 8am to 5pm at weekends, and a 150-space paying car park. Champions Way, NW4 1PX.

Whetstone, Finchley and East Barnet

N20 KidsClub, Whetstone

N20 KidsClub is an indoor soft play with a cafe and restaurant on the High Road. Its own site lists ages 3 months to 11 years and prices for a visit of up to two hours: £3 for under-1s, £10 for children aged 1 to 12 and £3 for each adult. It opens Monday to Sunday 9.30am to 6pm, though it warns it “sometimes” closes early for private events. You do not need to book: “Walk in for play”. The cafe serves coffee, smoothies and hot food, and there is free parking outside. An NHS directory listing updated in April 2026 said it had reopened under new management. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 7 January 2026). 1105 to 1111 High Road, N20 0PT.

Soft play at artsdepot, North Finchley

The cheapest soft play in the borough is free. artsdepot, the arts centre above the bus station, says on its cafe page that “a free soft play area and a book corner for little ones to explore” sit round the corner from cafédepot. The page publishes no age range or rules for the play area. The cafe’s hours change through the week, and artsdepot’s visit page gives the current times. The centre also puts on children’s theatre: check its what’s on listings. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 19 May 2026). 5 Nether Street, N12 0GA. More in our Barnet cafes guide.

Oak Hill Park Café, East Barnet

The family-run cafe in Oak Hill Park’s cricket pavilion has its own soft play. A smaller area is for babies up to 8 months (£2) and a larger one for 9 months to 6 years (£4), on prices the site labels “2023”. There is no time limit except on very busy days, such as half term and bank holidays, when it is two hours, and the cafe says there is “strictly no re-admission”. No shoes are allowed in the play area. Children may not take food or drink in, and only food and drink bought at the cafe may be eaten on site. The cafe’s opening times are on its contact page. Call 020 8361 1013. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 28 April 2026). Parkside Gardens, EN4 8JP. There is a playground outside too: see our Barnet playgrounds guide.

Just over the border

AirHop, Enfield

AirHop is a trampoline park on Lumina Way in Enfield, the borough to the east. The park’s page lists Open Jump from age 4, from £15.95 for an hour off-peak (“from” prices). Toddler Takeover, “specifically for ages 6 and under”, has ride-ons, sensory toys and bubble time for £11. There is also an SEN session at £12.45. Term-time hours are Monday 10am to 7pm, Tuesday to Thursday 3.30pm to 7pm, Friday 10am to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 9am to 7pm. In school holidays it opens from 9am every day. Grip socks are required and are on sale when you arrive. AirHop says it will be closed all day on Thursday 29 October for repairs. Its café sells drinks, sandwiches and wraps. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 13 March 2026, Enfield Council). 22 Lumina Park, Lumina Way, EN1 1FS.

How we chose

These are the indoor play places families across the borough search for, chosen on what can be checked. That means the ages, prices and hours each venue publishes, the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating where it serves food, and how easily families from EN4, EN5, N2, N3, N12, N20, NW4, NW7, NW9 and HA8 can reach them. Nothing here has a hygiene rating below 3. We left out play centres that publish nothing of their own beyond listings on booking sites, and one Whetstone soft play whose current hygiene rating is 1. Every fact comes from the venue’s own website unless we say otherwise. Prices and session times change with the school holidays, so check before you set off.

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For more locally, see things to do in Barnet, what’s on in Barnet this month, half term and Halloween in Barnet, our guides to Barnet playgrounds, walks near Barnet, cafes and brunch, and the Barnet business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the cheapest soft play in Barnet?

The soft play area next to the cafe at artsdepot in North Finchley is free. AeroPlay! at the RAF Museum in Colindale starts at £1.75 on the museum’s own page, and Oak Hill Park Café in East Barnet charges £2 for babies up to eight months and £4 for children up to six, on prices it labels 2023. Better’s Toddlers World sessions at Copthall are £7.75 for non-members.

Is there soft play for older children in Barnet?

Belmont Farm’s soft play in Mill Hill takes children up to 10, as does AeroPlay! at the RAF Museum, though the museum says it is best suited to under-8s. N20 KidsClub in Whetstone lists ages 3 months to 11 years. For older children, Inflata Nation in Colindale has an inflatable arena for all ages and AirHop in Enfield has open jump sessions from age 4.

Is there quiet or SEN soft play near Barnet?

Yes. Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre runs Inclusive Toddlers World on Mondays from 10.30am to 11.15am, a quieter, reduced-capacity session for children from 6 months. Inflata Nation in Colindale runs Disability Friendly sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays in term time, AirHop Enfield has an SEN session at £12.45, and AeroPlay! gives one free carer ticket per child at off-peak times.