Rheged
Indoor Entertainment Centres · Penrith, Cumbria & the Lake District
Also cinemas & theatre, soft play & indoor play
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🏠 Indoor☔ Rainy-day friendly🛝 Soft play🆓 Free entryBooking requiredBirthday partiesEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
250-space car park free for Rheged visitors; over 5 hours requires number-plate registration in the café or deli. Car park closes with the centre.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Rheged is a large visitor centre built into a grass-covered hill on the edge of Penrith, close to the M6 and the northern gateway to the Lake District. Its main draw for families is the big-screen cinema, which shows films including 3D presentations. There is also an art gallery with changing exhibitions and an indoor play area for under-8s, where visits are booked in timed slots. Craft workshops in the Making Space, a toy shop with a large Lego range and a café with a children's menu round out the offer. Much of the day happens under cover, which suits a wet or windy visit as well as a relaxed family outing. The centre hosts children's films, pantomimes and school-holiday events through the year, and offers a film party package for birthdays.
Outdoor play area is permanently closed; Christmas pantomimes and school-holiday events run through the year.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Grip socksMost parks make you buy theirs at the door.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Pocket money purseGift shop answered in advance, in numbers.
- Hand sanitiser
- Sun cream for after
- AntihistamineStings and pollen, both far from a pharmacy.
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