Soft Play and Rainy-Day Places Near Chichester

Most Chichester families looking for soft play end up at Flip Out on Glenmore Business Park (£5.50 for three hours), Little Street, the role play town at Merston, or Aldingbourne Country Centre, where two soft play rooms come with the farm. Bognor Regis has Oscar’s at Arun Leisure Centre. Every entry 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 and booking rules, with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating where food is served on site. Prices are per child unless we say otherwise.

Soft play and indoor play

Flip Out Chichester, Glenmore Business Park

A trampoline park with a ninja course and soft play under one roof. The soft play is £5.50 for three hours, “subject to café opening times”, and Flip Out pitches it at under-5s. On term-time weekdays the Daytime Bounce sessions at 10am and 12.30pm are £9.50 for under-5s and £13.50 standard, and the arena is £14 to £15 an hour at weekends and in the holidays. A SEND session runs on Sundays from 6pm to 7pm with the flashing lights off and the music turned down, at £9.50 (£13.50 for a sibling). Sign the waiver online, bring or buy Flip Out socks, and arrive 30 minutes early. Open 10am to 7pm every day. Diablo’s Pizza, the food counter inside, holds an FSA hygiene rating of 5 (March 2026). Atlas House, Glenmore Business Park, PO19 7BJ. Flip Out Chichester prices.

Little Street, Merston

A role play centre built as a scaled-down town, with a café, theatre, beauty salon, supermarket, construction site, medical centre, post office, ride-on vehicles, a large tractor and a barn of toy animals. Little Street says it keeps numbers “little” and resets every prop between sessions. It is designed for children from walking age (12 months) to 7, though children up to 10 can play alongside younger siblings. There are four 85-minute sessions a day, starting at 9.25am, 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.40pm. Children £7.95, adults £4.95, babies in arms free; Post Nap Play from 2pm to 3pm on term-time weekdays is £4.10 a person. Free parking. FSA hygiene rating: 5 (December 2024). In the barn at the far right of Drayton Waterside Retail and Leisure, Bognor Road, Merston, PO20 1EG. Little Street Chichester.

Aldingbourne Country Centre, Norton

A centre run by the Aldingbourne Trust charity, with an open farm, woodland walks, ride-on tractors and a maze. Its soft play has two rooms, one for children up to 2 and one for 3 to 7, and there is an indoor slide in the middle of the Quarry Café that drops down into the gift shop. The soft play comes with the day pass: adults £9, children aged 2 to 13 £8, a family of four £34, or £10, £9 and £36 with Gift Aid; under-2s and carers are free. If rain substantially spoils your visit, get your receipt stamped as you leave and you can come back free within seven days. No dogs except assistance dogs. Open 10am to 4pm every day, last farm entry 3.30pm. The Bradbury Training Kitchen at the centre holds an FSA hygiene rating of 5 (March 2026). Blackmill Lane, Norton, PO18 0JP. Plan your visit.

Oscar’s Soft Play, Arun Leisure Centre, Bognor Regis

Freedom Leisure’s soft play at the Felpham leisure centre, with several levels, slides, climbing frames and ball ponds. It is £4.75 a child, for children up to 6; babies under six months go free. No booking is needed, and a parent or guardian must supervise throughout. It is open 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, but in school holidays it closes from 11.30am to 12.30pm and from 4pm to 6pm. The leisure centre’s food outlet holds an FSA hygiene rating of 5 (September 2021). Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8ED. Oscar’s Soft Play.

Rainy-day places that are not soft play

The Novium Museum, Tower Street

Free. The district museum, opposite Chichester Library, is built over the remains of a Roman bath house and covers half a million years of the area across three floors. The museum says there is usually no need to book, though some special exhibitions or events carry a small charge, which it says it always makes clear. Open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; closed on Sundays and Mondays. The nearest car parks with Blue Badge bays are St Cyriacs (short stay) and Northgate. Tower Street, PO19 1QH. Plan your visit.

Fishbourne Roman Palace

The Sussex Archaeological Society’s Roman palace, which it calls the largest Roman home in Britain, with the largest collection of mosaics still in their original place in the UK, a film theatre and a recreated Roman garden. Adults £15, children 5 to 17 £7.50, under-5s free; a family ticket for two adults and up to four children is £42. Roman Army Week runs during half term, 26 to 30 October. Open daily 10am to 4.30pm until 1 November, then 10am to 3pm from 2 November to 6 December, last admission an hour before closing. The society describes the museum, mosaics, café and film theatre as “generally level with easy access”. The Roman Kitchen café holds an FSA hygiene rating of 5 (August 2026). Roman Way, PO19 3QR. Fishbourne Roman Palace.

Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

On the site of the former RAF Tangmere, four miles east of the city. The museum invites visitors to “climb into the cockpits, try the simulators”, and its hangars hold aircraft and cockpit sections. Adults £15, children 5 to 16 £7, under-5s free; a family ticket for two adults and two children is £37, or £24 for one adult and two children. Carers come free with suitable ID. The museum says it is currently open every day from 10am to 5pm. The Cockpit Cafe holds an FSA hygiene rating of 5 (April 2026). Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, PO20 2ES. Tickets and visiting.

Tenpin Chichester, Chichester Gate

The one chain in this guide, included because it is the city’s bowling alley. It has 26 lanes, plus two karaoke rooms. One game is from £9.95 booked online, and Tenpin Tuesday takes 50% off bowling. You can walk in and bowl, but Tenpin advises booking at busy times. Open 10am to midnight every day. The Chichester Gate car park is run by Euro Car Parks; Tenpin says customers get two extra free hours by entering their registration on the tablet at reception. FSA hygiene rating: 5 (October 2025). 33 Chichester Gate, PO19 8EL. Tenpin Chichester.

How we chose

These are the soft play centres and indoor places Chichester families search for, chosen from what the venues publish, not on taste. We included every soft play centre in and around the city that we could check on its own website, plus Oscar’s in Bognor Regis and four indoor places for wet days. We left out venues that have no working website of their own or publish no current prices and hours: Jungle Mania in Chichester and the Flying Fortress at Ford appear only in third-party listings. Westgate Leisure Centre’s website lists no soft play at present; Chichester District Council says the café area there will be redesigned to take a new soft play zone, sensory room and toddler play village under the new More Leisure contract. Prices, hours and session details come from each venue’s own pages, hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, and everything was checked on 27 October 2026. Holiday hours change, so check before you set off.

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For outdoor play, see our guide to Chichester playgrounds and walks near Chichester, and for somewhere to eat afterwards, Chichester cafes and brunch in Chichester. For more ideas, see October half term in Chichester, things to do in Chichester, what’s on in Chichester this month, or browse local businesses in Chichester in our directory.

Frequently asked questions

How much is soft play in Chichester?

Flip Out on Glenmore Business Park charges £5.50 for three hours in its soft play. Little Street, the role play centre at Merston, charges £7.95 a child and £4.95 an adult for an 85-minute session, with a £4.10 Post Nap Play hour on term-time weekdays. Oscar’s Soft Play at Arun Leisure Centre in Bognor Regis is £4.75 a child, and Aldingbourne Country Centre’s soft play rooms are included in its day pass, £8 a child without Gift Aid.

Do I need to book soft play in Chichester?

Little Street runs four booked 85-minute sessions a day, so book through its calendar. Flip Out sells its sessions online and asks every visitor to sign a waiver before arriving. Oscar’s Soft Play in Bognor Regis says no booking is needed, and Aldingbourne Country Centre takes payment on the day.

Is there soft play for children with additional needs near Chichester?

Flip Out Chichester runs a SEND session on Sundays from 6pm to 7pm with the flashing lights turned off and the music turned down, at £9.50, or £13.50 for a sibling. Aldingbourne Country Centre is run by a charity and admits carers free.