Indoor Play and Activity Centres in Co. Cork
10 places
1.The Treehouse
soft play and an award-winning café under one roof
The Treehouse is Skibbereen's indoor soft play centre and award-winning café — a warm, all-weather spot where children play while grown-ups relax over coffee and cake.
- Highlights
- Indoor soft play from babies to around age 12
- Award-winning café on site
- Free WiFi
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Awesome Walls Cork
Bouldering, roped climbing and a café under one roof
Awesome Walls Cork is the city's biggest indoor climbing centre, with bouldering, roped lines, a training gym, café and hangout zones all under one roof at the Model Arena on Model Farm Road.
- Highlights
- Cork's largest indoor climbing wall
- Bouldering plus roped climbing, including an arch
- Monthly MINT bouldering league
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
3.Piccolo Play Village
14 themed role-play zones for under-6s
A miniature make-believe town of 14 themed role-play zones on the top floor of a Ballincollig shopping centre — designed for children to lead the play while grown-ups relax over proper coffee and cake.
- Highlights
- 14 themed, immersive role-play areas
- Fire station, garda station and hospital
- Child-sized pizzeria, café and supermarket
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
4.Toy Soldier Factory - Prince August
cast and paint your own metal toy soldier
A working toy soldier factory in the village of Kilnamartyra, where you watch molten metal cast into miniatures in front of you and then paint your own figure to take home.
- Highlights
- Ireland's only toy soldier factory, running since 1981
- Live tin-soldier casting in a real working factory
- Make-and-paint workshops from €12 per person
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Restrooms · Wheelchair access
5.Little Rascals Funworld
90-minute indoor play sessions from €9
A large indoor adventure play centre in Mallow where children race between astra slides, rope mazes and a ball pond, with a dedicated under-5s zone, a sensory room and a coffee dock for the grown-ups. Everything runs on timed, pre-booked sessions — there are no walk-ins.
- Highlights
- Timed 90-minute play sessions, up to 250 children
- Slides, astra slides, rope maze, assault course, ball pond
- Under-5s area and racing cars
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
6.Airtastic Entertainment Centre Cork – Bowling, Mini Golf, Arcade, NY Kitchen
12 bowling lanes, inflata park and space golf
Cork's biggest indoor leisure centre packs ten-pin bowling, an inflata and ninja park, space-themed mini golf, an arcade and an American diner under one roof in Little Island.
- Highlights
- Twelve-lane ten-pin bowling alley
- Large inflata and ninja park with toddler zone
- Indoor 18-hole space-themed mini golf
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access
7.Monkey Maze
Europe's largest indoor kids' activity centre
Monkey Maze bills itself as Europe's largest indoor activity centre, a giant four-level play maze in Glanmire, Cork, built for under-10s and their grown-ups.
- Highlights
- Europe's largest indoor activity centre
- Giant four-level play maze
- Slides, ball pools and shooting cannons
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
8.Little Rebels
100 cubic metres of indoor soft play for under-11s
Little Rebels is an indoor soft-play zone in Cork's Sports Village, with over 100 cubic metres of 3D play space for babies, toddlers and children up to eleven — plus a café where grown-ups can relax while the kids burn off energy.
- Highlights
- Soft play for babies, toddlers and kids up to eleven
- Over 100 cubic metres of 3D play space
- Dedicated baby sensory area and toddler climbing frame
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
9.Perks Family Entertainment & Indoor Funfair
Free-entry indoor funfair with bowling and laser tag
A big indoor entertainment centre and funfair on the seafront at Youghal, where entry is free and you only pay for the bowling, laser tag, soft play, rides and mini golf you actually use.
- Highlights
- No admission fee — pay per activity
- Free parking on site
- AMF bowling, laser tag, arcade and rides under one roof
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
10.Planet Entertainment Centre Cork
14-lane bowling, laser tag, soft play and a 9D cinema
Cork's big indoor entertainment centre on the Old Mallow Road, packing ten-pin bowling, laser tag, soft play, a 9D cinema and an arcade under one roof — a reliable rainy-day fix for families and groups.
- Highlights
- 14-lane ten-pin bowling alley
- Laser tag arena
- 9D cinema ride
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access