Short answer: a weekday visit to Fun Street for one child aged three to twelve and one adult is £12.98, and the same visit at a weekend is £18.98. The single biggest saving available to any family is simply choosing a weekday, which takes £5 off every child ticket. Sessions last one hour and thirty minutes and cover all three play zones, so the cost per hour of a genuinely tiring, weatherproof activity is lower than most days out in Glasgow.
What a visit to Fun Street actually costs
Everything below comes straight from the Fun Street price list. There are no add ons at the door and one ticket covers all three play zones for the full session.
| Ticket | Weekday | Weekend | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults, 13 years and over | £1.99 | £2.99 | £1.00 |
| Baby under 6 months | £1.99 | £2.99 | £1.00 |
| Infant, 6 to 12 months | £5.99 | £7.99 | £2.00 |
| Toddler, 13 to 35 months | £9.99 | £14.99 | £5.00 |
| Child, 3 to 12 years | £10.99 | £15.99 | £5.00 |
The first thing worth noticing is how little the adult ticket is. At £1.99 on a weekday, a second grown up, a grandparent or an aunt who wants to come along costs less than a coffee. That changes what a soft play visit can be. It stops being one exhausted parent supervising alone and becomes something two adults can share, or a way for a grandparent to have an afternoon with the children that does not depend on the weather.
The second is the shape of the age bands. A toddler of 13 to 35 months is £9.99 on a weekday and a child of three to twelve is £10.99, a difference of a pound, while the jump from an infant under a year at £5.99 is larger. If you have a baby who has just turned one, the price changes; if you have a two year old about to turn three, it barely does.
The weekday and weekend gap, in real numbers
This is the part that makes the biggest practical difference, so it is worth doing the arithmetic properly rather than in your head at the till.
| Who is coming | Weekday total | Weekend total | You save by coming midweek |
|---|---|---|---|
| One child (3 to 12) and one adult | £12.98 | £18.98 | £6.00 |
| One toddler (13 to 35 months) and one adult | £11.98 | £17.98 | £6.00 |
| Two children (3 to 12) and one adult | £23.97 | £34.97 | £11.00 |
| Two children (3 to 12) and two adults | £25.96 | £37.96 | £12.00 |
| One child, one toddler, two adults | £24.96 | £36.96 | £12.00 |
A family of two children and two adults saves £12 by coming on a Tuesday rather than a Sunday. Come once a fortnight in term time and that is £72 over a school term, for exactly the same ninety minutes in exactly the same building. It is also, as it happens, the quieter visit.
The after school route
There is a weekday after school eat and play offer at £13.99 for a child with a meal and £1.99 for an adult. Set against a standard weekday child ticket of £10.99 plus buying food separately, it is a sensible way to handle the stretch between the school gate and bedtime, and it removes the cooking from a day that already has too much in it.
It also solves a specific problem that parents of school age children will recognise. A child who has sat still since nine in the morning does not need a quiet evening. They need to run about for an hour and then eat. Doing those two things in the right order, in one place, is usually the difference between a calm bedtime and a difficult one.
What you get for the money
A session is one hour and thirty minutes and covers all three areas of the centre, described in full on the soft play page:
- The toddler play zone for nought to three, with soft padded surroundings, foam slides, ball pits and bouncy rocking animals, set apart from the older children.
- The themed soft play frame for three to twelve, a multi level structure with obstacle courses, climbing frames, ball fountains and slides.
- The storybook playhouses, a little indoor street with a beauty parlour, a garage, a hospital, a little shop and an art gallery, suited to all ages with a grown up nearby.
The centre is climate controlled, which is the reason the last twenty minutes are usually as good as the first, and Erina’s Kitchen is inside, positioned so you can sit down and still see the play frame. Parking at Silverburn is free. Add those three together and the true cost of the outing stays close to the ticket price, which is not true of every family day out in Glasgow.
Making it a habit without overspending
Families who come often tend to do the same handful of things, and none of them are complicated.
- Pick a fixed slot. A regular Tuesday morning or Thursday after school stops each visit being a decision, and decisions are what cost money.
- Book the weekday, not the weekend. The £5 per child gap is the whole game.
- Eat before or after, deliberately. Deciding in advance whether this is a play visit or a play and eat visit avoids the expensive version of both.
- Bring water. Most of the fractiousness at the ninety minute mark is thirst rather than tiredness.
- Go with another family. Two adults at £1.99 each and children who entertain each other is the cheapest good afternoon available.
- Use it as the wet weather plan, not the default. Alternating with the park keeps the visit feeling like a treat.
Fun Street also announces offers and news through the Join the Neighbourhood signup on the website, so if you visit regularly it is worth being on that list rather than finding out afterwards.
What regular visits do for children
Parents who visit often describe the same pattern, and it is worth naming because it is the real return on the money.
Confidence compounds. The frame that looked impossible in September is routine by November. Children set their own challenges, and the sense of having got better at something is not easy to buy elsewhere.
Familiarity lowers the temperature. A child who knows where the toilets are, which slide they like and where you will be sitting spends far less energy on managing the room and far more on playing. This matters most for children who find new places difficult.
They actually get tired. Ninety minutes of climbing is a physical workout, and the evening afterwards tends to be calmer.
They meet the same faces. Regular visitors run into each other, which turns a play centre into something closer to a club. If you would like to read more about how the play itself works, we have written about how soft play supports physical development and how regular sessions build confidence.
A Glasgow year, season by season
The value of a regular indoor session is not the same in June as it is in January, and planning around that is sensible.
| Season | How families tend to use it | Best slot |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn term | The reliable wet afternoon plan as the light goes | Weekday after school |
| Winter | The main indoor outlet when the park is not an option | Weekday mornings, weekends for the buzz |
| Spring | Backup for the days a planned outdoor trip falls through | Whenever the forecast turns |
| Summer holidays | Short, frequent sessions to break up long days | Weekday mornings, early in the session times |
Because Fun Street is temperature controlled, it is one of the few places that works equally well in a heatwave and a downpour. For the wetter half of the year, our rainy day guide to Glasgow sets out the alternatives, and the Silverburn family day guide covers making a longer visit of it.
Seven ways to keep the cost down
Frequently asked questions
How much is soft play at Fun Street in Glasgow?
On a weekday, a child aged three to twelve is £10.99, a toddler aged 13 to 35 months is £9.99, an infant aged 6 to 12 months is £5.99, a baby under six months is £1.99 and an adult is £1.99. At weekends those become £15.99, £14.99, £7.99, £2.99 and £2.99. Every ticket covers a session of one hour and thirty minutes across all three play zones.
Is soft play cheaper on a weekday?
Yes, and by a meaningful amount. A child ticket is £5 cheaper on a weekday than at a weekend, a toddler ticket is £5 cheaper and an adult ticket is £1 cheaper. A family of two children and two adults pays £25.96 on a weekday and £37.96 at a weekend.
How long is a session at Fun Street?
One hour and thirty minutes. Fun Street is open every day from 10am to 6pm and a session gives access to the toddler play zone, the themed soft play frame and the storybook playhouses.
Do adults have to pay to go into soft play?
Yes, but the adult ticket is small: £1.99 on a weekday and £2.99 at a weekend. Bringing a second adult or a grandparent along costs very little.
What is the cheapest way to visit Fun Street?
A weekday session is the cheapest option for every age band. If the visit was going to include a meal, the weekday after school eat and play offer at £13.99 for a child with a meal and £1.99 for an adult is the better route.
Do I need to book in advance?
Booking through the online booking system is recommended, especially at weekends and in school holidays. Weekday mornings in term time are usually the easiest time to get a slot.
Is it worth visiting soft play regularly, or is it better as a treat?
That depends on your week rather than on the price. Families who visit often tend to use short weekday sessions as a reliable outlet, particularly through autumn and winter, and keep weekends for something different. Families who visit occasionally get more out of making it an event. The arithmetic favours regular weekday visits; whether that suits your family is a separate question.
Is there parking at Silverburn?
Yes, parking at Silverburn is free and Fun Street is on the upper level of the centre. Driving and public transport directions are on the how to get there page.
