What to do in Kent with children this weekend?

There's lots going on around the county this weekend.

So if you're struggling to think of ways to keep your little ones occupied then don't look any further.

Here are seven ideas that will keep the kids busy all weekend.

1 Explore the medieval tunnels at Dover Castle

All weekend

Descend into the eerie, winding medieval tunnels, burrowed beneath the castle during and after the Siege of 1216. The tunnels are part of the underground fun at the castle, but your explorations could also including the battlements walk if you’re feeling full of beans. The castle is closed during the week this time of year, but open at weekends between 10am and 4pm. The last tunnel tour starts at an hour before closing. Visit english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/ for details and prices.

2 Make a Janus New Year Card at Canterbury Roman Museum

All weekend

For the Romans, the month of January carried a special significance. It’s believed that January gets its name from the two-faced god, Janus, who both looked back at the old and ahead to the new. Activities to make your own card for the New Year are held all day at the museum in Canterbury, through to Wednesday, February 28. The activity costs £1 per child, with museum entry free for kids with a paying adult. Details at canterburymuseums.co.uk

3 Catch Coco in a cinema near you

All weekend

See Disney's new computer-animated musical fantasy film. Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster the two embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

4 See the Shell Grotto

Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 11am and 4pm

Discovered in 1835, Margate's Shell Grotto is an astonishing find; 21 metres of winding passages decorated with 4.6 million shells. The walls are covered in images of gods and goddesses, trees of life and patterns of whelks, mussels and oysters. Some think it is an ancient Pagan grotto, others that it is simply an ornate Regency folly; but with no definitive explanation or history, the Shell Grotto is Kent's greatest mystery. Click here for more information.

5 Explore Manor Country Park walk, West Malling

Once part of the 18th century estate created by Thomas Douce, there's 52 acres of parkland and paths to discover. Stroll by the lake, or take the children to the play area at Douce’s Meadow, where there are picnic tables and space for ball games. The Abbey Field and Chestnut Paddocks are grazed fields with wildflowers and the Ice House field, on the far side of the lake, takes its name from the building where ice from the frozen lake used to be kept for use in the manor house’s kitchen. The park is open from 9am to dusk.

6 See a dinosaur footprint fossil at Folkestone Museum

Saturday, January 20

If you haven’t popped in to the recently opened museum in Guildhall Street, now’s the time as organisers have just added a 120 million-year-old fossil of a prehistoric footprint, thought to have been made by a reptile that walked on two legs with three toes on each foot, to their collection. It was donated by veteran fossil hunter Steve Friedrich, who stumbled on it in the Lower Greensand on the beach. The museum is open Mondays to Saturdays, between 10am and 4pm.

7 Rapunzel: The Tangled Adventure

Saturday, January 20, until Saturday, January 27

Join Rapunzel, Muddles, Dame Dotty and the rest of the cast for a fun-packed family pantomime Rapunzel – The Tangled Adventure. The show is at the Christchurch Community Hall in Beaver Road, Ashford, from Saturday, January 20 for a week through to Saturday, January 27. Tickets cost £10 and £6 for children. To book tickets and find out more visit ashfordpanto.co.uk or call 0333 666 3366.