The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Southampton, England

The Steamship Shieldhall is the largest working steam ship in Britain. A member of the National Historic Fleet she serves as a sea going tribute to Britain's maritime heritage. As a passenger you too can experience the golden age of steam by booking on an excursion or visiting her in Southampton.

At First Class Sailing we give you easy access to the full range of RYA yachting courses and other sailing activities. From the moment you contact us we aim to make your whole experience fun, smooth and hassle free. Our office team are helpful, quick to respond and show a high degree of integrity. First Class Sailing instructors are friendly, professional, thorough and passionate about sailing. So whether you are a complete novice or have some sailing experience, we give you the confidence and expertise to enjoy the ultimate get-away-from-it-all experience: the freedom of sailing.RYA Sailing Courses RYA Sailing courses are internationally recognised. They form part of a scheme that is both easy to follow and enter, whatever level of experience you have. We run RYA Shorebased navigation classes such as Day Skipper theory and Yachtmaster theory in London in the evenings and/or over weekends. We hold RYA Practical Courses such as Competent Crew for novices, Day Skipper for those with more experience and Yachtmaster for those with lots of experience on our yachts based in Shamrock Quay, Southampton and North Frambridge on the East Coast.Sailing Trips Our sailing trips might take you off to the west country for a week of cruising the Devon and Cornish coastlines with their pretty harbours and beautiful estuaries. Or sail over to France and the Channel Islands for a week of Moules Marinieres, French wine and pretty Channel Island anchorages and beaches. For those with less time we have weekend Channel Hops over to France, all year round, which offer the perfect opportunity to build miles and experience quickly.• RYA PRACTICAL COURSESo Competent Crew Practical Courseo Day Skipper Practical Courseo Coastal Skipper Practical Courseo Yachtmaster Coastal Practical Courseo Yachtmaster Practical Courseo Yachtmaster Ocean Practical Course• RYA THEORY COURSESo Day Skipper Theory Courseo Coastal Skipper Theory Courseo Yachtmaster Theory Courseo Yachtmaster Coastal Theory Courseo Yachtmaster Ocean Theory Courseo CEVNI Testo Essential Navigation and Seamanship Online Theory Courseo Online Day Skipper Theory Courseo Online Yachtmaster Theory Courseo London RYA Theory Courses• SPECIALIST RYA COURSESo Sea Survival Courseo VHF Courseo Offshore Safety Course (ISAF)o Radar Courseo First Aid at Seao Diesel Engine Maintenance Courseo Professional Practices and Responsibilites (PPR) Course

Duck-2-Water offer luxury, private motor cruising charters and skippered RIB charters on our quality RIBs in the Solent and surrounding areas. In addition we provide the full range of RYA training at great value prices and the best choice of available course dates, all delivered from our modern training centre.

Houdini’s Escape Room Experience, based in Southampton, Hampshire, is a real-life escape game experience based on the Japanese online game, ‘Takagism’. Players are locked inside a themed room, and need to work as a team to solve a series of puzzles, riddles and hints in order to escape within the 60-minute time limit.

Exciting Escapes are thrilled to bring the global phenomenon that is Escape Rooms to Southampton. Working together in a small group of 2-6 people, your challenge is to solve puzzles and mysteries together while the clock ticks down. Each room has a story that you play a part in, and each presents its own unique challenges for a truly entertaining experience. Will you accept the challenge?

The Tap room for CrackleRock Brewing company. Just across the road from the brewery. With 9 cask ales and 7 keg ales there should be a beer there for you. We also have a huge range of gins and vodkas - and like our beers, wines and spirits are all available as tasting flights if you just can't decide!

Elusion's Southampton game rooms offers the ultimate team challenge in which you and your companions will face mysteries, solve riddles and crack puzzles against a 60 minute countdown. In the Pandora Heist you will compete to steal the most valuable items from a professors home before the police arrive.

The Joiners Arms is a small music venue in St Mary's, Southampton, England. It has played host to many up-and-coming bands including Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Green Day, Muse, Arctic Monkeys & 1000's more. The Joiners opened as a music venue in 1968 and is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. It welcomes gig goers of all ages and has a community family ran vibe.

Immersive, exciting, fun escape rooms in Southampton. Challenge yourself, your friends, your family, your colleagues to 60 minutes of escapism and adventure. You'll work together to solve puzzles, discover clues, think outside the box and save the day! Sneaky escape room is proud to open the only virtual reality escape rooms to Southampton. Bringing together the best of escape rooms fun and ingenuity with virtual reality technology. Put on your VR headsets and immerse yourself in a brand new digital world. Our escapes rooms are designed for groups of 2-6 people to work together, solving puzzles and have fun. Each of our rooms has a specific theme and problem to solve. After a briefing, you'll have 60 minutes to pit your wits against the clock. If you are looking for something new, this is perfect for you. No experience is necessary. Our escape rooms are an excellent blend of fun and teamwork making it perfect for a friendly adventure or corporate activity.

Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum is all set to become one of the key visitor attractions in the South. The only remaining steam driven brickworks in the country we show how brick making made the leap from small scale production to 20 million bricks a year. The fully restored and working machinery helped us to win the coveted Institute of Mechanical Engineering Heritage Award in 2011 and on Open Days we can show it all running as it was when it ceased producing bricks. On site you can see the patented method adopted to dry the bricks and the huge kiln block that was used to fire them ready for collection. The museum has other clay based collections on site and lots of opportunities on offer which makes a visit both enjoyable and educational.