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The 7 Best Things to do Good for Big Groups in Brantford, Canada
Brantford (2016 population 97,496; CMA population 134,203) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government.
Restaurants in Brantford
1. Escape Key
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 97 reviews
This immersive challenge puts you straight into the game itself and tasks you with the goal of finding the escape key and your way out. You and your friends or family are locked up, handcuffed, with 60 minutes to solve the challenges you find inside and escape. It's a unique escape from your daily life. Family friendly, and a great time for all!
Reviewed By marleenvanham
Best escape room ever!! Huge variety of puzzles to solve. Something for all age groups. Great family time! Wonderful host. Thank you so much. We will absolutely be back!!
2. Bell Homestead
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 131 reviews
Reviewed By burr6013 - Mississauga, Canada
Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada was the first North American home of Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family, including his last surviving son, scientist Alexander Graham Bell. The younger Bell conducted his earliest experiments in North America at the farmhouse, known as “Melville House” at the time, and later invented the telephone at the homestead on July 26, 1874. Fun Fact: It was the summer of 1870 after two of their sons had died of tuberculosis that the Bells left their native Scotland for Canada. At the time of their arrival, their middle son, Alexander Graham Bell, was additionally stricken and being consumed by the disease. Professor Bell, an authority on speech and elocutio, felt the fresh air in rural Canada would help his son recover. Bell purchased the homestead (approximately 5¼ hectares) for $2,600. Neat! Look for Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada at 94 Tutela Heights Road in the Ontario municipality of Brantford, also known as “The Telephone City”. A museum to the family and to the invention of the telephone since 1909, the site (approximately four hectares) has largely been restored to its 1870s appearance (complete with outbuildings and much of the family’s original furnishings) when the Bell family lived there. Rooms on exhibit include the hall, library, dining room, kitchen, bedrooms, parlour, conservatory, and workshop. Note that Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada also includes the Henderson Home building, Canada’s first telephone company business office. Relocated to the site in 1967 from its original location in downtown Brantford, the Henderson House building was originally the home of Reverend Thomas Phillip Henderson and later opened in 1877 as a predecessor of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada (Bell Canada). Neat! Guided tours of Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada run Tuesday through Saturday. Currently, tours (approximately an hour in length) must be arranged in advance by contacting the site. Admission is $8.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors (65 years and over), $7.00 for students (13 years and over), and $5 for children (7-12). On-site amenities include a café (baked goods, coffee, and tea), a museum store (souvenirs, telephones, books, posters, and vintage items), parking, picnic grounds, and indoor washroom facilities. Bell Homestead National Historic Site of Canada was designated a National Historic Site on June 1, 1996. The museum's exhibits were developed in cooperation with Bell Canada, the Canadian successor to the phone company established by Alexander Melville Bell with Reverend Henderson's assistance after Alexander Graham Bell gave his father 75% of the Canadian patent rights to his invention.
3. Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By _samlamb37 - Tillsonburg, Canada
my wife and I experienced an amazing concert here. the acoustics were great here and the interior ceiling is so grand there are no words for its beauty. hands down this facility is one to visit to enjoy professional entertainment
4. Kidtastic Adventures
5. Mohawk Chapel
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By anjag211 - Winnipeg, Canada
The Mohawk Chapel is definitely a must-see place when you visit Branford Ontario it is a neat little place full of culture and history
6. Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 82 reviews
The Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre has been the primary sports and leisure facility of Brantford for over 50 years and is owned and operated by the City of Brantford. The facility includes a four-pad arena, 65m and 25m pools, hydro therapy pool, warm water pool, sauna, 150 ft waterslide, dryland training room, gymnasium, fitness centre offering a wide variety of land and pool fitness classes, fully equipped weight room, a wide variety of special events throughout the year, and much more!
Reviewed By 13bonney13 - Brantford, Canada
What a wonderful upgrade to the old arena! We love watching our kids play hockey here, we love the tournaments and the arena facility is clean with a great atmosphere. There is a nice walk/run track at the top of the one arena. Maybe skating isn’t your thing.... huge pool,slide, diving boards, large warm pool for relaxation. There are also Basketball courts and even rooms for course like drivers education. Really the Gretzky centre had become a centre of Brantford.
7. Earl Haig Family Fun Park
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 28 reviews
Bring your family and friends for a day in the sun from June to September. We have a leisure pool, water slide, splash pad, lazy river ride, mini-putt, batting cages, snack shack, day camps and so much more!
