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30Aug/13

Bobby Shafto Caravan Park, Beamish, County Durham

August 30, 2013CampingKidsDaysOutReviews

Bobby Shafto Caravan Park is ideally placed for Beamish Museum and Tanfield Railway. We spent one night here in August 2013.

It is a lot smaller than it looks on the website. There are a couple of large caravan fields with statics and tourers, and a touring field for caravans and tents. There are also some wooden camping pods.

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28Aug/13

York’s Chocolate Story, York, North Yorkshire

August 28, 2013entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire North, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

 York’s Chocolate Story is an indoor attraction in York City Centre. It is located on Kings Square which is at one end of The Shambles, towards the imposing York Minster.

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28Aug/13

Thorpe Hall, Rudston, East Yorkshire

August 28, 2013CampingKidsDaysOutReviews

Thorpe Hall Caravan and Camping Site is in the village of Rudston, a couple of miles west of Bridlington in East Yorkshire. We stayed here for one night in July 2013.

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22Aug/13

Beamish, County Durham

August 22, 2013Durham, entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Beamish Museum is a huge open air museum just north of Durham in County Durham. It’s about fifteen years since I last went and it’s over a two-hour drive from our house, but we made a massive effort to get up and visit it because I remember it being such a good day out and I was sure our two older girls would love it. We left the younger children with grandparents and spent the day at Beamish.

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17Aug/13

Broad Farm, Norfolk

August 17, 2013CampingKidsDaysOutReviews

Broad Farm is in the village of Burgh St Margaret (Fleggburgh) to the north-west of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. We stayed here for three nights in August 2013. 

 

It’s huge. There are four or five separate areas. One for static caravans, the rest for tourers and tents. There are also some permanent tee-pees to hire. 

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16Aug/13

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

August 16, 2013Norfolk, SeasideKidsDaysOutReviews

We visited Norfolk in August 2013 and spent a day in Great Yarmouth. 

We visited the beach. It was huge but very deceptive. The first 80% or so (the part you could see from the promenade) was lovely and golden and sandy. The remaining strip next to the sea (which you couldn’t see from the prom) was all pebble. It was very difficult and painful for the children to paddle in the sea barefoot. Clean but painful. 

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15Aug/13

Feature: Go ape with Go Ape!

August 15, 2013FeaturesKidsDaysOutReviews

There’s no team like a family, and there’s nothing better for team-building than experiencing thrills and peril together. If your idea of a great day out is more monkey-madness than goat-gazing, then please take a look at Go Ape. 

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06Aug/13

Pleasurewood Hills, Lowestoft, Suffolk

August 6, 2013entrance fee, Suffolk, teenagers, teens, theme park, toddlers, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

We were invited to go and try out the new look Pleasurewood Hills and we were very impressed. Pleasurewood Hills has been a popular family attraction in Suffolk for 30 years and has recently had a refurbishment programme to make the park as good as in its hey-day.

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02Aug/13

Feature: Four Fantastic Adventures For Kids In Oxford

August 2, 2013Features, OxfordshireKidsDaysOutReviews

Disclosure – this is a sponsored post

 

If you’re thinking of a weekend break in Oxford with the family, you’ll want to know some of the local attractions to keep them entertained. The historic buildings and beautiful scenery will only keep their attention for so long before cries of “I’m bored” are echoing down the Thames. Fortunately there’s plenty to do, and here are four fantastic adventures for kids in Oxford.

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29Jul/13

York Maze, York, North Yorkshire

July 29, 2013entrance fee, theme park, toddlers, Yorkshire North, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

I have heard good things about York Maze and, despite living less than an hour away, have never been. I always thought it looked a bit expensive, considering it’s only a maze cut from maize, but I was very wrong.

 

This place is more like a small theme-park with a maize theme! We spent six hours here, and even with the odd small rain shower, there was LOADS to do.

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