Discovered I harboured an inner trainspotter when we made our first trip on the Tanfield Railway – the oldest in the world no less! The children were amazed to find a train that actually went chugga chugga choo choo and it really was like stepping back in time.
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The Natural History museum in South Kensington is huge. There are literally thousands of exhibits on dozens of different themes, all under the umbrella of our natural history. It is all housed in one of the most beautiful buildings in the capital and, best of all, is completely free to enter.
With children in tow, you can’t possibly do the entire museum in a few hours. You need to be selective and do it in parts.
Then we moved on to the large mammal room, which houses, amongst other things, an actual sized replica of a blue whale, a couple of real (but quite, quite dead) elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and antelope. You can also ascend to the gallery to look at them from above.
There are a lot of floors and steps (though I did see lifts for pushchairs and wheelchairs).
Be warned – we walked straight in, however as this is a free and very popular attraction, some days you may have to queue.
Nearest tube station is South Kensington, with quite possibly the longest subway ever between the station and the museum.
Just next door is The Science Museum. Well worth combining a visit there too.
Guest writer Jennifer has also visited the Natural History Museum recently. See what she had to say here.
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We visited The London Aquarium recently with our four year old son. It doesn’t look very big from the outside, but it is very deceptive as most of the attraction is actually underground and we found that there was plenty to see. Continue reading
