From some very cute and playful otters to pacing wolves, and from sweet baby meerkats to full-grown hungry bears, Dartmoor Zoological Park has something for everyone and is great value for money. The home of book and Hollywood film ‘We Bought a Zoo’ (starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansen), owner Benjamin Mee lives on site and makes fairly regular appearances to sign copies of his book and answer burning questions from adults and children alike.
Located just outside of Liskeard in Cornwall, Carnglaze Caverns is an old slate mine open to the public for a small price: £6 per adult, £4 per child (up to 15 years old).
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.
Check out our post – Things to do in London with kids
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
I’ve been lucky enough to go on the London Eye several times over the last few years, but on a recent trip to London we took my four year old for the first time. It’s still quite a novelty for him to be out in the evening, so we decided that we would take a flight at night. Continue reading
The concept of Madame Tussauds is straightforward and a bit odd all at the same time – famous people in wax. Madame Tussauds has a 200 year history of creating figures out of wax, each year getting more and more sophisticated.
Continue reading