Category Archives: Yorkshire East

12Apr/14

The Maritime Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire

April 12, 2014free, museum, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

The Maritime Museum (known locally as the Town Dock Museum) is one of Hull’s free city-centre museums. It is a collection of all things nautical, particularly local history, and things connected to trawling and whaling. It is in one of Hull’s most famous buildings – the 19th century Docks offices buildings which were used, amongst other things, to administer migration from Eastern Europe to the Americas. If you love boats, local history, and sea-faring adventure, this museum is pretty good.

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29Mar/14

The Hull and East Riding Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire

March 29, 2014free, museum, Yorkshire East, young childrenHull and East Riding MuseumKidsDaysOutReviews

This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series

The Hull and East Riding Museum in Hull’s museum quarter is worth an hour of your time. You can combine it with a trip to the Streetlife Museum next door, or as a stop off point on the Hull Fish Trail.

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19Mar/14

Meeting the new penguins at The Deep, Hull

March 19, 2014entrance fee, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young children, Zoo and animalsKidsDaysOutReviews

The Deep is somewhere we have visited many, many times. It is the biggest attraction in our region and gets thousands of visitors every month. You can see my review of The Deep here.

 

With the twins recovering from chicken pox and needing somewhere to burn off some energy on a windy day, we decided to go again and have a look at The Deep’s latest arrivals – four Gentoo penguins. So with our own penguins in tow, off we went.

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24Sep/13

Humber Bridge Country Park, Hessle, East Yorkshire

September 24, 2013free, park, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series

Check out our post – Things to do in Hull with the kids

It’s years since I last went to Humber Bridge Country Park. We were up that way one evening last week to meet family and the girls were desperate to get down on the beach and play but it was getting late so I promised we’d come back again very soon.

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31Aug/13

Hands on History, Hull, East Yorkshire

August 31, 2013free, museum, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

UPDATE – This museum is open to the public only on selected Saturdays through 2014 due to cutbacks. Please see their website for more information.

Hands on History is a free museum in Hull City Centre. It is a brilliant way of passing an hour with children. It can be incorporated into a visit to other Hull museums, like Streetlife Museum, and is located about a quarter of the way round on the Hull Fish Trail. 

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12Jul/13

Bondville Miniature Village, Sewerby, East Yorkshire

July 12, 2013entrance fee, museum, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Bondville Model Village in East Yorkshire is somewhere I remember visiting as a child, though I don’t remember much about it. It is still here going strong. It has been a bit neglected for the last few years but a change in ownership last year and an ongoing programme of refurbishment has perked it up no end. 

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11Jun/13

Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington, East Yorkshire

June 11, 2013babies, entrance fee, Stately home and gardens, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

This post has been updated – see Burnby Hall Gardens, East Yorkshire for our visit in 2021

Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum is in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, just off the A1079 south-east of York. It is the grounds of an old stately home, and it is absolutely beautiful. It is hidden behind walls and housing in the centre of Pocklington, and there are few clues as to what lies inside. It is somewhere I have been meaning to visit for years, having driven by it several (hundred) times on my way to York, and I’m sorry we haven’t been before, because we had the most wonderful time.

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25May/13

Streetlife Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire

May 25, 2013free, museum, teenagers, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series

The Streetlife Museum in Hull is one of our favourite places to visit for two reasons….

 

 1) You can climb on stuff

 

2) It’s free!! 

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02May/13

Pearson Park, Hull, East Yorkshire

May 2, 2013babies, free, park, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Pearson Park is a Victorian park situated about 2 miles north of the city centre in the leafy Avenues area of Hull. It is popular with university students, and local families.

 

This week we have had some visitors over from New Zealand and they were keen to see some squirrels so we went to Pearson Park to see if any were willing to show themselves off.

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30Mar/13

Hornsea Freeport, Hornsea, East Yorkshire

March 30, 2013events, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Today, we went to Hornsea Freeport. It is one of those out-of-town outdoor shopping complexes which has designer outlets and discount stores. This weekend they are running family Easter activities, most of which are free. Winners!

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