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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24May/13

Dartmoor Zoological Park, Plymouth, Devon

May 24, 2013Devon, entrance fee, teenagers, teens, toddlers, young children, Zoo and animalsKidsDaysOutReviews

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. 

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13May/13

Cliffords Tower, York, North Yorkshire

May 13, 2013entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire North, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Clifford’s Tower in York is the keep of the old York Castle. It has a very long history and has been used for a variety of things, including a debtors prison. It is now owned by English Heritage and is one of Yorkshire’s most popular tourist attractions, mainly for the stunning views of York it affords.

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11May/13

Elsham Hall Gardens and Country Park, Brigg, Lincolnshire

May 11, 2013babies, entrance fee, Lincolnshire, park, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Elsham Hall Gardens and Country Park is a great outdoorsy place in North Lincolnshire just off the M180 motorway.

We visited on a glorious bank holiday Monday, and it seemed that plenty of other people thought it was a good idea too. It opened at 11 o clock, just as we were arriving and the cars were cramming in, and there was already a queue (not too long though) at the entrance desk.

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04May/13

Exploring Beverley with our Spy Mission Treasure Trail

May 4, 2013entrance fee, sightseeing, teenagers, teens, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

We have been sent a Spy Mission from Treasuretrails.co.uk. There are several trails available, customised to towns and cities throughout the UK. We were sent the one for our local market town, Beverley in East Yorkshire, so we thought we’d go out today and give it a try.

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04May/13

Tanfield Railway, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

May 4, 2013entrance fee, park, toddlers, Tyne and Wear, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

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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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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01May/13

Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

May 1, 2013entrance fee, Glamorgan, museum, park, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

If you’ve not been before, Techniquest is a science and technology museum for kids in Cardiff Bay. But there is not one single exhibit to look at. Instead, there are about a hundred exhibits, that the kids can play with, get wet with, and climb all over – and maybe even learn something, who knows!

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28Apr/13

Peppa Pig World and Paultons Park, Southampton, Hampshire

April 28, 2013babies, entrance fee, Hampshire, theme park, toddlers, young childrenPaultons Park, Peppa Pig worldKidsDaysOutReviews

Paultons Park is a theme park in Hampshire. Part of the park has recently become Peppa Pig World. If you have children who are fans of the round, porky one, then this is the place for them, even if you can’t think of anything worse than spending a large chunk of your day queuing with excited, over-tired 4 year olds.

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26Apr/13

Big Bus Tours, London

April 26, 2013entrance fee, London, sightseeing, teenagers, teens, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Call me a geek if you like, but I love the London bus tours. They are a great way of getting your bearings and learning lots of new things about one of the  biggest cities in the world.

 

They are not cheap and you really need to do every bit of it to get your money’s worth, but I could honestly sit on them all day going round and round. Unfortunately, the day we went, we didn’t have the time to do it all (we interspersed our voyage with trips to The Royal Mews, and to have afternoon tea) but we ran like crazy to make sure we caught the last one and had a fab trip round London as the evening drew in, and the lights came up.

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