Human powered roller coaster provides big thrills
It is hard to believe that a human powered roller coaster can reach speeds of upto 25 miles an hour! Greenwood Forest park is home to this unique ride and it is just one of the many eco-attractions at this popular Welsh family activity park. Read the full review
GLA steams into Wales
After lots of requests from members, our reviewers have been out and about in North Wales. You can see the first review now – the Llanberis Lake Railway with its stunning views over Snowdon. This narrow-gauge steam railway is really popular with the younger family members and is the perfect way to keep them entertained [...]
Wicksteed Park – a perfect family day out.
If you are looking for a great family day out and can’t decide between an adventure park and country park – then Wicksteed Park is the ideal location. For nearly 100 years families have visited this park in Kettering, Northamptonshire to enjoy the attractive parkland, gardens and experience a few thrills on the rides. It’s [...]
Sunshine on Stanwick Lakes
Stanwick Lakes is one of Northamptonshire’s best kept secrets. It has everything that children want water, climbing and sand ( plus great cakes). It combines the chance to visit a beautiful wildlife reserve with attractions that will keep the children entertained for hours. Read the full review.
Dinosaurs unleashed on Oxford Street!
It may be one of London’s busiest shopping streets, but Oxford Street now looks more like a scene from Jurassic Park, since the terrifying T-Rex and his pre-historic mates moved in. Dinosaurs Unleashed is the UK’s largest fully animatronic dinosaur experience, boasting 24 life-sized robotic dinosaurs, the largest of which – the diplodocus – is [...]
Strattons Hotel-Norfolk
‘Children can collect their own egg for breakfast and feed the chickens daily…everything is made daily using the tasty wholesome produce from the local area’ So says Strattons web site. Recent winner of the EDP’s Best Norfolk restaurant award. The hotel welcomes all children regardless of age. ‘Sumptuous, eclectic, hip and funky’ sounds like a [...]
Caution – Lambs arriving at Wimpole
It seems like it’s the first sunny weekend of the year and spring is bringing new life to Wimpole Hall, a beautiful National Trust property near Cambridge. The highlight of this time of year is the chance to see lambs being born, and although the official first weekend of lambing here is the 13th March [...]
John Hegley performs Monsieur Robinet
Radio 4’s favourite poet John Hegley, is on tour with a unique collection of poems and songs about sheds, wearing glasses, bad dogs, Luton and blancmange. The audience is a really mixed affair comprising children of all ages and adults with a juvenile sense of humour. There were funny songs, sing alongs and a chance [...]
Budding James Bonds on a mission
What do you do with a 12 and 14 year old when it’s raining outside but you want to all have a bit of fun and try something new? Well Spymasters in Cambridge provided the perfect answer. It involved the children (and dad) working as a team. It’s exciting, mentally challenging and physical (not too [...]
Children love a day at the races
A Horseheath Point-to-Point gives a good value day’s horse-racing with a fairground, country stalls, decent food and a beer tent thrown in. Today, the weather confused the start by being awful first thing, causing some (including the horses and jockeys) to stay away from the first two races. By the first race at midday, the [...]
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