Wicksteed Park
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For nearly 100 years, Wicksteed Park has been a favourite family destination, since Charles Wicksteed created one of the UK’s first leisure parks here in 1913. Today the Wicksteed brand is found on slides and swings in playgrounds across Europe, and Wicksteed Park is now an English Heritage Grade II listed site, cleverly combining all [...]
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Stanwick Lakes
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The Eden Project set the standard for creating a family friendly attraction which is devoted to nature and the environment on the site of a former industrial quarry, and although Stanwick Lakes is a much more modest affair it also offers a highly rewarding visitor experience. It has all the essentials to keep the little [...]
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Snail Trail
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Few things in life will make you feel as happy and carefree as taking to the open road to explore the countryside in your very own VW camper van. So, pack your bags and make a date with one of Snail Trail’s bevy of beauties. From sky blue Betty, to happy-go-lucky Flo, cool black Dot, [...]
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Bekonscot Model Village – Beaconsfield
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If you’re after old-fashioned enchantment and a bewitching day out, then look no further than Bekonscot. Pay for your ticket, turn the corner and enter the quite extraordinary world of the first ever model village. It’s a sprawling, bustling place on the most amazing scale, packed full of detail and whimsical touches. There are castles [...]
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Salcey Forest – Hartwell
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The Royal Forest of Salcey has been standing splendid and strong for hundreds of years and earned its royal label when it was the medieval hunting forest favoured by kings and queens. Now transformed into one of Northamptonshire’s nature hotspots, Salcey’s 1250 acres is home to both a rich and diverse wildlife and some truly [...]
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Pitsford Water & Brixworth Park – Holcot
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Brixworth Country Park is Northamptonshire’s newest country park but the beautiful Pitsford Reservoir, which it encompasses, has been around since 1956 and has now blossomed into an ideal outdoor adventure. Sitting alongside this 750 acres of water is a recreational haven just waiting to be explored. Fishing and sailing (with the resident Northampton Sailing Club) [...]
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Stowe Landscape Gardens – Buckingham
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Stowe Landscape Gardens is huge, both on space and ambition. As one of the best of its kind in Europe, it has been welcoming visitors through its gates for the past 200 years and in that time an extraordinary array of monuments, temples, fountains, ornamental lakes and wooded valleys have grown from the soil and [...]
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Barnwell Country Park – Oundle
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With acres of meadows, woods and lakes and a lovely adventure playground, Barnwell Country Park offers families a fun day in the great outdoors. There is plenty to keep little ones amused. Visit the wildlife garden, feed the ducks and explore the lakeside walks and nature trails – most of which are hard-surfaced, making them [...]
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Beans Coffee Stop – Oundle
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Situated in a Grade 2 listed building, overlooking the market square in picturesque Oundle, Beans is the place to head for a proper coffee and a little something on the side. This small and friendly independent venue is a hit with all ages, from parents and grandparents with young children to teenagers on their first [...]
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Waddesdon Manor – Nr Aylesbury
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Waddesdon Manor is a real breath of French air in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside. Built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild over a hundred years ago to house his collection of art treasures and to entertain in style, this stunning Renaissance-inspired chateau is as breathtaking today as it must have been then. A tour [...]
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