Angharad from This Bristol Brood has put together a great selection of stop offs close to Bristol. Ever wondered why there are so many pubs called The Royal Oak?
Dogs are not permitted. Katy from Otis and Us recommends Tebay Services. The grass-covered Rheged Centre is an arts and heritage site with shops, cafes, indoor and outdoor play areas. Yes, this is the junction for Stansted airport.
After our first visit there, my older son convinced me to return 5 times in the space of a year we live quite nearby. If you buy an annual pass, the ticket includes entry to all of the other museums in the group including HMS Belfast in London.
This is a truly lovely place to have a walk, particularly in wintertime when the stroll across the fields to the 18th century folly really blows away the cobwebs.
Kent Life is a 28 acre working heritage farm, part of what was originally the huge Allington Castle estate. Now, it is a fun family day out featuring a vintage village with cottages, church and village hall; traditional Kent gardens and plenty of farm animals.
This nature reserve near Maidstone has good facilities for families as well as the usual bird watching and nature trails. Picnics are welcome too. Do you hate the M25? There are many brilliant stop offs and days out near the M View across Cotton Lake to the Wharf pub, credit Wharf pub.
One of my friends has recommended the pretty villages of Farningham and Eynsford near Swanley. In summer, you can picnic by the river and go for a paddle or if that toddler needs the loo, head to one of the village pubs: Farningham has The Lion and in Eynsford you could try the Plough. There are extensive woodland trails to explore, natural play areas, den building and even the childhood playhouse which Churchill had built for his daughter.
My children were particularly taken by the large bomb crater which has ropes to climb down and balance beams to totter across. On hot summer days you can go rowing on the lake, watch jousting tournaments and cool off in the water maze. There are walks through the woods, next to the rivers and the canal plus cycle routes and a play area with a sand pit. There is also a shop selling river-dipping nets and buckets and spades. For its size, the town has a really good selection of restaurants including several family-friendly Italians.
If only more city parks could get everything this right: woodlands with bluebells, a splash park, playground and cafe. Note, the car park will be full on sunny weekend afternoons so you need to time your visit or find parking elsewhere see below.
There are woodland walks, a maze, play trail, a nature trail and a nature centre. Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, near Enfield. If you find the volume of children at the London Transport Museum a little overwhelming I always expect to loose my children in there , Whitewebbs Museum of Transport is a great, if rather old fashioned and modest, alternative. There are several floors of exhibits with everything from bicycles to London double decker buses.
Linking London to Oxford and Birmingham, the M40 often gets really busy and we try to travel across country to avoid it whenever possible. However, it does contains one of my favourite childhood motorway stop offs. The town of Beaconsfield is a pleasant place to stop just off the M40 at junction 2.
If you have a bit of time, I can highly recommend Bekonscot Model Village. We had a good value meal at the latter. If your kids need more than a wander along Thame high street to stretch their legs, there is a little play area at the recreation ground on Southern Road which you can walk to from the high street. I feel slightly nostalgic writing about Burton Dassett.
My brother and I loved running up and down the hills and searching for fossils. Chris Potter can be reached at cpotter gannett.
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