Category: For kids & families
Howletts Wild Animal Park in Bekesbourne near Canterbury, Kent is one of two wild animal parks in the area run by the Aspinall Foundation, a conservation charity; the other being Port Lympne in Hythe. Both of the parks run breeding programmes for some extremely endangered species, with an aim to …
Drusillas Park is somewhere that I haven’t been for well over 20 years. Situated in Alfriston in East Sussex, it is a place that I used to go to as a child, although my memories of the zoo in the late 80s and early 90s are mainly of meerkats. However, …
Recently I was asked to review a holiday cottage in the New Forest, which happened to be near the border of Dorset. When looking into things to do in the local area, I remembered that I followed Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park on Twitter and sent them a message. They kindly …
Peppa Pig World at Paulton’s Park theme park has recently expanded, with two new rides; Grampy Rabbit’s Sailing Club and The Queen’s Flying Coach Ride, which are up and ready to open to the public on the 16th May 2018. This weekend they held two Grand Preview events and we …
Because we never do things by halves, on the day that we returned from Bluestone, rather than going home and taking a long nap we got a ferry over to the Isle of Wight for part two of our slightly soggy British staycation (seriously, did we go on the wrong …
*** THE BIG DAY OUT 2018 EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** Last year we went along to the Big Day Out in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, which happened to fall on the smallest’s second birthday. You can read all about our day here; we had a great time and the kids really …
Adventure Avenue is a brand new addition to The Martlets Shopping Centre, Burgess Hill. It is officially opening today and along with my blogging pals Katie and Lisa (and their children!) we were invited along for a sneak preview! Adventure Avenue in Burgess Hill is ‘A place where kids can feel free …
The Fenn Bell inn in Allhallows, near Rochester is a 17th century pub which serves food and drink. However there is something rather usual about Fenn Bell Inn. In the pub garden, as well as the usual benches and umbrellas, there is a zoo and a miniature railway. We do …
Little Street Maidstone is what pre-schooler dreams are made of! Entertaining pre-school children in the school holidays is, as I have said before, a bit of a challenge. This is particularly true when the weather is rubbish, and it really has been. Good lord. I remember when summer was – …
In 2018, the Pixie Manor experience at Ruxley Manor opens on 14th July. Child tickets are £9.99 (this includes a dragon egg and a gift from the Fairy Godmother) and adult tickets are £1.99, no dragon egg for you. To book tickets go here. To find out more about last …
