My kids are obsessed with Chinatown. This central London hub of East & Southeast Asian shops and restaurants became their foodie heaven when we first discovered bao buns as big as their head there for £3.50 (more on that later)…
First look: Christmas at Twycross Zoo and The Gruffalo Discovery Land
I’m never sure how something like The Gruffalo Discovery Land at Twycross Zoo will go down with our pre-teen kids – the last time we took them to a zoo was probably our trip to Paradise Wildlife Park, when they were absolutely tiny. This interactive discovery trail in Warwickshire has been transformed into a Christmas […]
Posh mugs, giant slamwiches and Anglo-Saxon gold: a family day out in Stoke-on-Trent
‘Where are we going again?’ asks the 11-year-old, lifting a headphone away from one ear in the back seat of the car. ‘Stoke-on-Trent,’ I smile. ‘World capital of ceramics’. His sister, hunched over her tablet on the other side, looks up blankly. My mind scrolls through everything Google has told me about the Staffordshire city […]
Travel: 8 ideas for a weekend visit to Deal, Kent
Half-way between Dover and Ramsgate, and just over an hour from London by train, the seaside town of Deal has managed to stay relatively under the radar thanks to some of the bigger names that share this stretch of Kent’s coastline. We visited at the end of March on a press trip with the kids […]
King’s Cross With Kids: 5 Transport-Themed Things To Do
From canal routes to train tracks, the King’s Cross area of London is packed with transport-inspired things to do with children. Here are five family-friendly activities to try next time you’re in the capital… 1. Take afternoon tea at The Hansom The Hansom bar at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel makes an incredible setting for […]
5 Tips to Visit Dippy at the Natural History Museum with Kids
One of our favourite trips of the school holidays so far has been a stay at the London Marriott Hotel Kensington. The hotel has launched a Dino Discovery package to tie in with the return of Dippy the dinosaur to the Natural History Museum, and I’ve written a full review of our family stay over […]
Travel: Free things to do with kids in Westminster, London
Last week I found myself frantically searching for free things to do with kids in Westminster on the train to London. We were on our way to stay at the Conrad London St James to test their new VIP family package, which I’ve written about for Mini Travellers – I’ll add a link here once […]
Travel: How to climb Pen y Fan mountain with kids
We decided to climb Pen y Fan with our 6 and 8-year-old kids on holiday in the Brecon Beacons last summer. Pen y Fan is the highest peak in South Wales and one of the most popular mountains in the Brecon Beacons, so we thought it would be great for them to be able to […]
FAMILY: The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley
Hidden away on the Bletchley Park Estate in Milton Keynes, this quirky museum crammed with computers runs hands-on STEM workshops for kids in the holidays and at the weekends – and we love it. Why visit The National Museum of Computing? The National Museum of Computing houses the world’s biggest collection of working historic computers, […]
Travel: Thicket Priory, North Yorkshire – a wedding venue fit for a fairytale
Last month I stayed at Thicket Priory, a former nunnery in North Yorkshire that’s been fully restored and opened as one of the UK’s finest private houses available to rent for weddings and special events… As if on cue, there’s a break in the clouds as we turn off the main road and up a […]
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