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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
20 Family Events In London This Easter (That Aren’t Booked Up Yet!)
Planning a last-minute trip to London with kids this Easter? There’s still time to book on to (or just turn up at) loads of family-friendly events happening in the capital over the Easter holidays. I wrote a top ten for Time Out’s Easter magazine but it seemed a shame not to do anything with all […]
Family: 31 February half-term activities in London (and the rest of the UK)
I feel like a one-woman listings magazine at the moment. I’ve spent the past few weeks working on content about February half-term 2019, from things to do with kids in London, to the best places to take the family to in the UK. It’s fair to say there are some very cool things going on […]
Travel: A family day at the zoo – Paradise Wildlife Park, Hertfordshire
I’ve finally had a chance to make a little vlog of our day at Paradise Wildlife Park just before the kids went back to school last month. The zoo is in Broxbourne, about an hour’s drive from us, or half an hour out from London, and in all honesty I don’t know how we’ve not […]
Family: Christmas at Wyevale Garden Centre and Stockwood Discovery Centre
Breakfast with Father Christmas at Wyevale Garden Centre As weekends go, this one has been a 10/10 on the festive scale. On Friday we watched the 4-year-old in his first nativity at pre-school – he had absolutely no idea what he was doing, because we’d spent the previous week on holiday at Center Parcs Sherwood […]
Family: How To Do Legoland With Toddlers And Under-4s
We took the kids to Legoland Windsor for the second time a couple of weeks back and had such a lovely day. Last time we went – almost a year ago to the day – my eldest, then a toddler, was only just tall enough to go on a handful of the rides, and my […]