Category: outdoor play
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Favourite places in Scunthorpe
Although Scunthorpe is not on our doorstep, we find ourselves going fairly often. As well as visiting a few shops, we love Vue Cinema here and it’s so convenient with multistorey parking which comes straight out to where the cinema is (level 2) and parking is free if you are visiting Vue. Scunthorpe Central Library…
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Favourite places in Market Rasen
Market Rasen is a market town in West Lindsey. We love the library here, the staff are so friendly. It has a good children’s area with a train bookcase they can clamber on. They do lots of community activities here. In term time they have story time for little ones and various after school activities…
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Gulliver’s Valley, Yorkshire
We recently went to Gulliver’s near Sheffield for our youngest’s birthday. What a brilliant day we had! It is perfect for younger children. It was a weekend day that we went but we hardly had to queue for the rides at all which is good when you have little ones. The age suggestion on the…
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Alton Towers Theme Park and Waterpark
We had a trip to Alton Towers at Easter. My older two are real thrill seekers so thought they were ready for a bigger theme park and thought our youngest would be happy with Cbeebies Land. This was a two-day trip with a day in the theme park (we used Tesco Clubcard Vouchers), a night…
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Stokeld Park, Wetherby
I’d seen Stokeld Park‘s indoor play area on someone’s Instagram account and thought it looked such good fun! We decided to try it while it is cheaper in the winter. We paid £57.50 for a family of five in January. There were two price options, we went for the cheaper one which involved a 1.5…
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The Christmas Experience at Rand Farm Park
We had a lovely day out in the run up to Christmas at Rand Farm Park for their special ‘Christmas Experience’. I took two of my children and it cost £82 for the three of us. This included access to everything else at the farm such as the soft play and all the animals including…
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The Workhouse and Infirmary National Trust, Southwell
We had a free trip to a National Trust property, using their autumn free pass. A friend recommended here and since it was a fair drive I was a bit concerned it may not go down as well as some others such as Belton House or Nostell because it doesn’t have an adventure playground but…
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Uncle Henry’s
This was our first trip ‘behind the garden wall’ at Uncle Henry’s. Uncle Henry’s is a cafe and farm shop in Gainsborough which also has a great playground area. On Tuesdays it has a small soft play type area Tiny Tots which is nice to visit if you have a little one (probably most suited…
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Nostell, Yorkshire
We visited Nostell near Wakefield with a free National Trust ticket through Sky with some family. It was a fair drive but there aren’t many in Lincolnshire! Normally it would cost £30 for a family ticket. We started by looking around Nostell Priory which was interesting. They had lots of tour guides who were very…
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Bewilderwood, Norfolk
I’ve been wanting to take the kids to Bewilderwood for years after seeing it on one of those ‘best places to take your kids before they are 18’ type lists like this one. It’s also been recommended by family and friends. Since we’ve never lived near either the Chester or Norfolk Bewilderwood it hasn’t happened…
Adventures in Lincolnshire 