Category Archives: Days out & UK travel

We love having fun packed family days out as well as UK holidays. Here you’ll my recommendations for the best places to visit with your family across the UK. We’re based in the North West so I have a lot of content for this area but also other areas of the UK from our travels.

Why you’ll love the National Trust for kids

4 photos of kids enjoying the National trust

We’ve had National Trust membership for about 5 years now. We think it’s great for families and I’m going to share with you in this post why you’ll love the National Trust for kids. Many of their properties make great UK family days out. Wide-open spaces, family-friendly walks, fantastic play areas and school holiday activities […]

Etherow Country Park walks

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There are several options for Etherow Country Park walks. It’s one of my favourite pram-friendly walks Manchester but there are also a few options for extending the walk that are less suited to pushchairs but are perfect for families. Read on to find out more including where to find the fairy den. Etherow Country Park […]

Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park, North Yorkshire

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Deep in the Yorkshire dales, you might be surprised to find a Himalayan garden & sculpture park. It’s an absolutely gorgeous place to visit and if you are visiting the Yorkshire Dales it is a fantastic family-friendly Yorkshire Dales walk (I would not recommend it for pushchairs as the valley is steep. And there are […]

11 fantastic National Trust walks in the North West

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Do you love family walks North West England? we certainly do. Today I’m going to be sharing my favourite National Trust walks in North West England. There are so many gorgeous National Trust properties in the North West, in stunning grounds that make fantastic family walks. There are also quite a few woodland walks run […]

Child-friendly walks Cheshire

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Do you love family walks? One of the things we’ve been doing a lot of lately is going on family walks in the North West, particularly in Cheshire. Today I’m sharing my favourite child-friendly walks in Cheshire. 9 child-friendly walks Cheshire If you’re looking for walks in Cheshire for all the family this is the […]

The Sill national landscape discovery centre review

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A few weeks back we were exploring Hadrian’s wall with our kids. One of the best places we visited was The Sill National landscape discovery centre. This is a free to visit attraction where you can learn all about landscapes, in particular, the Northumberland landscape including Hadrian’s wall. The Sill National Landscape discovery centre The building […]