Half-Term Daytripping
Half-term is looming, which for the single folks, means don't travel (and so you know, that's the 26th of May to the 1st of June). For those with families, it means get the hell out of Dodge. If you need inspiration, we've got it below.
Licence to thrill at the Lookout Discovery Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire
Take your aspiring spy to the Shh! The Sneaky Secret Spy Science Show, where he or she can learn how to take fingerprints, hear through solid walls and even how to find a bomb (but not make one).
Great fun with Great White Sharks in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Swim with sharks at the office only. But here, they will be fed...
Baby boom at Woburn Safari Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Bring your babes to see some animal babes, and teach them (and yourself) what baby bisons, Bongo antelope calves and Red Bellied Lemurs look like.
Record-breaking fun at LEGOLAND Windsor, Berkshire
Check out the record-breaking, 100 foot-high Lego structure celebrating Lego's 50th birthday, and be glad you don't have one of these in your house.
Become the next Beckham at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Want to buy yourselves a few hours of adult time? From Tuesday the 27th to Friday the 30th, check your kids into one of the Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Education and Sports Trust courses to cultivate their football skills (along with kwik cricket, tag rugby, uni hoc and rounders).
Wildlife-watching tour of the Thames, Henley and Hambledon
Find your own Wind in the Willows on Thursday the 29th as you check out the natural wildlife along the river Thames.
Sandcastle competitions at Bognor Regis Seaside Festival, Sussex
Enter a competition, visit the craft fair, check out classic and vintage cars, and take a donkey ride along the seashore on Saturday the 31st and Sunday the 1st.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang celebrations at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
On Sunday the 1st, take your kids to see the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, on hand to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ian Fleming.
Did you know Ian Fleming created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
We didn't.
It's clearly not just your kids learning something new every day.
Take your aspiring spy to the Shh! The Sneaky Secret Spy Science Show, where he or she can learn how to take fingerprints, hear through solid walls and even how to find a bomb (but not make one).
Great fun with Great White Sharks in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Swim with sharks at the office only. But here, they will be fed...
Baby boom at Woburn Safari Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Bring your babes to see some animal babes, and teach them (and yourself) what baby bisons, Bongo antelope calves and Red Bellied Lemurs look like.
Record-breaking fun at LEGOLAND Windsor, Berkshire
Check out the record-breaking, 100 foot-high Lego structure celebrating Lego's 50th birthday, and be glad you don't have one of these in your house.
Become the next Beckham at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Want to buy yourselves a few hours of adult time? From Tuesday the 27th to Friday the 30th, check your kids into one of the Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Education and Sports Trust courses to cultivate their football skills (along with kwik cricket, tag rugby, uni hoc and rounders).
Wildlife-watching tour of the Thames, Henley and Hambledon
Find your own Wind in the Willows on Thursday the 29th as you check out the natural wildlife along the river Thames.
Sandcastle competitions at Bognor Regis Seaside Festival, Sussex
Enter a competition, visit the craft fair, check out classic and vintage cars, and take a donkey ride along the seashore on Saturday the 31st and Sunday the 1st.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang celebrations at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
On Sunday the 1st, take your kids to see the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, on hand to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ian Fleming.
Did you know Ian Fleming created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
We didn't.
It's clearly not just your kids learning something new every day.
