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…
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…
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…
Favourite places in Brigg
Brigg is a lovely market town in North Lincolnshire. It has numerous cafes, pubs, restaurants, shops and a canal to walk along. My favourite places are: The Heritage Centre and library If you’re looking for somewhere to take the kids for a couple of hours this is a great find. The Heritage Centre, located at…
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…
Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness
We spent a few hours here earlier this year. We’ve been before at least 10 years ago when visiting family. We didn’t manage to get an offer but it is currently 50% off (£18 instead of £36 for a family pass) at the time of writing, on Planet Offers. Planet Offers is a great place…
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…
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…
Tattershall Castle
We had another free day out at a National Trust in November. It was by signing up to ‘In Your Area’ app. We decided to use it for Tattershall Castle, one of the National Trusts in Lincolnshire. We met some family there and took a picnic despite it not being very warm. There were picnic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Whisby Nature Park
It was our first visit here and what a lovely place. This is another great place for a cheap day out with the kids in nature, and to get some exercise. It is dog friendly so if you have a dog this is a bonus. Car parking is either £2.50 or £1.50 depending on the…
North Lincolnshire Museum
We love going to museums in our family and the fact that they are often free is an added bonus, especially in the summer holidays when you may be trying to make your money stretch. It was our first visit to the North Lincolnshire Museum and I took my youngest two and we met some…
William’s Den, Yorkshire
William’s Den is such a fantastic place. It had been highly recommended as a day out by a friend so had been on my list of places to try. We were invited to join my friend and children to the ‘pitch up and play’ which cost £70 to play in William’s Den on the first…
Lincoln Castle
We had some friends visiting from the South and chose Lincoln Castle as a meeting place for their way up, and thought all the children (from 3 to 16) would enjoy it, as well as the adults! It’s somewhere we’ve been wanting to visit since we moved to Lincolnshire so it was great to finally…
Elsham Hall
I had a trip to Elsham Hall Gardens and Country Park during school time with my youngest and a friend and her little one. The children were both under three so were free to get in. It was £6.25 for adults. They also do season tickets. This was our second visit here and we have…
Cambridge
We decided to stay in a hotel near Legoland the night before our latest Legoland trip so we could get there early and make the most of the day. Cambridge seemed like a good place to stop on the way to the hotel in order to have a full day the day before too. We…
Skegness Aquarium
Over the Easter holidays we went to Skegness Aquarium. We used the special offer by the Lincolnshire Co-op to get 20% off, which brought the price down to £30 for two adults and two children (under 3s were free). We had a slight issue that we arrived after a bit of a drive with our…
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