Places visited in the UK
Animal parks & Aquariums:
Amazonia zoo (2011), Norfolk, Northamptonshire, England.
Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park (2016/2025) Filey, North Yorkshire - This is a lovely little place to visit and is cheap.
Rand Farm (2016/2018), Lincoln, Lincolnshire - Good for milking and feeding/petting animals.
Pink Pig Farm (2017/2019) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
Birmingham Sea Life Centre (2017), Birmingham, Midlands, England - Excellent tunnel here, but very tight space and busy.
Messingham zoo (2018/2025), Messingham, Lincolnshire - A lovely little place, good for petting animals.
Bransby horses (2018/2021) Lincolnshire.
Chester Zoo (2018), Chester, East England.
Hastys play farm (2020) Clacton on sea, south east england.
The Deep (2022) Hull, Yorkshire - An Incredible place!
Mega maze and carnie fruit farm (2022), Fife, Scotland.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park illuminations (2022), Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.
Wolds Wildlife Park (2023), Lincolnshire, England.
Science centers, museums, & Art sculptures, etc.
Lincolnshire Museum of Life (2019), Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Eureka (2021), Halifax, Yorkshire
Media museum (2021), Bradford, Midlands.
The Angel of the North (2022), Newcastle, North East England.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2024), Yorkshire, England.
Spinnaker Tower (2022), Plymouth, south England.
Brick Works Museum (2022), Southampton, south England.
Dundee Law (2022), Dundee, Scotland - Statue at the top of the hill in Dundee, where you can see the whole city.
2021 Arts Center (2022), Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England.
Science Discovery Center (2022), Dundee, Scotland.
Bassetlaw Museum (2022) Retford, Nottinghamshire.
MAD museum (2023) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
International Bomber Command Centre (2025), Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Theme & adventure parks:
Sundown Adventure Park - Retford. Lincolnshire (2012/2013/2019) Children under 10’s adventure park.
Legoland Windsor (2014), London.
Bewilder Woods (2016), Norfolk, Northamptonshire - Children’s outdoor wooden adventure park - amazing for busy little ones under 10.
Alton Towers theme park (2017), Derbyshire, Midlands, England.
Drayton Manner theme park (2017/2018) Perfect for kids who like Thomas the Tank Engine.
Diggerland (2017), Yorkshire.
Mattel Play World (2018) Liverpool - Perfect for kids who like Thomas the Tank Engine and Fireman Sam.
Wookey Hole (2018), Wells, Somerset, south east England - Great caves here.
EXscape (2018), Yorkshire - This place is epic!
York maze (2018/2021) York, Yorkshire.
Wonderland (2020), Telford, Shropshire - This place is ideal for under 10’s.
Bouncy land (2020) Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire - Good for under 10’s.
Airkings trampoline park (2021+) Scunthorpe & Jump Inc (2021+) Lincoln & Ninja warrior (2024) Lincoln
Forbidden Corner (2021), Yorkshire - This place is absolutely incredible and highly recommended.
Legoland Manchester (2021), Manchester, England.
Conkers (2021) Derbyshire - Outdoor play park.
Gulliver’s Kingdom (2022), Matlock, Derbyshire - this resort is built on a hill, so be prepared to walk up hills.
Gravity (2022), Edinburgh, Scotland - Trampoline park.
Camera obscura, world of illusions. (2022) Edinburgh, Scotland.
Disneyland Paris (2023) We spent 5 days here - 4 would have been enough; be prepared to walk a lot! Incredible experience though.
Universal Studios Park - Orlando, Florida (2024) We spent 4 days here over the 2 parks, we didn’t go to the water park. Incredible experience!
Cadbury’s world (2024), Birmingham, Midlands, England.
Rock up (2025) Hull, Yorkshire, England.
Warner Bros studio tour - the making of Harry Potter (2025), London.
Beaches:
Cromer beach - Norfolk (2011/2012/2016)
Cleethorpes, Scarborough, and Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire,
Weston super mare (2018), South West England.
Clacton on Sea (2020), South East England.
Parks and nature reserves:
Sherwood Forest (2014) & Rufford - Nottinghamshire
Markeaton Park (2015), Derby - This place is massive and has lots of activities and a big park.
Retford Kings Park (2017+), Retford, Lincolnshire - Great free water park here.
Hartsholme Park (2019/2020/2023) Lincoln - Good to see and feed squirrels.
Wisby Nature reserve (2016/2023) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Baumber walled garden (2023), Horncastle, Lincolnshire - this place is free and lovely!
National trust / English heritage:
Clumber Park (2011/2013/2019/202+) Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Mam tor (2023/2025) Castleton, derbyshire, England.
Belton Estate (2024), Lincolnshire, England.
Grey’s Court (2024), Oxfordshire, England - Lovely gardens here.
Cannons Ashby (2024), Northamptonshire, England.
Belvoir castle (2024), Lincolnshire, England - Lovely gardens here and a play park for the kids.
Wharram Percy (2024), Yorkshire, England.
Gunby Hall, estate and gardens (2024), Lincolnshire, England.
Arbroath Abby (2024), Dundee, Scotland.
House of Dunn (2024), Dundee, Scotland.
Castles, Abbeys, and Estate homes:
Normandy Hall (2016+)Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Lincoln Castle (2021), Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Newcastle Castle (2022) Newcastle, North East England.
Jorvik Viking Center - York Castle Museum and Clifford Tower (2022), York, Yorkshire.
Tickhill Castle (2022), Tickhill, Doncaster, Yorkshire - only open once a year to the public.
Jedburgh Abby (2022), Scotland - Only £10 entry.
Dodington Hall (2022), Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Edinburgh ghost walk under the vaults (2022), Edinburgh, Scotland - Scared the life out of the kids, it was pretty interesting though.
Spas & Swimming places
Doncaster dome (2013+) Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Eden Hall spa(2023)Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire - I highly recommend this place!
Forest pines Spa (2024), Broughton, north lincolnshire, England.
The old rectory spa (2024), North Scarle, Lincolnshire - Personal spa treatment (Does not have a pool)
Other
Kinema in the woods (2024) Woodhouse spa, Lincolnshire - Projection theatre cinema, also plays older movies.
The big rock in Bentham, in Yorkshire (2023)
Stainforth waterfall and Cold stone cuts & limestone kiln in Yorkshire (2024). Good walks with pretty views.
Lady Bower district to see the lost village of Derwent (2024), Derbyshire.
Aqueduct canoeing in North Wales (2024). Had a 2-hour canoe ride down the aqueduct.
Bowling: Asby bowl - Scunthorpe.
Cities & Towns visited and explored in the UK:
England: Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke on Trent, Stratford upon Avon, Tewkesbury, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bakewell, Leeds, Bradford, Lewes, Brighton. Canterbury, Plymouth, Newcastle, Carlisle, Doncaster, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Boston, Retford, Newark upon Trent, Sherwood, Wells, London, Manchester, Ripon, Wakefield, York, Barnsley, Bawtry, Bardney, Brigg, Castleford, Cheltenham, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Mablethorpe, Cromer, Filey, Whitby, Gateshead, Halifax, Harrogate, Ilkeston, Knutsford, Lynton and Lynmouth, Sutton on sea, Mansfield. Market Rasen, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, North Hykeham, Oldham, Ross on Wye, Scarborough, Skegness, Skipton, Tewkesbury, Thorne, Tickhill, Wellingborough, Weston super Mare, Worksop. Wragby.
Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Portpatrick, Inverness, Perth.
Wales: Portmeirion, Carmarthen, Bangor, Cardiff, Newport. Swansey, Haverfordwest.
Northern Ireland: Belfast