This is an excellent day out for children,and is really good value.Included in the entrance fee,is…read morea free pony ride, and a tracker barrell ride were the farmers tracker pulls the barrells through the privet woods,at busy times staff dress up in rabbit costumes ect and hide in the woods and jump out on the kids and give them lollies an balloons. The animal centre is home to a collection of well known animals and also rare breeds. My favorite are the little tiny monkeys, I also love the racoons as they have proper little hands and stretch through the bars to hold your hand.the centre lets your kids interact with the animals when possible such as giving bottles to the baby lambs It takes a full day to see and do every thing,so when you want to eat,there is either a picnic area next to the childrens play area,or you can go to the barn cafe were they make excellent home made meals and snacks

This farm goes way beyond your standard lot of pigs, sheep, horses and cows. There are many exotic…read morebreeds here, including llamas, monkeys and exotic bired. Admission prices are a little steep (£5 for adults) but there's plenty to see and do, and if you bring a picinc or make use of the cafe, you could spend a whoel day here. Great for kids, as there's pony rides, a play area and lamb feedings in the Spring.

Donny Dome isn't bad, but it's a little dated and shabby. It gets its name from the small glass…read moredome on the roof, rather than the shape of the building itself which is distinctly 80s! I haven't skated there, but swam with the kids many times. From a parents perspective, it's far too cold! The main pools aren't too bad but the baby pool is absolutely freezing and it's a little dark and dreary as well. The changing rooms are a bit hit-and-miss: pretty much what you get in any swimming pool of this era, and a little dirty. They're mixed male & female but there aren't many that are big enough for parents and kids to share. They seem to open the big slides and outdoor pool at random times - perhaps there is a pattern to it, but whenever I've been there I've been told that certain features are closed due to staffing. A bit disappointing when you've paid to take the kids there and the particular slide they want is closed. I understand, however, that it is currently closed for refurbishment (Nov 08) so I'm really hoping that it is greatly improved when it re-opens as the basics are there and eldest loves it. It's worth a visit, but go with fairly low expectations and hopefully be pleasantly surprised by it!

This is one of doncasters best attractions,there is a wide range of activities to do,they have a…read moreswimming pool with huge slides a lagoon out side were you just float along, and a kids pool with fountins, slides ect they also have an ice ring were they hold discos in the evening and have theams such as foam parties there are plenty of other sports and activities such as a fitness room,climbing wall, badminton spa, saunas and Jacuzzis, lastly they hold Shows and concerts there,with acts such as comidians like chubby brown ect and concerts were they have had loads of different famous people perform .the building itself is state of the art and its an all round clean friendly and entertaining place

This leisure centre looks awful from the outside, but once you get past reception (if you can get…read morepast the receptionist - there are two that I know of and bark is worse than bite in both cases!) and into the gym it's actually really good. All the equipment was renewed less than a year ago and there's TV screens on a lot of the machines and a key system to log your workout. The swimming pool is basic but functional. There's a standard 25m pool and a smaller square baby pool. My 4yr old is currently takin swimming lessons and he loves it! Communal changing rooms make it much easier for families with young kids, and facilities are good. It's excellent value for money - £25 a month all in for gym/swim membership and you can use other leisure centres in the area for that too. Recommended - don't be put off by the exterior.

I have gone to the gym here a few times and it's quite good. It's run by the council so it's not as…read moreluxuroius as a lot of the private ones, but its also a lot cheaper and they don't make you sign a contract (unless you want to, in which case you can make it cheaper, I think it starts at about £15 a month for off peak). I just do the pay-as-you-go thing though as I don't have time to go that often. They've got a good selection of gym machines and they're all really new and modern in good condition. They've got lots of tvs that you can see from most of the CV machines while you work out. Upstairs there are weights machines, and they've got things that cover most of the muscle groups there. There's also a swimming pool which is ok, it's a bit drab looking but it does the job if you just want to do a few lengths. It's a good local facility and never too busy.

Having no prior experience of paintballing, I was led by the others in my party that had been…read morebefore. The setting and scenarios here are very good but I found the operation to be a bit amateurish as the Marshals were all very young and had no real control over the more unruly elements in the groups that were put together here. Pricing was also a bit of an issue, with extra paintballs being sold at £7 per 100 you can quickly go through a lot of cash! (A box of 2000 was available at £100 but some later research turned up the very same item at about £30, so the mark-up here is huge.) Having said all that, the day itself was a blast, even if it was both painful and expensive, A special feature of this site is The Predator, a six-foot-plus armoured shooting machine that blew away anyone that moved once he was in play, which was announced by two (feeble) blasts on a whistle. Overall: too expensive, badly managed but nonetheless fun.

I have been paintballing for a number of years, and have been to at least a dozen different sites…read more Good points - The game fields were amongst the best I have seen and played on, with the crowning glory being an impressive multilevel fortress. Bad points - The marshalling was rubbish. Our day was spoilt by a group of chavs who repeatedly shot at players who were out of the game, but only from behind and in the head. This happened to me nearly every time I was out of a match, by players in my own team. I have played enough to expect the odd mistake, and I always walk with my gun up and my other hand up to make it obvious, but repeated shots to the back of the head was just taking the p***. This happened infront of the marshals. One marshal did try to resolve it, but limited effect. The same group were also shooting at each other walking inbetween games, and invariably other people got hit. They were shooting each other in the gun rack areas and during game briefings. In short if they had guns in their hands they were shooting each other. At the same time there were people in the groups with masks off, often the chavs, but others as well. The marshals would ask that all guns be racked and then say that masks can come off, but they later got slack and would say masks off when people still had guns in their hands, very poor. There was a cross section of people playing from young kids, teenagers, adults up to 40 - 50 years, and plenty of girls/ladies. The majority of the marshals failed to control the group and failed to uphold safety standards. Marshals forgot to explain to one team that they had unlimited lives in an attack and defend game, which clearly impacts on the way the game is played. During the day I kept my views to myself, not wanting to whinge to the less experienced players in my group, but by lunch other people were complaining the same way. The Predator - what a pain in the ass. You make a move take a barricade and The Predator can just shoot you having joined from the back of the field when he can't be seen. This might be good for kids, being a bit scary. I certainly didn't pay my money to get shot from behind by a marshal, who can't be shot out of the game. If you think this is sour grapes, I was not taken out by the predator, just friends on the other team, but I don't like the idea. Lastly I heard a marshal give a 10 minute briefing to a group of very young kids, playing a mini / junior version. He rattled it off without taking a breath, despite most of the group being first timers. I'm sure he met the obligations of giving a briefing but when he left a parent asked the kids did you understand that to which they all went NO, and then the parent went through the main points again. Another example of poor marshals. If the owners/managers read this, I would point out that the decent marshal was wearing a peaked grey beanie hat, the other 2 shouldn't be paid their wages.