Good kids play centre. Has a small cafe providing both drinks and tasty snacks, a soft play area…read moreand activities for under 4's plus a large assault course and activities for the over 4's (and keen parents ;o) ). There is a few video games, mini bowling and trampolines which are great fun! A good number of leather sofas and chairs around the area where you can sip on your drink. Great for a wet day activity if visiting the area.

My wife and I had taken up raze the roofs opportunity with their £1 morning toddler offer. The…read morecentre is clean and tidy and would appear to be freshly refurbished especially in the toilet area. Mr soapy hand soap which made washing hands fun for the kids, also a nice feature are paper towels handy for extra messes and got hands drier quicker than a noisy hand drier and can scare the children. We ordered coffee and bacon sandwich from the breakfast menu, which is also a new feature as well. The staff are happy and helpful and appear to enjoy the job as they also helped our son with arts and craft activity and added the picture to the art tree on the wall. We have now booked a birthday party too and will report back with our findings.

Springfields fun park is a brilliant place for the family, there is lots to do, indoor play areas,…read moretrampoline area, pony rides, feeding the fish, rowing boats and more. The fish are so tame they even follow the rowing boats if you keep feeding them. Very well priced and we chose the £1 offer where you can return each day for the next 7 days just by paying a pound on your way out of the park. Very friendly staff and would go again. Excellent

Springfields is a fantastic place to take the kids for a day…read more There's so much to keep them occupied trampolines outside, a chance to pet and feed the small animals, pony rides, rowing boats to take out on their small lake, mini diggers for the kids to play with in the sandpit and lots of other fun activities! They also have a cafe and a lovely little shop to buy some springfields branded gifts in to take home! It really does make for a fun day out with the kids, and actually can be made to last all day without them getting bored, so well worth the entrance fee. Highly recommended!!!

Have to say I agree with polobint, a very poor day out and as for sanctuary well we didn't see much…read moreevidence of the monkeys maybe they'd all been flown back to the wild. We did like the bats but that's about it. We were only there about an hour so we felt we'd wasted the entry fee, also it's got restricted disabled access which isn't great if you're in a wheelchair. Carer did get in free however, thankfully.

A Sat Nav won't even help you to find this place! It is in…read morethe middle of nowhere, between Seaton and Looe. It is right on the coast also with fabulous views. However, not much of a Monkey Sanctuary - I think they only have 3 Monkeys there now. Not much of a day out I am afraid. I was told by someone who works there that one of the Monkeys likes to smoke!!!! I would have liked to have seen that lol! This is totally different to other Animal Parks etc which I have visited with my daughter. She was bored within a few minutes and wanted to go home as she could not see any of the monkeys. There is plenty of room and lots of trees for them to hang about in, I was upset not to catch sight of one when we visited this summer holidays! The opening times are from 11.30 - 4.00pm I believe, yet (as this is cornwall) they do not stick to these times. Best call in advance to make sure it is open else it is a long drive back to civilization!!!! I must praise the factual learning information though, extremely informative and very fasinating to read. I would however, give this a miss and recommend checking out Porfell Animal Farm instead if you are looking for an all day outing with the kids.

Animal farm can be a great place to visit rain or shine. lots of lovely animals to pet and feed…read more The farm has barns with rabbits,ferrets and all other fluffy things. In the 20+ acres you have all the reg farm animals to feed. Theres a couple of rides , bouncy castle and toy tractors to skoot around on. All this could be done in drizzly weather with wellys on but if its really bad theres a massive indoor play area. they have a small area for babys and toddlers thats well padded and keeps them entertained for ages. The older kids have lots to climb and the tallest slides i have ever seen. my heart was in my mouth watching the kids come down it , but they thought it was wicked. The farms very easy to find as burnham-on -sea isnt a big place to get lost in. well worth a visit :)

This is a brilliant place to take your kids to. My little girl is 2 1/2 now and we have been taking…read moreher there for over a year now and she loves it. You pay an entry price and then most of the things are free. It has a bouncy castle, trampaline,'cuddle club' where you can cuddle ginea pigs and rabbits, outdoor slides, swing boats, climbing frame, ride on tractors etc and a large indoor play area with ball pits, lots of slides and places to climb around. Also it has paddocks with animals in (such as cows, lamas etc.) which you can feed and indoor barns with pigs and horses in. It is a great day out and you can stay for hours without your kids geting bored.

Very good. Mostly undercover and enough to keep the kids busy for most of the days. A bit pricey,…read morebut that was offset by a 6 day return voucher!

This is a lovely museum of old-timey fairground stuff, from carousel horses to old slot machines…read moreand games, and the whole building is filled with fairground artwork. There's a lot of really interesting history to read and some great pictures to go along with it. In the second building there's about 8 working rides that operate on a token payment system. Most of them are pretty tame, but they're still fun for a wide range of ages, and great nostalgia. While it's fun, it's not really a day out: you are unlikely to be there for more than a few hours unless you spend the whole time on rides! But it's nice to visit of an afternoon if you're local to the area, and if not, maybe pop in on the way to or from somewhere else.

I visited Dingles steam village last summer and found it to be a very good day out. In the main…read morebuilding there is a museum showing some steam machines and exhibitions detailing the history of fairgrounds. We spent a few hours looking around this part and found it really interesting. There was also an organ that a member of staff from Dingles played. The second building contained 3 or 4 classic fairground rides, which you could ride for a small fee. There were also some push penny machines which were fun to use. The people who work there seem to be very passionate about what they do and I enjoyed the day there.

Considering its status as Britain's national Aquarium, its selection of marine life was not very…read moreencyclopedic. For instance, just one octopus, two crabs, no squids. Also, the cafe food quality/value for money was what you'd expect for a British family venue, so I don't even need to elaborate on that point... The large tanks of fish where sharks live with sting rays, a turtle and large fish was very relaxing and fascinating to view. It's all laid out and organised well. I'll give it 7.5/10

On a wet day in Plymouth, the girlfriend and I headed for the relative indoor comforts of the…read morenational marine aquarium. It was thoroughly miserable and this is where the aquarium loses one star. There was a queue all day and everyone was forced to queue outdoors in the cold and rain It wasn't helped by the slow selling of tickets. When we finally got to the ticket desk, a contributory cause to this lack of speed became obvious - after we had purchased our tickets (£13 for an adult), we were asked whether we would sign a form to qualify for free attendance for a year. After we had done this, it became clear why they needed our signature - we were asked if we minded if the aquarium reclaimed tax on our tickets. I would have said yes if they had asked that at the beginning but doing it this way round made it feel a little like subterfuge. Especially as it slows the queueing process down for cold, wet customers outside Anyway, enough moaning. Our visit did improve considerably after the slightly iffy start. We did struggle a little to find the entrance but basically, just keep going up and up and you'll enter the first room, which covers the plants and wildlife from the local seas around Plymouth. This room is dominated by 2 large rockpools. A shame that it's stricly see, no touch though - there's no petting pool, which you sometimes see in other aquariums. The small tanks were well labelled, enabling us to find the little residents in each tank. Throughout the aquarium, you'll find a lot of information. You can really feel the educational emphasis here In the next section, you'll encounter the first of the aquarium's starring huge tanks. It's mesmerising to just watch the sea creatures swimming and also interacting with each other. The shark and ray tank is cool in that there are overhead ports, through which you can them swim over you. They've also sunk a whole biplane in another tank to create a habitat for warm water fish That's not say that the small tanks are dull. Au contraire. One of the prettiest creatures were the delicate jellyfish. I also loved the clown fish (Nemo!!) fiercely defending their anemone We lucked out near the end of our visit when we arrived just as Octavia, the aquarium's octopus, was being fed. The staff were really informative, explaining that octopi are as intelligent as 3 year old humans and love to play. They've been known to sneak off to other tanks to eat fish before returning to their tank and acting all innocent. Hence the elaborate access to Octavia's tank. She was given a live crab (she's the only animal which gets fresh food in the aquarium) inside a jar with a screw top. They set Octavia tasks to keep her stimulated and it wasn't long before she had the top off. It's definitely worth finding out when they have feeding times A final tank to see the turtle swimming round before the exit through the cafe or gift shop. A good way to pass the time in Plymouth, once you get in!

This country park is beside the River Dart in Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. There is…read morea campsite and cottages for on site accommodation or it can be visited as a day trip. The setting is an old estate and their are child oriented family outdoor activities set throughout the grounds, with something for all ages of kids, from toddler areas up to some fairly daring stuff for teens. There are assault courses throught the trees, zip slides, pirate ship in the lake, (bit stony-use beach shoes/crocks) wooden forts etc. It's all made of wood, and is a lovely, natural setting in woodland for an old fashioned fun family day out. Its the sort of place where kids feel they've done something a bit brave and builds confidence but is safe. There are also bookable activities such as canoeing, climbing and high ropes for the really adventurous.

A lot of birds to look at with a well signposted recommended tour so you get to see them all. The…read moreflying shows are great and feeding the lorikeets is fun. Make sure you find one of their many vouchers before you turn up to make the rather high admission more palatable.

Paradise Park is great for bird lovers and also just for having a wander around with the kids as…read morewell! They even have penguins to amuse the younger ones and adults alike! They have some lovely indoor and outdoor play areas for kids including my kids favourite the ball pool. There is also a nice cafe, lots of room for having picnics in nice weather, and the kids get the chance to feel ponies, goats, sheep, rabbits and lots of other animals! There's loads of nice walks including woodland ones and basically just a whole lot of fun to be had! A great day out :)