Friends of the South Avon Canoe Club where my boyfriend disappears off to on rainy weekends, this…read moreshop has all the kit and local knowledge for canoeing and kayaking on rivers, sea and the flat stuff. Owned by Rich and Dizzy, who are both paddlers themselves, this unbelievably is one of the closest specialist shops to Bristol centre. Well worth the drive though. Park on the street but its all pretty quiet round there so you shouldn't have any problems.

An expensive afternoon out. You have to buy tokens for the rides and you can easily loose track of…read morehow much your spending. Not enough rides to keep you there all day although the ones they do have are good. There is a gift shop and a swimming pool near by. I would recommend going on the days when there is a market and car boot sale on the site for something else to do as well.

I have been here a few times with the kids…read more Fun place and you get exactly what it says on the tin! If you are in the area and have young kids then they will enjoy it Thanks G

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.

The 7-mile stretch of sand and dunes that make up Brean beach lies just over two miles down the…read morecoast from Weston-super-Mare.  It boasts one of the longest stretches of sand in Europe and at low tide a vast expanse of mud flats are exposed. It is however dangerous to walk too far out at low tide and there are warning signs about staying away from the mud flats on the beach. The beach is popular with walkers, dog walkers and beach sport enthusiasts (both on and off the water). Access to the beach is easy as there is plenty of parking both next to and literally on the beach in designated areas. Toilets and drinking water are available and there are usually snacks in the form of an ice cream vans and a burger van. From the beach, Brean Down dominates the skyline.  This 97 metre high headland stretches out into the sea, forming a natural pier.  The more energetic may enjoy climbing up the down and will be rewarded with excellent views over the Bristol Channel and the Somerset Levels. The down is also home to a number of interesting archaeological sites.  There is evidence of the area having been inhabited in the Stone Age.  The remains of a Roman temple have been excavated on the south side of the down whilst the remains of an Iron-Age fort lie on the east side.  At the summit, the remains of a 19th century fort, built to defend against a possible Napoleonic invasion, can be found.

This is a fabulous, 7-mile long stretch of dune-backed beach running from Burnham-on-Sea in the…read moresouth to Brean Down, in the north, located on the North Somerset coast. I spent a lot of my childhood playing in the sand dunes here, but I also had my first (and last) driving lesson from my Dad on the beach - part of it is accessible to vehicles and you can park on the sand. As well as traditional beach activities like building sand castles, it's a favourite area for training racing horses, paragliding and sand yachting. At one end - close to the mediaeval church at Berrow - is the remains of the wreck of the Norwegian barque SS Nornen, which was blown onto the sand banks during a storm in 1897. The crew of ten and the chip's dog were rescued by the Burnham lifeboat during a heroic rescue. Like the rest of this coast, the tremendous tidal range of the Bristol Channel (the second highest in the world after the Bay of Fundy in Canada) means that the sea disappears over a mile out at low Spring tides, exposing extensive mud flats. These provide rich pickings for birdlife, but can be a death trap for the unwary, as the tide comes in at walking pace. Recent years have seen some dramatic rescues of people, vehicles and animals stuck (literally) in the mud as the waters rise around them. Following the death in 2002 of a five-year-old girl from Worcester called Lelaina Hall, a campaign was started to fund an inshore hovercraft, to help deal with such situations. It has been named Spirit of Lelaina in her honour. The advice is to stick to the firm sand close to shore - it's also rather nicer than the mud (which, ironically, is worse at he Burnham end). There are lots of caravan sites along this stretch of coast, and a few shops and a pub, although that's about the limit of facilities here. Nearby Brean Down - a large limestone promontory with fabulous views over the Bristol Channel - is a National Trust nature reserve, is notable for archaeology dating back 4,000 years, and has a well-preserved late 19th Century 'Palmerston Fort' at one end. Brean village - more a hamlet really - has a small 13th century church, unusually dedicated to St Bridget. Overall, it's a great place to walk and to blow away the cobwebs.