So people may think I'm crazy but I booked a trip to Paris and Finland this June and made sure to…read morefly into London so I could visit pooh corner. I am a Huge EEYORE fan and last time I came to London I didn't have a chance to go and I promised myself I would come to the birthplace of my favorite character. I didn't realize how far out from the city it was but boy was it beautiful! The ride there and it's surroundings. The staff at pooh corner cafe was very sweet and helpful. My train from london to paris was a few short hours away.... So yes.....I literally flew into london for a few hours just to go to pooh corner and pooh bridge! The love for Eeyore and my best friends love for Pooh made this trip easy and fun! Best way to find it is if you visit pooh corner cage they will give you a map and tell you exactly how to get there. Once you see the sign you keep walking for a few minutes and you will find the iconic bridge. It's is BEAUTIFUL....so peaceful I could stay and relax there for a bit. Yes you are in the "100 acre woods" which is technically Ashdown forrest. It's the bridge that you see in the winnie the pooh cartoons ...the bridge that is said to be the one A.A. milne and his son a.k.a. Christopher Robin would play at. For a die hard fan this is a must do!! Happy yelping mis amigos!!

This is the ultimate gem for any Winnie the Pooh fan. - to come to Ashdown Forest and play…read morePoohsticks on Poohsticks Bridge Built in 1907 and originally called Posingford Bridge, it is considered to be the bridge on which Milne and his son first played the game. Its continued popularity led to a campaign to rebuild in the 1970s. The bridge was subsequently reopened by Christopher Robin Milne and officially renamed as Poohsticks Bridge However, continued tourist traffic necessitated a further rebuild in 1999 and Disney, who now own the rights to Winnie the Pooh and other donors funded the reconstruction to the bridge which stands there today. The walk from the nearest car park is however not the easiest with a fair slope and distance. However, for true fans, it is worth it. Visitors aiming to play Poohsticks on the bridge are requested to bring their own sticks to avoid damage to nearby trees There are now even a World Poohsticks Championships held annually in Dorchester but for true fans, Poohsticks Bridge is the only place to drop your stick into the water and rush over to the other side to see whose stick emerges first For those of you who would like to practise, here are the official rules for Poohsticks: http://www.poohsoc.org.uk/sticks/rules.html

Definately interesting but yet i find the models inside very spooky with their strange waxy faces!…read more Its not that the exhibition is scary, i'm just a wuss! lol. Their just strange looking but the stories, sorry tales, are definately worth going in and taking a peek for. Don't be fooled when you get outside for the smell of the chip shop - go somewhere else.you'll get ripped off for the most expensive chips EVER!

Avery dark place that might be a bit scary for young children…read more They tell you the stories from the famous Canterbury tales. Does not take long to go round and is a bit boring if you like exitement.

Battle is steeped in history such as it is so close to Hastings and the site of that famous battle…read morein 1066. Yesterday's World is a shopping arcade come cafe with a selection of displays to keep you interested. It's a perfectly good way of whiling away half an hour over a cup of tea after a hard day's history.

St Helens Woods is one of the larger woodland areas in Hastings and still provides a really great…read moreplace to go and spend a day in the woods as kids, or to stroll under beech and oak at a more leisurely pace. The woods have previously been under the auspices of the St helens Woods preservation society, which I believe still exists and are well kept without spoiling the feel. Down the central path off Langham Road, you come to a wide open path knoown as The Ride, which was in local history precisely that for the gentlefolk. Follow along (careful it gets muddy at the end) and turn down left to the pond and a beautiful beech tree on the slope above. A really fine example. You can carry on down past the pond, along the stream (or in it when I was small) and then turn back up at the end to complete a leisurely hours wald. There is much more to the woods than this, but this is the little turn I used to do with my parents. Do visit in Bluebell time.

Authentic Roman ruins, no restoration copy here. Just takes your breath away. Would suggest you…read morevisit on a day when the weather is nice, think it would be difficult to enjoy in the rain (English picnic weather). Located by a river, right outside Sandwich, it's really very interesting. Plenty of helpful signs on site, to familiarize, yourself with the century, era, when all this occurred. There are no big signs, advertising this place, so I didn't think it would be much. It was a wonderful jaw dropping surprise. Definitely, worth a day trip from London, good place for family and kids. Sandwich is a quaint little nearby town, where you may shop or have something to eat. Make sure you take a camera with you. I'm so glad I was able to visit this site, I'll never forget it and neither will you.

This is probably the site where the Romans first landed in AD 43 and if you visit on a wind-swept…read moreday in November like we did, it feels as though you're in the middle of nowhere. Later a fort was built here to protect the Romans from other would-be invaders like the Vikings. My children love to wander around the ruins , jumping into ditches and rolling down the hills and English Heritage put on special days where you can see Roman armies drilling in full uniform. The fort is only open in the summer, but you can visit the surrounding areas all through the year. If you want to emulate the Romans, you can arrive by boat, by sailing from Sandwich.

Wilderness Wood is a lovely place to bring the family. We only discovered it last week, and have…read morealready been back. There's a cute cafe, and a great zip line & bunch of swings. Also, a great woodwork shop, where we saw a demo of a Viking hand lathe, wonderful! The woods are great to walk around too!

Wilderness Wood is wicked, it is probably the most multi-tasking piece of woodland in the entire…read moreUK. It is a piece of working woodland, they grow various types of tree including sweet chestnuts and pine trees which are coppiced and sold either as timber, or made into furniture which they sell at the shop. They sell Christmas trees in December. It is also a recreational piece of woodland, and a conservation area. There a lots of trails for people to follow, and they hold events like egg hunts at Easter, wood sculpture courses, story telling, wildlife hunting and much much more. They have a shop and a café which sells delicious food, often stuff sourced from the woodland, particularly in the autumn when the chestnuts are ready to be eaten. We collected loads when we went for a walk there, which we had roasted up in the evening - delicious. It costs about £3 for adult entry into Wilderness Wood, although you can visit the cafe and shop for free. They give you a map with the trails marked when you buy your ticket. I wish I had kids just so I could take them to Wilderness Wood all the time.

This magical underground discovery is full of mystery…read more As you enter through the shop front and descend down the spiral staircase, you are surrounded from floor to ceiling with shells. No one is entirely sure of the origin or purpose for these designs. Interesting family visit: 1 - 2 hours. gift shop & snack bar with limited seating. Definitely worth a look!

I moved to Margate 20 years ago and they have improved the Grotto year on year . It's superb now…read morewith a nice entrance and a great gift shop for cards/ shells / stone jewellery . Quite a mysterious place . Endlessly fascinating . How it was even made underground . And why ? It's not a huge exhibit but you must go .

Gayle and I spend a pleasant couple hours in Canterbury with our friends John and Roz. We walked…read morethe streets, had a nice Lunch at El Sol, punted down the Stour, hung out at a local coffee shop, and had a nice time together catching up. We tried to see the Cathedral, but it was under construction with access limited. This is also a University town, so there were a lot of youth wandering around. We also found that the downtown was perhaps not quite recovered from the COVID years.

Canterbury is a wonderful city. Lots of history (Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey, etc.)…read moreand lots of shopping opportunities. Canterbury puts on several fun events throughout the year, the best being their Christmas town. A short drive from Dover and not too far from London, Canterbury is definitely worth visiting!

Cardiff Model Engineering Society puts on family events throughout the year giving members of the…read morepublic the chance to take a ride on their miniature passenger-carrying railways, running through a section of Cardiff's Heath Park. It's something smaller children seem to enjoy, and some of their parents too (and not just the closet-train-spotters amongst them). Known officially as the Heath Park Miniature Railway and Tramway, all the work at the site is down to the voluntary efforts of keen members of the Society, which is a non-profit making organisation. The Society was founded in 1948 and moved to Heath Park in 1987, and its current site has two railway tracks and a unique electric tramway, two model railways, and refreshment facilities. To visit and ride on the railway you do have to wait until a family 'open day' event crops up - but these take place throughout the year. Although their website appears a bit dated, it is actually well-maintained and currently shows events taking place right up until the 'Santa Special' in December 2010. Have a look at http://www.cardiff-mes.org.uk/RailwayG.html for details.

Great memorial facility! Free to enter and very nice and friendly people that work here. There…read moreare a bunch of nice things to see inside as well as a few large items like status and planes outside. The view is also amazing. The facility is small but worth a stop. Use it as a nice place to stop and use the restroom while learning some history and paying respects.

Situated on the outskirts of the village of Capel-le-Ferne between Dover and Folkestone, this…read morereally is a must see place for those interested in our military history. The central point is that of a statue of an RAF pilot looking out over the skies towards France, with the statue itself situated in the centre of 3 paths, which when you see them from a height actually represent the three blades of a propeller. The whole site feels quiet and respectful, and like all war memorials is extremely moving.