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FAMILY HOLIDAYS UK ATTRACTIONS DESTINATIONS


LEFT: Sea Life London Aquarium


RIGHT: The Wicker Man ride at Alton Towers


and zoo shows. New last year was The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure, a gentle journey that brings Julia Donaldson’s famous creation to life. Super Break offers a two-day pass for two adults and two under-fives at the park combined with two nights with breakfast at the De Vere Beaumont Estate, plus dinner on the first night, from £312 in May. Yorkshire’s Lightwater Valley has a host of mini-adventures suitable for under-fives, with an Angry Birds Activity Park, Lightwater Express mini railway,


Theme parks strive to cater for younger visitors too – useful when siblings are of widely differing ages


farm tractor tours and a large soft play area split up for different age groups – complete with a cafe to keep parents happy.


w UNDER-12S Every parent of primary school- age kids will know the impending dread of the school holidays. Filling each day with enough fun to keep the children happy – and tucker them out before bedtime – can seem impossible. A visit to London delivers


myriad activities to tire out even the most demanding son or daughter. Suggest a hotel stay and a West End show, and throw in a money-saver like Do Something Different’s Big London Cluster Ticket. At £55 per adult and £45 per child between three and 15, it gives 50% savings on walk-up prices at Madame Tussauds, the London Eye, Shrek’s Adventure and Sea Life Aquarium. Perennial favourite Legoland


Windsor is celebrating 60 years of the brick with three new areas to explore. Budding travellers can explore Miniland USA and Miniland Explore the World, ticking off the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera House in one day. Lego Reef is packed with interactive fun: touchscreen technology lets kids build their own virtual lego fish and then send them swimming off into the sea. For muddy, outdoor capers


LEFT: Pirate Shores, Legoland Windsor


suggest Diggerland, where kids can have a go on vehicles from giant diggers to mini tractors. It has parks in Kent, Devon, Durham


and Yorkshire and is building another in Worcestershire.


w TEENS There’s nothing like a rollercoaster to shake even the most truculent teen out of a grump, and happily the UK has plenty of parks more than happy to oblige. Alton Towers has set the tone with rides like Nemesis and Oblivion, and the latest to scare the living daylights out of kids and parents alike is Wicker Man. It’s the UK’s first new wooden rollercoaster in 21 years, and the six-storey-high structure will appear to burst into flames as the wooden track races through it. Save a third on walk-up rates by booking early-bird tickets with Attraction World, from £36 per adult and £30 per child. The ticketing specialist offers


even more of a discount at Thorpe Park in Surrey, where the £24 early-bird tickets are half the price of paying on the day, and rides include Derren Brown’s Ghost Train, and Saw – The Ride, based on the horror movie. If the teens are more in to riffs than rides, head for Liverpool and the British Music Experience. Memorabilia ranges from The Beatles and Bowie to Adele and The X Factor, plus there’s a recording booth and studio where they can have a go with guitars, drum kits and keyboards.


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PICTURE: GARRY SAMUELS


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