Tag: <span>days out in the west midlands</span>

Birmingham’s Hidden Gems

April 20, 2018October 6, 2015

Birmingham is a great city to live in, if you want to keep your kids well entertained every weekend. It’s a fantastic place to visit as a family, too. The big attractions like Cadbury World and the Sea Life Centre are great, but they will always top the lists for “places to visit in Birmingham” and usually require pre-booking, especially at busy times.

I’ve been asked by Travelodge to talk about some of the more overlooked places to visit; those that are dismissed due to their size, location, or just because they aren’t quite as well known; Birmingham’s Hidden Gems.

Bournville Scarecrow Festival

September 21, 2015

At the weekend we headed to Bournville to join a scarecrow hunt! It was time for the annual Bournville Scarecrow Festival, and the girls were really excited to find all of the scarecrows. The theme of the Festival was “favourite children’s stories” and we easily recognised almost all of the wonderful scarecrows. The scarecrows are all …

Family picnic sites within an hour of Spaghetti Junction

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Ad disclosure: This post is written in collaboration with Auto Advance Logbook Loans. Birmingham, traditionally one of our industrial heartlands, isn’t the poor relation when it comes to family days out in the summer. We’ve put together a snapshot of some of the places you can drive to and, because we know you’d rather be …

A day at the Canal Festival

July 18, 2015

Last weekend we headed to one of our local green spaces (Birmingham is full of them), that runs alongside the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, and spent a couple of hours at the first annual Kings Norton Canal Festival. The (true) saying goes that Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice… of course, Birmingham also has …

Summer Adventures at Hatton

July 11, 2015

We’ve been to Hatton Adventure World a few times now and the girls always enjoy themselves there without fail. We were invited to spend the day there with the team for Toyz World and spent the morning testing out some BeBop bouncy castles, before being handed wristbands for Hatton to enjoy the sunny afternoon exploring and …

Learning to be elves at intu Merry Hill Elf School.

November 24, 2018December 13, 2014

On Friday afternoon, we headed to the intu Merry Hill shopping centre to check out their “Elf School” Father Christmas experience. Georgie and Lydia were joined by Georgie’s best friend Sophie and they were all very excited to be on an outing together! We ate some lunch then headed straight to the Elf School.

Fun at Play at Brewers Fayre

November 24, 2018December 7, 2014

Yesterday we spent the morning at a local Brewers Fayre “Pub Restaurant” to celebrate the opening of the chain’s first “Play at Brewers Fayre” facility. The new soft play area at The Guild pub at Bromsgrove is the next step in their partnership with Beano, whose characters already adorn the kids menu.

Christmas Celebration Weekends at Cadbury World

November 24, 2018November 29, 2014

We visited Cadbury World last weekend to check out their Christmas Celebration Weekends, and had a fantastic day. We are very local so it only took us 5 minutes to get there in the car. Parking is plentiful and free, but if you are travelling by train the Bournville station is just a short walk away.

Pumpkin Week at Hatton Adventure World

November 1, 2017November 26, 2014

We visited Hatton Adventure World back at Easter and really enjoyed it. When we were invited to go and check out Pumpkin Week, we happily made plans to go along on the first weekend of half term. Unfortunately we’ve all been taking it in turns to be ill since then and blogging has been put on the back burner, so this post is horribly late.

A day at Warwick Castle with Mike the Knight

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014

We were invited to Warwick Castle earlier this month to join in with the celebrations for the new Mike the Knight film, Journey to Dragon Mountain. To celebrate the DVD release, which I reviewed on my blog this morning, Mike the Knight and his sister Evie are visiting the Castle to get young children practising “The …