Mums, now is the time to be thinking of places to take your kids for half term. In this hectic environment of the stresses of work, dropping your kids and picking up from school, the weekends always hectic you may not have time to look into adventurous ideas of where to take the little ones over half term. Let me take the stress of this task and give you 4 ideas.
- Parklife Oxford Street, 28 Jan 10 – 30 Apr 10
Address
455-497 Oxford St, W1K 6DE
Transport Marble Arch
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm (closed Apr 4, Easter Sunday)
£15.50, concs £13, children (4-14) £11, family £44
Telephone
0844 847 1745
Oh the kids will love this one, Oxford street has used a temporary public space to create a life size like Jurassic forest with 24 animatronics dinosaurs including kids favorite T-Rex, triceratops and Stegosaurus.
2. London Wetland Centre details
Queen Elizabeth’s Walk, London, SW13 9WT
Transport Hammersmith, then duck bus (283)
Telephone
020 8409 4400
Adult: £9.95âEUR¨Concession: £7.40 (over 65 years, disabled, full-time students, unemployed) âEUR¨Child: £5.50 (4- 16 years) âEUR¨Family: £27.75 (2 adults & 2 children, 4-16 years)âEUR¨Children (under 4 years): Free
Date: 13 – 21 February Venue:London Wetland Centre
A packed programme of events all week including ‘The carbon dioxide show’, interactive events about climate change featuring alka-seltzer rockets, a soda volcano, a sand castle destroying contest and a cola geyser! Plus pond dipping, arts & crafts and ‘sustainable’ games. (Taken from the London Wetland Centre)
3. National History Museum
Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 5BD
Transport South Kensington
Telephone
020 7942 5000
10am-5.50pm daily (last adm 5.30pm)
£9, children & seniors £4.50, under-fours free, family (up to 2 + 3) £24
The beauty, drama and infinite variety of the natural world is celebrated in this annual photography competition and exhibition, a joint enterprise between the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine. This year the exhibition is housed in a larger venue to accommodate the crowds which invariably flock to it, and the images are displayed in a larger format. A key component of the show are the stories which accompany the photos, describing the often remarkable conditions under which each photographer captured their winning shot. (Taken from the Time Out Website)
While you are there make a day of it and spend the time at the History Museum, entrance is FREE.
4. Diana Princess of Wales memorial garden
Nr Black Lion Gate, Broad Walk, Kensington Gardens, London, W2 2UH
Transport Bayswater
Telephone
020 7298 2117/ 2141 (recorded info)
May-Aug 10am-7.45pm daily, Apr & Sep 10am-6.45pm, Mar & early 10am-5.45pm, Feb & late Oct 10am-4.45pm, Nov-Jan 10am-3.45pm
This popular playground is for kids aged 12 and under, it has recently been renovated and now includes play tunnels. Improvements have been made to the vast wooden pirate ship sailing a sea of sand, this is the playgrounds main attraction since it opened in 2000 where children compete for the control of the ships wheel.
For further information about: – London Wetland Visit http://www.wwt.org.uk – National History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk
Why not make a night of it, stay at the Kensington West. We are the new breed of budget hotels that offer that little bit more. Our guests have stated on trip advisor that our beds ‘The hotel staff was excellent with the children’.
We are offering our family rooms at the double room prices, yes that right 2 kids stay free. Please contact our friendly reservations desk on 020 76029954 and quote SKBHTERM. (Double room rates are based on the rates on http://www.kensingtonwest.org )
Offer is subject to availability valid from 16th Feb – 22nd Feb 2010.
