| Adventure | Adventure playground, Extreme Sports |
Historical | Museum, Historical Interactive Learning |
Discovery |
Interactive Museum, Learning Experience |
| Animals | Zoo, Safari Park, Sanctuary, Bird Avary |
Theme Park |
Theme Park Rides and Attractions |
Water Park | Water Rides and Attractions |
| Bedfordshire |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Woburn Safari Park
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| Animals |
Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable Home to more than 2,500 animals, many endangered in the wild. They have the big five; lions, elephants, giraffes, bears and rhinos, with so many more to see too. Take a steam train ride to make sure you see everything you missed. A Go Ape tree climbing centre is there too. |
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Woburn Safari Park, Woburn The largest conservation park in Europe. On the road safari drive through the reserves for a close up counter with many animals. Take the foot safari and visit the sealions, monkeys and many others. There is a play arc for the older kids and a toddlers play area for the little ones. |
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| Berkshire | ||||||||
| Adventure |
Go Ape, Swinley Forest Bracknell A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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Legoland, Windsor Over 50 interactive rides, shows, building workshops, driving schools and attractions for 3 - 12 year olds all set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland. The park was refurbished oin 2008 and one of the new additions is Pharoland. |
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| Bristol |
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| Animals |
Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton Spend a fun-packed day with over 450 amazing species from lions to love beetles. With most of the exhibits under cover, you can enjoy your visit whatever the weather. |
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| Adventure |
Aerial Extreme, Milton Keynes One of the worlds first urban adventure ropes course. With over 50 obstacles, it is a tough challege for anyone. There are speedy zip wires, mid air jumps, suspended gravity defying climbing walls and much more. Minumum age is only 6 and no experience is required at all.
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Go Ape, Wendover Woodland Park A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Advenutre |
Xscape, Milton Keynes Award winning indoor attraction, SNO!Zone real snow ski slope, Airkix flight chamber, Vertical Chill rock climbing wall. |
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| Theme Park |
Gulliver's Land, Milton Keynes Family theme park for children aged 3 - 13. Dora and Diego, Gully Town and Jungle Ball Shot are new for 2009. Over 40% of the rides are undercoverso great for the unpredictable British weather. A magical castle, en enchanted forest and farytale workshop are jet a few of the attractions here. |
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| Cheshire | ||||||||
| Adventure |
Aerial Extreme, Knowsley Safari Park The worlds biggest arial advenutre course with over 60 abstacles. Take on the challenge of speedy zip wires, mid air jumps, suspended gravity defying climbing walls and much more. Children from the age of 6 can have a go as no experience is needed.
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Go Ape, Delemere Forest A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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Chester Zoo, Chester Every visit to Chester Zoo is a unique and exciting experience! The UK's number one Zoo, close to the historic city of Chester, is set in 110 acres of award-winning gardens. In this spectacular setting are over 7000 animals - more than 400 species of rare, exotic and endangered wildlife. |
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| Theme Park |
Gulliver's World, Warrington Family theme park for kids aged 3 - 13. Dora and Diego are new to the park for 2009, along witt Gully Town, Splashzone, Circus Rides and Ball Blast. There are both undercover and outside attractions and rides which is great for unpredictable British weather. |
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| Animals |
Blue Reef Aquarium, Newquay Be amazed by the local marine species from the Cornish coast to hundreds of tropical species in the gigantic ocean display complete with underwater tunnel. With over 40 living displays featuring fascinating marine life from around the world, Blue Reef has plenty to offer all visitors. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Grizedale Forest Park A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Whinlatter Forest Park A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Animals |
Lakes Aquarium, Newby Bridge An award winning Aquarium with beautiful themed displays containing fresh water creatures from around the world along with otters, marmosets, tortoises, diving ducks and tropical fish. Play in the world's first Virtual Dive Bell and meet the, hippo, shark and crocodile.
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South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton-In-Furness The only Zoo in Britain to hold both Amur and SumatranTigers. The 17 acres of land is home to many protected species. They have Margay's some of the few in this country. |
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| Adventure |
Conkers, Swadlincote An award winning attraction set in the heart of The National Forest with both indoor and outdoor activities. Kids can play in the Enchanted Forest Adventure Play Area, go pond dipping in the woodland and visit the indoor discovery centre. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Buxton A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Theme Park |
Gulliver's Kingdom, Matlock Bath A family theme park for ages 3 - 13. Dora and Diego, Lost Kingdom or dinosaurs and Party House Play are some of the new attractions for 2009. With rides and shows both outdoor and undercover it makes this theme park suitable for the British weather. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Haldon Forest Exeter A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Animals |
Martin Combe Wildlife and Dinosaur Park Fancy a swin with a sealion? Well you can do it here along with experiencing the thrills of flying one of the Harris Hawks yourself. All this with more to see, lions, meerkats, wolves primates pengiouns and more. Lets not forget the life sized animatronic dinosaurs they look so real! |
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| Discovery |
Diggerland, Cullompton |
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| Animals |
Oceanarium, Bournemouth Take an underwater adventure around the waters of the world and come face to face with hundreds of awesome creatures. Home to all your favourites from flamboyant clownfish and tiny terrapins, to stunning sharks and the infamous piranha. Immerse yourself in a sea of colour, with 10 spectacular recreated environments. |
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| Discovery |
Diggerland, Langley Park |
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| Animals |
Colchester Zoo, Stanway Home to over 270 species in 60 acres of parkland, Colchester Zoo is a part of many international breeding programmes for endangered animals. Interactive daily displays get you closer to the animals including the chance to feed the elephants and giraffes yourself! |
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Adventure Island, Southend On Sea On both ends of Southends Pier you will find this free admission funpark with over 60 rides and attractions. With three types of rides big adventure, junior and mini rides there is something for every age range. Buy a wristband depending on what types of rides you want to go on.
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Forest Of Dean A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Hampshire |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Moors Valley Country Park A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Animals |
Blue Reef Aquarium, South Sea, Portsmouth With over 40 living displays featuring fascinating marine life from around the world, Blue Reef has plenty to offer all visitors. Take the ultimate undersea safari at Blue Reef Aquarium, Tynemouth. Enjoy close encounters with seahorses, sharks, giant octopus, frogs, otters and hundreds of other incredible aquatic creatures. |
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| Herefordshire |
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| Animals |
Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne The UK's most interactive zoo. Get really close to our animals, including tigers, lions, monkeys, zebras, camels and many more. What makes Paradise unique is the fact you can touch and feed many of them. Not to mention our other rides & attractions. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Leeds Castle A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Bedgebury A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Discovery |
Diggerland, Strood |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Rivington A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Animals |
Blackpool Zoo & Dinosaur Safari, Blackpool This Zoo is home to more than 1500 exotic animals that include lions, tigers, Asian elephants, gorillas, orang utans, camels, kangaroos, zebras, red river hogs, sea lions, tapirs, otters, llamas, capybara, large families of rare primates and much, much more |
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool One of the UK's landmark theme parks. In the coastal resord of Blackpool with a choice of the most amazing shows and rides. Home to Europe's tallest coaster 'Pepsi Max Big One' towering at 235ft. A must visit theme park for those adrenaline ride junkies.
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Camelot Theme Park, Chorley A land of great knights and amazing days. You can see the magical sorcery of a wizard one minute and knights battling it out in spectacular jousting tournaments the next. Twisting, turning thrill a minute rides, breathtaking shows and exciting entertainment. |
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Twin Lakes Park, Melton Mowbray The 70 acre park is already packed with playtime magic for all ages and all weather. There’s 10 playzones and over 100,000 sq.ft of indoor adventure and rides. Our latest new rides and attractions help bring a new dimension of fun and variety to the family day out. |
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National Space Centre, Leicester Dedicated to the past the present and future of space. In 2007 the National Space Centre was voted Large Visitor Attraction of the Year. It is home over 150 interactive experiences and has the UK's largest planetarium. Make sure you try to visit on the Movie Mania weekend held in September! |
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| London (Central) |
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London Zoo, Regents Park The Zoo has over 750 species of animal, from the smallest monkey to the tall giraffe. Animal Adventure is the new exhibit which lets children climb, swing and visit the lookout towers for a treetop view of the world and includes a spashzone and a story Tipi.
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| Discovery |
The Movieum Of London Take a journey through the various film genres from Heroes to Horror, from Sci-Fi to Spy and Fantasy to Musicals, beautifully illustrated through a huge collection of iconic costumes, props, models, production notes and on set stills. |
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Ultimate James Bond Adventure, Millenium Pier Southbank This Thames boat trip is a James Bond Style extravaganza not to be forgotten, and will offer you the ultimate London boat adventure! Voted by TimeOut as a 'must do' experience for Londoners and visitors alike.
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London Duck Tours,Chicheley Street More than just a sightseeing tour; it's an exciting road and river adventure for people of all ages. The amphibious vehicles drive past famous London landmarks such as BIg Ben, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar square, etc. 75 minute land and water tour. |
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| Experience |
Madame Tussauds London, Marylebone Road A world famous attraction with an amazing display of waxwork sculptures. Mingle and interact with all those famous people you have dreamt of meeting. |
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| Historical |
London Bridge Experience and The London Tombs, Tooley Street |
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| Historical |
The London Dungeon Transport yourself back to the darkest moments in the capital's history within the deep depths of the London Dungeon with live actors, shows, two rides and interactive special effects. Everything based on real historical event from Jack the Ripper to The Great Fire Of London. |
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| Middlesex |
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| Adventure |
BeWILDerwood, Hoveton A huge forest of wild family fun and adventure with characters taken from the children's book 'A Boggle at Bewilderwood' written by Tom Blofeld. Treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges, mysterious marsh walks and an undercover outdoor cafe. Take the river boat back at the end of a busy day. |
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| Animals |
Banham Zoo, Banham Home to more than 1000 animals sset in acres of land. You can get up close to some of the most amazing animals in the world, just a glass screen between you and the tigers. The best part of this zoo is being able to hand feed the giraffes. A zoo with minimal distance between you and the animals! |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Matfen A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Sherwood Pines A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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Sundown Adventureland, Rampton A fun place for the under 10's. All children love the 'Story Book Village', hear those wonderful tales spring magically to life. Rides, shows and a magical day out. Christmas is an amazing time to visit here with many festivities to get you in the christmas spirit. |
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| Animals |
Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens, Burford Cotswold Wildlife Park is set in 160 acres of parkland and gardens around a listed Victorian Manor House. The Park is home to a fascinating and varied collection of mammals, birds, reptiles and intertebrates from all over the world and aspires to show animals to people - so that they can come to understand and respect all forms of wildlife
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Aerial Extreme, Trentham Estate Set in the grounds of the 750 acre Trenthan Estate the adrenaline junkies or novice adventurers can have a go. Anyone over 1.4m can have a go at the 3 - 14m above the ground challenges on speedy zip wires, mid air jumps, suspended gravity defying climbing walls and much more. |
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Go Ape, Cannock Forest
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Monkey Forest, Trentham Estate Experience the rare oppertunity to walk amongst 140 free roaming Barbary Macaques. Walking through the 60 acres of beautiful woodland and meadows with no bars or cages to hinder your views you really can observe their natural behaviour. |
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| Theme Park |
Alton Towers, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent Theme park for all ages, there are rides and activities to keep everyone busy for the whole day. forget to check Sharkbait Reef and Cloud Cookoo Land is new for 2009. |
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| Theme Park |
Drayton Manor, Tamworth Packed with loads of great rides and attractions set in 280 acres of lakes and parkland. It features some of the biggest, wettest and scaries rides around. Apocalypse is the worlds first stand up tower drop. Shockwave is Europes only stand up rollercoast |
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Cariba Creek Splash Landings, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent A heated oasis of of fun for all the family. Boasting hundreds of fantastic water features, from lazy rivers and crazy cannons to the sensational speed of the master blaster water rollercoaster, it offers gallons of excitement for kids of all ages. |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Thetford Forest A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Animals |
Blue Reef Aquarium, Hastings During your visit you'll come face to face with everything from giant crabs and lobsters to seahorses and tropical sharks and you'll find get a chance to find out more about these creatures amazing lives in over 40 naturally recreated displays. |
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| Surrey |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Alice Holt Forest A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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| Theme Park |
Chessington World of Adventure, Chessington A whole world of adventure in one place with exciting rides, a walk on the wild side in the parks animal packed zoo and a new SELIFE centre added winter 2009. |
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| Theme Park |
Thorpe Park, Chertsey Just 20 miles from central London the park provides extreme rollercoasters; adrenaline-fuelled attractions and exhilarating rides as one of Europe's most popular theme parks. Don't forget to try 'Saw - The Ride' the first ever horror themed ride.
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Drusillas Park, Alfriston Listed 12th in the Sunday Times 50 best days out in Britain. Running since 1930's with over 100 species of animals. Great for Thomas the Tank Engine fans with a Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel train ride and loads of Thomas merchandise in the shop. |
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| Tyne & Wear |
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| Animals |
Blue Reef Aquarium, Tynemouth With over 40 living displays featuring fascinating marine life from around the world, Blue Reef has plenty to offer all visitors. Take the ultimate undersea safari at Blue Reef Aquarium, Tynemouth. Enjoy close encounters with seahorses, sharks, giant octopus, frogs, otters and hundreds of other incredible aquatic creatures. |
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Warwick Castle, Warwick The castle witnessed some of the darkest, bloodiest and most frightening times in history. Scary dungeons, a mirrored maze, torture chambers and jousting tournaments are just some of the things you will see. Excellent fortress playground. |
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| Discovery |
Cadbury World, Birmingham Fourteen amazing zones - one fantastic day out. Discover how chocolate is made, where it originates from and taste the products! Try every one of the fantastic interactive zones from chasing cadbury creme eggs to growing your own cocoa beans and watching it rain chocolate. |
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| Animals |
Longleat Animal Park, Warminster As featured on BBC's Animal Park. Visit the animals on the safari park drive and on foot in the Africa Reserve. You can get lost in the Blue Peter Maze and try the adventure castle. You'll never see anything in one day so worth staying overnight and visiting the next day.
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| Worcestershire |
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| Adventure |
Go Ape, Wyre Forest A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines.
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| Adventure |
Arial Extreme, Bedale, North Yorkshire A tree based Adventure Ropes Course, set within the beautiful 250 acre grounds of the Camphill Estate in North Yorkshire is a truly a remarkable experience as you climb into the forest canopy and the adventure begins. With over 25 exciting tree top elements, it doesn't matter whether you are a novice adventurer or a serial adrenalin junkie |
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Go Ape, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire A high wire forest adventure with an adrenaline packed obstacle course up in the trees. Using harnesses, pulleys and karabiners allow you to climb ladders, walkways, bridges and tunnels made of wood, rope and super-strong wire and to top it off some of the best zip lines. |
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Xscape, Castleford, West Yorkshire
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Ponderosa, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire Ponderosa is a rural thereputic centre, originally built to provide jobs and stimulation for disabled and handicapped young adults. There are many farm amimals and more exotic animals, reptiles and birds to see. You can hold snakes, stroke llamas, ride horses and more. |
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| Animals |
The Deep, Hull, Humberside |
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| Discovery |
Eureka!, Halifax, West Yorkshire Everything at Eureka! has been designed to inspire children to find out about themselves and the world around them through 100s of hands-on exhibits.Eureka! was recently named one of the top three Favourite Family Days Out by The Independent. Eureka! believes that play is an opportunity to build relationships, to share, to laugh, to build confidence and learn together. |
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| Discovery |
Diggerland, Castleford, West Yorkshire Filled with every imaginable ride associated with diggers. Kids can drive their own digger, ride the sky shuttle, join the LandRover safari, dig for burried treasure and much much more. Great for little (and big) boys who like to play in the mud and might like to joyride in the dirt! |
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| Historical |
Dig York, York, North Yorkshire You are invited to grab a trowel, get stuck in and uncover artefacts from Roman, Viking and Medieval ages to the victorian period. |
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| Historical |
Yorvik Viking Centre, York, North Yorkshire Embark on a ride and step back in time to AD975 and take a journey through the reconstruction of viking age streets. You can take a walk around artefact rooms to see real viking finds. |
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| Historical |
The York Dungeon, York, North Yorkshire Live actors, shows and interactive special effects ensure that you face your fears head on in this unique experience. Everything that you see is based on real historical events from the Labyrinth of the Lost Roman Legion to the chilling tale of highwayman Dick Turpin, torture and the plague. |
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| Theme Park |
Flamingo Land, Malton, North Yorkshire The Theme park has 6 extreme rides, 15 family rides and 11 kiddies rides and attractions and some train/cablecar type rides for everyone. Inside the park is a zoo with a very large baboon enclosure and some Lions, Giraffes and a few other animals. |
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| Theme Park |
Lightwater Valley, Ripon, North Yorkshire Home to over 40 rides and attractions for kids for all ages with the Wild River Rapids are for 2009. Visit the shopping village and the birds of prey centre to make the most of your day out - if you can fit it all in! |
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