Canterbury city centre
Canterbury Cathedral · Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK
Three indoor stops a few minutes apart in the walled city. Children go free at the cathedral, the underground Roman museum has a mosaic floor still in place and objects to handle, and the free Beaney finishes the day with natural history cases and family trails.
Landmark · 10:00–11:30 (1h30m)
Pick up a children's trail; children go free under the cathedral's Kids Go Free scheme (terms apply).
England's mother church, a vast medieval cathedral with crypts, cloisters and stained glass, set inside a walled precinct in the middle of Canterbury. Children go free under the cathedral's Kids Go Free scheme and there are trails to follow.
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK
Museum · 11:40–12:45 (1h5m)
Underground Roman town house with a hands-on area; lunch in a nearby café afterwards.
An indoor museum in Canterbury, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Linda Spashett (Storye book)
Museum · 14:00–15:15 (1h15m)
Free museum and gallery with toilets and baby change.
An indoor museum in Canterbury, aimed at ages 4 and up.
Photo: Geni
South EastLyndhurst
Morning walks under some of the tallest trees in the New Forest along Ornamental Drive, starting at Bolderwood and moving on to the redwoods of the Tall Trees Trail. The afternoon is at Beaulieu, where one ticket covers racing cars, a monorail and a stately home.
Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary → Blackwater Arboretum and Tall Trees Trail → Beaulieu National Motor Museum
South EastPortsmouth Harbour
Spend most of the day at the historic dockyard going aboard HMS Victory and HMS Warrior and seeing the raised Tudor warship Mary Rose. End by going up the Spinnaker Tower next door for a view across the Solent to the Isle of Wight.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard → Spinnaker Tower
South EastMilton Keynes
A morning on the trail of the wartime codebreakers at Bletchley Park, with hands-on code-cracking for children. In the afternoon, climb the viewing mound in Campbell Park's sculpture-filled grounds and finish at Willen Lake's playgrounds, splash park and Peace Pagoda.
Bletchley Park → Campbell Park → Willen Lake
