Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard · Photo: Colin Smith
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.
Landmark · 10:00–15:30 (5h30m)
Pick three or four ships and museums rather than everything; eat at the dockyard cafés.
A working naval base where families can go aboard HMS Victory and HMS Warrior, see the Tudor warship Mary Rose and join attractions spread around the docks. One ticket covers multiple sites and is worth a full day.
Photo: Colin Smith
Landmark · 15:45–16:45 (1h)
Stand on the glass floor and look for the Isle of Wight on a clear day.
An indoor and outdoor landmark in Portsmouth.
Photo: Editor5807
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 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
South EastCanterbury city centre
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.
Canterbury Cathedral → Canterbury Roman Museum → The Beaney
