What do you do on a UK holiday?

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First time on a UK holiday in my life. Kids have never been out of the city they were born in unless in a plane.
They are bored to tears.
What do you do??
Don't want to say exact location but it is coastal wales and we have driven here.
Honestly don't blame the folk going abroad despite restrictions. We are climbing the walls.
Been to 4 villages, takes less than an hour to walk around each one. Shitty cafés, food like school dinners. Tide is in so looked at the sea. Everybody in full winter clobber. I am not investing in body boards cos I never want to come back. Wales match is not even showing anywhere. I am 90% leaning towards cutting my losses and going home tomorrow, I have decorating/gardening I could be doing.

Save us mnetters!

Had anyone mentioned King kebabs yet? My sister lived on Anglesey for 3 years and that was my main reason for visiting tbh 😁 there's also an absolutely massive climbing centre that teens might like.

allsafariboot Sun 27-Jun-21 13:04:42
Pre-pandemic a lot of people held the attitude, or unquestioned assumption, that a holiday must be abroad. I can well believe a family would never have gone anywhere in Britain outside their own city.
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The pandemic was only last year and this year. I know a lot of people like to book a couple of weeks away abroad somewhere, I have myself, but I don't know anyone who hasn't visited at least some of the nooks and crannies of the UK, if only for a few days at a time. There is so much to see and do here and we do have good weather, just can't depend on it.

In my experience as a Londoner my non-British friends and colleagues lack the urge or the background knowledge to travel in the UK. Some of them do then decide to make the effort to go out and travel around but some never do get interested. It’s not really surprising, given the fact that they normally have families and friends pulling them overseas in their limited holiday time and they normally lack the network of friends and family and history of childhood trips pulling them to various locations in the U.K.

You'd think curiousity would spur them? I can't imagine living in another country and not going to different places, just out of interest. The UK has some fascinating places and amazing history.

You never coming back but still want to watch the Welsh match! I'd love to know where you are and point you in the right direction, Wales has everything 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You sound like my ex and his two awful twins. Couldn't find fun in anything unless entertainment was laid on or it was something that ran on electricity (rides or a PlayStation etc).

We normally take a uk holiday between Christmas and new year, as don’t really have family to visit. We take a load of dvds and any new stuff from Christmas, get in a load of nice food and chill out. As well as walks on the beach, coffee and cake, all the usual stuff. I get more bored on poolside holidays to be honest

Buy a couple of kites. Good fun till they get tangled up.

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You never coming back but still want to watch the Welsh match! I'd love to know where you are and point you in the right direction, Wales has everything 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The OP is Danish, that's why she wanted to watch the match.

I’ve read this thread with a lot of interest as I’ve just booked a week in Anglesey with my dc and dps for September so I’ve been making a list of the suggestions! We’re also, coincidentally, planning a trip to northern Germany and Denmark for next summer. Whilst I think it’s unusual to not visit any other places in the UK at all, when I was a child we always went on holiday to France and the only UK place we really visited was the Lake District. My siblings and I did sports at weekends so very rarely went on days out (no time or money!) and I’ve never been on a UK city break with my family at all. I didn’t go to London until I was 20 and theme parks etc I mainly did with friends as a teen because my family weren’t interested. We’re actually going to Wales this year because my mum has never been despite living in Lancashire her whole life. I do think it’s a bit unfair that the OP is getting so much stick and hopefully they’ve all had a better day today.

I can tell you what people on holiday in Cornwall are doing on this rainy day. They are driving their huge SUVs like idiots and clogging up M&S.

For people who like resort holidays with entertainment and pools (inside and outdoors), there are such places in the UK. You don't have to spend all your time there, can go out to visit other places, but they are quite nice, especially in the evening, and very family friendly.

My very best family holidays were in North Norfolk. Holkham beach is seven miles of sand. There are other beaches too and many quaint places to visit, quite unspoiled.

So we've recently come back from south west wales and we loved it! Things we did.

Castles: Carreg Cennen and Dinefwr
Brecon Beacons: 4 waterfalls (Sgwd Yr Eira etc) plus drive up to the Black Mountain Road carpark past midnight and watch the stars.
LLanelli Wetland Centre, further west there's St Brides Bay and St Davids, further north, Anglesey and Snowdonia.

You need to do something abit more action packed for teens; in Wales, you could go to zip world, surf snowdonia, coasteering, canyoning, white water rafting or horse riding. Unfortunately it will cost you abit of cash! Wales is lovely, but understand that teens just want to be on WiFi xx

Do us all a favour and don’t come back if you have that kind of attitude - our country is a beautiful one. Sounds like your experiences have been isolated to the area you are in.

Go for picnics, have a traditional pub lunch on the coast, go for sea walks. Good God, it sounds like someone needs to open up your eyes.

Currently on holiday in Scotland

We have so far:
Been swimming twice
Off roading
Falconry lesson
Lawn games
Boules
Playpark
Lots of eating and drinking

We are off to coastal wales in August. We are planning, body boards/paddle boards, you can hire and don’t have to buy, give it a go 23 all love it and Ive just turned 50. Surf lessons, some fantastic surf in wales and some of the best beaches. Loads of castles to visit, mountains, either Snowdonia or Brecon Beacons depending on the part you are are in, waterfall walks. Hire some bikes and have an explore. I know for a fact lots of visitor attractions in the snowdonia area, what about the really big zip line, can’t remember what it’s called. If your in North Wales, Port Merion. Wales is likely to be a bit colder and wetter than Cornwall, bit it’s never bad weather, it’s just bad clothing choices. Ffestiniog, Betwys coed, some examples of places to visit.

Well, we always used to holiday in the UK. We never took the children on holiday abroad. What did we do? We walked, took them to places of interest and the local swimming pool. I have to say that none of our family sunbathe or like the sun.

Didn’t you research what to do before you went? How old are the kids?
We go to the Isle of Wight and it’s grown with our kids. Never ever boring! When the weather is not beach weather don’t forget there would usually be swimming pools, theatres, cinemas, indoor play etc. It’s not wales that’s boring, it’s the pandemic.
Have you checked a good area for rock pooling when the tide is out? Hired bikes? Is there a castle within reach? These are things most kids love.
What do you do on non-U.K. holidays?

Go to Portmeirion. It looks fab

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread but your kids - whatever their age - will be led by your enthusiasm. We have film nights and games, a treat of a meal out, as well as trips out to places, walks, cycle rides. Must have worked - my kids are adults now and we still go away and enjoy ourselves. Might help that we live in a tiny house so part of the excitement for us is going somewhere much nicer than where we live. And the only one meal out is because money is tight and the nice cottage is our extravagance!

Sounds like you've been unlucky with the weather and with the area itself, it sounds like it's too quiet.

Our teens quite like wandering around small villages and towns as long as there's a good selection of shops to explore, places to have lunch, places to eat ice cream.

We play board games if it's rainy, or do quizzes, but then we do those at home too and they enjoy them there so we're in the groove with that already.

We hire bikes, go on bike rides. We go and nosy around at whatever the local area has to offer, castles, visitor attractions, zoos, national trust places etc. In the past we've found outdoor swimming pools, crazy golf, cinemas.

We love eating out so go somewhere with good restaurants.

We've had so many fantastic UK holidays, but mostly we've been incredibly lucky with the weather.

Try not to let this put you off ALL UK holidays, just pick a better area next time, with more to do locally.

For our upcoming UK holiday we'll have beach nearby, lots of little towns to explore, and the river for paddleboarding and canoeing, plus we'll hire bikes and eat out as much as we can afford. Can't wait.

My advice is don't on holiday until you can go abroad - you are plainly all so spoiled you can't amuse yourselves for 2 minutes so stay home glued to your devices I would say

UK staycations are best if you book somewhere like centre parcs... Or a great Welsh one is Bluestones that offer children things to do.

But other than that, teach your child about the UK. Visit new places, go hill walking and try new things. Visit a castle. Your holiday does sound boring but you don't seem to be good at coming up with ideas if you resort to staying in a city f your whole time and going abroad. The UK has plenty amazing places and days out. Your making it boring.
And btw.... Its good for kids to be bored. Let them use their imagination, if they even have one.

If you normally go somewhere like Barcelona, why would you go to the polar opposite type of place in the UK?

It would be like going to rural Galicia & moaning about lack of cities...

Plus some of us are local to this area, the Internet does work here. Piss poor attitude.