What do you do on a UK holiday?

[Hemsbyboc]

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!

I do wonder how many of these activities anybody has done during covid. All of the brown tourist signs have closed across them. We have seen no boat trips advertised in several ports we have been to today. The place is dead, honestly

Have you been to South stack? Take a boat trip from Beaumaris, there is a sea life place in Anglesea

I had a wonderful holiday in Pembrokeshire one year. It was gorgeous.

Wales is not known for great weather though, they have a lot of rain. There are some lovely beaches.

Devon, Cornwall and North Norfolk are my favourite places for holidays, I've been many times to all and had good weather most of the time.

Paddle boarding is great around Anglesey and there's a really good theme park - Greenwood. Good rides for teens. Anglesey sea zoo is good too, local castles are great and the mountain zoo is supposed to be really good. Beaumaris really good to visit. There's loads to do.

You can SUP in llanberis. Places are open, restrictions lifted.

Unbelievable!

This and threads like this really fucking annoy me. Like previous posters have said, maybe try and do a little research before going, this isn't just a UK vs Abroad thing unless you usually just lay around a pool and use childcare/clubs/entertainment to deal with the children.

I really do not get this whole obsession with having to have a holiday abroad or feeling like you have missed out att5itude here, but I did not grow up in this country so have a different outlook I suppose. Then again I also do not like the heat so that may be half of it

We struggle with Wales when the weather was bad, my teens moaned a lot though stupidly we are going again this year but north Wales so we have booked Chester zoo and we are staying somewhere that has activities for older kids.

We always holiday in the uk and yes the weather can be pretty grim so we try and plan a few indoor activities or a trip to a big town/city to go shopping or eat somewhere fancy.

South Stack lighthouse is closed due to Covid, true.
But Beaumaris Castle, Plas Newydd, the outdoor activity centre I suggested before - they are all open.

Outside activities are your friend. The key is to keep the children active and moving (unfortunately that also means you have to be too). Things we do include mountain biking, hill walking, climbing, surfing, zip lining, canyoning (not for the faint hearted), trail running. Beach barbecues are fun if you get the weather. The way to survive a uk holiday is lots of physical activity so they are so exhausted by the time you get back to your accommodation they are content just to relax. I enjoy this type of holiday but I can see why lots wouldn’t. It’s not the most relaxing break!

Kayaking, caving, climbing, coasteering etc all good suggestions for teens and doable in Wales. I second hiking (up Snowdon or similar) because its more that just a walk but you seem against that.

Also open - the Seazoo. Forgot that one - classic wet weather activity.

@MyDcAreMarvel

Anglesey is beautiful and plenty to do, are you on a wind up op?

Ding ding!

My husband's from somewhere sunny and warm in the summer with tonnes of snow in winter (not UK!). He loves the Lakes and wants to retire there. Attitude is everything.

To be fair, the Days Out With The Kids page you linked is pretty much all about the beaches! If I were you, I would hop on a train to somewhere like Liverpool or Manchester where there will be a lot more city break type activities to do.

If its north coastal llandudno is good and the pier, and the trip up the great orme on the train.
If its west wales then Porthmadog is nice with a train up to ffestiniog for a nice stop as a cafe back again (the views are superb).
north and West wales id also suggest zip world or zip world also do a trampolining thing in caves.
South wales, Tenbys pretty nice and We enjoyed Milford Haven for an hour

I know the ziplining was open at zip world, my mate went last summer, and more restrictions were back then. But still double check online.

I bloody love Anglesey. And there's a model village!
Maybe I'm just a pleb, but I don't think you can beat UK holidays. I'm not a sun worshipper though, so...

Only boring people are bored

I agree, you don't deserve a holiday if can't manage to think of nice things to do,good grief!

Wales is beautiful, especially in the rain (which is just as well as it always rains)!
We were in Cornwall a couple of weeks ago, dd(16), ds1(20)+ his girlfriend and ds2 (19).
We took books and lay on the beach in the sun, swam and played in the sea, used our English heritage cards(there is a Welsh equivalent), visited the local cider farm, ate cream teas, hired cycles for the camel trail, walked the coastal path, went horse trekking.
All of these things are also available in Wales. There is oakwood theme park, the castles in Pembrokeshire. There are water sports, adventure parks etc. You have to be proactive.
As I said, in Wales expect rain and plan accordingly.
We also played cards/board games in the evenings and just enjoyed spending relaxed time together.

To be fair, the Days Out With The Kids page you linked is pretty much all about the beaches!

No - there were other activities listed on the six pages . It was just an example of one website though, there are plenty of others that list things for teenagers.

@Hemsbyboc to be honest doesn't sound like you want to be there at all. And I am sure your DC are picking up on this.

Why post and get loads of fantastic suggestions just to continue moaning?

You are clearly on a holiday you don't want to be on with your very well travelled children.

Either make the best of it or go home.

I think people in this thread either have very unusual teens or are just on to have a go.

What teenager enjoys walking round castles/national trust with their parents? Do you see many when you are there? No because they’d rather sit in the car for 5 hours! ‘Exploring Stonehenge’ my arse. You walk round, cry at the cost, realise it’s dull as fuck and that’s it. Zoos and exploring rock pools is wonderful for primary aged kids yes, but you won’t see a teen there not under duress.

Why do we have to pretend that our lovely youth will enjoy this stuff? No wonder half end up pissed in parks just for the hell of it. Sorry about your holiday OP.

Great. The only place to eat in the village stops serving food at half 8. Don't tell me this is better than the biggest shithole in Spain

@Sunshineshow

I think people in this thread either have very unusual teens or are just on to have a go.

What teenager enjoys walking round castles/national trust with their parents? Do you see many when you are there? No because they’d rather sit in the car for 5 hours! ‘Exploring Stonehenge’ my arse. You walk round, cry at the cost, realise it’s dull as fuck and that’s it. Zoos and exploring rock pools is wonderful for primary aged kids yes, but you won’t see a teen there not under duress.

Why do we have to pretend that our lovely youth will enjoy this stuff? No wonder half end up pissed in parks just for the hell of it. Sorry about your holiday OP.

It's OP that chose the holiday though, not everywhere is the same.