Tell me of 10 uk attractions/landmarks that my children shouldn't miss out on.

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Ill start.

1. Buckingham Palace
2. House of Commons
3. Windsor Castle
4. Hampton Court Palace
5. Llangollan cannal
6. Edinburgh castle
7. Hadrian's wall
8. Culloden battlefield
9. Royal Mile

10. Cairngorms

1. Winnats Pass
2. Aber Falls
3. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
4. Heights of Abraham
5. Natural history museum
6. Bristol Aquarium
7. Wookey Hole
8. Blackpool Pleasure Beach & the Tower
9. Monkeyworld

10. Castle Coch

@SourMilkGhyll

Angel of the north Queensferry crossing + Forth road + rail bridge Yorkshire dales, dry stone walls and barns Lands end + John o'groats Fort William to Mallaig train journey Alnwick castle + Holy island Natural History museum Tower of London, London bridge Lake District Globe theatre

I'm curious as to what is so special about Yorkshire's dry stone walls? I live in a neighbouring county and they seem exactly the same here and exactly the same as the county I grew up in about 300 miles away. Are they not all over the UK? Not trying to be rude, just interested!

1 Clifton suspension bridge
2 Tower of London
3 SS Great Britain
4 St. Paul’s Cathedral
5 The Mary Rose
6 Ironbridge museum complex
7 Offa’s Dyke
8 Lullingstone Roman villa
9 The Manchester Ship Canal
10 The Angel of the North

I much prefer @InTheLabyrinth list. Sorry OP. I don't think it's the actual place but rather the idea that is important. More experiences, than attractions?

Kew Gardens
Durrell Zoo
Chatsworth House
St Fagins
Beamish
York (the Minster, Jorvik, railway museum)
Natural History Museum
Tower of London
Avebury
Norfolk Broads

The Forbidden Corner

I've not heard of loads of these 😬

Trafalgar Square
London Bridge
Tower of London
Dover Castle
Angel of the North
Oxford and Cambridge
Sherwood Forest
Giant's Causeway

Thanks for starting this thread OP. I will be making a note of many of these suggestions.

My kids favourite things

Tower bridge
Big Ben
any beach
Warwick castle
Chessington
Paultons Park
Natural history museum
Science museum
British museum - mummies
London zoo
Howletts

Castlerigg stone circle.
Wastwater
King Henry Ferry
Bewilderwood.
St Michael's Mount.
Lindisfarne
Iona (looking out for white tailed eagles on the way through Mull).
Blakeney mud bathing.
Natural history museum.
National art gallery.

Great thread!

What age?

What personalities?

What will they enjoy? I mean a lot of the suggestions sound not so fascinating for a kid! They have their whole lives to see things, according to what they like and when they feel like it!

My biggest cheerful childhood memories are things pretty random and generally to do with family days out nothing special. Me and brother playing in back of car with seats down driving to see relatives (80s).

Die efterling in Netherlands.

Playing space Invaders and pacman in a 'games room' with brother in some random hotel.

Ice cream on beach seaside England.

The swings me and bro went to near grans

Etc etc.

What I have grim memories of-

Really long boring walks to look at a view or rock or something.

Castles that turned out to be small hills to look at.

Being traipsed around various stately homes, gardens, massive museums etc.

Just for a different pov!

How old OP? I can tell you some stuff that was a hit!

• The Kelpies
• The white horse
• Alisa Craig
• st Michaels mount
• Lake District
• Cotswolds

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Can I add another....Liverpool, all of it. So much history around every corner. Mersey ferry and slavery museum are a must.

The 8th wonder of the world, the Bude Tunnel 😍

I agree with @Ritasueandbobtoo9

It is about "the sorts of things" everyone should have the opportunity to visit / do rather than particular ones, so yes:

a castle
'British Seaside'
National Parks
A Stately Home
A Zoo or Safari park where you can see animals from round the world
A Cathedral
Yes, everyone should visit their capital City - be that the capital of whichever home country they are in, but I'd also say London as well if from NI, Wales or Scotland
Some historic cities - maybe York, Bath, but there are plenty
Some other places that are great to visit - Stratford, Ironbridge, etc.

@NiceGerbil

How old OP? I can tell you some stuff that was a hit!

Between 7 and 12. I haven't saved up enough for the trip yet, in the next couple of years.

I mean a lot of the suggestions sound not so fascinating for a kid!

Was thinking the same! Blackpool pleasure Beach and the rest they'd be bored to tears, mine anyway!

I mean a lot of the suggestions sound not so fascinating for a kid!

True dat.

Gosh loads of these my kids would find as boring as heck and therefore it would be unpleasant for me!
We are out all the time - every chance we get, live in Kent and have pretty much visited every family visitor attraction in the county!
Here are some we like in the SE
London- clipper ride along the Thames from the O2 to embankment passing under London Bridge and walking down south bank / past Big Ben
Emerites cable car
National history museum
Science museum (wonderlab)
Diana memorial fountain and cafe on the surpentine
Greenwich park
Other places:
Paultons park
Splash down waterparks (both the indoor and outdoor sites although the indoor poole one is better)
Chatham dockyard
Bedgebury pinetum riding the bike trails
Diggerland
The dozens of National trust places here including chartwell (home of winston Churchill)
Knowle
Scotney castle
Hever castle including the archery
Isle of white including osbourne house and the swimming at the private beach
New forest is a must
North Wales is amazing for so many adventures including caving, zip wiring and forest activities
We love swimming in the sea on a hot day at sunset
Windsor is a cool place and the castle does have audio guides although some larger National trust properties are just as impressive or more so
The chapel in Windsor castle is magnificent. You can only visit if attending a service but sitting where the royal family and Queen has sat in those wooden benches is incredible and everything is the most ornate / detailed I think I’ve seen in the UK
Drucillas is also a good day out for younger kids and they have some new walk throughs

Warwick Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Victoria and Albert Museum
Natural History Museum
Black Country Museum
Chester Zoo
Jorvik Centre
National Art Gallery
National Museum of Scotland
Hampton Court Palace

Avebury, Silbury Hill and Kennet long barrow. All close together and with Avebury you can touch the stones unlike Stonehenge. Also kids love exploring the long barrow.

If you're tired of the Bude tunnel, you're tired of life

Kew Gardens
Cutty Sark
London Eye
Gardens of Heligan
Eden Project
Minack Theatre
St Michael's Mount
Ironbridge
Lake Windermere
Punting on Thames at Oxford