Kent/Sussex/Surrey - this Saturday - boys, aged 4 and 2

[losty]

We live in SE london. Want a nice family day out. We all need some quality time together

suggestions please! TIA

Bocketts Farm, Leatherhead just off the M25. It really is a full day out - get there before it opens and use the sand pit/sit on full tractors etc whilst waiting to open (cup of coffee out of your flask) Do the farm stuff, huge great indoor play area lots of other stuff too. Mine love it and can go several times a year. They have a website.

Port Lympne or Howletts - fab.

great ideas thanks - any more????

what castles are good like this time of year??

Look on the National Trust Website - might give you an idea of events at castles over half term. Rochester castle often has children's activities in the holidays. Also right by Diggerland!

Godstone Farm just of M25 - similar to how Bocketts Farm sounds...

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Horton Farm Park
British Wildlife Centre (near Godstone)
Groombridge Place
Borde Hill Gardens (lovely adventure playground for the boys - that includes your DH!)
Hop on train to Brighton (not that far, and the kids will love the train ride) - Seaworld/ Pier, and a nice lunch in The Lanes?

Oh, and Sheffield Park/ a ride on the Bluebell Railway? (Don't know if open at this time of year though?)

thansk everyone - keep the ideas coming tho!!!

Brooklands motor museum , and mercedes world at Weybridge Surrey.

Brooklands

merecedes world

If it's fine weather, Bedgebury - fabulous walks and parks.

brooklands looks great - thansk mummydear. DS2 loves cars!!! not heard of that one before!

If you go to Hortons I could pop down and meet you or you could pop in for a cuppa very close to me.

now there's an idea poppies!!!! I'd LOVE that!!! Will let you know where we decide. May not decide til on day tho, depending on how everyone is and the weather. Is your mobile still dead btw??

yep still dead

This is probably too late but see the next thread on Bedgebury Pinetum. Just 1.5 hrs from SE London & really great.

We went to Brooklands. They DSs loved it. I would recommend it. The museums with cars and motorbikes and pedal bikes were interesting (even had an old chopper like the one I used to have!), the boys loved going on the airplanes, altho the concorde 'flight' was a bit boring for them (the video was too long and not really aimed at young children) but it was stil good to go on a concorde! There is a lovely walk around part of the old racing track, and we even dared to race up the old speed test 1 in 4 hill.

All in all a good place to take children. The tea room was perfectly adequate - baked potatoes or chicken nuggets and chips for lunch, and homemade cakes. The only nag was that the babychange thing was in the ladies loo, which meant DH couldnt do DSs nappy. And I did see one dad changing a nappy outside on the grass (good job it was a fine day).

Thanks for all the ideas!