Any idea's on a christmas break in uk similar to lapland

[j20baby]

for one adult, 7 yo and a baby?
cheap

TIA

Someone posted something recently - daytrip rather than overnight

I'll have a search

here

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1395/379111

thanks FT-think it may be a bit far for me tbh, its for a christmas present for dd instead of presents, so any ideas will be appreciated

Might help if you could say roughly where you live?

East Yorkshire

i thought about Alton Towers but not sure what it would be like

whoops sorry, i meant KT in my other post

"similar to lapland"

"i thought about alton towers"

Am I being thick ? How is Alton Towers like Lapland ?

I think if you want snow/wildlife/winterwonderland type break you will be best off going to Scotland

when i say lapland, i meant somewhere christmasy, and i thought alton towers may do something like a sleigh ride, meeting santa...etc

i want somewhere that will be classed as a christmas present for dd.

the day that KT posted would have been perfect, but would take 5 hours to get there.

I'm sure there will be other places doing something similar closer to you. Agree that Scotland might be worth investigating (and would be more geographically similar to Lapland than Kent!)

how cheap is cheap?

Check out Aviemore. They certainly used to do Santa and reindeer, christmassy sort of breaks.

whats aviemore? is it a company?

cheap as in very cheap it depends if its overnight or not, no more than a couple of hundred pounds for a day or 2.

i think scotland may be a bit far away too, i'll be on my own with a new baby and 7 year old, and knowing my luck the car will break down!

is aviemore a company? lol!!!

no, it's a town in north scotland.

sorry, rude to laugh. if i hadn't been there i probably wouldn't have heard of it either.

just googled it, should have done that first!

cairngorm reinseer centre in aviemore, scotland

here

oh you've found it

took me blardy ages

thanks pointydog

much appreciated, i think she's going to end up with more bratz dolls at this rate!

That's ok.

I reckon all Santa Christmas holidays will be rather expensive

your probably right, a day trip to the department store to wait 5 hours for a piece of plastic will be a lot cheaper i reckon

wanted to do something different rather than buy loads of rubbish, will have to have a think about it.

thanks for all your suggestions

and theu also d the santa express from pickering through to grosmont/goathland etc???

whats that PC?

sorry, i meant have you got a link or anything please?

its ok thank you, have googled, looks like a possibility, thanks

sorry youre to fast for me ..its meant to be fab, friends go every year, we're going this year