UK multigenerational holiday, limited walking

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My recently widowed mother has suggested a trip with me and primary aged DC, for about 5 days in the last week of the Easter holidays. She is near Bristol, and is happy to travel for about 3 hours.

She is not as mobile as she used to be, but still likes a bit of exploring. Would love suggestions of beautiful places that could work for all of us. Budget not an issue, but we’d be looking for comfortable rather than glitzy.

We did an air B and B in Somerset last year was lovely lots of places to visit. Wells was beautiful and easy to walk round.

The Lake District. Is that about a three hour drive from Bristol? You could do boat trips and some gentle flat walks, visit Beatrix Potter's House etc. Lots of nice tea rooms. I can't suggest specific accomodation but I'm sure others can.

I went to Exmouth last year with my parents and little girl and thought it was lovely. Nice promenade to walk along and the beach is sandy if I remember correctly. Not that far from Bristol either.

Bluestone in Wales, with day trips to Tenby, Folly Farm and Pembroke Castle.

Dartmouth is lovely, we've had a few multi generational trips there and there's plenty to keep everyone interested for a few days, (boat trips, lovely NT properties nearby, crabbing, a castle, nice shops etc) and other nice places nearby for a daytrip. It's an easy two hours from Bristol, maybe less on a good run

Second Dartmouth. Woodlands theme park near there does good value 7 day passes so you can go for half a day/couple of hours at the end of the day. Crabbing was a big hit and the National Trust places were good too.

The North Cornwall coast. Beautiful beaches, pretty towns to explore, and quite a few child cantered activities nearby; Camel Creek, Macdonalds Farm, Bird of Prey Centre, Eden Project, Heligan to name just a few.

My mum is in the same circumstances. We did a trip to Ludlow and stayed in a cute old house in the centre. She had a lovely big en suite. Ludlow was a bit hilly but small with lovely old architecture. We went to Ironbridge, Shrewsbury, drove along the Long Mynd and went to a great EH place Stokesey Castle.

These all sound good, now investigating!

Newport in Pembrokeshire. We had 2 multi generation holidays there and I’d return in a heartbeat but my kids are snobby about Wales, it’s beautiful, good places to visit nearby, sea. I can utterly recommend the cottage we stayed in, we were 3 adults and 4 teens and everyone had their space. There’s a bedroom on the ground floor with a loo just across the corridor. PM me if you want the details.

East Devon is a great option, most the coastal areas are fully geared up to those with mobility issues, and there is things for youngsters - mine loved fossil hunting at that age

Tenby is another thought. Is she driving or using public transport?

This all sounds great.

We used to go fossil hunting, and I’d love to go again.

I had envisaged she would be driving herself. Does depend a bit how far it is. I think she’d probably prefer to be driven, which would mean extra travel for us. Train is possible as long as it is direct, (or direct to me meeting her) she would worry about connections I think.

Would second Pembrokeshire, really not bad from Bristol, just don't stay at the top of a hill in Haverfordwest like we did :) though on the plus side everything was about 20 to 40 minutes away, beaches, Picton Castle etc. It's a surprisingly undersung part of Wales and loveliest in spring or autumn, I think.

Also Exmouth, like Weston super Mare (which I presume you already know if you're round Bristol) the promenade is nice and flat and goes on for quite a long time, plus lots of cafés and benches. East Devon is one of the nicest bits of Devon in my opinion, but beware, they put clotted cream on EVERYTHING....

And what about parts of Hampshire, maybe the New Forest? Some of that is quite flat, especially by the sea, and very pretty.

I love Ludlow but parts are a bit hilly, if memory serves there's a bit more to do in Shrewsbury, but combining the two might work? Or round Hereford and Worcester, just not the hills....

The Lakes are lovely but hilly and get very crowded and it will almost certainly take a lot longer than 3 hours to get there from Bristol (it took us around two from north Manchester the week before it snowed in December...) Plus the M6 is properly bonkers these days and hellishly busy until you get north of about Lancaster.