Day trip ideas from Edinburgh during easter

[Rebecca2509]

We don't generally drive but are planning to hire a car for local (or further afield) day trips for a week during easter hols - any good suggestions for where we could go (kiddies aged 7, 5 and 3)?? Thanks in advance :-)

East links
Alnwick Castle
Almond Valley

St Andrews- only one and a half hour drive; great beach (bring kites/picnic) , sealife centre, Himalayas putting course, castle and shopping. Also just outside the town is the Craigtoun country park which has a mini railway, boating pond, trampolines , adventure park and zip wire. Craigtoun [[https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=6389BAE1-BFCF-4116-A06E6168C87CE959]]

East Links is lovely, Almond Valley, Time Capsule for swimming. Beescraig Country Park and Almondell is good.

Anstruther is nice too. We parked, then got ice cream before having a wander and getting some chips from the chippy on the beach.

We have also been to the Falkirk Wheel and New Lanark for day trips.