Family Fun Month - Lost Brighton Tour

Fancy expanding your historical knowledge this summer? Or want to give the kids an educational day out? All Inclusive History's Lost Brighton Tour offers fascinating insights into Brighton's past, giving information on buildings, the coastline, and how it became the popular seaside resort we know today!

There's plenty of additional dates and times added during the summer holidays, and they can accommodate especially the younger history enthusiasts. The A-Z of Brighton tour is perfect for children to make learning fun, with an interactive challenge along the way!

See the Lost Brighton Tours page of the Visit Brighton website for more information and details to contact the tour manager to plan your tour!

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Bakewell Baking Festival!

It's not your average summer festival, and it's guaranteed not to disappoint! The worlds first baking festival is now in its third year, taking huge vintage inspiration for its stalls and entertainment - including a custard pie fight and mad hatters tea party for the kids! 

Held in the picturesque town of Bakewell, Derbyshire which is known as the "Spiritual home of baking", the festival prides itself on providing "quintessential English fun" for all the family, and its pet friendly, so why not bring the dog along too? As well as the old British favourites, there's delicacies from all around the world to get stuck into.. but don't forget to head to the vintage marketplace too, offering beautiful cake stands and crockery!

To watch demonstrations from professional bakers, visit a doggy deli, decorate some gingerbread and more, head over to the website to get your tickets!

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Family Fun Month - Museum of Childhood

August is known as Family Fun Month, so lets celebrate it! We'll supply some ideas of things to do that the whole family can get involved in, so no-one gets left behind or bored during the summer!

At the Museum of Childhood in London, there's endless drop-in activities, arts and crafts and tours every day of the week, but they're also holding Fun Fridays, where on each Friday during the holidays there are workshops, story-telling sessions for all ages, the opportunity to play some traditional board games and a range of toys for the little ones. 

So why not spend the day at the museum for some quality family time - the fun will never stop!

What fun activities are you going to be getting up to this month?

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Happy Halloween - Prepared to be spooked!

Happy Halloween! 

We hope you are enjoying a spooky Halloween, filled with trick or treating, pumpkins and dressing up.

We did our very own pumpkin carving evening on Tuesday, which resulted in three very good pumpkins (if we do say so ourselves)

If you are stuck for something to do this weekend, head on down to Tulley's Farm in Crawley, West Sussex for their Halloween event, Spooktober Fest!

Spooktober Fest is the UK's No 1 Halloween family attraction and is jam packed full of activities, fun shows, excitement and haunted houses. Activities at the festival include a fancy dress competition, spooky trail and spook hunt, fireworks, horrid hayride and scary fun house! If you're planning on taking the children, don't worry, all the activities have a scare factor so you know exactly which activities to take them too.

 

For more information and tickets on the Spooktober Fest visit Tulley's Farm!

Shoreham Airshow!

As one of the premier family airshows in the UK, the Shoreham Airshow is a brilliant event that attracts the best UK and European display acts to its event each year.

Taking place next weekend on the 30th and 31st of August, the Airshow is a family fun day, with aircraft displays and exciting aerobatic displays. If you are a plane enthusiast, this is an event for you. The event this year will also see a new attraction which is a World War Two Scenario!

Held to support the work of the Royal Air Forces Association, this event raises so much money for this great cause, which provides comradeship to all members of the Royal Air Force and Royal Air Force Regiment. Since the show first started it has raised over £1.8 million for the RAFA.

Find out more information here and enjoy this exciting day!

Bluebell Railway!

If you are looking for fun activities for the kids this summer then the Bluebell Railway is a great morning or afternoon out! The bluebell railway run preserved steam trains through the heart of Sussex and is sure to get the kids excited!

From the 26th of July they have been running their Summer Festival, which goes on until this Sunday, the 10th of August! This festival is jam packed full of fun things to do, as well as running their historic steam locomotives and carriages, they have a whole host of other special events taking place across the railway! Even when the festival is over, there is still a lot to be explored with the bluebell railway!

They have local history displays at each of their stations, as well as other excursions you can get involved with!

For more information of the Bluebell Railway, visit their website! 

The best of British Countryside!

The South of England showground in Ardingly, West Sussex is opening its gates this weekend for the South of England Show. Taking place on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June, it is the showgrounds flagship event, putting the spotlight on the best of British agriculture, food and drink, country crafts and many other things.

Myself and Ava went to the show last year, and it did not disappoint. Full of lovely country craft ideas, as well as food stalls and a huge food hall full of the best in British food, such as olives, meats and homemade chutneys and jams. We came home laden with fresh food, perfect for bbqs and delicious snacks. 

The show is a great place to spend time with friends and family, and wonder the grounds looking at all the animals, food and crafts available. There are a number of food stalls so you have such a wide choice of food on offer for everyone to enjoy. As well as a wide selection of stalls selling British garden furniture, crafts and British made products. 

As you can see, the grounds for the show are massive, with lots of choice for how to spend your day! Me and Ava will be there this year (hopefully) enjoying the sunshine.

For more information on the show, visit the website! 

Fun at Plumpton Racing

One of the many delights of Sussex at Easter Time is being able to pop along to the races in Plumpton! Plumpton racecourse has been a a venue for racing horses since 1874 and is an event on many families calendars this Easter!

Plumpton racecourse is holding its Totepool Easter Sunday and Monday family raceday (Sunday 20th and Monday 21st April)! This two day festival is Plumptons most popular event, and as well as horse racing there are a number of great activities to keep the kids entertained.

Kids can get involved in the Easter bonnet competition, or have a go on the traditional funfair rides and get their face painted.

An ideal day to get the family together for a picnic and some horse racing this is the perfect day! Hopefully the weather will be glorious too!

Find out more information about Plumpton here!