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It's looking like Easter will be with the in-laws, but "offsite" to avoid (or at least reduce...) the son/mother-in-law tensions. We are probably going for a cottage somewhere in Yorkshire/Nidderdale area - yes there are still some available - but does anyone, local or otherwise, know of anything for 4 year old children to do in the area, anything from swimming pools to a local railway with a Thomas the Tank Engine theme??!

Thanks

In reply to Nic:

Diggerland!!

In reply to Nic:
Depends which bit of Nidderdale, but a list of things that aren't in Nidderdale but are close by in the Dales are:

Stump Cross Caverns
Billy Bob's
Walks in the Bolton Abbey estate
Troller's Gill (might still be flooded from winter)
The Embsay-Bolton Abbey steam railway (n.b. if you are thinking of going to Bolton Abbey as part of this, the Bolton Abbey station would be better named 'Bolton Abbey Parkway' as part of my theory that 'Parkway' means 'nowhere near')

In reply to BnB:


Hmm, yes, that's Dad sorted, but still struggling for the kids...

In reply to Nic:

I was going to suggest How Stean Gorge and Brimham rocks...
http://uppernidderdale.org.uk/visit-nidderdale/things-to-do/

In reply to Nic:

Newby hall near ripon.

In reply to Nic:

a little bit up the Road but there is a railway museum in Shildon (where all of the A4 locomotives were gathered a year or so ago), as well as the obvious main one in York.

In reply to Nic:

http://www.theforbiddencorner.co.uk/

Not too far away and kids (of all ages...) will enjoy this.

In reply to johnjohn:

yes, our kids had school trips there and raved about it

In reply to wercat:

I stayed at How Stean Gorgw camping last week. Might be a bit limited for 4 year olds. Studfold farm just 100m down the road were advertisind nature trail eastegg hunts and outdoor arty crafty kids stuff coming up.

Pately bridge has a swimming pool and i noticed a milkshake waffle pancake place!!

In reply to idiotproof (Buxton MC):

and Pately Bridge also has: https://www.oldestsweetshop.co.uk/ (the oldest sweetshop in the world. Apparently. And then cycle up and down Greenhow a few times.)

Great, thanks to all - certainly enough to keep us busy for 3 days. Might get a short trip to Brimham in just to nostalgically finger some grit!

In reply to Nic:
...of all the above with possible exception of Forbidden Corner, I think Brimham was my kids' favorite. They love finding their way to the top of the different rocks (finding their way down again not always being so easy). A little worrying, but most of them appear to survive.


(Editing to say the past tense is because my kids are no longer kids, technically speaking, not that they're still stuck on top of Druid's Altar.)

In reply to johnjohn:

Various holes there for kids to wriggle through as well. (o::

In reply to climbwhenready:


You can have quite a good day for kids near us - the steam railway in Embsay, then Hesketh Farm which is one of the better ones of the genre, and the Yorkshire Dales ice-cream farm (Billy Bob's) has a splendid "play barn" with ropes and swings, plus a good playground. And the Bolton Abbey estate usually do an easter egg hunt or something down at the Cavendish Pavilion as well. So that's four good activities within about 4 miles of each other.

In reply to Nic:


Sounds a bit RUDE, doesn't it.

In reply to Nic:

Llama trekking (or maybe just go and see the llamas).
Say hi to Noodle for me....
Nidderdale llamas