If you’re looking for a family-friendly festive day out to visit Santa or just enjoy that Christmas magic, in and around Leicester, look no further.
Tag: Leicester
Top family-friendly places to visit this Halloween in and around Leicester
From pumpkin picking in pumpkin patches to half term Halloween fun in and around Leicestershire, here’s my top picks for family days out this autumn!
Tropical Birdland, Desford
Tropical Birdland is a very fun and unique day out with the family, and can keep kids and adults alike in awe at visiting hundreds of incredible birds.
Leicester Riverside Festival
A free family-friendly festival for all ages in Leicester city centre
Stoneywell National Trust, Leicester
Stoneywell is a stunning National Trust property situated in Leicester. It is a beautiful cottage surrounded by stunning gardens. We’ve been twice now this year – mainly because our first visit was limited due to the super high winds closing some of the grounds (it was a very wise decision that day!!) – so we…
Gardener’s Rest, Thurlaston Garden Centre
We are huge fans of the Thurlaston Garden centre, and if you need any more evidence of why you should visit following this post, check out their Facebook and Instagram pages – the cakes always look amazing!! As a family trip out, garden centres are becoming more popular, but one of our key loves of…
New Walk Museum, Leicester
We’ve always enjoyed New Walk museum and count ourselves lucky to live in a city with such a fantastic and free museum to visit. It is only a small museum, but it is packed with artefacts and there’s always something new to explore every time you visit. Our favourite area has always been the dinosaurs,…
Boost Trampoline Park, Leicester
Disclaimer: I don’t know if I’m meant to be starting this post with #ad or #gifted as we do rep for Boost Trampoline Park, but I’m not sure if we’re quite cool enough to use tags like that – either way, I thought I’d be honest from the start, and we’ve always loved Boost –…
National Space Centre, Leicester
Now, the National Space Centre does hold a place in our hearts, as it was our absolutely incredible wedding venue, but it is somewhere Lily has always loved to visit – and even though we are biased, we would really recommend it to all families for a day out. The whole centre has recently been…
Tourists in our own city – for free!
Tourist Thursdays – attempting to hit up a new free tourist spot each week, exploring the city on our doorstep.
Free family fun for a week
After being overwhelmed at the cost of baby classes, here’s just one full week of fun activities that didn’t cost a penny… aside from the cheeky flat white…
One year ago: Premature labour at 28 weeks
A year ago we went into premature labour at 28 weeks. Seeing some flat peaches brought it all back to me!
