Can you recommend a UK child friendly holiday place?

Question

Preferably easy to get to by train, and preferably by the sea.

Answer 1

There is butlins, pontins, haven, john fowler and they all have good things for kids, and they are all over the country!!

Go on their websites. There are kids from baby to teen there!! :)

good luck .xx

Answer 2

Broadstairs in Kent.

Answer 3

Do look up Watergate Bay in Cornwall - fabulous for all the family. Bucket and spade, or watersports or dinner at Jamie Olivers 15.............

Answer 4

We are just back from a fabulous place - The Grange in Cannington, Somerset. There is a website if you google it. It is an old manor house converted into small, really lovely cottages - you have complete privacy, but also the use of a few communal facilities such as an indoor swimming pool, games room with table football, table tennis etc. Also set in beautiful gardens with badminton, giant chess, a secret tree house, swings, a trampoline - really lovely. It is on the Somerset coastline and nearby there are some marvellous 'off the beaten track' beaches like Dunster (sandy, great for kids) and East Qunatoxhead (stony and covered in fossils), plus a short drive along lovely countryside to the North Devon coast as well.

Answer 5

How about Weston Super Mare? It's a cute little sea side own with a lot of "days gone by" charm about it.

There are a lot of seaside towns up & down the coast of Britain that would br suitable for you.

How about Torquay, Newquay, Brighton or Scarborough?

Answer 6

Scarborough

Answer 7

From experience anywhere run by Haven. They are fab 4 kids and adults. They cater for you and your kids in the same evening room. Its brill, my kids love all Haven holidays, Just look them up, I have always travelled by train to my hols, so I can assure you they are reach~able by train. Good luck and have fun x*x

Answer 8

Dorset.  There is a town called Swanage which is on the beach and there are some nice little shops in swanage and a toy shop.  there is a play park which is nice and a little fair gorund called Santa fae.  there is a farm not to far from swanage called putlake.  everything shuts there like in october so anytime before then you will be fine. there are some fish and chip reataurants and takeway places on the pier there.  it is really good.  if you go there go to the Hayman Bakery.  My aunt and uncle

Answer 9

Without a doubt go to Weymouth, it is easy to get to by train it has a lovely gently sloping beach, it is an ideal place for families and children.

It has clean beaches and the water is clear it is an excellent place

Answer 10

If you want a quiet sleepy town set back in time with a lovely beach, you can't beat Southwold in Suffolk. Unfortunately I don't think it has rail links.

Angelsey is also a great place for kids and the seas warm(ish) because of the gulf stream. And yes there are rail links to Holyhead.

Answer 11

Hi Delly, you won't get much safer or lovelier than Scotland...:)

Answer 12

Pontins, Butlins or Center Parcs

Answer 13

Check out www.parkholidaysuk.com, and look at either Dawlish Sands ( a train service runs right alongside the beach, or Waterside, which is between Paignton and Brixham, and you should be able to get a train to Paignton.

Both of these are great caravan parks, with plenty of entertainment, pools, and a beach nearby.

Answer 14

I second the recommendation for Broadstairs in Kent. We just spent the bank holiday weekend there with our two-year-old, and it was lovely. A good sandy beach, with rock pools to explore, plus a good selection of rides and slides on the beach itself.

There's a good selection of shops and restaurants on the front, and some nice quiet places further up the coast in places like Cliftonville.

It's on a direct train line from London.