Day trips from London

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thank you! Tons of choices , now I actually have to find time to look through these. The vacations are mostly for us, I am sure kids wont remember most of it, but then hopefully they would get to travel on their own when they grow up and make more memories!

Of course your 9 and 5 year olds will remember the trip! My 5 year old can distinguish pictures he sees online and name the city/destination (he knows the cobblestone streets in Old San Juan are tinted blue. Whenever he sees a thatched roof cottage and stone fences he immediately calls it the Cotswolds). My kids talk about our vacations all the time. Involve them in the planning, and they'll have a blast!

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what are you doing in London? the tower of london was great for that age.

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Yep, have started doing some of it already



Of course your 9 and 5 year olds will remember the trip! My 5 year old can distinguish pictures he sees online and name the city/destination (he knows the cobblestone streets in Old San Juan are tinted blue. Whenever he sees a thatched roof cottage and stone fences he immediately calls it the Cotswolds). My kids talk about our vacations all the time. Involve them in the planning, and they'll have a blast!

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We have 5 days in London, so wanted to use 1 day for out of town visits. I havent chalked out an exact plan, but yes Tower of London is on the agenda

Anonymous wrote:what are you doing in London? the tower of london was great for that age.

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Anonymous wrote:We were just there with boys that age and honestly, the Harry Potter studio tour was SO fun for them. Obviously not quite the cultural experience you probably had in mind, but they tell everyone about it. There are plenty of tour buses that can take you there from Central London.

I went on a Haunted London walking tour that was wonderful.

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We did Salisbury, Bath, Stonehenge. It was an organized bus tour. Fun. Cambridge and York are also nice places to visit.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in London late June for 5-6 days, and would like to take a day trip out on country side. Family of 4 , 2 boys 9 & 5. Any recommended places? We love castles, lakes, ocean, historical and unusual places. Drivable places would be a big plus!

Windsor - LEGOLAND!

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Our 6-year-old LOVED Portsmouth. The British National Maritime Museum is there, with the HMS Victory. The Mary Rose Museum has the artifacts from the only Tudor ship ever recovered. Take a cruise around the harbor.

If you don't have time for that, you can take the boats on the Thames down to Greenwich.

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Anonymous wrote:We did Salisbury, Bath, Stonehenge. It was an organized bus tour. Fun. Cambridge and York are also nice places to visit.

Stonehenge is in middle of nowhere. It will take couple of hours to get there from London. Add Windsor or Highclere Castle to the itinerary and make it a daytrip. We did Windsor-Stonehenge-Oxford tour. Unfortunately it was on a Friday before the bank holiday and the traffic was terrible.

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Royal Observatory, Greenwich You can take a boat from downtown London.

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Thanks Guys! These are all wonderful suggestions Do you have any favorite places for tea as well?

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Is there still a hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks Guys! These are all wonderful suggestions Do you have any favorite places for tea as well?

We enjoyed the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed tea at One Aldwych.

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Hedge maze is still there! We loved Hampton court palace ( great play area for kids, excellent restaurant, beautiful gardens, and of course castle.)

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If you do Hampton court keep in mind there's a big water component to kids play area so bring change of clothes.