England Family-Friendly Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities

dating back to the fourteenth century and closely associated with many historical events. Now best known as one of the locations for the Harry Potter films

situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate at Henbury, the Museum is housed in a late eighteenth century mansion. Here you can see all sorts of familiar - and not so familiar - items from homes through history

Queen Victoria's palatial holiday home offering a treasured insight with a visit to the private apartments and the Swiss Cottage where the children played

late 17th Century house with sumptuous interiors including the Museum of Childhood. Explore childhoods of times gone by, play with toys and share stories

birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton and visit orchard where the apple tree gave him inspiration including a 'hands on' Science Centre

a fine Elizabethan mansion refurbished in the 17th Century with extensive collections of paintings and objets d'art

a surviving example of a family home built in the 13th century and then modernised in 1618 including period enactments throughout the year

the house dates back to the early fifteenth century and has had many refurbishments down the centuries, the museum portrays the history of the local fenland and the spacious gardens include an eighteenth century ice house

for 28 years, the home of John Ruskin, scientist and art collector, with many personal artefacts, including his extensive geological collection