England Family-Friendly Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities

recommended places to visit and things to do with children in England


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historic house and grade 1 Cornish gardens with the national camellia collection within 865 acre park on Rame Peninsula

Osborne House

East Cowes

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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

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  • National Trust
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a handsome Georgian mansion with a fine collection of antiques and objets d'art, including the Charles Paget Wade Costume Collection

Bowood

Calne

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this beautiful stately home houses a vast collection of antiquities, chapel, library, sculpture gallery, laboratory, costumes, adventure playground & beautiful woodland gardens

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set in classical parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, now with an adventure playground, this period mansion is also a world class art gallery