Article from BTNews 9 AUGUST 2021
ON TOUR: Days out for kids
With school holidays looming up Business Travel News brings you some useful and most popular possibilities for FREE days out.
New research by Clarks analysed 5* TripAdvisor reviews to reveal the UK’s best destinations for kids – and to make life even easier they have categorised their findings into cultural, nature, historical and educational themed days out – so there's something for everyone in the family.
Top 15 free cultural days out for kids
https://www.clarks.co.uk/editorial/best-free-days-out
| Town | Name of Attraction | Website |
| London | National Gallery | www.nationalgallery.org.uk |
| London | Camden Market | www.camdenmarket.com |
| Edinburgh | Royal Mile | https://edinburgh.org/neighbourhoods/the-royal-mile |
| London | Covent Garden | www.coventgarden.london |
| London | Borough Market | https://boroughmarket.org.uk |
| London | Wallace Collection | www.wallacecollection.org |
| Manchester | The John Rylands Library | www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit |
| London | National Portrait Gallery | www.npg.org.uk |
| Edinburgh | Scottish National Gallery | www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery |
| Glasgow | Buchanan Street | https://buchanangalleries.co.uk |
| London | British Library | www.bl.uk |
| London | Tate Britain | www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain |
| Edinburgh | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery |
| Top 10 free nature days out for kids | ||
| Town | Name of Attraction | Website |
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth Beach | www.bournemouth.co.uk/things-to-do/beaches |
| Edinburgh | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | www.rbge.org.uk |
| Edinburgh | Princes Street Gardens | www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory-record/1208325/princes-street-gardens |
| Cardiff | Cardiff Bay | www.cardiffbay.co.uk |
| London | Kensington Gardens | www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens |
| Lincoln | Steep Hill | www.visitlincoln.com/things-to-do/steep-hill |
| Swansea | Gower Peninsula | www.visitswanseabay.com/destinations/gower-peninsula |
| Bournemouth | Hengistbury Head Beach | www.visithengistburyhead.co.uk |
| Hastings | Old Town Hastings | www.visit1066country.com |
| Bournemouth | Lower Gardens | www.bournemouth.co.uk/things-to-do/bournemouth-lower-gardens-p2235263 |
| Top 10 free historical days out for kids | ||
| Town | Name of Attraction | Website |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh Old Town | www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/old-town-and-new-town-p918411 |
| York | Shambles | www.shamblesyork.com |
| Liverpool | Liverpool Cathedral | www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk |
| York | York City Walls | www.yorkwalls.org.uk |
| Chester | Chester City Walls | www.visitcheshire.com/things-to-do/chester-city-walls-p22241 |
| Edinburgh | St Giles' Cathedral | https://stgilescathedral.org.uk |
| Chester | Chester Cathedral | https://chestercathedral.com |
| Norwich | Norwich Cathedral | www.cathedral.org.uk |
| Gloucester | Gloucester Cathedral | www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk |
| Worcester | Worcester Cathedral | www.worcestercathedral.co.uk |
| Top 10 free educational days out for kids | ||
| Town | Name of Attraction | Website |
| London | The British Museum | www.britishmuseum.org |
| London | Natural History Museum | www.nhm.ac.uk |
| London | Victoria and Albert Museum | www.vam.ac.uk |
| Edinburgh | National Museum of Scotland | www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland |
| York | National Railway Museum | www.railwaymuseum.org.uk |
| Glasgow | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum-p246571 |
| London | Imperial War Museum | www.iwm.org.uk |
| Glasgow | The Riverside Museum of Transport & Travel | www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/riverside-museum-p995001 |
| Cardiff | St Fagans National Museum of History | https://museum.wales/stfagans |
| Manchester | Science and Industry Museum | www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk |
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Keith Freeman, Reading
For a site that has so much in it about aviation, I was very surprised not to see the RAF Museum listed...
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