A day out is the gift people actually remember. Not the unwrapping, but the morning it finally comes around: tickets in a pocket, somewhere new to be, and a few hours that belong to nobody else.
You’ll find castles, palaces and stately homes, boats, steam trains and speedboats, workshops for getting their hands dirty, and theme parks for the ones with children in tow. Many pair the visit with lunch or afternoon tea, so the day stretches a little further than the ticket itself.
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Entrance to Kensington Palace & Two Course Meal at The Stablehand for Two gives them the state apartments, a guided headset tour and then lunch in a pub that’s been there since 1839. For a darker few hours, The Jack the Ripper Tour + East End Fish & Chips for Two walks them round the original streets with a guide, then sits them down to fish and chips.
Diggerland Family Ticket for Four lets children ride and actually drive the diggers, at parks in Kent, Devon, Durham and West Yorkshire. One Day Entrance to LEGOLAND Windsor Resort for Two covers 55 rides and attractions. And Entrance to The Paddington Bear Experience & Lunch takes two adults and two children through Paddington’s London, with lunch afterwards.
The Thames Rockets Speedboat Experience is 50 minutes past Big Ben and Tower Bridge at a speed that makes everyone laugh. Clay Pigeon Shooting gives them an hour of tuition and 32 clays at venues from Scotland to the South West. And an African Drumming Workshop is for the one who always says they aren’t musical.
Plenty do, and it makes the day feel like an occasion rather than an errand. Warner Bros. Studio Tour for Two & Afternoon Tea at Shendish Manor follows the Great Hall and Diagon Alley with scones and sandwiches at The Orangery. Oxford Afternoon Tea River Cruise for Two serves the tea on the water instead, as the city slides past.