Family Attractions in the Region
Alton Towers
Alton, Stoke-On-Trent
The Original – with ever increasing thrills
Hotels, the original stately home, waterpark, spa
Information 0871 222 3330
Alton Towers
Hardwick Hall
Chesterfield
Elizabethan home of Bess of Hardwick
Reflects the ingenuity and imagination of a woman in a man’s world.
01246 850430
Hardwick Hall
Bosworth Battlefield
Market Bosworth
Site of the Battle of Bosworth where Richard III died for want of a horse and the Tudor reign began!
Visitor centre, wheelchair friendly, café, re-enactments, events.
01455 290429
Bosworth Battlefield
Mr Straw’s House
Blyth Grove, Worksop
Mr Straw was a grocer. His sons kept the house as it was from the time when it was last ‘modernised’ in the 1930’s. Untouched then until they died and it was given to the National Trust.
Blyth Grove is still a (quiet) residential road - admission is by timed ticket only.
01909 482380
Mr Straw’s House
Great Central Railway
Great Central Station, Great Central Road, Loughborough
01509 230726
8½ miles of mainline steam railway
Drive a steam engine
Superb dining at evenings and weekends
Special days with Thomas the Tank Engine
www.gcrailway.co.uk
Taylor’s Bell Foundry
An extensive range of exhibits and memorabilia tells the story of one of the oldest manufacturing industries in the world.
John Taylor & Co.
The Bellfoundry
Freehold Street
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 1AR
Taylor’s Bell Foundry
Manor Farm Animal Centre & Donkey Sanctuary
Farms Manor Farm, Castle East Leake, Loughborough
01509 852525
Manor Farm Animal Centre
Sileby Mill Boatyard
Mill Lane, Sileby, Loughborough
Canal boats for hire by the day and longer
01509 813583
www.silebymill.co.uk
Snibston Discovery Park
Ashby Road, Coalville
A converted coal mine. Loads of hands on experiments for kids – for adults too if you can get close enough
01530 278 444
Snibston Discovery Park
Conkers
In the new National Forest
Moira, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Interactive exhibitions, crafts, adventure playgrounds for little ones, and a brilliant one for adults too.
Tree top walks
01283 216633
www.visitconkers.com
National Space Centre
Off Abbey Road, Leicester
Great interactive displays for kids, theatre, rockets, space craft.
Entrance fee
0116 261 0261
National Space Centre
And right next door
Free entry to Abbey Pumping Station
Victorian pumping engines often in steam
Museum dedicated to the toilet
With space for picnics and access to miles of Riverside Park through Leicester.
0116 299 5111
Abbey Pumping Station
Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum
Bond Lane, Mountsorrel, Loughborough
01509 413216
Stonehurst Family Farm
Twinlakes Park
Melton Mowbray
Family entertainment
01664 567777
www.twinlakespark.co.uk
Twycross Zoo
Burton Road (A444), Atherstone
0844 474 1777
www.twycrosszoo.com