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UK holidays, days out & entertainments

Archives for June 2005

Save upto £40 at any any Tussauds Group theme park
"Special packs (of Nequick) now contain vouchers worth up to £40 off family admission to any Tussauds Group theme park *, including Chessington World of Adventures, Thorpe Park and Alton Towers. From gravity-defying rollercoaster rides for Dad, to magical lands for mini adventurers, get ready for some of the best family…
International Festival of the Sea - fantastic!!
Have just got back from spending the day at The Historic Dockyards in Portsmouth for The International Festival of the Sea It's a brilliant day out - loads to do and see. It's quite pricey (£20 per adult) but well worth it in my opinion. If you do go then my advice is to get there early (it opens at 10 am I believe) and if…
Date for diary (if you like live music!)
My husband and I are organising a fundraising event in the shape of a rock night to take place on 10TH DECEMBER at The Exchange in EDINBURGH. We are also organising a raffle and hopefully pull off a bit of an auction as well. These events are organised in order to help raise funds for Simpsons Special Care Babies…
days out in scotland
visit scotlands most interesting buildings for free https://www.heritagedays.net
Dungeons Voucher
I have been given a dungeons voucher to admit one free adult courtesy of Jellyhead which I have been unable to use. If anyone would like this then PM me with your address. I'm afraid it is only valid until this Friday 1st July. The dungeons are located in London, Edinburgh and York.
Chesington world of adventures.. Offers for July?
Want to take the kids here, for July what is the best deal for a familly of 4: Me & Mrs (2 Adults) (£15x2) A 6 year old (£12) A 2 year old (free) Last minute had the cheapest deal which is £42 for us.. Price: from £12.00 to £15.00 Location: Chessington World of Adventures, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2NE Availability: from 23…
Conkers
Has anyone visited Conkers Forest Centre ? Can you recommend it for a day out ?
Freefundaysout
Just found this offer on www.madaboutbargains.co.uk so thank To Tiff who posted it there:beer: Tiff says (20th June 2005): >>To claim free vouchers entitling you to discounted entry to over 150 UK theme parks & attractions. Go to www.freefundaysout.com & enter code AIM0021 this will allow you to see all participating…
London Eye
Is there a 'cheap' way of doing London Eye? Price on website is £12.50 adult, £6.50 child. Is there a 2-4-1 or kids free offer or similar? There seems to be for everything else! Cheers.
West end LIVE
Free entertainment for all family at the heart of London (Leicester Sq). 25th and the 26th Starting at noon till 6.30pm. http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whats_on_113233.html
Good old Skegness
Were off for the week at Butlins next week. Me Hubby and out 9 month old daughter. We would like to go for a few child friendly days out around the area. We do have a car so dont mind travelling. Can anyone please reccomed anything to do within the Skegness area. We have visited the seal sanctury. Also are there any good…
2 - 1 Tickets offer for Alton Towers
Alton towers 2 - 1 tickets offer until end of june. all you have to do is text the word fast to 81125. The text will cost you 50 pence plus your normal text message rate.You will recieve a text message back which will include a code, Then when paying for your tickets at the entrance booths just give them your code. The…
Chessington parent + toddler tickets £10
Need to print off the voucher from this link: http://www.kidzango.com/pm/49/dataID2739 PLUS...£10 PARENT AND TODDLER (under 4) TICKET AVAILABLE WEEKDAYS IN JUNE - DOWNLOAD YOUR VOUCHER BELOW!! Chessington is the perfect venue to meet other friends & their toddlers, with free, easy parking, bottle & baby food warming…
2 x half price entry to Alton Towers
I have two half price tickets to Alton Towers going spare - Valid until 3rd July - if anyone wants to pm me and arrange to send a sae Ill post them off to them. I cant let them go to waste.
free daysout/theme park offers
Official Insert: Gosummer is a website that provides free and cheap things to do, as you'd expect, in the summer. Bookmark the link and check it again when summer's just round the corner :) Back to the original post... you need to register - takes 2mins - then you have access to loads of good offers - i found a 2 for 1 at…
Seaside near Southampton
Hi, I have to admit that I don't know much about the south coast. But I'm looking for a nice little seaside town (like hunstanton if anyone knows it). A few attractions would be nice, but I'm more interested in the sand and a bit of space to muck about. Ideally there would be a campsite near by (for tents). I don't want to…
blackpool
i know this is an old one, but does anyone know of any current offers for blackpool pleasure beach, as we are poor students!!!! Thanks, jo
Parachute Jump Gift
It is my dh's 30th birthday next month and I want to get him a parachute jump as a gift as it is something he has always wanted to do. I have looked at red letter days and virgin expereinces both of which was around £250. Just wondered if they are any other companies offering this sort of thing or if anyone has a discount…
anyone know of discounts for west midlands safari park?
i might be going to the safari park this sunday, just wondered if anyone knows of any discounts available, i can't find any. thanks!
Cheap Tickets Pleasure Island Cleethorpes?
Does anybody know where I can get discounted tickets for pleasure island in cleethorpes. Thanks

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