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With the school holidays approaching/underway, this thread aims to give you a useful resource to save you money as well as give you some ideas on things to do with the kids. In addition, would be great to get your input on a few things.
The thread includes the following
1) Restaurant / Cafe deals - Where kids can eat free or cheap this Summer
2) Meal deals / take away - If looking for a quick meal deal or take away over the school holiday period
3) Days Out & Activities across the UK
4) Cheap cinema tickets - Various offers currently at the Cinema, with some specifically aimed at kids.
5) Cheap Theme Park / Zoo Tickets e.g. Alton Towers, Thorpe park
6) Free things to do in school holidays across the UK
7) Free things to do in London including museums
8 ) Cheap travel, staycations, short trips and holidays
Thanks to all members who have posted individual deals, and have linked to where relevant.
1) Restaurant / Cafe Deals
A lot of cafes/restaurants are running a kids eat free promo over the school holiday period as well as other promos . See the list of offers below.
Kids Eat For £1 (Hot/Cold Meals) - no min spend In Asda Cafes (25th July - now extended until end of year ) aged 16 and under @ Asda
Daily special main meal from 3pm for £4.99 plus kids eat free e.g. Ultimate fish & Chips / Breakfast brunch / Roast chicken @ Morrisons Cafe
Cream Tea For £2.99 (Pot of Tea + Sandwich + Fruit Scone) @ Morrisons Cafe
All kids eat this summer from 95p or £1.50 for combination meal (IKEA Family members in participating stores) @ IKEA
Any 2 kids meals for £5.00 @ IKEA
Any Cake + Tea or Filter coffee - £1.50 (IKEA family price) - instore @ IKEA
Any croissant (plain / almond / chocolate) + hot drink = 95p (Ikea Family price) - in store @ Ikea
Meatballs or plant balls with pasta and tomato sauce + Daim cake = £3.95 (Ikea Family price) - in store @ Ikea
FREE Unlimited Breakfast for TWO children under 16 with every 1 adult paying @ Beefeater & Brewers Fayre
Yo! Sushi Kid’s eat free (For every £10 spent by an Accompanying adult) from 3.30pm-5.30pm, Monday to Thursday until 1st September 2022
Dunelm Pausa Cafe - Kids eat free when £4 cafe spend - until 27th August
Kids Eat For £1 (With Adult Main Purchase) Mon-Thurs 4–6pm @ Bella Italia
Kids Eat For £1 (2 Children Per 1 Adult Main Purchase - Voucher Sign Up via Email) @ Farmhouse Inns
Kids eat for £1 with the purchase of an adult meal - 25th to 27th July - Toby Carvery, Harvester and Stonehouse
Kids eat free M&S cafe from 25th July - spend of £5 needed to get kids free Much breakfast or free lunch
Free Kids Breakfast (With Adult Breakfast Purchase) All Summer Holidays @ Hungry Horse
Kids eat free for £1 with an adult that purchases a main course - Cafe Rouge
Kids eat free with an adult main meal @ Dobbies
Kids eat for £1 at Sizzling pubs with every adult meal
Two kids under 16 eat for FREE with every adult breakfast purchased @ Table Table
Kids eat free with main menu burger purchase @ GBK
Sainsbury's feed a family for a fiver recipes
Kids eat free with any item purchased in the cafe (Clubcard price) - 25th July to 26th August @ Tesco
2) Meal Deals / Take Away
If looking for a quick meal deal or take away over the school holiday period see below current deals.
TEX MEX Family Dine In (2 Mains + 4 Extras) £15 @ Marks & Spencer
2 Medium pizzas, 1 x drink, plus 1 x sky store voucher or 1 x Vue ticket
6 items for £5 freezer fillers - Co-op
6 Irresistible Sausages, 4 Budweisers (or Colas) £4 @ Co-op
Tea-for-tonight Meal Deal - 2 mains, 1 side & 1 bread for £8 @ Asda
2 Stonebaked Pizzas + Ben & Jerry’s £5 @ Sainsbury’s Local
50% off pizzas and sides when you spend £30 or more @ Pizza Hut
My McDonald's Rewards - Get a free cheeseburger or vegetable deluxe on sign up / 1500 bonus points on your first order via app @ McDonald's
From 26th July - Free cheeseburger / hamburger / drink / fries when you signup for "Your Burger King" rewards via app @ Burger Kin
9 Chicken On The Bone Tuesday’s £5.99 (Instore & Drive Through) - from 26th July @ KFC
KFC Stamp Boost: £5 off with 7+ stamps (not 11) / Free snack with 3-6 stamps (not 7) / Free side with 0-2 stamps (not 3) from July 26 @ KFC
50% off Pizzas (£30 spend) Papa Johns / Pizza Hut with Meerkat movies
2 for 1 meals with Tastecard
3) Days Out & Activities across the UK
If looking for something to do over the school holidays see below some ideas on days out or activities across the UK
Use your Tesco Clubcard vouchers for days out (3 x value)
1 game of bowling & Junior burger meal = £5 (Monday to Friday) @ Tenpin
25% Off Bowling Games Before 11am All Summer Holidays @ Hollywood Bowl
3 months Disney+ for £6 of Clubcard Vouchers @ Tesco
Day return trip to Dublin (from Holyhead) - £12 adult / 2 adults and 2 children £30 (£7.50 per person) @ Stena Line
Firle Beacon Rally, Sprint and Supercar Festival at South Downs, Sussex- Family Day Pass £54 at Planet Offers
2 for 1 on London attractions with National Rail
PICNIQ Various family attraction tickets available e.g. SEA LIFE London Aquarium for £55 (includes summer hols) @ Picniq Tickets
Free entry up to 6 children with English Heritage membership
Discounted attraction tickets in main cities via Fever
£10 off no min spend via newsletter signup Buyagift
Kids go free with a full paying adult - Official London Theatre
£20 off £40 experiences - Virgin Experience Days o2 Priority
Various museums for free at Hull
Discounted attraction tickets at Planet offers, plus 10% off with newsletter signup
Skegness Aquarium - Half Price Family Pass - £19 @ Planet Offers
Penkridge Staffordshire - 1 day Canal barge cruise hire for up to 8 people (Georgie's Canal Cruises) - £89 @ Travelzoo
Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience tickets (London) - 2 people £43.35 (£21.68pp) / 8 people £173.40 (£21.68pp) with code @ Planet Offers
Outdoor Cinema London - Ghostbusters Afterlife - Goonies - Back to Future - 1 x £4.95 / 2 x = £9.90 + 15% off code new customers @ Groupon
PlayStation / Xbox / Nintendo console party - 2 hour cinema private screen hire (for as many friends as you like) - from £95 @ Savoy Cinemas
Showcase cinema private screen hire for 20 people with film e.g. Top Gun Maverick - from £140 (£7 per person) @ Showcase Cinemas
25% off using discount code (Exclusions apply) @ BuyAGift
4) Cheap Cinema Tickets
Various offers currently at the Cinema, with some specifically aimed at kids. See list of offers below.
Vue mini mornings - Both adults and children pay from £2.49 per ticket. Mini Mornings are run every Saturday and Sunday morning from 10am, plus every day in the school holidays
Cineworld movies for juniors - discounted weekly screenings bring you a selection of family films from just £2.50 per ticket – for kids and adults
Three+ Rewards app £3 cinema tickets
Two cinema tickets for £7 from Vue with Vodafone Very Me Rewards / Voxi
One complimentary odeon cinema ticket per week with o2 Priority
2 for 1 cinema tickets with Meerkat movies every Tuesday/Wednesday
Two ODEON cinema tickets £10 (Luxe £14) / Five tickets £22 (Luxe £30) - 95p booking fee per ticket @ Groupon
Odeon Limitless Membership 12 months - £135 per year including West End e.g. Odeon Luxe Leicester Square @ Groupon
Vue Cinema tickets 2 for £9.75, 5 for £20.99, 10 for £35.69 + 10% off with code - Valid till October @ Wowcher
Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Cineworld / Picturehouse (3 x value)
Showcase insider membership free e.g. get access to discounted tickets
Odeon Family Summer Saver - 4 standard Adult tickets + 4 standard Child tickets £40 / Luxe £48 @ ODEON
5) Cheap Theme Park / Zoo Tickets
If looking for cheap theme park / zoo tickets e.g. Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington etc
2 for 1 theme park tickets with national rail when you book train tickets
2 for 1 adult tickets Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Legoland, Chessington, Sea Life Centres, Madame Tussauds andother Merlin attractions with Kellogg's
3 x value Theme parks with Tesco Clubcard
Fife Zoo Entry tickets from £5.50 (for 1 adult + 1child), more in description @ Wowcher
Legoland, 2 day park tickets and hotel stay - prices from £216 for 2 adults and 2 children
Safari Zoo Cumbria Family Pass £20.76 via Groupon
Chester Zoo Saver Tickets: Any 3 people £68.16 / Any 4 people £89.98 / Any 5 people £109.06 @ Chester Zoo
Safari Zoo Cumbria - Family Pass £24 via Planet Offers
20% discount off tickets in July with code @ Lightwater Valley
Theme park tickets e.g. Thorpe Park from £20 via Student beans
Theme Parks - How to save money guide
6) Free things to do in school holidays across the UK
Some ideas for free things to do in the school holidays
Free attractions and days out in Scotland
Free and cheap days out in Northern Ireland
20 of the best free attractions in the UK
Free entry to the donkey sanctuary
Free things to do in Wales
Free swim/gym pass with o2 Priority - Hussle
Free in store events at Smyths
Free BBC Tours/Shows
Free Amazon live virtual tour - one hour behind the scenes of fulfilment centres
Find your nearest castle - some are free
1 Month Free Paramount+ Trial (using code SHORE) Paramount
National Memorium Arboretum free tickets
Discounted days out with Kids Pass - £1 trial for 30 days
Free Railway museum York
Free paper craft materials via Canon
Free 3 Day Pass 22-24th July using code @ The Gym Group
Free Resources to support children's learning (Downloadable PDFs) @ Amazon
Free Harry Potter Walking Tour Edinburgh
Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe tickets (20,000 available) with newsletter signup / code @ The Scotsman
Free tours of Leicester Town Hall
Free outdoor cinema Manchester
Free temporary beach at Watford
Have two 30-minute rides each day during the Commonwealth Games for free @ Birmingham
FREE Bike hire between 27th and 31st July (5 day hire) @ Brompton Bike
7) Free things to do in London including museums
For those visiting London over the school holidays some free things to do, various free museums
Free tickets to the London Sky Garden - new tickets every Monday
Free tickets to Natural History Museum
Free entry to The British Museum
Free entry to The Science Museum
Free entry to The National Gallery
Free entry to Kensington Gardens
Free London tours including Harry Potter
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace free
Free TFL Cycle maps
Free London walking maps
Free Places to Visit / Things to Do in London
Bushy park - waterways, gardens, and roaming herds of deer
Free entry to RAF museum
8 ) Cheap travel, staycations, short trips and holidays
If looking to get away over the school holidays, some travel deals below including bus/coach, rail, UK hotel/holidays, holidays abroad
Bus /Coach/Other
Free Swansea bus travel on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Mondays during selected dates during July/August - Adventure travel
Cheap coach tickets from £5.90 National Express
Megabus fare finder
Free Summer Bus Tavel for young people and families in Kent
Off Peak Family £50 Day Return - Hover Travel - Isle of Wight
Rail
EMR Summer Sale - £20 Standard Class Return to London / £40 First Class Return (Selected Dates) @ East Midlands Railway
LNER Perks - Free £5 When Joining LNER App (New / Existing Accounts) @ LNER
Kids travel for £1 Scotrail
33% Off Railcard (All customers) with code at The Trainline
UK Hotel / Holidays
Summer of Savings Rooms £32 or Less (e.g. Aberdeen Central Double room 1 adult 1 night Sun 24 Jul £27.99) @ Travelodge
1 Night Liverpool Waterfront Hotel Stay (Jurys Inn) For Two + Buffet Breakfast + A Bottle Of Cava = £75 (July / August) @ Travelzoo
Two night Blackpool break (two people) with breakfast each morning and dinner & wine on the first night for £149 @ Travelzoo
Confirmed codes for The Sun holidays July 2022
Stay, play and explore breaks from £159
Premier Inn family rooms from £29 - use Google calendar to find lowest rates
1 Night Hotel Stay at Ibis Shoreditch London for 2 including Full English Breakfast - £69.42 with code - Available week round @ BuyAGift
4* Hotel Indigo Newcastle overnight stay for 2 people + breakfast + late checkout £69 @ Groupon
Blackpool Llanryan Guest House for two people with daily breakfast - 3 nights £80 / 4 nights £89 / 5 nights £99 @ Groupon
7 night Cornwall 4* self catering stay Nov to March - up to 6 people - Bay Retreat Villas St Merryn £349 @ Groupon
Holiday Travel Tips 2022 - Hotels
Staycations from £10pp - breakfreeholidays
Holiday Inn Express London Limehouse + Breakfast + 24 hr London Thames River Pass = £106 (2 adults and 1 child) @ Holiday Extras
Holidays abroad
Return Flights to Cork Ireland - From: Manchester/Edinburgh/Liverpool with Ryanair = £16 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Return Flights to Dublin, from: London/Bristol/Birmingham/Leeds/Liverpool with Ryanair = £16 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Leeds to Paris Beauvais, Return Flights with Ryanair - £22 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Eurostar Single Ticket to Paris £39 One Way per Adult, or £78 Return (Selected dates - September to November- See Description) @ Eurostar
Solo P&O Cruises Britannia Standard Cabin 14 Night Mediterranean Cruise 21st August - £899 @ P&O Cruises
Newcastle to Amsterdam - 2 night mini cruise DFDS for 2 people with private cabin and Amsterdam bus transfers = £74 via Itison
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How to find a cheap family holiday in the UK and abroad
Earning and Redeeming Avios points
Price comparison websites compared: always get the best price
A guide to frequent flyer schemes and how to save money with them
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Fresh rail strike called for 27th, 30th July & 18th and 20th August - Includes Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Thameslink + more
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Cost of living announcement - Payments to start hitting bank accounts from today (14th July) + Extra Help for Energy Bills & More
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Best times to get yellow sticker reductions across supermarkets plus online grocery shopping codes
Holiday Travel Tips 2022 - Hotels / Trains / Holidays + more
Free, cheap and discounted Days Out / things to do for School Holidays and/or Weekends
Cinema - Cheap and discounted cinema tickets / offers and savings / cinema food & drink policy + more
Please feel free to comment in the thread around any ideas / money saving tips you have on things to do in school holidays
- What activities you plan on over the Summer holidays and will you be doing anything different to previous years e.g. are you cutting back on certain areas?
- How much roughly do you plan on spending over the summer holidays and is less than previous years given stretched budgets / increased cost of living?
- Please feel free to comment in the thread around any ideas / money saving tips you have on things to do in school holidays
The thread includes the following
1) Restaurant / Cafe deals - Where kids can eat free or cheap this Summer
2) Meal deals / take away - If looking for a quick meal deal or take away over the school holiday period
3) Days Out & Activities across the UK
4) Cheap cinema tickets - Various offers currently at the Cinema, with some specifically aimed at kids.
5) Cheap Theme Park / Zoo Tickets e.g. Alton Towers, Thorpe park
6) Free things to do in school holidays across the UK
7) Free things to do in London including museums
8 ) Cheap travel, staycations, short trips and holidays
Thanks to all members who have posted individual deals, and have linked to where relevant.
1) Restaurant / Cafe Deals
A lot of cafes/restaurants are running a kids eat free promo over the school holiday period as well as other promos . See the list of offers below.
Kids Eat For £1 (Hot/Cold Meals) - no min spend In Asda Cafes (25th July - now extended until end of year ) aged 16 and under @ Asda
Daily special main meal from 3pm for £4.99 plus kids eat free e.g. Ultimate fish & Chips / Breakfast brunch / Roast chicken @ Morrisons Cafe
Cream Tea For £2.99 (Pot of Tea + Sandwich + Fruit Scone) @ Morrisons Cafe
All kids eat this summer from 95p or £1.50 for combination meal (IKEA Family members in participating stores) @ IKEA
Any 2 kids meals for £5.00 @ IKEA
Any Cake + Tea or Filter coffee - £1.50 (IKEA family price) - instore @ IKEA
Any croissant (plain / almond / chocolate) + hot drink = 95p (Ikea Family price) - in store @ Ikea
Meatballs or plant balls with pasta and tomato sauce + Daim cake = £3.95 (Ikea Family price) - in store @ Ikea
FREE Unlimited Breakfast for TWO children under 16 with every 1 adult paying @ Beefeater & Brewers Fayre
Yo! Sushi Kid’s eat free (For every £10 spent by an Accompanying adult) from 3.30pm-5.30pm, Monday to Thursday until 1st September 2022
Dunelm Pausa Cafe - Kids eat free when £4 cafe spend - until 27th August
Kids Eat For £1 (With Adult Main Purchase) Mon-Thurs 4–6pm @ Bella Italia
Kids Eat For £1 (2 Children Per 1 Adult Main Purchase - Voucher Sign Up via Email) @ Farmhouse Inns
Kids eat for £1 with the purchase of an adult meal - 25th to 27th July - Toby Carvery, Harvester and Stonehouse
Kids eat free M&S cafe from 25th July - spend of £5 needed to get kids free Much breakfast or free lunch
Free Kids Breakfast (With Adult Breakfast Purchase) All Summer Holidays @ Hungry Horse
Kids eat free for £1 with an adult that purchases a main course - Cafe Rouge
Kids eat free with an adult main meal @ Dobbies
Kids eat for £1 at Sizzling pubs with every adult meal
Two kids under 16 eat for FREE with every adult breakfast purchased @ Table Table
Kids eat free with main menu burger purchase @ GBK
Sainsbury's feed a family for a fiver recipes
Kids eat free with any item purchased in the cafe (Clubcard price) - 25th July to 26th August @ Tesco
2) Meal Deals / Take Away
If looking for a quick meal deal or take away over the school holiday period see below current deals.
TEX MEX Family Dine In (2 Mains + 4 Extras) £15 @ Marks & Spencer
2 Medium pizzas, 1 x drink, plus 1 x sky store voucher or 1 x Vue ticket
6 items for £5 freezer fillers - Co-op
6 Irresistible Sausages, 4 Budweisers (or Colas) £4 @ Co-op
Tea-for-tonight Meal Deal - 2 mains, 1 side & 1 bread for £8 @ Asda
2 Stonebaked Pizzas + Ben & Jerry’s £5 @ Sainsbury’s Local
50% off pizzas and sides when you spend £30 or more @ Pizza Hut
My McDonald's Rewards - Get a free cheeseburger or vegetable deluxe on sign up / 1500 bonus points on your first order via app @ McDonald's
From 26th July - Free cheeseburger / hamburger / drink / fries when you signup for "Your Burger King" rewards via app @ Burger Kin
9 Chicken On The Bone Tuesday’s £5.99 (Instore & Drive Through) - from 26th July @ KFC
KFC Stamp Boost: £5 off with 7+ stamps (not 11) / Free snack with 3-6 stamps (not 7) / Free side with 0-2 stamps (not 3) from July 26 @ KFC
50% off Pizzas (£30 spend) Papa Johns / Pizza Hut with Meerkat movies
2 for 1 meals with Tastecard
3) Days Out & Activities across the UK
If looking for something to do over the school holidays see below some ideas on days out or activities across the UK
Use your Tesco Clubcard vouchers for days out (3 x value)
1 game of bowling & Junior burger meal = £5 (Monday to Friday) @ Tenpin
25% Off Bowling Games Before 11am All Summer Holidays @ Hollywood Bowl
3 months Disney+ for £6 of Clubcard Vouchers @ Tesco
Day return trip to Dublin (from Holyhead) - £12 adult / 2 adults and 2 children £30 (£7.50 per person) @ Stena Line
Firle Beacon Rally, Sprint and Supercar Festival at South Downs, Sussex- Family Day Pass £54 at Planet Offers
2 for 1 on London attractions with National Rail
PICNIQ Various family attraction tickets available e.g. SEA LIFE London Aquarium for £55 (includes summer hols) @ Picniq Tickets
Free entry up to 6 children with English Heritage membership
Discounted attraction tickets in main cities via Fever
£10 off no min spend via newsletter signup Buyagift
Kids go free with a full paying adult - Official London Theatre
£20 off £40 experiences - Virgin Experience Days o2 Priority
Various museums for free at Hull
Discounted attraction tickets at Planet offers, plus 10% off with newsletter signup
Skegness Aquarium - Half Price Family Pass - £19 @ Planet Offers
Penkridge Staffordshire - 1 day Canal barge cruise hire for up to 8 people (Georgie's Canal Cruises) - £89 @ Travelzoo
Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience tickets (London) - 2 people £43.35 (£21.68pp) / 8 people £173.40 (£21.68pp) with code @ Planet Offers
Outdoor Cinema London - Ghostbusters Afterlife - Goonies - Back to Future - 1 x £4.95 / 2 x = £9.90 + 15% off code new customers @ Groupon
PlayStation / Xbox / Nintendo console party - 2 hour cinema private screen hire (for as many friends as you like) - from £95 @ Savoy Cinemas
Showcase cinema private screen hire for 20 people with film e.g. Top Gun Maverick - from £140 (£7 per person) @ Showcase Cinemas
25% off using discount code (Exclusions apply) @ BuyAGift
4) Cheap Cinema Tickets
Various offers currently at the Cinema, with some specifically aimed at kids. See list of offers below.
Vue mini mornings - Both adults and children pay from £2.49 per ticket. Mini Mornings are run every Saturday and Sunday morning from 10am, plus every day in the school holidays
Cineworld movies for juniors - discounted weekly screenings bring you a selection of family films from just £2.50 per ticket – for kids and adults
Three+ Rewards app £3 cinema tickets
Two cinema tickets for £7 from Vue with Vodafone Very Me Rewards / Voxi
One complimentary odeon cinema ticket per week with o2 Priority
2 for 1 cinema tickets with Meerkat movies every Tuesday/Wednesday
Two ODEON cinema tickets £10 (Luxe £14) / Five tickets £22 (Luxe £30) - 95p booking fee per ticket @ Groupon
Odeon Limitless Membership 12 months - £135 per year including West End e.g. Odeon Luxe Leicester Square @ Groupon
Vue Cinema tickets 2 for £9.75, 5 for £20.99, 10 for £35.69 + 10% off with code - Valid till October @ Wowcher
Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Cineworld / Picturehouse (3 x value)
Showcase insider membership free e.g. get access to discounted tickets
Odeon Family Summer Saver - 4 standard Adult tickets + 4 standard Child tickets £40 / Luxe £48 @ ODEON
5) Cheap Theme Park / Zoo Tickets
If looking for cheap theme park / zoo tickets e.g. Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington etc
2 for 1 theme park tickets with national rail when you book train tickets
2 for 1 adult tickets Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Legoland, Chessington, Sea Life Centres, Madame Tussauds andother Merlin attractions with Kellogg's
3 x value Theme parks with Tesco Clubcard
Fife Zoo Entry tickets from £5.50 (for 1 adult + 1child), more in description @ Wowcher
Legoland, 2 day park tickets and hotel stay - prices from £216 for 2 adults and 2 children
Safari Zoo Cumbria Family Pass £20.76 via Groupon
Chester Zoo Saver Tickets: Any 3 people £68.16 / Any 4 people £89.98 / Any 5 people £109.06 @ Chester Zoo
Safari Zoo Cumbria - Family Pass £24 via Planet Offers
20% discount off tickets in July with code @ Lightwater Valley
Theme park tickets e.g. Thorpe Park from £20 via Student beans
Theme Parks - How to save money guide
6) Free things to do in school holidays across the UK
Some ideas for free things to do in the school holidays
Free attractions and days out in Scotland
Free and cheap days out in Northern Ireland
20 of the best free attractions in the UK
Free entry to the donkey sanctuary
Free things to do in Wales
Free swim/gym pass with o2 Priority - Hussle
Free in store events at Smyths
Free BBC Tours/Shows
Free Amazon live virtual tour - one hour behind the scenes of fulfilment centres
Find your nearest castle - some are free
1 Month Free Paramount+ Trial (using code SHORE) Paramount
National Memorium Arboretum free tickets
Discounted days out with Kids Pass - £1 trial for 30 days
Free Railway museum York
Free paper craft materials via Canon
Free 3 Day Pass 22-24th July using code @ The Gym Group
Free Resources to support children's learning (Downloadable PDFs) @ Amazon
Free Harry Potter Walking Tour Edinburgh
Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe tickets (20,000 available) with newsletter signup / code @ The Scotsman
Free tours of Leicester Town Hall
Free outdoor cinema Manchester
Free temporary beach at Watford
Have two 30-minute rides each day during the Commonwealth Games for free @ Birmingham
FREE Bike hire between 27th and 31st July (5 day hire) @ Brompton Bike
7) Free things to do in London including museums
For those visiting London over the school holidays some free things to do, various free museums
Free tickets to the London Sky Garden - new tickets every Monday
Free tickets to Natural History Museum
Free entry to The British Museum
Free entry to The Science Museum
Free entry to The National Gallery
Free entry to Kensington Gardens
Free London tours including Harry Potter
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace free
Free TFL Cycle maps
Free London walking maps
Free Places to Visit / Things to Do in London
Bushy park - waterways, gardens, and roaming herds of deer
Free entry to RAF museum
8 ) Cheap travel, staycations, short trips and holidays
If looking to get away over the school holidays, some travel deals below including bus/coach, rail, UK hotel/holidays, holidays abroad
Bus /Coach/Other
Free Swansea bus travel on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Mondays during selected dates during July/August - Adventure travel
Cheap coach tickets from £5.90 National Express
Megabus fare finder
Free Summer Bus Tavel for young people and families in Kent
Off Peak Family £50 Day Return - Hover Travel - Isle of Wight
Rail
EMR Summer Sale - £20 Standard Class Return to London / £40 First Class Return (Selected Dates) @ East Midlands Railway
LNER Perks - Free £5 When Joining LNER App (New / Existing Accounts) @ LNER
Kids travel for £1 Scotrail
33% Off Railcard (All customers) with code at The Trainline
UK Hotel / Holidays
Summer of Savings Rooms £32 or Less (e.g. Aberdeen Central Double room 1 adult 1 night Sun 24 Jul £27.99) @ Travelodge
1 Night Liverpool Waterfront Hotel Stay (Jurys Inn) For Two + Buffet Breakfast + A Bottle Of Cava = £75 (July / August) @ Travelzoo
Two night Blackpool break (two people) with breakfast each morning and dinner & wine on the first night for £149 @ Travelzoo
Confirmed codes for The Sun holidays July 2022
Stay, play and explore breaks from £159
Premier Inn family rooms from £29 - use Google calendar to find lowest rates
1 Night Hotel Stay at Ibis Shoreditch London for 2 including Full English Breakfast - £69.42 with code - Available week round @ BuyAGift
4* Hotel Indigo Newcastle overnight stay for 2 people + breakfast + late checkout £69 @ Groupon
Blackpool Llanryan Guest House for two people with daily breakfast - 3 nights £80 / 4 nights £89 / 5 nights £99 @ Groupon
7 night Cornwall 4* self catering stay Nov to March - up to 6 people - Bay Retreat Villas St Merryn £349 @ Groupon
Holiday Travel Tips 2022 - Hotels
Staycations from £10pp - breakfreeholidays
Holiday Inn Express London Limehouse + Breakfast + 24 hr London Thames River Pass = £106 (2 adults and 1 child) @ Holiday Extras
Holidays abroad
Return Flights to Cork Ireland - From: Manchester/Edinburgh/Liverpool with Ryanair = £16 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Return Flights to Dublin, from: London/Bristol/Birmingham/Leeds/Liverpool with Ryanair = £16 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Leeds to Paris Beauvais, Return Flights with Ryanair - £22 Per Person August Dates via Skyscanner
Eurostar Single Ticket to Paris £39 One Way per Adult, or £78 Return (Selected dates - September to November- See Description) @ Eurostar
Solo P&O Cruises Britannia Standard Cabin 14 Night Mediterranean Cruise 21st August - £899 @ P&O Cruises
Newcastle to Amsterdam - 2 night mini cruise DFDS for 2 people with private cabin and Amsterdam bus transfers = £74 via Itison
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Below are some related discussions and guides that maybe of interest
How to find cheap hotels
How to find a cheap family holiday in the UK and abroad
Earning and Redeeming Avios points
Price comparison websites compared: always get the best price
A guide to frequent flyer schemes and how to save money with them
Theme parks - how to save money
Fresh rail strike called for 27th, 30th July & 18th and 20th August - Includes Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Thameslink + more
What can you do to help cut costs when buying goods? How do we shop smarter and other information to help
Cost of living announcement - Payments to start hitting bank accounts from today (14th July) + Extra Help for Energy Bills & More
Energy price cap to rise to approx £2,800 in October + Information, grants and tips that could help keep costs down
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Best times to get yellow sticker reductions across supermarkets plus online grocery shopping codes
Holiday Travel Tips 2022 - Hotels / Trains / Holidays + more
Free, cheap and discounted Days Out / things to do for School Holidays and/or Weekends
Cinema - Cheap and discounted cinema tickets / offers and savings / cinema food & drink policy + more
Please feel free to comment in the thread around any ideas / money saving tips you have on things to do in school holidays
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Beacon Country Park Upholland WN8 7RU
Beacon Fell Country Park Longridge PR3 2NL
Billy Bob’s Parlour Bolton Abbey BD23 6EU
Billy Bob's Parlour Preston PR3 5AD
Bob's Brew Weir BL6 7RR
Bold Venture Park Darwen BB3 2SN
Bolton Abbey
Bolton Steam Museum Bolton BL1 4HW
Bridestones Moor OL14 8SA
Brimham Rocks Harrogate HG3 4DW
Brock Bottoms Preston PR3 0PP
Brockhole Windermere LA23 1LJ
Brockholes nature reserve Preston PR5 0AG
Brungerley Park, Waddington Rd, Clitheroe BB7 2JE
Buckden Wood Bury BL8 4PG
Bullough Park BB5 0LW
Cadshaw Castle Rocks BB3 2TX
Calf Hey Reservoir
St. Catherine's Park PR5 5XF
Clitheroe Castle and Park Clitheroe BB7 1BA
Clowbridge Reservoir Burnley BB11 5PF
Coppice Peel Park Accrington
Coronation Rock Blackpool FY1 4RY
Corporation Park Blackburn BB2 6DE
Cuerden Valley Park PR5 6BY
Cutwood Park Rishton BB1 4ET
Darwen Tower Darwen BB3 1JX
Edisford Bridge Clitheroe BB7 3LJ
Entwistle Reservoir Turton
Fairhaven lake Lytham FY8 1BD
Fairy Caves Oswaldtwistle
Fairy Glen woods Parbold WN8 7DN
Fishmoor Reservoir Guide
Football Museum Manchester M4 3BG
Formby Squirrel park Liverpool L37 1LJ
Forest of Bowland BB7 3AY
Gisburn Forest Gruffalo trail BB7 4TS
Haigh Hall Park Wigan WN2 1PE
Hameldon Hill BB11 5QP
Happy Mount Park Morecambe LA4 5AQ
Hardcastle Crags HX7 7AW
Hatch Brook Waterfall PR6 8QU
Haworth Park and Art Gallery BB5 2JS
Heald Wood BB12 0EB
Healey Dell Nature Reserve OL12 6BQ
Heaton Park Manchester M25 2SW
Hesketh Park Southport PR9 9JN
Hollingworth Lake Rochdale OL15 OAQ
Houghton Bottoms
Hurst Grange Park PR1 9XH
Ice cream Factory Cheshire CH3 9NE
Jackhouse Nature Reserve BB5 3RR
Jack keys Reservoir Darwen
Johnson's Reservoir BB3 3NN
Jumbles Country Park BL2 4JS
Kee and Lock Woods / Hapton Castle Valley BB11 5QU
Knowl Hill OL12 7TL
Liverpool Castle Rivington BL6 7RU
Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve PR54 5YY
Lowerfold Park Great Harwood BB6 7NS
Lytham St Anne's FY8 1LY
Malham Cove Skipton, BD23 4DG
Marsden Park Nelson BB9 8BW
Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool L3 4AQ
Mesnes Park Wigan WN1 1TU
Moor Park Preston PR1 6AS
Moses Gate Country park Bolton BL4 3DN
Moss Bank Park Bolton
Mother Shipton’s Knaresborough, HG5 8DD
Museum of Science and Industry Manchester M3 4FP
Oakhill Park Accrington BB5 2BN
Old Holly Farm Garstang PR3 1AA
Oswaldtwistle Mills BB5 3DE
Park View Park Lytham FY8 4JE
Pendle Sculpture Trail Barley BB12 9LD
Pilot Herbert Noga crash site Darwen Moors BB3 2TZ
Queen's Park Bolton BL1 4BY
Queens Park Blackburn BB1 1QF
Queens Park Burnley BB10 3LB
Rhyddings Park Oswaldtwistle BB5 3AR
Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail Clitheroe BB7 4QD
Ribchester Park Ribchester PR3 3ZH
Ribchester Roman Bath House Ribchester PR3 3ZJ
Rivington Pike Rivington BL6 7RZ
Roddlesworth reservoir walk and Tockholes woods BB3 0AP
Sand dunes Blackpool
Scott Park Burnley BB11 4JR
Singing Ringing Tree BB11 3QZ
Skipton Castle
Spring Wood Whalley BB7 9TD
Stanley Park Blackpool FY3 9HU
Sunnyhurst woods Darwen BB3 0LA
Tentering Tower BL0 0NS
The Airport pub Manchester M22 5WH
The Atom - Panopticon Colne BB8 7EQ
Thompson Park Burnley BB11 3QW
Top Withens HX7 7AX
Townley Park Burnley BB11 3RQ
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir BL2 4JP
Victoria Park Vickys Witch Trail Nelson BB9 7AF
Walker Fold Woods BL1 7PT
Wayoh Reservoir Turton
Whalley Viaduct BB7 9TW
Wheelton Plantation PR6 8QU
Whitehall Park Darwen BB3 2LH
Whitaker Park Rawtenstall BB4 6RE
Wild boar Park Chipping PR3 2QT
Windmill and Lowther Gardens Lytham FY8 5QQ
Withy Park Bamber Bridge PR5 6YJ
Witton Park Blackburn BB2 2TP
Woodnook Vale Nature Reserve BB5 0PJ
Worden Park Leyland PR25 1DJ
Wycollar Hall Colne BB8 8SY
Yarrow Valley Park Chorley PR7 3QL
[ ] Swallow farm Cheshire £25pn
[ ] Hatfield, Doncaster DN7 6EQ £27pn
[ ] Apple blossom, goole £22pn
[ ] Upwood holiday park bd22 9ss £27.50pn
[ ] Rudding park Harrogate
[ ] Beechcroft farm, bakewell £23pn
[ ] Hollingworth Lake Rochdale £24pn
[ ] Lincolnshire lanes LN8 2DB £21pn 2hrs away
[ ] Flower of May Scarborough £34pn
[ ] Cayton Village Club Campsite Mill Lane, Cayton Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NN
Blue Peter badge places
[ ] Eureka
[ ] Blackpool zoo and pleasure Beach
[ ] Jorvik Viking Centre
[ ] Jodrell Bank
[ ] Knowsley
[ ] Magna science museum
[ ] Quarry Bank mill styal
[ ] London zoo
[ ] World of glass
Repeat entry for 12m
[ ] Alnwick Castle ne
[ ] Catalyst science Centre widnes
[ ] Burghley house lincs
[ ] Crich tramways village Derbyshire
[ ] The deep Hull
[ ] Ironbridge gorge Shropshire
[ ] National emergency services museum Sheffield
[ ] National space centre Leicester
[ ] Otterspool adventure liverpool
[ ] Stockeld park, wetherby
[ ] Stockholm park
[ ] JORVIK Viking Centre
19 Coppergate, York YO1 9WT
01904 615505 g.co/kgs…AvP (free 12m entry and blue Peter badge)
Near mums
[ ] Holkham Hall norfolk
[ ] Whisby nature park
[ ] Burghley house lincs (free 12m entry)
[ ] Fairy dell outdoor lido splash park
[ ] Woodside wildlife park LN3 5DQ
[ ] Museum of Lincolnshire life
[ ] Jump inc in lincoln
[ ] Anderby creek Beach for shells
[ ] Settle flower pot trail in august
[ ] Calypso cove waterpark barnsley
[ ] Wakefield rhubarb Festival. 3 days
[ ] Corpus museum in holland
Parks
[ ] Thompson Park Burnley
[ ] Stamford park
[ ] Pigot quarry waterfall, shaw
[ ] Anglezark reservoir, Bolton chorley
[ ] Heaton park
[ ] Surprise view off snake pass
[ ] Teggs nose country park
[ ] Haigh woodland park
[ ] Clifton country park
[ ] Moss bank park
[ ] Walton hall and gardens
[ ] Bramhall hall and park
[ ] Todmorden park
[ ] Hebden bridge park
[ ] Wepre park flintshire
[ ] Pesketh park farm near bolton abbey
[ ] Carrs (Wilmslow)
[ ] Fairy Glenn
[ ] Enchanted forest, stockeld park wetherby
[ ] Wepre Park
[ ] Reddish Vale Country Park
[ ] Heaton Park
[ ] Chorlton Water Park
[ ] Fletcher Moss
[ ] Brockholes
[ ] Wythenshawe Park (Simply Cycling sessions on specific days)
[ ] Burntwood Park
[ ] Longford Park (Simply Cycling sessions on specific days)
[ ] Debdale Park
[ ] Alexander Park (Simply Cycling sessions on specific days)
[ ] Doveston Reservoir
[ ] Hollingworth Lake
[ ] Sale Water Park
[ ] Tatton Park
[ ] Dunham Massey
[ ] Quarry Bank (walk in Styal Country Park)
[ ] Lyme Park
[ ] Delamere Forest
[ ] Macclesfield Forest
[ ] Walton Hall Gardens (has beautiful park with free animal park.)
[ ] Astley Park and Hall, Chorley (adventure playgrounds, duck pond, petting zoo, woods and streams, historic hall and art gallery, nice cafe. All free!)
[ ] Smithills Hall Museum
[ ] Stamford Park (has splash park)
[ ] Speke Hall
[ ] Wolds way lavender YO postcode
[ ] Hulme Garden Centre
[ ] Bents Garden Centre
[ ] Stockeld park Yorkshire
[ ] Monsal Dale, White Peak
[ ] Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire
[ ] Top Withens and Brontë waterfalls, Hebden Bridge
[ ] Dovedale, Peak District
[ ] Matlock Bath , Peak District
[ ] Forest of Bowland, Lancashire
[ ] Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak
[ ] Grin Low, Buxton
[ ] Wildboarclough, Macclesfield
[ ] Lud's Church, Leek
[ ] Hope Valley, Peak District
[ ] Brungerley Park, Waddington Rd, Clitheroe BB7 2JE
[ ] Astley Park and Hall Chorley PR7 1XA
[ ] Avenham and Miller Park PR1 8JP
[ ] Barrowford Park Barrowford BB9 6EW
[ ] Beacon Country Park Upholland WN8 7RU
[ ] Beacon Fell Country Park Longridge PR3 2NL
[ ] St. Catherine's Park PR5 5XF
[ ] Clitheroe Castle and Park Clitheroe BB7 1BA
[ ] Coppice Peel Park Accrington
[ ] Corporation Park Blackburn BB2 6DE
[ ] Cuerden Valley Park PR5 6BY
[ ] Cutwood Park Rishton BB1 4ET
[ ] Bullough Park BB5 0LW
[ ] Formby Squirrel park Liverpool L37 1LJ
[ ] Haigh Ha
[ ] Haworth Park and Art Gallery BB5 2JS
[ ] Hurst Grange Park PR1 9XH
[ ] Jumbles Country Park BL2 4JS
[ ] Marsden Park Nelson BB9 8BW
[ ] Mesnes Park Wigan WN1 1TU
[ ] Moor Park Preston PR1 6AS
[ ] Moses Gate Country park Bolton BL4 3DN
[ ] Moss Bank Park Bolton
[ ] Oakhill Park Accrington BB5 2BN
[ ] Lowerfold Park Great Harwood BB6 7NS
[ ] Queen's Park Bolton BL1 4BY
[ ] Queens Park Blackburn BB1 1QF
[ ] Queens Park Burnley BB10 3LB
[ ] Rhyddings Park Oswaldtwistle BB5 3AR
[ ] Ribchester Park Ribchester PR3 3ZH
[ ] Scott Park Burnley BB11 4JR
[ ] Stanley Park Blackpool FY3 9HU
[ ] Stubbylee Park Bacup
[ ] The Forbidden Corner, Tupgill Park
[ ] Thompson Park Burnley BB11 3QW
[ ] Townley Park Burnley BB11 3RQ
[ ] Turton and Entwistle Reservoir BL2 4JP
[ ] Victoria Park Vickys Witch Trail Nelson BB9 7AF
[ ] Whitehall Park Darwen BB3 2LH
[ ] Whitaker Park (inc museum) Rawtenstall BB4 6RE
[ ] Wild boar Park Chipping PR3 2QT
[ ] Withy Park Bamber Bridge PR5 6YJ
[ ] Witton Park Blackburn BB2 2TP
[ ] Worden Park Leyland PR25 1DJ
[ ] Yarrow Valley Park Chorley PR7 3QL
Nice Places to eat
[ ] Cafe east
[ ] Bento leeds
[ ] The woodlands blackburn
[ ] Space themed afternoon tea at ampersand Hotel london
[v] Cafe aylanto
[ ] Trap kitchen m11
[ ] Fox inn bistro ripponden
[ ] The garden kitchen
[v] Grandpa greens igloo
[v] Ice cream farm
[ ] Waterfold farm
[ ] Lock keeper Radcliffe
[v] Treehouse altrincham
[v] Slatterys
[ ] Macello liverpool steak place
[ ] Etci mehmet
[ ] Kai Turkish place on deansgate
[ ] Mrs a's kitchen
[ ] Cafe Marhaba, 6 Back Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 1HP
[ ] Lilys ashton
[v] Rice and 3 soap st mani
[ ] This and that, bolton
[ ] 3 monkeys preston
[ ] Pind bradford
[v] Pearls bradford
[ ] Haven hatch oxford road
[ ] Burgerism mani
[v] Fat twins Oldham
[v] Crazy pedros mani
[ ] Habesha etheopian food gay village
[ ] The sparrows mirabel st mani
[ ] Sugo pasta
[ ] The clove, Blackburn. Halal breakfast
[v] Pasha Lebanese Wilmslow road
Activities/Days out
[ ] National media museum bradford
[ ] Lister park bradford
[ ] Twin lakes Melton Mowbray theme park
[ ] Wheel gate park ng22 8hx theme park
[ ] Catalyst science discovery Centre widnes
[ ] Roald dahl Museum HP20 2QP
[ ] Arcade club bury
[ ] Summit up rock climbing
[ ] Hull maritime museum
[ ] Piglets adventure farm york
[ ] Upside down house manchester
[ ] Waterways Museum Ellesmere port
[ ] New Brighton beach Cheshire
[ ] Techniques wrexham
[ ] Brimham Rocks yorkshire
[ ] Lancaster castle
[ ] Magna, Sheffield science museum
[ ] The flower bowl
[ ] The thing in bury with arcade games
[ ] Happy mount park morecambe, outdoor splash zone
[ ] Lotherton Hall Leeds penguin sanctuary
[ ] Heights of Abraham
[ ] Poole's Cavern Buxton
[ ] Pensthorpe national park fakenham norfolk
[ ] Knowsley Safari Park
[ ] Chester Zoo
[ ] Underwater street imagine that liverpool
[ ] Newby hall, ripon
[ ] Blue Planet Aquarium
[ ] Legoland/Sea Life Centre
[ ] Monkey Forest
[ ] Gulliver's World
[ ] Sky High Adventure
[ ] Treetop Trek in Heaton Park
[ ] Trafford Treetop Adventures
[ ] Dino Golf
[ ] East Lancs Railway
[ ] Jodrell Bank
[ ] Eureka!
[ ] Underwater Street
[ ] Imagine that Wavertree liverpool
[ ] Rhyl sun centre
[ ] Lyons lido prestatyn
[ ] Splash park morcambe happy mount park
[ ] Fountains abbey, york
[ ] Flip out
[ ] Rhyl sun centre waterpark
[ ] Bradford lido
[ ] Huddersfield splash park
[ ] Cockfields farm
[ ] Smith hills farm
[ ] Pepper pig world
[ ] Thomas land
[ ] Digger land
[ ] Zoo
[ ] Sealife etc
[ ] Julia donaldson zog world hulme
[ ] The deep at hull
[ ] Blackpool
[ ] Splash park at st annes
[ ] Mattel world liverpool
[ ] Enchanted wood thorpe perrow yorkshire
[ ] Bentley grange strawberry picking in huddersfield
[ ] Heatherton world of adventure tenby wales
[ ] Dinosaur world tenby Wales
[ ] Zog trail grizedale forest
[ ] Crocky trail
[ ] Forbidden corner dl8 4tq
[ ] Gaddings dam todmorden
[ ] Formby
[ ] Morcambe
[ ] Scarborough
[ ] St annes
[ ] Malham
[ ] Bolton abbey
[ ] Ingleton falls
[ ] Goyt valley
[ ] Gordale scar
[ ] Alderly edge merlin face on rocks
[ ] Cbeebies hotel
[ ] Forbidden corner leyburn yorkshire DL8
[ ] Chatsworth house in bakewell
*Museums:*
[ ] Manchester Museum
[ ] Salford Museum
[ ] The Police Museum
[ ] Bury Transport Museum
[ ] MOSI (Science Museum)
[ ] The People’s History Museum
[ ] Portland Basin
[ ] Stockport Hat Museum
[ ] The Football Museum
[ ] The Imperial War Museum
[ ] Ordsall Hall
[ ] Bolton Museum
[ ] Whitworth Art Gallery
[ ] The Lowry
[ ] Stockport Air RAID
[ ] Touchstones Rochdale
[ ] Gaskell House
[ ] Fire Station Museum Rochdale
[ ] Liverpool Museum
[ ] Beamish living Museum Regional Resource Centre, Beamish DH9 0RG near newcastle
[ ] Media museum bradford
[ ] Bolton Steam Museum Bolton BL1 4HW
*Farms:*
[ ] Smithills Farm
[ ] Reddish Vale Farm
[ ] Wythenshawe Farm (small but good walk after a play in the park)
[ ] Red House Farm
[ ] Cheshire Ice Cream Farm
[ ] Cockfields farm
[ ] Lancaster farm
*Muddy Adventure:*
[ ] Crocky Trail
[ ] Manley Mere
[ ] Forbidden Corner
[ ] Bewilderwood
Venture out further to the Lake District: boat trip on Lake Windermere, Beatrix Potter Museum in Hawkshead, Grizedale Forest, Bardsea Beach
*Fruit Picking:*
[ ] Kenyon Hall Farm
[ ] Poynton Fruit Farm
[ ] Balloon tree pyo near york
*Beaches:*
[ ] Formby
[ ] Whitby
[ ] Scarborough
[ ] Filey
[ ] Bridlington
[ ] Southport
[ ] Lytham St Anne's (has splash park)
[ ] Blackpool
[ ] North Wales Beaches: Talacre Beach, Rhyl, Llandudno
[ ] Thurstaston beach near birkenhead
[ ] New Brighton beach Cheshire
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For those who don't know - the Young Scot card should have been provided automatically once you reach the correct age, but you might need to get it updated, as all young people in Scotland are entitled to free bus travel until they turn 22.
(Can I also suggest that in future for deals like this, post it at the end of June. Scottish schools are already half way through their summer break.) (edited)