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Family trips out
Stonor Park
Stonor park is a beautiful country estate near Henley. It’s still lived in by the Stonor family and has been for the last 850 years! The house and grounds, gardens and views are magnificent, making it a wonderful place to hang out and explore, especially on a sunny day. At certain times of the year […]
Beale Park
Beale Park is an outdoor wildlife park about 40 mins drive from Marlow out past Reading. There is plenty enough to keep all ages of kids occupied for most of the day between the animals, play areas, large outdoor paddling pool, sand, train ride and other exhibits. It’s definitely worth the drive if you fancy a […]
Tring Natural History Museum
Tring Natural History Museum is about a 45 minute drive from Marlow and a perfect place if you are fancying a trip out on a wet day. It’s linked with the Natural History Museum in London and is predominantly a fantastic collection of stuffed animals! It’s free to enter, buggy friendly, has a small cafe. […]
FREE Parks and Play Areas
Hughenden Park
The Hughenden Park play area was re-opened in July 2017 after a £168k re-development. The council got local schools involved in the design stage and (I think) they have done a great job. It’s a lovely natural wooden play structure with multiple areas to suite children of all ages. Flick through the pictures above to […]
Fernie fields park
Fernie park is the park at Booker gym club and Judo Centre, its also called Booker recreation grounds. It’s not necessarily a place you would travel to from Marlow just for the park itself, but it’s great if you want to combine a quick park stop with going to John Lewis or any of the […]
Black Park
Black Park covers over 500 acres of woodland and heathland. There are over 10 miles of well surfaced track, a large lake, cafe and woodland adventure play area. There is also a Go Ape on site and lots of organised activities running in the park. We find the park great for our 1yr old and […]
Walks for Little Legs
Cliveden Woodland Walk
Cliveden Woodland area is part of the the Cliveden Estate owned by the National Trust. That said, this area has it’s own entrance which is further down the road from the main entrance. The woodlands are a lovely area to explore and there are plenty of natural attractions for kids, from climbing logs, dens to […]
Happy Valley Short Walk
Happy Valley is the locals name given to an area of countryside that sits between the Henley Road and Marlow Common. It’s rich in woodland and rolling hills making it a beautiful place to walk. There will be many routes you can explore in this area, mostly visible on google maps. This is just one […]
The Jolly Farmer pub walk in Cookham
The Jolly Farmer is a lovely pub in Cookham Dean, owned by the village for the village. As well as lovely food, they have a great outdoor play area. It’s worth visiting just for lunch or a drink whilst the kids play in the summer or you can combine a visit with a walk. We […]
Rainy Day Inspiration
Flowerland
Flowerland is just on the other side of Bourne End. It has everything you’d expect at a garden centre with the addition of a small but well filled reptile centre and an aquatics centre. My littlen’s shriek with excitement at seeing the snakes every time! You can also feed the Carp fish (you can buy […]
Play and Bounce at Wycombe Leisure Centre
On Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings Wycombe Leisure Centre sets up a large bouncy castle style structure in the sports hall aimed at toddlers and young children. Children up to 10 yrs of age are permitted and trampolines are available on Mondays during term time. Where/When Wycombe Leisure Centre. Monday and Wednesday 9.30am – 11.30am and […]
Tring Natural History Museum
Tring Natural History Museum is about a 45 minute drive from Marlow and a perfect place if you are fancying a trip out on a wet day. It’s linked with the Natural History Museum in London and is predominantly a fantastic collection of stuffed animals! It’s free to enter, buggy friendly, has a small cafe. […]
Eating Out with Kids
George and Dragon Marlow
The George and Dragon in Marlow does a great value breakfast where kids under 16’s eat free*. This is our boys fave place to go for breakfast at the weekend, mainly because they love choosing their own food from the buffet. Everything is on offer that you can imagine from crumpets to cocco pop’s and […]
The Jolly Farmer pub walk in Cookham
The Jolly Farmer is a lovely pub in Cookham Dean, owned by the village for the village. As well as lovely food, they have a great outdoor play area. It’s worth visiting just for lunch or a drink whilst the kids play in the summer or you can combine a visit with a walk. We […]
Pizza Dreams Cafe
Pizza Dreams Cafe is a small independently run Pizzeria in Cookham village. The wood fired pizza’s are awesome but we go there as much for the kids to watch the pizza’s being made as we do for the actual eating! We tend to sit next to the open style kitchen and Chef Martin is SO […]
Swimming Pool Options
High Wycombe Leisure Centre
High Wycombe swimming pool is based near the Cressex roundabout and is part of a large leisure centre complex. There are 2 pools. The main pool is 50m long and suitable for older children whilst the smaller teaching pool is better for younger children as its quieter and warmer. There is a splash area next […]
Marlow Court Gardens Swimming Pool
The Court Garden Leisure Complex in Marlow has a small swimming pool that is 15m long and 0.9m to 1.4m deep. It is usually kept around 30 degrees Celsius. This is an ideal pool for babies as there is just the one small pool it is often quiet unlike some of the larger pools in […]
Wycombe Rye Lido
Wycombe Rye Lido is a leisure center with indoor and outdoor heated swimming pools. The outdoor pool is one of few remaining outdoor swimming pools in the country and it’s heated from April to October. It has been recently refurbished. Its 33 yards in length and there is also a separate shallow children’s pool. Where/when […]
Mini Trips
Grove Riding School
Grove Riding School sits between Marlow and High Wycombe and is home to a very large number of riding stable and privately owned horses. I’m listing it here as a ‘mini trip’ with your young child to see and experience the horses rather than as a place to come and ride (although it is a […]
Sport & Exercise
Bike ride to the Olde Bell pub in Hurley
This is one of our favorite family activities on a nice day. We’ve done this route with our boys from them sitting on the back of our bikes, to on tag alongs and now our 5yr can ride the route on his own. From Higginson park we pick up the tow path and cycle all […]
Soft Play
Play and Bounce at Wycombe Leisure Centre
On Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings Wycombe Leisure Centre sets up a large bouncy castle style structure in the sports hall aimed at toddlers and young children. Children up to 10 yrs of age are permitted and trampolines are available on Mondays during term time. Where/When Wycombe Leisure Centre. Monday and Wednesday 9.30am – 11.30am and […]
Places to eat with outside play areas
The Walnut Tree Pub Bourne End
The Walnut Tree is a country pub and restaurant in Bourne End. It serve’s a range of pub classics as well as Sunday roasts and children’s meals. It’s a great place to visit with younger children in the warmer months, when you can sit outside to enjoy the garden whilst your kids enjoy the enclosed […]
The Bounty Bourne End
The Bounty Pub is a unique place right on the river Thames in Bourne End. This pub is all about being outside next the river on a sunny day. It has a large terrace and garden right on the rivers edge. There is also a great enclosed kids play area. The food is basic pub […]
The Jolly Farmer pub walk in Cookham
The Jolly Farmer is a lovely pub in Cookham Dean, owned by the village for the village. As well as lovely food, they have a great outdoor play area. It’s worth visiting just for lunch or a drink whilst the kids play in the summer or you can combine a visit with a walk. We […]
Recent Articles
Tennis
Here’s a run down of all the local tennis clubs that coach children in and near Marlow. Coaching sessions run after school or at weekends.
Gymnastics
Here’s a run down of all the local gymnastics clubs that train in and near Marlow. Training sessions run after school or at weekends.
Football
Here’s a run down of all the football clubs that run kid’s football training in and near Marlow. Training sessions run after school or at weekends. Some clubs take part in local league matches running at weekends.