Family Travel Ideas - UK Travel with Children

Visit the real locations of the Harry Potter films and take a walk on some actual sets at the studio where it was filmed.

Here are the best family vacation attractions in the United Kingdom. Find out about UK attractions and sights that will please vacationers of all ages and that will make vacationing with children in the UK a real pleasure.

The Panto Season extends from mid-November to mid February all over the UK. Cities, towns and villages all have one or more pantos on for the holiday season. Use this list to find some of the bigger productions.

The Mary Rose Museum is in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, home of the Royal Navy. It is one of the dockyard's six historic attractions, which also include visits to the HMS Victory and Queen Victoria's Ironclad, the HMS Warrior.

The Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. The 600-year-old swan colony is not only unique, it is great family fun near Dorset's Jurassic Coast.

Kids on vacation say the darndest things. Here are some readers' reports on how their kids reacted to their travels by saying the darndest things.

Family-friendly outings and fun things to do with kids in England's Southeast.

Successful family vacations depend on plenty of fun things to do with your kids that will entertain all ages. These family-friendly fun things to do with kids in Yorkshire are bound to create great days out and lovely family memories

Readers tell us about their favorite days out with kids

Read a review of Lake District with Kids, a new guidebook for family travel in England's Lake District

The Deep at the confluence of the Hull and Humberside Rivers is Europe's deepest aquarium and a unique East Yorkshire attraction.

Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, near Poole in Dorset, is a family fun attraction for children under 8 years old. This safe, fun attraction has loads of personality and lots of baby animals.

Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Egg Rolls are a big tradition in the UK. The rolling lawn of a stately home is an irresistable temptation for Easter Egg rollers. Here are some of the best places for the family fun of Easter weekend in the UK.

Cycling in Scotland. Read about car free bicycle trails in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, with links to the best trails.

Conquhoun's Restaurant on Loch Lomond is a family-friendly restaurant and a fine place for a Sunday lunch on Loch Lomond.

Family entertainment and children's theater at Edinburgh. Not everything is for grownups at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Among the more than 2000 shows, there's loads of entertainment for children from toddlers to teens. These are some family entertainment and children's theater highlights of the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Schedule.

The Clarence Hotel in Windsor is close to Windsor Castle and Legoland. It offers fresh looking, individually decorated rooms and good value family rooms at budget to moderate prices.

The Edinburgh International Science Festival will turn the whole of this city in Scotland into a science family fun fair. At least 133 different events over 12 days, many of them free!

Corn Mazes in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Find out how to find a Corn Maze near you.

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre celebrates the life of the children's author. A series of galleries tell his story through film, objects, and lively interactive displays. Laura Porter, About.com's Guide to London for Visitors, has checked it out and reports that visitors can even sit in Roald Dahl's writing chair!

Read about the Gostport&Fareham Easter Festival, a celebration of traditional and contemporary Celtic music on England's south coast, More than 300 musicians from all over the world in concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, dancing, singarounds and late night parties.

The Lomond & Clyde Springfest celebrates the blooming of Helensburgh's cherry blossoms with a festival of music, dance, art, heritage, food, drink and gardening on the Clyde.

The UK City of York celebrates its Viking heritage with battle reenactments, encampments, arts and crafts, saga-telling, river events and more. For more than 22 years, the Jorvik Viking Festival, held in February, spreads madness, mayhem and fun in the streets of York.