London Travel Forum

Hi members, need a small help from you guys.
my brother is visiting UK from the 17th -24th
he is arriving on 16th in London, there after he plans to go to south Scotland, with a cousin and her family. i think they plan a road trip. my brothers 2 kids are 5 and 3 year old boys.
could you please suggest places to see during their visit. thanks a lot

Hi Manish
what a challenge you pose ! So much depends on the length of time allowed for that road trip and any preferences for visits. For example, would it be better to aim for stops exploring the great outdoors or will it better to head for museums and castles? Would the cousin have some thoughts ? Presume you mean the cousins family of two boys. Boys like to get out and about and not sit in cars. Grown ups like getting lost looking at maps.

I am with Puerto on this. Do you mean things to do in London, things to do on the road between London and Scotland, things to do in Southern Scotland? Give us a bit more info and I will be glad to try and assist.

fergy.

i think things to do in south scotland is what my brother is looking at.
the counsin sister and her husband have their daughter who is 2 year old.
yes i would like to know something to do in london too.
not party places though, since they have 3 little ones with them all the time

Lots of excellent ideas for things to do in London with small children here;

http://www.visitlondon.com/people/family/

and here:

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/out/ent/kids.html

and other sites as well if you google 'london kids'.

I'd recommend a visit to the Natural History Museum for the dinosaurs and other animals (free) http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

and to the British Museum for the Egyptian mummies (etc, also free):

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

and to the Science Museum for lots of buttons to push and levers to pull (free):

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

There are also lots of parks and playgrounds for them to explore, including the Diana Memorial Playground in Kenisington Gardens:

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/diana_playground.cfm

Make sure your brother takes the to Horseguards to see (and touch) the guardsmen on their horses, and maybe to see the Changing of the Guard too:

http://www.changing-the-guard.com/sched.htm







South Scotland is a huge area, and so it is more-or-less impssible to give specific ideas (with young children one does not want to be travelliung klong disstances every day). Can you be more specific about where your brother intends to base himself and his family?

he is just planning to drive to the south of scotland. not specific, if there is anything interesting let me know.
he is planning to stop over in few places to explore.
any suggestions welcome