Somerset is perfect for families, whether you're looking for a budget all inclusive Somerset caravan and holiday park along the Somerset coast around Weston-super-Mare, Brean, Burnham-on-Sea, Watchet and Minehead or a family adventure activity centre or youth hostel. Somerset offers a choice of family holiday accommodation options and is crammed packed with family holiday entertainment and attractions especially at Brean, Cheddar and Wookey Hole. Farm holidays for families in Somerset are superb, with a choice of farmhouse B&Bs or family holiday cottages available, often with opportunity for the kids to get involved in day to day farm life - feeding the animals and so forth.
Somerset is also great for family activity holidays, with a choice of family holiday activity centres, youth hostels, independent hostels, family friendly holiday and caravan parks and a superb choice of family holiday cottages. Family cycling is easy throughout the Somerset Levels with a network of routes for all abilities. For something more adventurous there are mountain bike trails through the Mendips. Outdoor activities such as rock climbing, caving and abseiling are also popular in the Mendips and the whole family can try it out at Cheddar Gorge.
Seaside destinations are also popular with families including the long sandy beaches of Burnham-on-Sea, Brean and Weston-super-Mare. Holiday parks and caravan parks near the beaches are handy for when the weather's fine and activities within the holiday parks help when it's not.
A family run bed and breakfast situated in the picturesque Cam valley between Bath and Bristol, ideally situated for local attractions
£55 to £60 Per room B&B (based on two…
Most hotels, guesthouses, youth hostels, bunkhouses and holiday and caravan parks welcome children these days and will provide cots, highchairs and so forth on request. Special deals are usually on offer where children under 12 stay free, and many accommodation venues offer superb family rooms. Self-catering options such as all inclusive family caravan parks and holiday parks offer flexibility to families - essential when you've a few kids in tow, and the all-inclusive family vacation packages are often the cheaper option with enough entertainment for the kids on-hand to keep them happy through the holiday.
Most of Somerset's family holidays are based around the Somerset Coast where the kids can play on the massive beaches, the amusements on the piers or visit the Sealife Aquarium at Weston-super-Mare. Family days out can be fun using the East Somerset Railway and the West Somerset Railway where steam trains chug through the beautiful countryside and theme days are fun for kids.
Looking for livelier city breaks for families in Somerset - you can't go far wrong with Bristol where @Bristol has fantastic interactive games to help the whole family get more out of science and technology. Of course you can't have a holiday near Bristol and forget Bristol Zoo where you can see hundreds of exotic animals. The museums and art galleries of Bristol also have lots of fun activities and displays to keep the kids interest. The North Somerset Museum and the County Museum in Taunton have lots of things they kids can get involved in like seeing how the Victorian holiday makers would have dressed or what soldiers would have worn going into the Battle of Sedgemoor to fight the last battle on English soil.
With 230 youth hostels across the UK, Youth Hostels remain one of the most extensive choices for group holidays at an affordable price. Youth Hostels offer much these days, including the obvious - low cost, but also high standards of service, safety and security and often exclusive use options. Some offer education packages linked to the National Curriculum, evening activities and group activities including walking and other outdoor activities. Accommodation type is mostly dormitory style, and some venues are camping barns which are converted farm buildings providing simple, self-catering accommodation. Most of Somerset's Youth Hostels are located in rural areas.
Somerset has several activity centres that welcome families, and numerous family activity packages are available, particularly in the Mendips and South Somerset where you can learn to rock climb, abseil, cave or kayak. Farm holidays in Somerset and Animal Parks are also popular particularly to the east of the Somerset Coast, Exmoor and all through rural Somerset..
Choose one of Somerset's' all inclusive family holiday parks or caravan parks - check out the choice on the Exmoor coast around Minehead and Watchet and Brean between Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare. Great entertainment for the kids here in caravan and holiday parks with facilities like heated splash pools, table tennis and toddlers play areas, bike hires, crazy golf, barbeques and in-house entertainment nights.
A family run bed and breakfast situated in the picturesque Cam valley between Bath and Bristol, ideally situated for local attractions
£55 to £60 Per room B&B (based on two…