So this week school breaks up and we’re officially IN the summer. YAY!
To celebrate, here’s a little round-up of the 10 unmissable things I suggest you do in and near Lewes this summer.
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1) Spend the day at Normans Bay – or at least definitely until the tide retreats and the enormous beach is revealed!
2) Start off early and spend a whole day walking or biking incredible Bedgebury National Pinetuem + Forest3) Be caught up and lost in the magic of Groombridge Place4) Search for the Gruffalo in Ringwood Toll, an easy, woody walk with natural play structures at Sheffield Park5) Go for a great pub lunch at The Coach and Horses, whose simple playground will keep the tinies happy. (Heaven Farm’s beautiful nature trail, for a post-prandial stroll, is two minutes up the road)6) If you’re going to do a play farm, make it Washbrooks – very reasonable and stuffed full of brilliant things to do7) Keep it local, relax in Southover Grange Gardens (or maybe not if your child tends to do this) with a pot of tea and a Mini Milk8) Head for a proper ‘holiday at home’ day at the Pells Pool in Lewes9) Head to Littlehampton Beach for fish and chips at the East Beach Cafe and a walk along the promenade (or in the littles’ case, along the ‘longest bench in the world’)10) And if it’s raining, head to the Booth Museum, where you’ve an option of a playground if things cheer up…
And also a good lunch (and some booze, come on you’re on holiday!) at The Cow, within a 10-minute walk of the museum.
A great place for lunch with your bunch: The Cow, in Seven Dials, Brighton
Have a happy summer and DO let me know in comments below if you do any of this stuff and what you think!
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