Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands 20:32 - Jul 25 with 7669 views | dusseldorf_blue | Weather forecast isn't so great any suggestions for things to do in the Great Yarmouth area with the family, daughter is 9, that do not require good weather? Cheers | | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 20:49 - Jul 25 with 6600 views | Bent_double | Well, you've got the amusements, daily fun sessions at the Marina Centre swimming pool and the SeaLife centre. Your daughter will probably love somewhere like Thrigby Hall or Bewilderwood (bit of a drive), but they're both outside, so good weather would be better. I suppose a day trip to Noj with shopping in Chapelfields is another option if you're really stuck. Best just to come prepared for bad weather and hope the forecasts are wrong - as they seem to have been here lately! | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:02 - Jul 25 with 6580 views | bluejake78 | Yarmouth is far nicer than Blackpool.Plenty of arcades and not forgetting the pleasure beach.There is a sealife centre and a decent indoor pool along the front.Pleasurewood Hills is just down the road in Lowestoft. Burgh Castle (Roman ruin) near Belton is worth a visit.It is free and overlooks the Broads.Funnily enough there is an excellent pub/eatery next door. There are local guide leaflets which include coupons of local attractions. Away from Yarmouth the countryside is beautiful (North Norfolk especially). Enjoy. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:08 - Jul 25 with 6552 views | Lower_North | New Dinosaur exhibition going on soon at the Arena Tower. Had to organize a container delivery of Dinosaurs (not alive) to there today actually.. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:20 - Jul 25 with 6521 views | Burwell_Blue |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 20:49 - Jul 25 by Bent_double | Well, you've got the amusements, daily fun sessions at the Marina Centre swimming pool and the SeaLife centre. Your daughter will probably love somewhere like Thrigby Hall or Bewilderwood (bit of a drive), but they're both outside, so good weather would be better. I suppose a day trip to Noj with shopping in Chapelfields is another option if you're really stuck. Best just to come prepared for bad weather and hope the forecasts are wrong - as they seem to have been here lately! |
Investigate Geocaching. Great for kids, zero cost and will take up hours of your time. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:31 - Jul 25 with 6484 views | factual_blue | I would suggest you all drive as far away from Yarmouth as quickly as you can. And seek medical advice. | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 12:45 - Jul 26 with 6268 views | Chocorange |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:31 - Jul 25 by factual_blue | I would suggest you all drive as far away from Yarmouth as quickly as you can. And seek medical advice. |
I live a couple of miles from California Sands, its great great for me and my 2 kids ( age 8 and 9)being blue in a land of budgies. (They are all quiet at the mo!) Anyway some indoor ideas for you, Burgh Hall , we go there most fridays, about fifteen mins drive, has an indoor play area, quite a big one, bar , swimming pool, does good food and a carvery on sunday, also usually music during the summer holidays , its has its own campsite but does functions and is open to all. Also as someone else has said Marina centre for a bigger swimming pool, Retroskate , roller skating which my daughter loves, Laserquest , Bewilderwood about 30mins away is excellent , massive fun for that age group. Good pub near to that is the New inn at Horning which has arcade and is right next to the Norfolk Broads. Loads of arcades too and Jump warehouse for trampolining near the pleasure beach. Hope that helps, but surely you are not coming all the way from Dusseldorf???!!! | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 13:56 - Jul 26 with 6233 views | dusseldorf_blue |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 12:45 - Jul 26 by Chocorange | I live a couple of miles from California Sands, its great great for me and my 2 kids ( age 8 and 9)being blue in a land of budgies. (They are all quiet at the mo!) Anyway some indoor ideas for you, Burgh Hall , we go there most fridays, about fifteen mins drive, has an indoor play area, quite a big one, bar , swimming pool, does good food and a carvery on sunday, also usually music during the summer holidays , its has its own campsite but does functions and is open to all. Also as someone else has said Marina centre for a bigger swimming pool, Retroskate , roller skating which my daughter loves, Laserquest , Bewilderwood about 30mins away is excellent , massive fun for that age group. Good pub near to that is the New inn at Horning which has arcade and is right next to the Norfolk Broads. Loads of arcades too and Jump warehouse for trampolining near the pleasure beach. Hope that helps, but surely you are not coming all the way from Dusseldorf???!!! |
Am indeed coming from Düsseldorf, family lives in colchester and my wife, German, wanted to experience an old skool/retro English holiday! What could be better than one week in a caravan! Also nicely coincides with the first game of the season which I will also be attending! | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 14:33 - Jul 26 with 6204 views | imsureazzure | The Hippodrome circus is a very good show. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 14:35 - Jul 26 with 6198 views | imsureazzure |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:31 - Jul 25 by factual_blue | I would suggest you all drive as far away from Yarmouth as quickly as you can. And seek medical advice. |
What a horrible thing to say, the chap is taking his child on holiday and asking for advice on what to do, you really are the most unpleasant pr1ck. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 14:50 - Jul 26 with 6164 views | No9 | I was in Gt yarmouth last week & went to the Pleasure Beach. All more than a bit run down, depressing as I remember what it was like in GY in the 50's, 60's & 70's | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 15:56 - Jul 26 with 6116 views | BergholtBru | Yarmouth Races next Tuesday if you want to lose money. | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:03 - Jul 26 with 6106 views | Sacrebleu | Hire a day boat on the Broads. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:06 - Jul 26 with 6102 views | giant_stow | Me and mine love to stay just up the coast from there in Winterton on Sea - lovely area and laods for kids. Winterton has lovely dunes and pub Hemsby's not easy on the eye, but loads of stuff there - for the young kids there's a soft play centre right near the beach Martham or Potter Heigham for day boat hire on the broads (martham if you want a sailing boat). Top tip if you fancy this is the river ant or north up the thurne from potter - both very pretty. There's a lovely guided boat trip / come nature trail at Horsey Meer - lasts an hour so not too long for nippers. Or north norfolk for all the coastal towns like blakeney / cley / wells Also, not sure if anyone's mentioned the pleasure beach in yarmouth yet, but the rollocaoster is terrifying in a 'will it all fall down' way. Also Yarmouth market and surround's good for a charity shop trawl! | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:10 - Jul 26 with 6095 views | giant_stow |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 14:50 - Jul 26 by No9 | I was in Gt yarmouth last week & went to the Pleasure Beach. All more than a bit run down, depressing as I remember what it was like in GY in the 50's, 60's & 70's |
The trick is to see past all that stuff. The port is amazing in a boaty / nerdy way. There's also a place called Elizabethian House where someone was meant to have plotted to kill a king. | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:19 - Jul 26 with 6078 views | itfcjoe | I was up that way recently You've got a model railway and miniature world in Wroxham which is worth going to but maybe not justifying a trip there on it's own - plus a nice smoky grill restaurant at train station | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:20 - Jul 26 with 6074 views | Lord_Lucan | I'm no expert on this but can you hire a boat and drive it down the broads into Norwich or park it up next to a pub in the country?? | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:35 - Jul 26 with 6045 views | giant_stow |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:20 - Jul 26 by Lord_Lucan | I'm no expert on this but can you hire a boat and drive it down the broads into Norwich or park it up next to a pub in the country?? |
You could do that, but from Yarmouth way, you'd have to sleep on it, journey time wise, to get to Norwich. | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:43 - Jul 26 with 5938 views | jimmyvet |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:31 - Jul 25 by factual_blue | I would suggest you all drive as far away from Yarmouth as quickly as you can. And seek medical advice. |
Yes what a sad response the type of response you expect from the huge swathe of champagne socialists like the vile Emily Thornberry...who can afford to holiday in st tropaz GY may not be Islington or Westminster ot Bali but its full of decent people trying to make a decent living in the very tough tourist industry and it happens to have some very nice areas both in the town and the surrounding villages.... | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:01 - Jul 28 with 5811 views | dusseldorf_blue | Thanks for all the responses, with all those suggestions we'll have to extend for a second week! | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:19 - Jul 28 with 5796 views | SE1blue |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:01 - Jul 28 by dusseldorf_blue | Thanks for all the responses, with all those suggestions we'll have to extend for a second week! |
These are good for keeping the kids entertained. Only £7 a treasure map/murder mystery. As a family you solve clues and it helps you to discover the nicer parts of new places. https://www.treasuretrails.co.uk Have a good trip. | |
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Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:26 - Jul 28 with 5784 views | ThePitBoss |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 21:43 - Jul 26 by jimmyvet | Yes what a sad response the type of response you expect from the huge swathe of champagne socialists like the vile Emily Thornberry...who can afford to holiday in st tropaz GY may not be Islington or Westminster ot Bali but its full of decent people trying to make a decent living in the very tough tourist industry and it happens to have some very nice areas both in the town and the surrounding villages.... |
Lord Snooty likes to think he's posh. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:42 - Jul 28 with 5763 views | connorscontract |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 16:03 - Jul 26 by Sacrebleu | Hire a day boat on the Broads. |
This is a must. Would be ok on a blustery/spitting with rain day if all cagouled up. I used to love being allowed a turn driving the boat when I was Dusseldorf's daughter's age. | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 07:45 - Jul 28 with 5760 views | muccletonjoe |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 14:33 - Jul 26 by imsureazzure | The Hippodrome circus is a very good show. |
I can confirm that. Went last week. If you get groupons you can get reductions on tickets | | | |
Starting Saturday I am a week with the family in a caravan at California Sands on 09:07 - Jul 28 with 5682 views | MJallday | I'm curious, did you see the offer for this caravan on a TWTD advert? | |
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