Holidays and breaks with pre-school children

Return to Whinfell

@Craig T - January 2024, Whinfell Forest

Fantastic Christmas break away, second year in a row at Whinfell. We like the fact that everything is under cover and given the weather this year very glad.
Our lodge was the same style as last year and couldn’t fault it again.
The winter wonderland is excellent and really extends the Christmas feel having a young child.

 Accessible lodge  

@mbmckeon51 - July 2023, Whinfell Forest 

I am in a manual wheelchair and the accommodation was perfect for me - spacious, well thought out and profile bed and mattress was a real bonus. Weather was great and we all had a great time. Our first visit at a Centre Parks but would love to come back. Beautiful location in the forest and safe to let our young grandchildren cycle everywhere - hilly site and I needed a push on some of steepest sections.
Dinner at Cafe Rouge was excellent. Loved the whole experiece and all staff we met were helpful and friendly. All the family very happy with 3 night trip.

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Family visit to Center Parcs Sherwood

@Eleanor S - March 2024, Sherwood Forest

We visited Center Parcs Sherwood as a family with two young grandchildren , we had a wonderful weekend , the lodge was comfortable and clean , we loved the swimming and pancake house , the activities with the little ones were reasonably priced as was the bowling and adventure golf , we will definitely visit again

 Suberb week full of fun  

@emmaklincs - August 2023, Sherwood Forest 

Great week with 4 young boys & 4 adults. 4 bed exec lodge, Cedar 934 was superb, it was well equipped & very clean. We went to Archery, mucky pups, musical movers, bowling & crazy golf.

Had a great time at the kids disco & enjoyed all the food on offer. All the staff were really friendly & helpful, responding to requests efficiently. A lost bag of shoes was found & returned quickly & a dishwasher issue was sorted within the day. We all enjoyed the subtropical swimming pool & the venture harbour/ bay was so lovely for the little ones, they didn’t want to leave. Changing facilities/ showers were all clean & well maintained & Cabana cove hot tub was a bonus. Bike hire was easy & the boys loved having the freedom to ride on safe roads.

We could not fault anything apart from prices being quite expensive. Would definitely return, last went 30 years ago, so much has changed & our Grandchildren loved it. Lots of lovely memories made.

Sherwood Forest Tripadvisor

Relaxing few days even with a 2 year old

@Mog120 - January 2024, Longleat Forest

We had a mid week break taking our 2 year old granddaughter,over the years we’ve had many great holidays here . This was no exception, the villa was excellent, comfortable, roomy and well equipped. There has been considerable changes in parts of, all for the good , there are several excellent play areas for children of all ages , we trued her with roller skating , mini football neither of which she’d ever done before . The staff running the courses were brilliant , happy , professional and really put the very young children at ease , the dome offers great water experiences for all ages , but may get very crowded at peak times . Good choice of restaurants and the parc market which is now co-op offers a large variety of foods etc at reasonable prices . All in all a great few days .

 Fantastic holiday for a young family  

@Lily H - June 2023, Longleat Forest 

We have 2 boys under 3 years old, and the place was the perfect family holiday destination, with plenty of walks, playparks for every age, fantastic swimming complex and activities suitable for every type of weather. The lodge, we stayed in, met our every need and provided us with a relaxing environment after days full with new adventures.

Longleat Forest Tripadvisor

Family holiday

@Mog120 - October 2023, Elveden Forest

We visit Elveden most years and each year it just gets better! Swimming is fantastic, plenty to do and a brilliant adventure cove for younger children. My two children did a few activities, including Aerial Adventure, mini trek, and aqua jetting. All were brilliant and staff were great 😊 it seems the play park has been updated as well. Our lodge was perfect, clean and we had lots of wildlife in our garden. Overall we had a great stay x

 Never fails to deliver for a family break  

@Matthew W - June 2023, Longleat Forest 

I've lost count of the number of times we've spent long weekends at Center Parcs resorts. Our young children absolutely adore living in the forest amoungst all the wildlife. The Subtropical Swimming Paradise is such a great place for all the family to spend a few hrs relaxing (or not!). The great thing about returning as the children grow up is the vast range of activities offered, meaning they are always able to try something new and slightly more challenging each time they visit.
Can't wait until our next visit, especially as out oldest is now commited to taking on the Elvedon lake zip wire!!

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Family holiday

@Jasmine M - Feb 2024, Woburn Forest

We love and try to come back once a year as we all really relax and switch off. We like it as it’s not too far from where we live yet you feel like you could be anywhere in g to he world. It’s a really easy holiday with young children as they have so much to do, our loved collecting the badges she got one for baby ballet and one for helping us in the shop. You could spend a lot on different activities or not spend much at all as lot to do for free,we enjoy the subtropical swimming pool. The restaurants are great we did brunch at pancake house and dinner at las iguanas another night the rest of the time we ate in lodge. They are simple but well equipped you feel very secluded. Overall we loved it. Wish village was on whilst we were there and that was fantastic at night our child was amazed by it.

 Excellent trip with friends and our family to Woburn Center parcs  

@Sophiafloral - March 2023, Woburn Forest 

What a fantastic trip to Woburn Center parcs. We hadn’t been since being teenagers ourselves and now we have a young family of our own we wanted to return. We were not disappointed. We booked a 4 bed lodge with another couple and toddler as we wouldn’t have been able to afford it on our own. We had snow all week in march which made it even more special. The layout at Woburn is really lovely with everything within easy reach. We booked a cabin near to the swimming pool as i was 35 weeks pregnant and knew we’d spend ALOT of time there. Which we did and the facilities at the pool are excellent. The children’s pools are just amazing and my 3 year old was going head first down the flumes by the end of our stay. Great that they provide float vests and everything is kept clean and warm.

We visited the aqua sauna and I had a pregnancy treatment that was out of this world. We also visited the pancake house which was nice and great they have a soft play the pancakes however although nice were pricey and not as many options as could be.

We stayed in cabin 872 which was very close to the pool but backed onto woodland so we enjoyed watching lots of wildlife grazing right outside our doors. And had a great view to see the snow each morning.

We would recommend doing a food shop from a local supermarket then we just topped up anything we needed from the very well stocked shop on site. We hope to return year after year.

Woburn Forest Tripadvisor