Dose them up on vitamin D walking the Quantocks and the Levels. Get down to the Wild Place Project for more fresh air amid 50 acres of outdoor space and giraffes, zebras, gelada baboons, cheetahs, meerkats and ring-tailed lemurs. Or head to Weston-Super-Mare for the beach, pier and Water Adventure Play Park with café.
See 6000 years of history at Wookey Hole Caves or stunning stalactite caverns and dramatic cliffs that rise over 450 feet at Cheddar Gorge. Or bring your buckets and spades for great beaches at Burnham-on-Sea, the North Devon coast, Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast.
Catch the latest flicks at Scott Cinema – just a two-minute walk away. See relics from the battle of Sedgemoor and Victorian clothing at the Blake Museum. Hunt mini-beasts, paddle in the stream, kick a ball around and play hide-and-seek at Fyne Court Nature Reserve. Or learn to water ski, wakeboard, jet ski and kart at Middlemoor Water Park.
Fish, skate, BMX, walk and watch birds at 42-acre Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park. Head to the Vivary Adventure Centre for high-ropes courses, crazy golf and climbing. Or enjoy over 40 fantastic rides and attractions including roller-coasters and family-friendly boat rides and dodgems at Brean Park, the South West’s largest theme park.
The gateway to beauty is just next door. The Brick Beauty Salon sits within castle walls, ready and waiting with nail extensions, waxing, threading, brows and lashes, and manis and pedis. Or maybe fix up a pamper party complete with balloon arch, disco ball, glasses of fizz (or two) and top tunes from Roxi.
Out and about, there’s clay to blast from the sky at Brook Bank Shooting Ground and 18 holes to fill at Enmore Golf Club set on the lower slopes of the glorious Quantock Hills. And enjoy more sport, with fishing at Summerhayes Fisheries or in the local rivers, including the Parrett, Tone and Yeo.
Hack the hills with Currypool Equestrian. Walk the Quantock Hills right from the doorstep. Park at Spaxton Road and explore England’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Or drive to the tranquil waterscapes of the Somerset Levels and Moors, the Blackdown Hills and the Avalon Marshes.
Take to the water on kayaks, canoes, self-drive motorboats and chartered narrowboats with Somerset Boat Centre. Have a go at frisbee golf, axe-throwing and kayaking at Mendip Activity Centre. Head south for Durdle Door and Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast. Or go back in time at Wells Cathedral and Dunster Castle.
