Family Day Out
Representing great value for money, the 4 centre Thrill Hopper Ticket combines the best thrills and spills from Staffordshire covering Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Waterworld and the Tamworth SnowDome.
Experience Thrust SSC, the fastest car in the world, at the newly re-launched Coventry Transport Musuem. Step into the Living past at the World Heritage Site at Ironbridge and choose from one of ten fascinating museums and open air attractions spread over six square miles - if you can't do it all in one day, buy a value for money passport and keep coming back until you have explored the whole site.
The new Enginuity attraction at Ironbridge is a hands on experience which the whole family can enjoy. If aviation is your thing, then the RAF Musuem at Cosford in Shropshire offers one of the largest collections of planes, rockets and missiles.
The Severn Valley Railway is a fantastically preserved steam railway running through the beautiful Severn Valley between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth with a range of events for kids, like their Thomas the Tank Engine specials.
If its animals you are after, then the go wild at the West Midland Safari & Leisure Park or see Dudley Zoo & Castle covering fifty acres and including a variety of animals from around the world.
For softies of any age the Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford opens daily for you to discover the inner child. Back in bustling Birmingham you can check out the rarely seen undersea world of sharks and sea-horses at the National Sealife Centre or get hands-on in the Thinktank attraction at Millennium Point.
If chocolate is to your taste, then Cadbury World must be on your "must do" list - paradise for the chocoholics!
Such a wide variety of attractions cannot be equaled anywhere else. Even if you have visited the region before, there are always new places to explore and exciting things to do.
Throughout Herefordshire there is a strong tradition of farm cider-making. Farmers produced cider to be drunk by the farm labour force during the following year, especially the busy times of hay-making and harvest. Farmers used to sell cider to local pubs and cider merchants for re-sale in towns.
For 350 years cider production in Herefordshire has been on a rollercoaster, periodically rising to become an industry of great reputation. Throughout this time Herefordshire has been the major player in cidermaking in Britain and Herefordshire people have led the way. There is no better place to find out about cider.
For more details see www.ciderroute.co.uk.
Tours & Trips
Open Top Bus Tours: 14 hop on and off stops including each of the Shakespeare Houses. Tour time 1 hour Live guide plus 7 language audio commentary including children's commentary Tel: 01789 294466 www.city-sightseeing.com
Clarkes Bicycles: Bicycle including tandems & trikes. Hire from Stratford town centre. Routes and guides available Tel: 01789 205057
Stratford Town Walk: Daily walks by local professional guides with entertaining stories and anecdotes. Private groups and ghost walks arranged. Tel: 01789 292478
