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England, France

Up to 60% off PGL summer camp & adventure holidays – book by 8 August

PGL’s final summer sale is now on  with a raft of great offers on summer camp and adventure holidays for 7 to 17 year olds. With Centres across the UK and France and with a wide range of activities to try from rafting to climbing to pony riding these holidays will not disappoint. Holidays must be booked by the 8 August.

Current offers:

  1. Up to 60% off on selected 7 night UK Multi Activity holidays, including First Timer holidays for new customers. Plus, we also have three for two on selected two night Taster Holidays for new customers! Offer code HOL33X.
  2. Book one, get one FREE! Book one child and a second child goes FREE on selected 7, 4 and 3 night UK Multi Activity holidays. Offer code MAT33X.
  3. Just one child? Save 30% off* when you book one child on any of the 7, 4 and 3 night UK Multi Activity holidays shown in offer two. Offer code FREE33X.
  4. Up to 40% off selected 7 night Specialist Holidays. Offer code SHS33X.
  5. Up to 40% off selected French holidays. Offer code OSA33X.

Terms and conditions apply.

PGL Summer Camp and Adventure Holidays – Adventure, Freedom and Friends.

England

Kids go FREE on LEGOLAND® breaks on selected dates in September & October; from £124 for a family of four

From £124 a family of four can stay near the Legoland Resort Windsor on selected dates during September and October 2013. This price includes Legoland tickets, the hotel and a second day in the Park for free.

There are brand new attractions this year including the 4D film adventure Lego Legends of Chima, the Lego Star Wars Miniland Model Display has 12 new characters and there is the new Duplo Valley home to the biggest outdoor water play structure in the UK Drench Towers, Duplo Spalsh Safari and play village Brickville.

Terms and conditions apply on this Legoland special offer.

Kids Go FREE on LEGOLAND® Breaks| Now available on selected dates.

England

Late availability family luxury cottage now £525 for 7 nights starting 13 July, East Devon countryside | Courtmoor Farm

Stable Cottage is available this Saturday at a special offer price of £525 (from £656) for a 7 night break. Stable Cottage is part of Courtmoor Farm Holiday Cottages set in 17 acres of East Devon countryside in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The cottage sleeps 5 with two double bedrooms (that can be twin or doubles) plus a folding bed in one of the bedrooms.

With free use of their coarse fishing, gym, sauna and children’s play area this is a great base for your family holiday.  They also o have their own woodland walks accessed from the driveway with an abundance of wildlife, flora and fauna with buzzards, sparrow hawks and kestrels to spot.

Stable Cottage – luxury cottage for famillies.

England

Family summer adventure holidays & short breaks at YHA Okehampton Devon from £83

Choose from a family adventure short break (2 to 4 days) staying at the Good Shed or a family adventure seven day holiday at Bracken Tor House. On the short breaks you can arrive any day and then select your own activities dependent on what is being offered on the days you stay. With the seven day holiday you arrive on the Saturday with 3 full days of activities and 6 evening activities included. Accommodation at Bracken Tor is a family bunk room with catering included. Activities include watersports, high ropes, archery, rock climbing, gorge scrambling and either pony trekking or the Big Oke abseil for over 12s. Evening activities include quizzes, campfire and night walks.

Great value  with a 2 night short break in a family room with catering and activities for £113 per adult and £91 for under 14s.; camping brings this down to £83 and £71. The seven night holiday starts from £274 per adult and £229 for under 14s. Activities suitable for children aged 5 and over.

Summer Holidays for families.

England

Quirky accommodation 1930s gypsy caravan close to the North Devon coastline; from £50 a night | Gypsy Hideaway

 

Tucked away on 20 acres of private wild flower fields and aged woodland sits a restored 1030’s Bow Top Gypsy Caravan just minutes away from the beautiful North Devon coastline. This gypsy caravan sleeps 2 comfortably with the option of putting a tent alongside for the children. Across the road is an award winning local farm deli selling Cream Teas and fresh eggs. This is the perfect place for enjoying peaceful surroundings, coastal walks and local beaches, surfing, fishing, markets, hiking, diving, swimming, golf or bird watching.

This quirky accommodation can be booked for £50 a night (with a 2 night minimum stay). Mid week offer includes stay one night and the second is half price.

www.info@gypsyhiseaway.co.uk.

England, Scotland, Wales

Children under five camp for free at Camping in the Forests campsites across the UK – pitches from £13.30

Children under five camp for free at Camping in the Forest’s nineteen campsites across England, Scotland and Wales.  All of their sites are set in the heart of Forestry Commission land so there is plenty of family fun to be had in the woods.

At selected campsites this summer, Forest Rangers have a range of fun activities planned ranging from forest survival to orienteering to ‘Dusk Watch’ and ‘Night Vision’ events. Activities vary dependent on the site so please check to see what’s on.

Each site also offers miles of woodland trails that are directly accessible from your tent and many of the sites have adult and child bikes to hire including child seats and tag-alongs.

Prices start from £13.30 mid season and £15.40 high season (starts 26 June in Scotland and 20 July England and Wales).

Special offers on Camping in the Forest campsites – Camping in the forest.

England, Scotland

20% off luxury cabin holidays during June, July & August | Forest Holidays

Forest Holidays are currently offering 20% off luxury cabin prices during the months of June, July and August. Set in 8 idyllic locations across England and Scotland Forest Holidays are all about families spending quality time together, learning and playing in the great outdoors. To encourage this Forest Holidays have identified 20 fun family activities to enjoy during your stay. Of the 20 activities my favourites have to be:

  • enjoy a guided ranger activity and learn how to spot an animal
  • lounge in your own private hot tub and star gaze
  • spot nocturnal animals on a guided night vision walk
  • enjoy a cosy cabin with movies on demand whatever the weather
  • ‘big tree climbing’ at Blackwood Forest

The best price for a family of four arriving the 2 August for a long weekend break at Cropton Yorkshire is £356.80. Pet friendly too. In late June the price is as low as £297.60 for a 3 night break. Prices shown are with the discount included.

Locations include Strathyre and Argyll in Scotland, Keldy and Cropton in Yorkshire, The Forest of Dean, Sherwood Forest and the brand new Blackwood Forest in Hampshire.

Forest Holidays :: UK Short Breaks 2013/2014 in England & Scotland.

England, UK, Wales

Summer savings with PGL: buy 1 get 1 free plus £150 off many of their activity holidays | PGL

PGL has a great offer on its summer activity holidays for children and teenagers. When you book before the 4 July 2013 you can take advantage of their ‘book one child, get one free’ offer for the same holiday/week booked. This offer is across all of their 4 and 7 night multi activity holidays and nearly all of their ‘specialist’ holidays.

There is a great range of specialist holidays to choose from including Xtreme Adventure, Video Games Workshop, Stage Skills, Film-making, Wellbeing, Motorsports, Cooks Academy, Adrenaline Adventure, Mission Spy, Indiana Jones, Wet & Wild, Explorer, Climbing Adventure, Learner Driving, Horse riding, Surfing, Leadership Challenge, Bushcraft, Photography Adventure, Music Studio and Street Dance.

PGL has also knocked £150 off their 7 night multi-activity holidays and off many of their specialist holidays too, plus 2 French ones too!!

Offer codes:

  • SFH3X for a specialist holiday
  • SFH3X  for ‘2 for the price of 1’
  • SAVE2X is for all multi-activity holidays.

PGL Adventure Holidays – More Special Offers.

England

Save £150 on summer childrens horse riding holiday now £469 plus second child goes free when booked by 4 July | PGL

Pony Trekking Holiday

This is the perfect residential holiday for pony mad children to learn horse riding skills. As well as riding instruction your child will learn how to care for their horse. The experience includes six half days of equestrian activities and six half days of fun multi-activities and is suitable for children aged seven to thirteen. PGL’s pony trekking and riding holidays run at Boreatton Park in Shropshire and Caythorpe Court in Lincolnshire.

Save £150 by booking any summer week by the 4 July. If you book two children on the same week/holiday then the second one goes free!!! The cost of the seven night stay is now £469.

The book one get one free offer is across all of PGLs 7 and 4 night multi-activity holidays and selected specialist holidays including Xtreme Adventure, Video Games Workshop, Stage Skills, Film-making, Well being, Motorsports and Cooks Academy. Quote the following offer code SFH3X when booking a specialist holiday; offer code for ‘2 for the price of 1’ is SFH3X and SAVE2X is for all multi-activity holidays.

Pony Trekking Holiday.

England

Visit the new Mary Rose museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard & stay at a new boutique hotel Number Four

Combine a visit to the new Mary Rose museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard with a  short break at a recently opened boutique hotel in Portsmouth. The Number Four is walking distance from the town and seafront and offers designer bedrooms, complimentary breakfast, free parking, flat screen tvs, high speed wifi.

The new  £27 million Mary Rose museum http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/maryrose2013/?gclid=CJWOjve87bcCFUfLtAodQiUA3A opened at the end of May this year. The museum is built around the Tudor ship that was raised from the seabed in 1982 and is the only sixteenth century warship on display in the world complete with artifacts. The museum is located next to Nelson’s HMS victory and the ships of the modern Royal Navy.

Family rooms at Number Four sleeping two adults and 2 children are available. A typical price on a week night during the school holidays is £145 for a family room and £86 for a double room. Children under the age of two stay free of charge in cribs/cots. Children under the age of 16 stay for free when using existing beds in other rooms. The hotel is a ten minutes drive away from the museum. The Blue Reef aquarium is also a major attraction.

Number 4 Hotel Southsea Portsmouth.