Angora goats and a Treasure Island theme park are amongst the fantastic attractions on offer for a family day out in East Sussex. Enjoy unspoilt countryside and chalk hills of the South Downs, or the seaside attractions of famous resorts like Brighton and Eastbourne. Some of our favourite days out with kids are the 1066 story and the Smugggler’s Adventure in Hastings, and the life size dinosaur park in Newhaven.
At Bateman's you can see the original illustrations for The Jungle Book at the beautiful home of Rudyard Kipling. Family fun days, theatre in the garden, jungle trails and a working water mill which grinds corn on Wed and Sat afternoons. Special events are held at Easter and Hallow...
The massive walls, ramparts and tunnels of this Fort are really impressive to children. This former Victorian Fortress is built into a cliff and its huge guns can still be admired in their slightly scary cavernous settings. The fortress is brought back to life with life-size exhibiti...
The Mohair Centre is definitely a children's farm with angora goats all ready to be stroked by the kids and other farm animals such as pigs, cows and chickens. In Spring you'll be able to watch the lambing and kidding. No kidding! There are also spinning and weaving demonstrations and a na...
Clambers is an indoor activity centre with a large clamber frame including slides, ball rooms, zip wires and all the usual romping around gear. It is conveniently divided into two sections: - there’s a smaller area for the under 6s, with gentler apparatus and slides, ride-ons and a s...