Money hacks: summer days outIllustration: Jamie Wignall/The Guardian
A day trip begins with your journey to the attraction, and your savings can also begin there if you use public transport.
In London, up to four children under the age of 11 can travel free of charge on the tube, the Docklands Light Railway, the Overground and Elizabeth Line. The children do not need a ticket – they should be allowed by the staff through the gates or can go through the larger goals with the paying adult. Children between the ages of 11 and 15 receive free or reduced trips with an 11-15-Zip onters photo. One parent or legal guardian must apply for the card that costs 16 pounds and takes about two weeks.
With a railcard of friends and family members (35 GBP for one year) you will always get a third standard, off-peak and progress for adults and a 60% discount on children’s tariffs throughout the National Rail Network in Great Britain.
Some train company daruners and chilers Railway’s bids give children a quid offer in which children aged five to 15 years for £ 1 can travel on a single or return trip outside of the speaker if they are accompanied by an adult on selected trips. Check whether the business with an iron card applies because you often cannot use both.
By traveling by train you can also get a discount on arrival – the National Rail Listet 2 website for 1 offers in London and a mixture of offers in Great Britain, including two for one in the Black Country Museum in the Midlands.
National Express carries out a “Kids Travel Free” campaign, which ends at the end of September. Up to three children (up to 15 years) can be free of charge with an adult with the code.
Always try to book long in advance to get the best tariffs and avoid the maximum times of the week.
Many of the most famous museums in the country remain free for the main exhibitions. In London, the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain and Tate Modern include some of the best known that are not calculated. You may have to pay for certain exhibitions and ask for many donations.
Bath Abbey, the National Railway Museum in York, the science and industrial museum in Manchester and the royal weapons in Leeds can also visit.
People who are universal often get cheap entry into museums or other attractions. The Cartoon Museum in London has adult cards for £ 3 (normally £ 12) for everyone who is approved for universal credit or work devices. The Cutty Sark in Greenwich has £ 2 (usually 22 £ for an adult and £ 11 for a child) tickets for people with some advantages. Up to six people in one household can claim cheap tickets.
Edinburgh Zoo offers tickets for £ 7. Adults via universal loan, pension credit or UK Legacy services can be given access to the Eden project in Cornwall for 5 GBP, while children’s cards are £ 1 each.
The Society of London Theater runs a “children’s week” with 50 different shows every year. A child from the age of 17 can see selected shows free of charge if they are accompanied by a fully paid adult. Up to two more children’s cards can be added at half price. There are no booking fees. The offer is available for selected performances until August 31. Book by official Londonthere.
There are also discounts for shows such as MJ the Musical and Back into the future through a summer theater sale at London Boxoffice.
If you want to see Shakespeare, the Globe Theater in London has 5 pound tickets for appearances even though they will be.
You can combine the theater with a picnic in the Grosvenor Park Open Air Theater in Chester. Tickets cost 20 to 58 £ with a 20% discount for the U16. You can bring your own meal or buy something there. The Brighton Open Air Theater runs until September 21 and has children and family maps as well as concessions for the unemployed.
If you want to get out of the sun, there are bargains on cinema cards. Cineworld carries out £ 1 family films, in which a different film is selected every week and the tickets are each. Among them are the wild robot and the Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The Odeon chain leads children’s demonstrations with tickets for 2.75 GBP every day of the holidays.
Many country parks offer free entry, although they may have to pay for parking. For example, Wendover Woods has a wooden sculpture of the Gruffalo, who find children, as well as cycle paths and hiking trails in the Chilterns. The Moors Valley Country Park and Forest in Dorset can enter free of charge, and dog hikers can take part in a Wallace and Gromit trail with games and challenges. The earth photo exhibition, which focuses on the environment and the climate crisis, runs until the beginning of September.
To cool off
The parking fees vary between parks. For example, Moors Valley calculates £ 16.50 per day, while Wendover Woods £ 13 calculates.
The Beamish Museum near Stanley in Durham tells the history of the region from the 1820s to 1950s through immersive exhibits and has recently been elected as the art fund museum of the year. It has family cards (two adults and two children) for £ 82 with access for a whole year. If you travel to the museum in a Go North East Bus, you will receive a 25% discount on standard entry.
To cool off, the municipality’s lidos and swimming areas can give relief. The Clevedon Marine Lake on the Somerset Coast is a tidal pool and is filled with sea water from the Bristol Canal every spring. With a charity organization, swimmers are asked to donate when you visit.
If an attraction levies an entry fee, pay attention to family cards and make the sums to get the best value. For example, the Sea City Museum in Southampton calculates £ 42.50 for a family ticket for two adults and three children – it is cheaper than buying individual tickets for two adults and two children. It works cheaper to buy individually when you visit two adults with a child. For an adult and three children there is another family ticket option that costs £ 28.50.
The prices for Legoland in Windsor start at £ 34 – children under 90 cm free of charge – if they are bought in advance on the website, compared to 68 GBP if they go up and pay. Chessington World of Adventures begins on this day at £ 32 online or £ 66 personally.
A twice as large ticket offers two attractions for the price of one in Legoland, Chessington World of Adventures, Thorpe Park or Alton Towers. The prices start at £ 32 when you first visit Chessington.
Cadbury carries out an action in which you can get between 10% and 50% discount for up to four tickets from Merlin UK Attractions, including Legoland, Sea Life and Thorpe Park.
Many sights offer annual family cards, but they have to make mathematics again to find out whether the deal works for them. For example, it costs £ 94.20 in an off-peak week day for the London Zoo for two adults and two children. Silver membership (which gives unlimited visits) runs with 200 GBP. It offers entrance to Whipsnade and with a lace visit there you paid membership.
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