A recent poll conducted to identify UK’s 25 most enjoyable, technology–free fun days, has revealed that eating fish and chips on Blackpool Pier is the best family day out in the country.
Cream tea in Devon, a picnic in the Lake District and getting lost in the maze at Hampton Court Palace were amongst the top 10 greatest family activities.
In the top 20, playing Pooh Sticks at 100 Acre Wood, East Sussex and visiting a honey farm were included.
The survey, which was compiled by VisitEngland with a Winnie and Pooh theme, reveals how today’s 40 and 50 somethings choose to spend their lazy summer days out when they were growing up. The poll that was participated by 2,000 adults revealed that the fondest holiday memories cost very little like fossil hunting, picking blackberries, and stargazing.
Half of Brits say that the best times they had were holding hands with mum or dad for a long walk, enjoying a picnic, and building sandcastles.
The UK's top 25 'Pooh-style' simple pleasures:
- Tucking into fish and chips on Blackpool Pier, Lancs
- A cream tea in Devon
- A picnic at Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria
- Rock-pooling in Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall
- Camping in the New Forest, Hants
- Marvelling at Stonehenge, Wilts
- Getting lost in the maze at Hampton Court Palace
- Taking a stroll beside Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland and Cumbria
- A boat ride on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
- Watching the puffins on the Farne Islands, Northumberland
- Stargazing in Exmoor National Park, Norfolk and Suffolk
- Taking in the landscape at the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire
- Trying to make a Queen’s guard laugh during sentry duty at Buckingham Palace
- Watching the changing of the guard at Windsor Castle, Berks
- Fossil hunting on Brook Beach, Isle of Wight
- A trip to the White Cliffs of Dover
- Playing Pooh Sticks at 100 Acre Wood, East Sussex
- Rolling down the hills around Corfe Castle, Dorset
- Visiting a honey farm in Devon
- Skimming stones at Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Northumberland
- Picking blackberries at Box Hill, Surrey
- Riding a barge through the canals in Birmingham
- Taking in the grandeur of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
- Deer spotting in Richmond Park, Surrey
- Admiring Bamburgh Castle from the beach in Northumberland