Playland Fun Park

What it’s like

A pay-as-you-go ride park on the river with go karts, bumper boats and a pony ride, plus riverside meadows for a picnic.

This one's built around individual rides rather than one big ticket, so you pick and choose what your kids fancy: go karts, Moto GP bikes, F1 cars, a junior pirate ship, bumper boats, a safari train and a pony ride. That spread means a toddler who just wants the safari train and an eight-year-old who wants to floor it round the go kart track can both get what they came for without anyone being dragged off early.

Entry itself is free, which is the bit that makes this easy to say yes to on a whim. You're paying per ride instead, so the actual cost of a visit depends entirely on how many goes everyone wants, and that's worth bearing in mind if you've got more than one child asking for "just one more go" on the karts.

It sits by the river, and the riverside meadows are open for picnics, so packing lunch and making a proper afternoon of it works well here. There's no big indoor option listed, so this is really a fine-weather plan rather than a wet-day fallback.

The go karts and the pirate ship sound like the ones kids will still be talking about on the drive home, but with seven different rides on offer it's the kind of visit where everyone ends up with a favourite.

Facilities

Need to know

Best for

Good for younger ones on the pony ride and safari train, older kids on the karts

Picnics

Allowed in riverside meadows

• It's pay-per-ride rather than one flat entry fee, so costs add up with multiple goes
• The riverside meadows make a decent spot to eat if you bring your own food
• Seven different rides on offer, from bumper boats to F1 cars, so there's a real mix of pace

Plan your visit

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