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Parks & Playgrounds in Sheffield

None of these are what you'd call round the corner, so this is one for a proper day out rather than an after-school trip. Newstead Abbey is a longer trip out to Ravenshead, and the estate there gives you 300 acres to wander, a play park and a house to look through, with kids going free if an adult pays from £18. Thoresby Park, out at Newark, has its own play park plus a courtyard cafe and woodland walks, and the military museum on site costs nothing extra. Sundown Adventureland is a further drive out to Retford, built for under-10s with over 30 rides and free entry if your child's under 90cm. If you're weighing it up, Thoresby's the one with no set entry fee attached in these facts, and its woodland walks suit a slower morning. Sundown's the pick for younger children who want rides rather than trails, though it's the furthest to reach. Newstead sits in between: parkland and history together, and useful if you fancy stretching your legs as much as watching the kids play.

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