Glen Eagle Manor, Harpenden

Advantages: Good day out, family friendly
Disadvantages: Expensive food

...Drayton Manor Park Drayton Manor is a large theme park located just outside Tamworth, Staffordshire on the A4091 it is easy to access from the M42 motorway. This theme park has rides suitable for everyone, it's very family friendly even younger children can enjoy themselves as un-like some other theme parks there are rides suitable for them too. Rides & Attractions As well as just rides Drayton Manor Park has a zoo with more than 100 species of animals from all across the world. Animals that can be seen include, Big cats Reptiles Monkeys Eagles Owls Parrots Exotic creature reserve This is ideal for those of the family who go along but maybe aren't so keen on the theme park rides but can still enjoy the day with the rest of the family as there is more than just rides. There are lots of rides at Drayton... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic Scenery, Lots Of Wildlife
Disadvantages: The Midges, Difficult To Get To

...Glen Affric has been described by many writers of Scottish Books as "the most beautiful Glen in Scotland." It is a place that I have visited many times and having seen this place at first hand and also many other Glens in Scotland I will not try and dispute this claim. THE LOCATION Glen Affric lies on the A831 just 24 miles to the West of Inverness, 15 miles from Drumnadrochit, and 65 miles to the East of Fort William. GLEN AFFRIC Access to Glen Affric is via a single track Road that leaves the A831 at Fasnakyle Power Station near Cannich. This Road initially follows the River Affric and then eventually runs alongside the shores of Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. It is a dead end Road that continues for 5 miles so your return journey will be back along this same route. Glen Affric is an example of one of the largest surviving... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of history
Disadvantages: Mainly ruins

...The Manor Castle lies approximately two miles to the south east of Sheffield City Centre. Today there are only ruins that now remain of this once magnificent Castle that was built in 1510. It achieved its greatest fame as the place where Mary, Queen of Scots was held captive for a period that spanned 14 years, except a few short breaks in Derbyshire at Buxton, Chatsworth House and the nearby Sheffield Castle. The ruins of Manor Castle now occupy a patch of land in the middle of a Housing Estate that takes its name from this Building. It is called the Manor Housing Estate. Manor Castle is sometimes referred to as Sheffield Manor or the Manor Lodge. It originally stood within the Grounds of a vast Deer Park on land that formed part of the Estate of the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. Remnants of this Park are now known as the Norfolk... Read review

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