Here’s the chance to guide your vehicle between some big African animals in a bit more space than they would have at the average zoo. All the big names are here: elephants elephants, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, lions and monkey as well as smaller more inquisitive species like lemurs. Additional attractions – mostly targeted at kids – include an great adventure...

This impressive collection of glittering fish and fearsome-looking sharks can be appreciated from below thanks to moving walkways through tunnels in tanks. This helps make it much more engaging for kids than traditional aquariums, as does the chance to touch rays in a learning centre and even dive with the sharks (age 8 upwards; £95 with advanced booking). Shark-diving is...

Quality theme park, mainly based around the idea of having fun in the woods. You can saw logs with a two-man saw; balance on tree-top trails; sky-dive; test yourself on climbing walls; ascend Britain’s tallest wood tower; and enjoy a handful of fairly low-key rides, which include a roller coaster and log flume. Of course, most of the attractions aren’t...

Arrive with low expectations at the slightly shabby, dated and overall pretty middling M&Ds theme park and you’ll leave happy. But it’s Scotland’s only theme park and a reliable hit with kids who have some 20 rides to choose from; there are only 5 proper white-knuckle rides. Also here is Amazonia; a tropical rainforest where you can get close to...