Where to go for my 40th!?

[sjc]

O.K. a call to all you Pistonheaders who have come up trumps previously.Your mission,if you choose to accept,is to recommend a location for my 40th birthday which is rapidly approaching this month.I want to do a 2 night weekend,preferably no further than approx 100 miles from Essex. The place has to be very child friendly (ours are 2 and 3) and there will be plenty of other children between 6 months and 6 years.Want good food, decent quality accomodation, a bit of pampering for the women, and some typically blokey things for the men.
Thanks in advance and a very happy new year to you all.

[alexkp]

I was going to suggest the School Dinners Club in London....but that's probably not going to suit the family...

>> Edited by alexkp on Saturday 1st January 17:42

[srebbe64]

Centre Parcs are good for kids (I've got 4 who enjoy it), plus you can go for a weekend.

[nonegreen]

Somewhere nice, er 100 miles from Essex? Hmmm, tricky? Er France?

[TheExcession]

As an aside, if you fancy a good meal then take yourselves down to Belsit, an Italian restaurant on the main road (High Road) through Woodford Green.

Get there early to avoid a long queue, you can't book in advance and have to pay cash for the meal.

There are very family friendly and their steak is simply sublime.

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[love machine]

Go down to the Kimmeridge ledges near Swanage and dig some ammonites up. Enjoy the scenery and go and stay in a quaint little village, get wasted in the pub and go to bed. I reckon a good beach comb is the way to go. Kimmeridge has some interesting stuff to see apart from that. If I had to go somewhere in the UK, it would by K-Bay. Good surf also. To the right of the beach is something called "Washing ledge" which is a really hard bit of smooth rock like a table. Sounds brilliant!