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Conkers
 Conkers ... 210321.Newest Review: ... that they will touch something they shouldn't and something will break. At Conkers, learning is through experience, so you might be glad to know that around every corner is a sign saying...Please touch the exhibits...Phew!! There is plenty to see and do in the discovery zones. My youngest was particularly taken by a display that gave you the chance to view something 'through the eyes ... more ... of a spider.' There was also a huge living leaf for the children to crawl gleefully through. Another exhibit brings you face to face with a giant ant. For a minute there I thought I was Joan Collins in Valley of the Ants. There are craft areas...more |
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Your kids can go bonkers...If you take them to Conkers! (1537 words)
by MandyMinx - written on 14.07.03 (Very useful, 512 readings)
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What do you do when you are faced with three moaning kids, who are only two days into the school holidays and are already sitting po faced on the sofa complaining that they are bored? Well the answer to that is simple. Take them to Conkers. If I say the word conker to you, some of you will think about those lethal weapons on pieces of string that regularly threaten to take someones eye out. The rest of you will probably think of trees. Thinking of trees in this case would be a good start. Deep in the heart of the National forest, is a great family day out, that costs little and will have the children burning energy until by the end of the day they go ...
by - written on 09.06.02
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There's a large sign on the M1 in Leicestershire proudly proclaiming "The National Forest", which is odd because there aren't any trees around. What's going on? A hoax? A cockup? Actually it's a sign 10 to 20 years ahead of its time. In 2020 this area will look very different. The key to the mystery lies in the area's industrial heritage. North west Leicestershire was once the coal mining heart of the midlands, with seams stretching all the way to Sheffield. When the industry collapsed in the 1990s, the countryside was left with an ugly legacy of slag heaps, rusting collieries and deep black slurry pits. But in a ...
Conkers: A good day out for the kids (557 words)
by awizzbang - written on 09.08.01 (Very useful, 901 readings)
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Kids bored and still 3 weeks of the summer holidays to go, can’t face going to Alton Towers, live in or close to the Midlands then why not give Conkers a try. Conkers is a new interactive museum/theme park that has just opened near Ashby in Derbyshire. It is set in the new National Forest and its focus is nature and trees in particular. It consists of an exhibition hall and several acres of walks, picnic areas, adventure playgrounds, restaurants, craft shops and many other outside activities. The exhibition hall is large and has loads of interactive exhibits looking at trees, plants and animal life. Practically every exhibit has ...
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