Wicksteed Leisure Park

I was born in kettering and many days out as a child were spent at wicksteed park. Wicksteed park is split into 4 areas. The playground which is all the climbing frames and general playground equipment. We tend to chill out here with a picnic as it keeps the kids entertained as well The lakeside which has the boats and waterchutes and jets however we tend to give these a miss as we have young children and it would be to much hassel. Then there is the arena which has the bigger rides faster and scarier so as me and my husband are wimps we leave out this area. The fairground is great all the classics like the dodgems and cup and saucers and a ...

Wicksteed Park is a great theme park if you have younger children. Most of the rides are probably aimed at 8-13 year olds. However I'm 23 and thoroughly enjoyed it and went on most of the rides! My 3 year old thoroughly enjoyed it, she must have gone on one ride that was aeroplanes going round and up and down at least 25 times, no joke! It's nice that they do have several rides suitable for toddlers, do check the height restrictions though. Wrist bands are a good idea as you can go on any rides however many times you like. Childrens are £15 and adults are £10. Otherwise you can buy tickets for the rides but this can work out more expensive. You have to pay £6 for the car ...

Living near to Wicksteed Park it seemed an ideal place for us to take our daughter and our two young grandchildren for a picnic. The two girls are 4 years and 2 years and had been looking forward to the picnic for some weeks. We all live quite close to the park and the kids had been before but they were much younger then. Being a senior citizen and living in Northamptonshire all my life I have obviously seen many changes and improvements to the park. The marked safety features are so noticeable to when I was a child, ( Heath and Safety do get some things right). Anyway we watched the weather forecast for a nice day and off we went armed with a ...