Today, I am launching my new series of Easy Day Out Ideas!
These are my tried and tested family day out ideas that cater for all ages, require no booking (so are perfect for last-minute plans), and are great for inviting friends and extended family along too!
I’ve got five Easy Day Out ideas all written up. Each Easy Day Out is perfect for a weekend or the school holidays, and even on days off during the week with younger, pre-school children.
Because they require no booking, you can easily make the itineraries into a half day or a full day to fit around your family.
My family love these days out, and I hope you do too! â¤ď¸
Easy Day Out #1
đ Seaburn Play Park + Beaches + Fish & Chips + Coastal Walk + Roker Pier
This Easy Day Out just ticks all the boxes!
You can do it in any order, or pick and choose what you’d like to do.
I’ve done this as a day out three times with different groups of friends/ family and it’s always been a hit!
This is our itinerary:
đ Seaburn Play Park
I’ve got a full Instagram post on this, but this play park is fab. Right next to a car park, it has swings, slides, sand, pulleys, wooden imaginative play, musical play, climbing wall and an interactive rainbow arch… to name a few!
đ Coastal Walk & Beaches đ
Walk from Seaburn to Roker or Roker to Seaburn! Both lovely beaches. Seaburn is more Sandy and Roker is more rocky. If the weather is good, you can also walk along Roker Pier to the lighthouse.Â
đ Fish and Chips đ
Our favourite place to go is Downeys! Find them at Stack Seaburn which has limited seating inside and outside at their restaurant, or get a takeaway for the beach at the branch on Marine Walk at Roker Beach!
đ˝ A Bite To Eat
There are so many good eateries along this stretch of coast in Sunderland. We love:
đ Street food from Stack Seaburn
đ The Keralan fish curry from Goa
đ Pancakes, brunch or sweet treats from Love Lily
đ Pizza and pink slices from Fausto
We think that’s enough to fill a day but below you’ll find some added extras if you want to spend more time in Seaburn and Roker!
Extras:
Two additional play parks nearby:
Roker Park has an entrance via Roker Beach.
And there is a small play park on Roker Beach itself by the public toilets.
Words by Rosie 