Changing Places & Accessible Toilets - Special Needs Adventure Family

A tall, weathered stone monument with carved figures, part of a garden ruin at Shugborough Estate, surrounded by trees and shrubs.

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Shugborough Estate – A Huge National Trust Day Out in Staffordshire

It had been around 40 years since I last visited Shugborough Estate. My rather vague memory of that visit involves a teddy bears' picnic, and I certainly don't remember appreciating just how enormous the place was. I do now!

A large machine with many dials and pipes on it, that produces electricity

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Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum – Is It an Accessible Family Day Out?

Our latest family day out took us to Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, where we found everything from fossils and steam engines to a Spitfire, giant eyeballs and a certain skull who somehow ended up being called Sam.

A close up picture of the outside of Little Moreton Hall, showing how the walls and floors sag

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Little Moreton Hall: Accessibility, Tudor Wonkiness, and Vertigo Warnings!

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like you’re walking on the deck of a rolling ship while firmly planted on dry land, Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire is the place for you!

The Bakewell Pudding Factory, a stone building with a sign reading "Pudding Parlour and Shop" and a Union Jack flag above the door, with people walking in the street outside.

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Trip to Bakewell

We visited Bakewell and had a nice relaxing day, apart from some toilet drama!

A majestic male lion with a thick golden mane walks through grass near a tree.

Accessible Attractions

West Midland Safari Park

If you want to get up close to wild animals, then driving through a safari park gives you that opportunity. We visited West Midland Safari Park for our experience.