This is my final post in the Toddler Trips series! Yep, where on earth did 12 weeks go?! For the last post I will take you to Newbury in Berkshire. It is the prettiest little market town, and small enough to for a little toddler to discover!
We got the train there in June, with our TwoTogether Railcard again – it cost £8 each and Tyler was free. It took about 50 minutes with a change at Reading. Once we reached Newbury, which has step-free access so great if you have a pushchair, the town centre is literally a 2 minute walk, it’s that close! Here is our walking trail:
1) Walk up Cheap Street. The old Kennet Shopping Centre is the first thing you see – we popped into Superdrug there to buy some suncream, as it suddenly got really sunny. There’s a TK Maxx and a Cargo HomeShop in there too if you’re into home stuff.
2) Walk through Market Place/The Arcade – lots of pretty, historic buildings here. Just look up at all the architecture.
3) Walk up Bridge Street and you’ll see a beautiful bridge on the left. There a little alleyway to the right of the bridge. Walk through it and under a pub (yes under!) and you’ll find the Kennet and Avon canal. It’s so pretty. We sat down and had some lunch on the benches, watching the canal boats. Then we walked up the canal path and back down again.
4) Next walk up the High Street and towards the end, on the right, you’ll find the brand new Parkway Shopping Centre. It is so shiny, walls of glass and trendy brands such as John Lewis, Debenhams, TopShop, H&M, Paperchase – a real contrast from the historic high street below! That Wilko is in the old Woolworths building, and step into that store, you really can feel it was a Woolworths!
5) At the back of Parkway, the path leads you to Victoria Park – somewhere great to run around in. There’s a childrens playground and a circular pond here too. We spent a good hour here playing!
6) The park leads you to the other side of the Kennet and Avon canal which we walked back up to the High Street. We made our way back to the station, with a little stop-off in KFC hee hee.
This is a really pretty town to walk around it, and small enough not to feel shattered afterwards. We found it the perfect, relaxing daytrip.
And that concludes my Toddler Trips series! I hope you have enjoyed it and maybe have been inspired to visit some of these fantastic places in the UK!
Sabrina x
Other Toddler Trips:
Bude – Salisbury – Dawlish – St Ives – Penzance – Land’s End – Yeovil – Southend – Paignton – Torquay – Oxford
Very interesting. I live in Newbury, it’s lovely to hear about it from a different perspective. Looks like you had a nice day 🙂
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Ooh a local! I hope you approve 😉 We love going there, it’s so pretty, especially by the canal! xx
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I live here too! Glad you enjoyed it x
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We’re off to go shopping in Newbury in a few mins so this was a timely post. With the rain today though we’ll be hiding indoors all day, not the weather for an outdoor stroll along the canal!
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Ahh freaky! I love the Parkway centre – so shiny and new 😀 Take an umbrella today! xx
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Sounds like a lovely day. Not been to Newbury in a very long time, but I remember it as pretty. #picknmix
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It really was and so pretty – probably just as you remember! xx
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I’ve loved this series, I’ll have to check out the posts I’ve missed 🙂 #summerdays
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Ahhh thank you so much! It was so lovely to write about our trips, brought back great memories and hopefully gave some holiday inspiration to others! xx
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Awww looks so much fun there! And this is such a lovely trip =) #picknmix
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It was great, especially with a toddler, just enough to keep him entertained yet not feel too shattered! xx
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Sounds like a great day out. We’re not far from Newbury so I should really check it out properly- only been a couple of times before. The canal looks so pretty. I love Tyler’s little sailor t-shirt, by the way!
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Ahh you should visit, we had a great time, and its really pretty. Ahh that’s one of my fave t-shirts for Tyler, from H&M 😀 x
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this looks like a lovely day especially the canal we don’t have them down here but where I lived as a child we had loads and would often go and feed the ducks. Good memories #summerdays
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Ahh I love canals – we are lucky to have them nearby! Now you’ve made me appreciate it more! xx
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Ooooh I love the photo with the swan and those cute little cygnets!
Thanks for linking up with #SummerDays
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Ahhh they were soooo cute! xx
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We were in Newbury in June to visit friends (Lisa from the love of a captain) but we stayed outside of there and just went to their house this time….if only I’d known about paperchase I’d definitely have insisted on going there properly ha! Thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
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Ahh that is such a coincidence you went to Newbury! Ahh yes Paperchase – I love going in there and looking at all their stationery, so so cool! Next time! xx
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I’ve not been to Newbury, it looks like a nice place to visit. Cute photo with the cygnets. Thanks for linking up to #PickNMix
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Ahh if you’re ever in the area, it’s a really pretty place to visit! xx
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You really have had good use of that railcard! I’ve really enjoyed this series, Thanks so much for linking up with #summerdays xxx
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Haha, got to get our moneys worth! I’m so glad you enjoyed the series. Who knows, I may do a bonus post very soon 😉 xx
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I used to love in Newbury and go shopping there quite a bit. It was fab reading about it from a different perspective. I will have to take my toddler and visit the park!
Becky x
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Oh wow you lived there, lucky! I’d love to live somewhere so pretty. Definitely recommend the park, so much space there! xx
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You always visiting pretty little towns, I love it Sabrina 😀
Looks like a fun place to spend time!
Thank you for joining #MondayEscapes
I hope you have a great week!
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Hee hee, I’m on a mission to discover all the quirky little towns in the UK. There’s so many! xx
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hahaha that’s awesome, a great idea!!
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