Watford toddler activities (25/03/19)

UPDATED FOR 2019 We live in WD18 and have tried a few baby and toddler activities nearby and a little further afield. Here’s a rundown of the things we’ve tried so far. Mondays, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, toddler group Every Monday, even in school holidays (except bank holidays), St. Michael and All Angels’…

Tots in the Tree Tops, Go Ape Black Park (02/02/18)

We’d heard about the toddler-friendly Go Ape course at Black Park when doing the Gruffalo trail (now the Zog Activity Trail) at Wendover Woods and chatting to one of the Go Ape staff there. Soon after we saw on  Chiltern Chatter’s Twitter that there was a free taster “Tots in the Tree Tops” session on, so…

New to Watford meet up

Update: we’re meeting up on Sunday 3rd December, at the Cassiobury Park Cafe Cha at 11am. Hope to see you there! We’re organising another New to Watford meet-up! This time it will be a Sunday day-time get together (so people can bring kids if they want to). We’re thinking of meeting late morning at Cafe…

Ruislip Lido and Train (27/08/17)

A Watford friend had mentioned Ruislip Lido as a good place to visit so on bank holiday Sunday, on one of the warmest days of the summer, we decided to brave the crowds and check it out. First hurdle was finding a parking spot! The council are obviously used to managing a large number of…

Cassiobury Park paddling pools (29/07/17)

Down at the Gade Avenue car park end of Cassiobury Park, you’ll find the new paddling pools. Opened in July, they sit just above the large playground and below Daisy’s in the Park cafe. Not knowing what the old ones were like, as we moved to Watford after they’d closed for refurbishment, we can safely say…