Picture the scene, you and your family are enjoying a lovely dinner out in a restaurant everything is going well. The restaurant is running a little slow, your children’s impeccable temper is starting to wear a little thin. You can see the signs – Becoming fidgety, whining being irritable. Why have the added stress of dining somewhere not child friendly, Here are the restaurants/cafes in Peterborough who provides an area specifically for children to go eat and play.
Eat and Play
Wildwood Restaurant Peterborough – Cathedral Square, PE1 1XH – If you like to eat out with your children then wildwood provide a lovely play area in which children can wander and play –
Apple Cart – Bellona Drive, Cardea, PE2 8GP – Small play area (with some claw machines)
Kiddicare – Club Way, Hampton, PE7 8JA – play area within the café – Free to use – Suitable for under 5s
Brewsters/The Hampton – 4 Ashbourne Rd, Hampton, PE7 8BT Open Sunday to Thursday 9.30am – 8pm and Friday to Saturday 9.30am – 9pm. Only £3 per child for 90 minutes of play.
Windmill @ Orton Waterville – PE2 5EQ – a lovely big wooden play structure outside
Chimes Coffee Shop @ CSK Hampton Church- Christ The Servant King Silver Hill, Hampton Hargate, PE7 8FF – Small gated play area for under 5’s – Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm
QD – Orton Gate, Peterborough, PE2 5RQ – small café with childrens play area, although be warned it is not that great. If you are able to bring toys from home then it is a lovely area for them to sit and play.
Selina’s Tea Room @ Calmababy – 8 Botolph Bridge Estate, PE2 9QP – indoor and outdoor play area suitable for under 5’s – Do not need to be a member to visit
Van Hage Garden Centre – Unit 1,Peterborough Garden Park, PE1 4YZ, Gruffalo themed soft play –
The Yard @ Stamford – Unit 2 West Street, Stamford, PE9 2PL – Under 2’s £3, Under 7’s £4.50 Adults free – Mon-Fri 9.30-4pm, Weekends 9.30-1pm
Notcutts Garden centre – Ham Lane, PE2 5UU – Small play bit with a few toys out within the café
Dobbies – Phorpres Way, Hampton, PE7 8NY – Outdoor play area
The Boathouse – Thorpe Meadows, PE2 6GA – Outdoor play area
Wish we had more and better places to take the children out here in Peterborough.
Yes not many places in Peterborough to take the kids. Esp on rainy days. Come on pubs and restaurants do something for our kids.