Things to Do at Sand Le Mere When You Are 9 | Fun Activities and Adventures

At Half term, we went to Sand le Mere a caravan resort on the East Yorkshire coast, 2 hours away from our home on the Yorkshire coast (Hey Yorkshire is big and we live in North Yorkshire and Sand le Mere is in East Yorkshire). It is based on the dramatic coastline and has luxury holiday homes, a leisure complex, an amusement arcade, an indoor swimming pool, an evening restaurant and a clubhouse with engaging evening entertainment.

We are fans of spending family time together and have come to love holidays where we can take all the family including Alvin the dog.

Now I am going to preface this post with the fact that it was WET, very wet, it rained every day bar one when we were there and then Mini got tonsillitis, but in spite of all that we had a lovely time and I can safely say Sand le Mere got the thumbs up from us.

We stayed in a two-bedroom caravan and it was great. Perfect for all of us with a double bedroom and loo for us and a twin room for the boys. We took Alvin’s crate and bed and he was a very happy pup.

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I believe that Yorkshire has some of the best beaches in the UK (I might be biased but here are my North Yorkshire favourites), but even I think that nearby Hornsea Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on the East Yorkshire coastline and the site itself is has the rustic Tunstall beach along one side.

The Park is thoughtfully landscaped with lots of trees, lakes and a park making it a lovely place to walk around in itself.

What to do at Sands Le Mere when you are nine (by Maxi)

Go in the pool – the indoor pool at Sand Le Mere Holiday Park is ace
Go to the Park and play football – There was always a load of other kids at the park and it was fun to play with them
Take your scooter and explore
Play air hockey – it was a £1, but I love air hockey
I enjoyed walking Alvin around the park – there are lots of grassy areas to walk him on
The entertainment is really fun and it runs during the day and evening
There is a soft play area, but I was about the biggest in it!
Make sure you save your 2p’s before you visit for the penny falls in the arcade

What we thought of Sand le Mere as a family:

What we loved:

The pool was excellent, never too busy and the boys adored it. The lifeguard was strict, which as a mum I love.
The evening entertainment was ace according to the MiniMads. it was perfectly pitched at kids and not inappropriate at all. They even managed to get MadDad up on stage with Mini!
We could take ALL the family including Alvin.
Free Wifi in the central complex.
The onsite shop was reasonably priced.
Tunstall beach is walkable
The indoor soft play area is small but perfectly formed and very clean.
The boys loved the arcades, especially the tuppenny falls and air hockey.

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We weren’t keen:

We tried out the food and I wasn’t really impressed. It was just frozen stuff warmed up. But saying that I am pretty picky and the boys didn’t mind it at all!

Things to do nearby:

There is a host of family-friendly activities nearby for kids of all ages including teens including:

The Deep – a spectacular aquarium, with over 3500 creatures, including sharks and sawfish.
Fort Paull – The only fully intact Napoleonic Fortress in the North. Covering 10 acres of land this Museum is full of Underground tunnels and rooms, fantastic exhibits and on most weekends throughout the Summer, fantastic displays and events. The Fort is also the home of the world’s only surviving Blackburn Beverley Aircraft.
Spurn Point & Spurn National Nature Reserve – a wildlife-rich coastal conservation area with wildflowers and migratory birds plus a visitor centre.
Bugtopia Hornsea Zoo Go on a family adventure through a beautiful Jungle Trail and spot amazing animals, incredible invertebrates and fascinating flora and fauna from around the world.
Hornsea Freeport (which is doggy-friendly)
Visit Hornsea, Filey or Scarborough
Withensea and Withernsea Lighthouse Museum
RAF Holmpton – The former RAF Holmpton is a cold War-era nuclear bunker preserved and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers and veterans.
Burton Constable – interesting Tudor mansion between Hull and Withernsea
East Park, Hull – a playground, Animal Education Centre and more
Arctic Corsair – Hull’s last surviving sidewinder trawler. She was part of the city’s deep-sea fishing fleet for many years and an important vessel in the nation’s trawling industry.
Streetlife Museum of Transport – transport museum located in Kingston upon Hull, England. The roots of the collection date back to the early 20th century

As you can see Sands le Mere Holiday Park is perfectly placed in East Yorkshire to give you access to some brilliant local attractions with things to keep everyone occupied even in bad weather.