Diggerland Fun

When we were away in Somerset, we thought we’d take advantage of our location and pay a visit to Diggerland. I’d heard about them, and there are 4 in England, but they are all quite a long way from us here in Birmingham, so we’d not got round to going. Time to remedy that…

The first thing that Boo and Little Man ran off to when we got there was the big outdoor play area…

diggerland play area

diggerland play areas

And then 5 year old Boo took her 2 year old brother for a drive! They both enjoyed that, though the Husband and I found it a little disconcerting to see our daughter driving our son around at such a young age. It wasn’t on a track, so yes, she did get stuck off-roading it a couple of times. The man operating it was really good at helping them, and watching them as they went round.

diggerland driving

We then went off to explore the rest of what Diggerland has to offer. There were the diggers that you went on and operated yourself, or with an adult if you’re too small…

diggerland dippy ducks

diggerland diggers

There are several versions of these smaller digger rides for you to have a go at, so you can tryΒ hooking a duck, knocking down skittles and digging for treasure. It wasn’t too busy the day that we visited so you pretty much had an unlimited amount of time to spend having a go on each of these. I assume on busy days that is limited, but it’s nice to see that that can be adapted to suit, and as long as no-one is waiting, you can play for some time.

You can thenΒ go on a big digger and dig out huge piles of mud! Little Man, at 2, needed the Husband to accompany him on most rides, but Boo, at 5, could go on them and operate them all on her own.

diggerland giant digger

diggerland fun

Little Man absolutely loved that dumper truck ride there. I think he’d have just gone on that one all day long! It goes quite slowly and is driven around a winding dirt track.

Then there are the rides that you can sit back andΒ have fun on. The barrels go off for quite a long ride around the land, so as I waved Boo off, I hadn’t realised she’d be disappearing from me for a while. She’s fine with things like that, but for younger or less confident children, parents can ride on the carriage.

diggerland barrels

Diggerland Spindizzy

diggerland dig-a-round

So plenty of digging and smiles!

It’s not that big a place, with just one cafe, along with an indoor soft play area, but this was enough when we visited. We were there in the school holidays, but I think some schools were yet to break up, so whether it gets lots busier and the cafe gets packed, I don’t know. It was good service when we were there anyway.The staff all around the park, manning the rides, the shop and the cafe were friendly and polite and ever mindful of what was happening and checking on the children playing, which was good to see.

At the end of theΒ visit, as we leftΒ through the gift shop, we picked up ourΒ free certificates, certifying Little Man and Boo as genuine Junior Digger Drivers – oh, how Boo treasures that certificate! I really liked thatΒ little extraΒ touch.

I’d say Diggerland is definitely for you if you have a digger-mad little one. They will get to have the amazing experience of being able to drive and operate their own diggers, even from quite a young age, and as you can see, there are plenty of them. It’s a really unique experience for them. We thoroughly enjoyed our day there.

There are Diggerland‘s in Kent, Devon, Durham and Yorkshire, if you fancy paying them a visit and having a dig about!

What do you make of it?

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32 thoughts on “Diggerland Fun”

  1. We loved Diggerland when we visited the Yorkshire one this half term. I am amazed that the children are able to actually ride and drive the Diggers without an adult. Looks like you all had great fun. #countrykids

  2. It looks like great fun! We drive past the signs for this one on our way to Cornwall, but we’ve never been either. I don’t suppose we ever will now our kids are big! That play area looks amazing and how exciting to be driving around at such a young age (although I totally get why you were nervous about that!).

    1. It was so odd seeing her driving him around! They loved it, though, and operating the diggers was brilliant πŸ™‚

  3. As you know, we live just down the road from this Diggerland and we really like it – it’s a great family day out, and it looks like you all had a lot of fun! The outdoor play area is lovely, my 3 love the sandpits. #CountryKids

  4. We’ve had this on our list for a couple of years as I know Monkey will love the diggers, I’m just hoping he will be brave enough to actually go on them when we visit the one in Kent next month. Looks like you had lots of fun. Would be great if there was a site closer to our part of the country wouldn’t it #CountryKids

    1. Oh, I do hope he is, as it’s such a fun and memorable experience. He can always go on with you if he’s unsure of them on his own anyway, it’s very versatile like that x

  5. Diggerland always looks like so much fun, they really do put in a lot of effort to make sure there’s lots to see and more importantly do for any age. It’s great that Boo was so confident to do all the activities by herself, I’m sure it was exciting for her to have the freedom to drive the little car and control the diggers. Little Man’s face is a picture in the photo of him and Daddy in the dumper truck driving. Thanks for linking up with Country Kids.

    1. They do, and you’re right, so good for so many ages, too. Oh, Boo was straight in there and loved it! Ah, thank you , he was so, so happy on that ride! Thanks for hosting x

  6. Oh my goodness my son would love that place so much! He is vehicle mad! The swing ride looks amazing, and fab to be able to drive things. I think we’ll wait till next year; I don’t fancy my heart in my mouth for a whole day!

  7. Oh wow that looks like an amazing day out and I love that they get to drive and operate the diggers themselves. Little Man and Boo look like they had a wonderful time πŸ™‚

  8. Oh that really does look like fun – I think we’d go for the adventure playground alone but I rather suspect the girls and their Daddy would like playing diggers!

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