Worth a visit - has expanded its kids section and is just around the corner from several other…read morecharities and the library - worth looking out for some name brands and interesting pieces also homeware. It used to be discount but is turning into a regular charity shop - found some good bargains last visit - team friendly and helpful. Its good to know that what you are spending goes towards research that could help your family later in life - pricing is competitive with other charities. Enjoy the weekend charity shop trail.

A really fun day out for the kids, cheap too. last time i went it was about £3.50 per child. Open…read moreall days and a wide range of play areas includes ball pools, slides, to Tarzan ropes and a cartoon room. Also has a specially designed area for toddlers. It's all indoors and safe, and there is even a little cafe for hot drinks and snacks while you watch your little monkeys jumping about the place. Ideal for birthday parties!

The Children's Society is a prominent children's charity dedicated to making childhood better for…read moreall children in the UK. This little charity shop tends to be well decked out with a satisfying array of clothes and bric-a-brac. I've bought a couple of interesting tops from here, and if you're a collector of vinyl, there's usually a good collection of 'old skool' records to be found. Staff are friendly and always grateful for donations. So if you're thinking of starting that spring clean...

This review only relates to the cafe as we stopped in here for lunch as I heard it was a good place…read moreto go with kids. The cafe is a good size, spacious, good for groups and has a great little play area with toys to keep little ones entertained. The adult menu is pretty simple, breakfasts, sandwiches, burgers, salads and a few other dishes, I had Mac and cheese. The options for kids were great, there is a packed lunch station where for £4.50 you can select 5 items that go in a cardboard box. Or a hot food menu for £5.50 that comes with a drink and yogurt or fruit. My son went for the Mac and cheese too. The food was delicious but both dishes came out lava hot and when you've got a starving child the last thing you want is to have to sit and wait while the food cools down. I also thought the hot kids meals were a little over priced but then it was kind of expected considering this was @bristol. Overall great experience though and I'd recommend this to anyone with kids looking for a good lunch spot in the centre.

This is Bristol's science museum. Kids will enjoy themselves most here, but it is probably one of…read morethose places that wants to be fun for all the family. An engaging day out, and a lot more refreshing than a stuffy art museum. Aiming for that (at least for most teachers) impossible goal of making learning fun, it certainly is a fun day out but I'm not sure if too much is learnt there. The exhibits are all interactive, you can pedal to generate power for a T.V. and lift a four foot diameter globe with a very long lever (this is some sort of reference to the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, for those that care). This means almost any kid will enjoy themselves here, and you'll see plenty of ten year olds hurtling between each thing, eager to try out everything. The staff are young and keen, and will earnestly explain the science that each exhibit is meant to teach you about. With lots of glass and primary colours it generally feels fresh, something most museums are nothing like. Go there if you've got curious kids to distract, or if you're just a bit of one yourself.

Attached to Hucclecote library Hucclecote Community Centre is a home to Teapots cafe, Nippers the…read moreHucclecote Community Association Parent and Toddler group, and quite a few other groups. It is used as a social club which requires mebership for a annual fee and rooms can be hired for a reasonable amount Ongoing updating is taking place, but it's clean and the staff here are always ready with a smile and will bend over backwards to help if they can. A large car park is available and so if you are visiting the library it's worth a look around and have a cup of coffee and a cake in the cafe.

A friend of mine has been taking pottery courses at Pot Stop for several years now, and she keeps…read moregoing back each new term because she loves it so much there. It's a tiny but friendly pottery workshop offering a range of courses for beginners upwards, some aimed at adults and others at children. It's easily missed if you don't look out for it, in an unassuming little building in the shadow of Mud Dock bike shop and cafe by the harbourside - which is actually a great location for a course because there's a decent-sized Pay & Display car park right behind it. You can peer into the Pot Stop and see a range of pitchers, vases and urns on display to get an idea of the kind of creativity that goes on within its walls. Worth looking into if you want to give pottery a go.

Are you interested in pottery? And I don't just mean the purchasing of pottery, but the creative…read moreprocess involved in making it from scratch. The Pot Stop is an ever so small but welcoming outlet which hosts a range of pottery courses for both adults and children, varying in length and levels of ability. The place also sells soft drinks and cakes and is located on the harbourside, a perfect spot for receiving some creative inspiration. And if you are looking for a unique, organic style gift for someone special, look no further: Pot Stop will provide. With its interesting display of ceramic goods, you'll be hard pushed to find anything more original in this department.

For residents of Pontprennau, this Community Centre is very central and offers a good range of…read moreclasses and activities to suit a broad range of tastes. There's an indoor sports hall, two badminton courts and a community room on the site, and activities there include dance, trampolining, softplay, martial arts, yoga, nursery, various youth activities and community meetings. For children the community centre also hosts children's parties, after school activities, holiday programmes and pre-school trampolining, as well as arts and crafts activities and dance classes! It's a pretty busy community hub, and even has rooms available for private hire. Worth checking out the classes available if you're new to the area and looking for something to do in your local community.

Snap on Lower Park Row is a refreshing alternative to many of the galleries and studios in the…read morearea. A group of eight artists work together to form this one shiny collective. Each has a studio upstairs and downstairs they sell and plug their artwork. Expect a selection of unique cards, gifts and posters which all make ideal and original presents. At various times there will be guest artists displaying their work as well as the in house stuff. It is also possible to have individual and specific designs produced here either by the artists or by having a go yourself on many of the screen printing and book binding evening classes. The best thing to do is pop in and have a look for yourself.

A printmaking collaboration between a group of local artists - here's the shout out : Abi Barfield,…read moreKaty Chard, Freya Cumming, Tom Frost, Jon McNaught, Emma Peacock, Tortie Rye, Lucie Sheridan and Simon Tozer. The shop is to the left after you've puffed your way up Christmas Steps, so you may miss it as there are a lot of shops to your right. The bright gallery has lots of cards, handmade books and prints - framed and unframed - meaning you can find something to your budget. They also run courses here on printmaking and bookbinding.