Polkemmet Country Park, West Lothian
We often go to the same play parks, sometimes because they are closer and other times because that’s where our little one asks to go. My husband recently came across Polkemmet Country Park whilst he was working in West Lothian. When he saw the train he knew we had to visit with our little train enthusiast!
When we arrived Daddy took O over to see the train, which he really liked. However, he then saw the fort and raced over to investigate.
Both O and A were happy playing there for a while, racing around the ramparts and sliding down.
After a while Mr A spotted a marshy area and went off to investigate, with a stick to throw into the water. Unfortunately for him the water was frozen, so we went for a walk to the flying fox. I love the flying fox, but O has always been too scared to go on it. However Mr A is a completely different child! He was very happy to sit on top of me while we whizzed along together (no photos, for obvious reasons!). This must have piqued O’s interest as after a while he came round for a go on it too. I managed to get a photo that time!
There were lots of other areas for little (and big) children to play. Including those metal diggers you often find in play park sand areas, more for the adults to play on than the kids!
It’s a bit further than we would normally go for a park, but the boys both loved it, so it was definitely worth it! There is also a little visitor centre with cafe and the Scottish Owl Centre, which would be interesting to visit one day too.
What’s your children’s favourite thing at the park?
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Elizabeth says
That looks like a super fun place to go. I have two wee ones who would love to explore there!
Emma says
That looks like a fantastic park! My oldest loves a good zip wire 🙂 #whatevertheweather
Lauren (The Helpful Hiker) says
Looks like a fab park! It’s worth going a bit further sometimes and finding fun new places. I definitely think Finn is going to be a bit of a daredevil when he’s older so I’m sure we’ll be looking for places like this to keep him entertained! #whatevertheweather
Sarah says
Wow, that train looks great! Like the Hogwarts Express – it look like a great park. My kids love the ziplines too, although we once shooted a bit too fast and bounced off the end. Sarah #WhateverTheWeather
Let kids be kids says
Looks like a lovely place for children to play, run and have fun. My son would love that train. x
Catherine says
What a brilliant wooden fort, both of mine love scrambling around this kind of thing. My eldest also adores zip wires, but their absolute fave at the park is the good old swings, I’ve spent so many hours pushing them! #whatevertheweather
Stephanie says
That looks a lovely place to visit, my kids love slides. Would go up and down them all day long I think!
Training Mummy says
Yet another place I have on the to-visit list when summer comes!
Becky @lakessinglemum says
A great park. My kids love the zip wires!
amanda says
That playground looks so good – Arthur would love it. Hope you get a chance to go to the owl centre so we can hear all about it 🙂 #whatevertheweather
Pattertravelers says
It’s always nice to mix things up a bit and try a different park. Our favorite isn’t within walking distance, but it is an all day adventure once we get there.
Chloe says
Oh wow! Your parks are so much better than our parks! I love the fort. It’s so cool. Evie would go crazy over the train too. We don’t have anything like this around us. Our parks our all really rubbish and are mostly targeted at older children. Looks like a great place to visit. xx
Jenny Eaves says
That’s a shame,most of our parks have a younger section and older section, but we still use some of the older sections too as long as it’s not too busy. 🙂 x
Jessica says
Kid and trains, amirite? 🙂 Looks like a nice park.