Welcome to Child Friendly Brighton and Hove

This website provides comprehensive and up-to-date listings for a wide range of child friendly things to do, places to visit, places to eat and drink, activities, places to stay and fun days out in Brighton and Hove. If you need some fresh ideas on what to do with your children today in Brighton and Hove, then this is the site for you. Find out what’s on for children in Brighton today by checking the current and upcoming events page for a great range of events for children, special activities and child friendly festivals coming to our area soon, or browse through the other links for scheduled baby groups, toddler groups, special interest classes, fun days out, and places to eat in Brighton including child friendly pubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels (including kids eat / stay for free offers). Use the calendar as an alternative way of finding out what’s happening on a particular date, and why not join the discussion board to chat about our City and what it has to offer? This website is updated frequently (at least every week, sometimes on a daily basis), to keep the content accurate and current!

If you are a provider of activities for children in Brighton and Hove such as parent and baby/toddler groups, activity classes, or you run a child friendly café, restaurant, pub or hotel, and you would like details to be listed for free on this site, please contact me.

If you would like to see other child friendly categories listed here, please let me know! I also want to know if you have visited somewhere I have listed, and found it not to be child friendly after all.

Admittedly, this site currently has a bias towards listings for 0-5 year old children, but as the site grows, the focus will broaden!

New: Special Offers and Discounts Exclusive to Child Friendly Brighton

Check the Latest News section for discounts off classes, activities and services exclusive to Child Friendly Brighton!

The Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival 2010

This is a celebration of the best food and drink in Brighton, Hove and across Sussex. There are numerous great festival events running from 1st September – 7th October (such as the Live Food Kitchen, Fiery Foods Festival and world food celebratory events). I’ve added a selection of day-time family friendly events to the Child Friendly Brighton calendar (view here).

The full schedule for this festival can be seen on the Food and Drink Festival’s website.

TRAVEL INFORMATION:

The Brighton and Hove City Council has a great on-line travel planner, easy to use, it will plan your route to and from any location in the City (including walking, cycling, bus, train or car) so if you are not sure of some of the locations for activities listed on my website, please try out www.journeyon.co.uk.

What to do when it’s raining!

Want some ideas for fun things to do with the kids when it’s raining in Brighton? Check out the categories in the “indoor activities” section for some activities appropriate for wet and windy weather! This site lists a great variety of groups and classes for babies, toddlers and pre-school children, such as music groups, arts and crafts, cookery, dance and drama. Or take your toddler to asoft play session. Our cinemas have weekly screenings specifically for children too, some with kids clubs! The museums in Brighton and Hove are running numerous free activities and events including ‘Big Draw’ sessions. And of course the Early Years sessions are still running (although admission charges apply for these). Throughout the autumn and winter months, and our libraries have regular free story time sessions and music groups such as Baby Boogie as well as craft activities and play sessions.

Coming soon on the website:

A new section on venues for birthday parties (such as church halls, community centre halls); activities/groups for children with special needs / disabilities. Its all a great deal of work so some things will take a while, but hopefully in the coming months I will have finished these areas and added them to the site.

Food Allergies:
Does your child suffer from food allergies? Check out the discussion board where you can find some recommendations  on places to eat in Brighton and Hove which cater for allergies and food sensitivities in children. In the future, I will add this detail to the ‘eating, drinking and sleeping’ listings.