Leighton Buzzards Children's Trail

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I'd been meaning to do the Leighton Buzzard children's trail for awhile so Blake and I met up with some friends and decided to do it one Thursday morning. It's a great activity to do with little ones and certainly something to do again when Blake is older and can help find the artworks himself. 

We started the trail at the library where you pick up a map which also has clues for us to find the artworks. You have to look up, down and around and we were all determined to find them. 

The trail is partly inspired by the books of Mary Norton (who lived in the town as a child). Some of the quotes and artwork are obvious which book they are from such as the bear being from "We're going on a bear hunt" and the golden ticket from "Charlie and the chocolate factory"  The trail is estimated to take about on average an hour to complete but for us it took two as we really struggled to find one particular quote but we got there in the end. 

What I loved about the trail was that it got us all really looking into exploring different areas of the town as well as noticing things a bit more as some of the artworks I've never noticed before even though we live here. 




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34 comments

  1. LaaLaa Monroe11 August 2016 at 07:58

    These are good activities especially to get you walking around and exploring areas. I like things like this!

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  2. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours11 August 2016 at 11:30

    That looks hugely fin - Mary Norton wrote The Borrowers didn't she? Hence the tiny door.

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  3. Dean B11 August 2016 at 12:28

    Oh how interesting! Wish we had a trail to do too in our area :)

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  4. Cathy Glynn11 August 2016 at 13:51

    We love adventures like these, it sounds like you had a great time x

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  5. Nikki Thomas11 August 2016 at 14:23

    What a lovely idea! I love anything that gets you exploring, we have done a few sculpture trails but this is really interesting

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  6. Jessica Powell11 August 2016 at 14:32

    The trail sounds like great fun - I love stuff like that, especially as I suck at making up my own! :D

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  7. Christine Dodd11 August 2016 at 15:53

    How cute! This is a great way to learn more about where you live.

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  8. Anonymous11 August 2016 at 17:16

    Trails are a great way of getting out and about, we went on one recently to find fairies and walked for miles (well it felt like miles!) xx

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  9. Clairejustine11 August 2016 at 18:06

    Sound like a lovely trail. We love little adventures :)

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  10. Natasha Mairs11 August 2016 at 18:25

    This sounds like so much fun. I love going on little treasure hunts

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  11. Anosa Malanga11 August 2016 at 20:23

    Don't matter how long it took, so long as you guys had fun and the kids too.

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  12. Nayna Kanabar11 August 2016 at 21:06

    What a lovely activity to do with kids now that the summer holidays are here.

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  13. Ali - We Made This Life11 August 2016 at 21:59

    What a lovely idea, I love exploring our local area and things like this always throw up something I haven't seen before.

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  14. Jemma11 August 2016 at 22:00

    Fantastic idea! Will be stealing this for a summer holiday filler!

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  15. Liz Mays11 August 2016 at 23:15

    It's great that you were able to do this. It sounded like fun! What a nice way to spend some time!

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  16. Rhian Westbury12 August 2016 at 00:17

    That's such a cute little trail, I would have loved to do something like this when I was a kid x

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  17. Camelia Natalia Style12 August 2016 at 07:08

    aaaw what a great activity! it sounds really fun even for adults! :D x

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  18. Jemma12 August 2016 at 09:27

    Oh it's a shame this isn't closer to where we live- my kids would love it!

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  19. Kara Guppy12 August 2016 at 09:38

    What a great idea - I love exploring where we live

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  20. Hannah Heartss12 August 2016 at 09:54

    I wish we had something like this where I live!

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  21. Anna Nuttall12 August 2016 at 13:21

    That a really good activities that I should do for my niece. xx

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  22. Caffeinated Reactions12 August 2016 at 13:24

    This sounds like fun! I love activities like these!

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  23. Laura Ferry12 August 2016 at 14:50

    This looks SO good. I love days out where you get to explore and spot something new xxx

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  24. Charli Bruce12 August 2016 at 15:11

    I really wish we had something like this close to where I live, I know my daughter would love to go searching for everything! xx

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  25. Stella Olojola13 August 2016 at 00:45

    I need to explore my surroundings some more. I wish we had this here.

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  26. Stella Olojola13 August 2016 at 08:17

    I wish we had this close to our place. Sounds like good fun.

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  27. Dannii Martin13 August 2016 at 11:03

    Lots of great activities to stay active too.

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  28. beautyqueenuk13 August 2016 at 17:32

    I think this is a great idea and I think it is cute you can both share it x

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  29. Shannon Ritchie13 August 2016 at 17:51

    This seems like such a fun activity for children!

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  30. A J Morrison13 August 2016 at 21:28

    It's amazing how many activities we have right on our doorstep, perfect for a local day out

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  31. Melanie Ed14 August 2016 at 21:03

    That looks like so much fun. Hey I can see a golden ticket!!! ;-)

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  32. Chloe/Life Unexpected15 August 2016 at 07:25

    This is a brilliant idea. I wish we had this near to our house. I adore books and this sounds really perfect. x

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  33. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche15 August 2016 at 12:43

    What a fun idea! Great way to get you active and paying more attention to your town :)

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