Network West Midlands has produced a fun packed summer of events for children this year and has organised fantastic ticket offers to some of the region’s top attractions when people travel with a nnetwork daytripper or an nbus one day ticket.
Families looking for entertainment on a budget can use the fun packed ‘Just the ticket’ leaflets for great discounts at some of the best attractions in the West Midlands as well as go to free old fashioned sports days in local parks.
Discounts range from:
- 2 for 1 admission at the Black Country Living Museum and the National SEA LIFE Centre.
- 30% off admission at Cadbury World and the Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
- Up to 30% off admission at the IMAX Cinema
- 2 for 1 cinema tickets at the Lighthouse Cinema
- Kids go free at Dudley Zoological Gardens
The nnetwork daytripper allows people to use buses, trains and the Metro all day. Children can travel for only £3.30, adults for £5.20 and a family of up to six people for £8.60.
An nbus one day ticket gives people a choice to use over 35 bus operator services within the Network West Midlands area. This ticket also allows people to hop on and off whenever they wish for just £2.45 for a child and £3.70 for an adult.
In several parks and out door areas across the region, Network West Midlands and Heart FM are hosting a series of free fun family days throughout the summer.
Events will be carried out with an old-fashioned sports day theme which includes a range of exciting sports using skipping ropes, hula hoops, Frisbees and lots of other good traditional activities which will keep the children entertained for hours. Mums and dads can also get a free pampering session when they come along to the days out.
All events will run from12pm to 4pm.
Date Venue
Friday 30th July Mary Steven’s Park – Stourbridge
Saturday 31 July Malvern/Brueton Park – Solihull
Wednesday 4th August West Park – Wolverhampton
Saturday 7th August War Memorial Park – Coventry
Wednesday 11th August Sandwell Valley – West Bromwich
Saturday 14th August Arboretum – Walsall
Wednesday 18th August Woodgate Valley Country Park – South Birmingham
Saturday 21st August Pype Hayes – North Birmingham
Wednesday 25th August Himley Hall – Staffordshire
Saturday 28th August Aston Hall – Birmingham
Wednesday 1st September Fox Hollies – Solihull
Saturday 4th September Cannon Hill Park – Central Birmingham
Theo, the new kid’s public transport mascot will also be attending the free Network West Midlands summer events to meet the youngsters and join in with the fun activities.
Theo also has a new Facebook page so kids can easily follow him and find out what events he will be at. Children can find out more about Theo at Letzgogreen.org, a website that encourages children to go green and use public transport more often.
The website has lots of stories, quizzes and games, so the little ones will have something fun and exciting to do no matter what the weather outside.
Network West Midlands has also got five family tickets to some of the region’s top attractions and ten family network daytripper tickets to give away! Families can enter online or at one of the summer events.
Journey planners are available on networkwestmidlands.com to help find the best way to travel to family days out at parks, out door areas and to the attractions.
Rinku Banerjee, Marketing Executive at Centro said: “I am delighted that our brilliant new summer scheme allows children to have endless fun, without their parents worrying about the financial side of things. We also have managed to come up with a new, exciting way to encourage children to use public transport more often. By using the new mascot for Letzgogreen.org Theo to promote our free summer events, we hope it will persuade children to attend them.”
“We have also successfully partnered up with Heart FM to produce a fun packed calendar this year for children all over the West Midlands. We hope they enjoy their summer with all the fun sports activities we are providing for them, while using green and healthy transport to get around.”
