X Posted - Picnic locations in Watford area

Cassiobury Park is lovely, its huge with 3 or 4 different activity parky bits plus a couple of cafes and a lovely paddling pool area. Loads of green space so you wouldn't be fighting for a piece of grass with all of the other Bank Holiday'ers.

Not in Watford, but Willows Farm in London Colney is absolutely fantastic for children, got everything you would need for a lovely day out and a picnic. www.willowsfarmvillage.com

I was going to suggest Cassiobury Park too. It's been a long time since I lived in Watford (left home when 18) but it's probably the best green space in the town. It's big and lovely (or was!) and I definitely remember a play park in there where we used to meet up after all the kiddies had gone and play guitar and sing like a bunch of hippies ?. And the tennis courts my friend and I vowed we were going to use every day of the summer holidays to get ourselves fit....<Ginni wanders off down memory lane>

Thanks both, will check out Cassiobury Park.

Littlebubs - Willows Farm Village looks great but my, it's expensive!

I was just going to say that Willow's would work out pretty expensive and, no doubt, they will hike their admissions charges up further on the Bank Holiday. It is fab, however, And so much more than just a park.

In my head Willows Farm is cheap, but that might be because we went to the zoo last weekend and that seemed like an enormous price! (Plus my little one is under 2 and so free).

Willows farm is indeed fab but not sure it is worth it for babies as they won't 'do' much there and their parents will need to pay to get in. Yes there are indoor and outdoor eating areas but alot of it is around play and animals so alot of money for non crawling babies as such

Hope you find somewhere suitable

How about a National Trust property? They have picnic areas, and also cafes (undercover) in case of bad weather, space outdoors for children to run/crawl around etc.

Http://cassioburypark.info/cassiobury-park-childrens-attractions/

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&sa=1&q=cassiobury+park%2C+watford

<sigh> it looks great. I must go back to Watford one of these days.