Diggerland Day Out

Do you have a digger enthusiast in your life? Young, or old, digger lovers will have a fun-filled day out at Diggerland Yorkshire with plenty to do for those 80cm and above. 

We recently visited with our four year old and he didn’t stop smiling all day. Read more below…

Diggerland is the ultimate construction inspired theme park experience where both children and adults can ride, drive and operate real diggers, dumpers and full-size construction machinery. There are indoor and outdoor play areas, real JCBs, off-road rides and even the famous Spindizzy. 

Diggerland is aimed at children aged between 4 and 14 years old, but visitors of all ages can enjoy a fun-packed day out. 

Diggerland Yorkshire is an award-winning theme park, jam packed with construction machinery and is a completely hands on experience. 

There’s 20 different rides in total, plus an indoor soft play and Little Tikes play area. 

Ezra our son loves vehicles, tractors, diggers, trucks… anything with wheels, and he had a huge smile on his face all day. The Diggerland Train, and surprisingly the Spindizzy were the biggest hit for our big boy and these were the rides he wanted to go on over, and over again. 

• Make sure you wear something you don’t mind getting a bit dirty – muck comes with the territory of diggers. 
• Bring plenty of cash if you’re wanting to use the coin operated rides and/or dodgems that are dotted around the park. 
• If you’re wanting to go on the rides, you’ll need to wear covered and flat shoes e.g. trainers or boots. 
• Make sure you check any height restrictions for rides before you visit so you can avoid any disappointed kids on arrival at the park.

• Ezra our son loved driving the dumpers with mummy and daddy, and getting behind the controls to try and hook a duck.
• The train was a hit, and also the Groundshuttle which gave a semi-rollercoaster experience.
• We all enjoyed heading 50 feet up in the air in the Skyshuttle, which gave us a great view of the whole park (and to Ezra’s delight, the Haribo factory).
• Ezra loved seeing daddy turn green on the Spindizzy and kindly dragged him back on another time.
• I personally loved driving a huge JCB round the dirt track – something I never thought I’d do! Lots of fun!

We chose to eat in the café, The Dig Inn, which offered a range of hot and cold meal options. We paid £23 for 1 x coke, 1 x jacket potato, 1 x panini and 1 x childs sandwich box meal which included a drinks, crisps and a chocolate biscuit.

There is also a kiosk mid-way round the park where you can buy drinks and ice creams. This is cash only. 

Picnic tables are dotted around the park, with some undercover in the soft play area.

Well worth a visit if you have a digger lover! 

Pros

It is completely digger-tastic and a huge novelty – as parents we really enjoyed giving everything a go, too. 

Cons

It is expensive, and not one we would rush back to as I do feel like once you’ve done everything once… you’ve done it. There were multiple coin-operated rides on top of the ticket price.

So we hope you enjoyed reading what Grace and her family thought about their day out to Diggerland.

Grace is part of our Family Influencer Network here at Day Out With The Kids. You can follow her for more family day trip and activity recommendations on Instagram at ezra_etta_and_me. 

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