Where families explore, learn and grow together
Nest and Feathers is the community platform for families finding their way around. Share your experiences, discover extraordinary places, and join the flock.
Free to join, and free to use - always.
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Feathers
The places families discover and share
A Feather is any place or experience a family wants to pass on: a hidden forest trail, an atmospheric museum, a beautiful nature reserve, a secluded beach. Anywhere that you've loved as a family, can become a feather for others to enjoy.
Feathers live on a shared map, pinned to their exact location and described by the families who have been there. Add the category, the age range that suits it, and any honest tips. Other families discover it and, when they have visited too, they can add their own review, earning that feather a verified by families badge.
Over time, each family builds an archive of their adventures, a living record of everywhere they have been and everything they have loved.
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Nests
Your family's home in the community
A Nest is your family's profile, your home within the community. It is where your story lives: who you are, where you roam, and what you love.
Your Nest is also where your flock is found. Other families can see your feathers and read your story, and you can browse theirs too, filtering by region or shared interests until you find families who feel like kindred spirits.
As your family contributes verified feathers to the community, your Nest earns recognition. Milestones earned, never rankings assigned.
Fledgling
Nest Builder
Pathfinder
Trailblazer
Finder of the Flock
Fledgling
Your first feather is planted, welcome to the community!
Plant your first feather
Nest Builder
Five feathers planted. Your family is building something wonderful for the community.
Plant your first feather
Pathfinder
Fifteen feathers verified by other families. You're helping families find extraordinary experiences, thank you.
15 feathers verified by other families
Trailblazer
Thirty feathers verified by other families. Your family is blazing a trail for every family who comes after.
30 feathers verified by other families
Finder of the Flock
Sixty feathers verified by other families. You are a true Finder of the Flock. This community is richer because of your family.
60 feathers verified by other families
Free to join and free to use, always - no fees for families.
The Flock
What families build together, over years
The flock is every family on here, and what they've collectively worked out. A family with teenagers knows things a family with a newborn is about to spend five years learning. Which places are worth it before they can walk, which ones finally click at seven, which are better in the rain.
That knowledge usually disappears when children grow out of it. Here it stays, and it passes forward. Join as a new parent and you're inheriting from the families who went before you. Move somewhere new and the families already there have been building your map for years without knowing it.
Every feather planted makes the map better for the family arriving after you.
How it works
Your adventure starts in four simple steps
Join free and start sharing the places your family loves. Every feather you plant helps another family find their next great adventure.
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Create your Nest
Set up your family profile in minutes. Tell the community who you are, where you are based, and what kinds of adventures your family loves.
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Explore the map
Browse Feathers shared by families near you. Filter by age, category, cost, and location to find your family's next great adventure.
03
Collect Feathers
After a new adventure worth sharing, log it as a Feather. Add the location, age range, and honest tips so other families can discover it too.
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Join the flock
Your Nest becomes part of a growing community sharing what they've found, adding to a map that gets richer every time another family joins.
Community feathers
Real adventures,
shared by real families
West Park splashpad
The splashpad opens at 10am and is such a good free day out! It’s next to the baby and toddler playground, and next to a…
Victoria Park
A lovely place to stroll round and enjoy the fresh air.
Abbey Meadows Playground
Great park for all ages, with a splash park and outdoor pool next door. Lots of different things to play with, as well…
Combe Park
Slightly run down, but that’s never bothered us. Lots of opportunity to use imagination (on the tractor), as well as pla…
Tumble Jacks
Adults enter for free, great entrance and meal deal combo for kids. You can stay for as long as you want.
Kirtlington Playground
We blow off some extra steam after visiting the Kirtlington Quarry, as it's in a beautiful and quiet area and has all th…
Join to see all feathers and filter by your location
Create your Nest to exploreFor activity providers and venues
Families are already talking about your venue.
When a family logs a visit to your activity centre, farm, museum, or studio as a Feather, your business appears on our platform. Claim your profile to respond, add details, and reach hundreds of likeminded families actively looking for exactly what you offer.
- Claim your listing when a family mentions your venue
- See every Feather logged at your location
- Respond to family reviews and feedback
- Reach families searching by location, age and budget
- Reach an engaged, adventure-seeking audience
Already logged by a family? Claim it. Not listed yet? Create it and get ahead of the game. Business membership is £300 a year (just £25 a month), arranged by invoice, no card payment - families always use Nest and Feathers for free. See what is included
Step outside. Join the flock.
This only works because families bother. Someone walked a trail, found the good playground, sat through the rain in the right café, and then took the trouble to write it down for people they will never meet.
There is room on the map for what your family knows.
Free to join, and free to use - always.