Perfect Mother's Day days out
Keep mum sweet this Mother's Day with one of our individually crafted, day-long itineraries
A box of Milk Tray just won't cut it this year, so choose one of our hand-tailored itineraries and treat your mum to a memorable Mother's Day. We've pulled together four handy (and potentially life-saving) Mothering Sunday days out that are guaranteed to impress Mum on March 10. Follow our schedules for culture mum, fashion mum, foodie mum or nature mum and you'll forever be in her good books.
- The cultural mum
- The nature mum
- The foodie mum
- The fashion mum
Mother's Day for the nature mum
Lunch at Petersham Nurseries Café
With picnic weather still a good month away, try the next best thing: lunch amid the blooms of one of south-west London's most picturesque gardens. But forget scotch eggs and potato salad – the chef at Petersham Nurseries is well versed in high-end gastro culture, so expect the likes of pan-fried scallops with seasonal greens and guinea fowl with olives and lentils.
- Church Lane, off Petersham Road, TW10 7AG
Get muddy at London Wetland Centre
A world away from the glass-and-steel-dominated views you'll find a few miles upstream, Barnes offers some of the city's best riverside strolling. Extend your walk round to WWT London Wetland Centre, and as well as lush greenery you and mum can also check out otters, kingfishers and other colourful birds more exciting than the knackered pigeons of Zone One.
- Queen Elizabeth's Walk, SW13 9WT
Indulge in afternoon tea at Orange Pekoe
Is there a mother in England who doesn't enjoy tea, cake and a nice sit down? We sincerely doubt it. Brews and bites at Orange Pekoe make a fine alternative to the glitzier, pricier hotels in the centre of town, with £19.95 covering sandwiches, scones, cakes, your choice of luxury tea and a massive grin on your mum's face.
- 3 White Hart Lane, SW13 0PX
- The cultural mum
- The nature mum
- The foodie mum
- The fashion mum
