It’s not often my children consider me a cool Mum but they were pretty impressed with me the other day when we had a mad dash after the school run to attend the launch night at Winterville on Clapham Common.
Winterville has been billed as London’s alternative festival and it certainly lived up to its name.
As we entered through the neon lit walkway we were greeted with the smell of roasted chestnuts, the sound of familiar christmas hits and a mixture of traditional decorated trees and super cool lighting from the many food stands.
The kids didn’t take long to spot the rides and headed straight off for an adrenaline rush.
The older two headed for the bigger rides of which there were plenty, the good old fashion Waltzer was the favourite while the younger two stuck to the smaller rides…not that they were happy about it!
After the thrills and spills of all the rides we headed over to take to the ice. I took a sigh of relief when they told me Oscar was to young to join in as ice skating is not my forte to say the least.
We sat on the sidelines enjoying a delicious hot chocolate and a gorgeously gooey chocolate brownie while the others thoroughly enjoyed skating around with the beautiful backdrop of the hustle and bustle of Winterville.
By now they had all worked up an appetite and we headed over to Street Feast where there was an amazing selection of street food from juicy burgers to crispy breaded chicken, sumptuous wood-fired pizzas to sticky ribs and so much more.
It is a great place to get out of the cold as well as filling your bellies!
We only scrapped the surface of what Winterville has to offer and I would love to go back to have a round of golf with Plonk golf, see if my skills are better on four wheels in the roller disco, and maybe take in a show.
It would also make a fantastic child free night out as sampling the delicious looking mulled wine and tipsy hot chocolates in the Spiegeltent.
I loved the urban vibe mixed with the traditional Christmas and I wholeheartedly agree that Winterville brings an alternative edge to your usual Christmas festival type attractions and is definitly worth checking out for yourself.
* We were asked along to the launch night for the purpose of this review and they are all my own, honest opinions.
Oh this looks and sounds amazing. My kids are nagging me to go ice skating this season and everywhere is such a long way from us and expensive. Seeing these photos I must take them over the holidays. How wonderful to have a whole festival like this to enjoy as well as the skating, with Hyde Park last week too I’m thinking I may be in the wrong part of the country for Christmas activities!
Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids
We are very lucky to have so many wonderful events on our doorstep, in fact to many to get to! X
We wanted to attend Winterville too and love the sound of all the rides and the cinema screenings. It’s definitely a cool place to hang out for the hipsters 😉 lovely photos #CountryKids
Perfect for the hipsters!!
Wow. This looks amazing! There is so much to do you were really spoilt for choice. My children love roller and ice skating so would love this event! #countrykids
Looks like a great place to have some family fun #CountryKids
That looks like a fabulous event. Love all the Christmas lights and the fairground looks like lots of fun 🙂 #countrykids
I have driven past this and wondered what it is! It looks brilliant no wonder you were considered a cool mum! I will have to look into this for next year. #CountryKids
Cool Mum status is not granted very often! Xx
Shame it is a bit far from mine as it sounds wonderful! And my thrill seekers aren’t great at ice skating but they give it a go. #countrykids
Such a great place to visit, none of us are natural skaters either…especially me! X
It looks like a fab place and I love the Cool Mum status #CountryKids
This doesn’t happen very often! X