Kids eat free in Crawley

The first thing worth clocking about Crawley is that its five kids-eat-free venues do not all run on the same timetable. Turtle Bay and Wildwood operate their offers throughout the year, so a midweek lunch in February is as viable as a half-term outing. Vintage Inns and Harvester, by contrast, activate their concessions during school holiday windows only — useful when the weeks are long, less useful when you are squeezing in a Saturday dinner in term time. Toby Carvery rounds out the five. Geographically, four sites sit in RH10 and one in RH11, so the coverage leans distinctly eastward across the town. Five chains, five distinct venues: a balanced spread, but check the small print on timing before you settle on where to go.

Holiday-only chains in Crawley: Harvester. These quietly flip in for half-term and summer; outside the school holidays they drop off the list.

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