English Heritage launches ‘bonding benches’ to tackle parental isolation

Charity to also offer activities for young families and host NCT volunteer-led sling and buggy walks at selected sites

The great stone circles, abbeys, castles and manor houses that English Heritage manages acted for centuries as places to meet and mingle.

Now in an effort to tackle parental isolation, the charity is tapping back into this sense of community by introducing bonding benches" at many of its most famous sites.