Steam trains, shipwrecks and Peter Pan’s garden: 10 great UK family days out for half-term and autumn

The Flying Scotsman is celebrating its centenary Photograph: John Cooper-Smith/Science & Society

Ride the Flying Scotsman, Dorset

The famous engine will be 100 years old next February, and to kick off celebrations marking its centenary, the locomotive will be steaming up and down the heritage Swanage Railway during half-term.