I just jumped on an airfare deal to London over next spring break. It will be our family's first overseas trip, although the kids are experienced travelers domestically (we take month long road trips every summer). They'll be 10 and 12 years old.
Harry Potter and Shakespeare are high on the list (DH teaches Brit Lit). We also need to do a day trip to Oxford.
We have some time to plan, but I do want to get my bearings and sort out the general framework. We'll be there 9 full days. I don't think we'd want to stay in London the whole time. I've read that it can be nice to start with a few days in Bath - does that make sense? I don't want to spend the whole trip traveling, but I would like to visit areas outside of London as well.