How about Sure Start Centres - often empty at the weekend. I used to run them and if a trusted outside organisation offered to do some training for the parents it mught be a good contra deal.  Depends on making a relationship with the local manager.
Or a local secondary school where again the students could be invited along.

On 30 September 2014 11:37, Fabian Tompsett <fabian.tompsett@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
I think we need to look at the sort of things we want out of a venue:
  • Not too noisy
  • Decent food/drink, but not too expensive
  • Spacious rather than cramped (particularly important for people with children)
  • Ideally, a children's play area attached
  • Near railway station for people out of town and with parking not to far away for those who still drive cars.
Perhaps there are some other points that could be added.I am not sure about public Wifi asI am getting increasingly nervous about security issues as regards this. However, perhaps we can organise Wikimifis for the occasion.

all the best
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