Can anyone recommend a child friendly venue for a meet-up?. If it serves food and alcohol so much the better, but some sort of play area for the kids is essential.

whereabouts are you needing it? the city centre?

Ideally accessible by public transport, but with (preferably free) car parking available, and a little more soul than Meadowhell, which was my first idea!

theres the wentworth pub at tankersley, just off j35a of the m1. it has a fun factory for the kids, and meals and snacks for the adults

I don't know that area. How is it for public transport, particularly for people arriving by train?

The pub (BOGOF) at Coal Aston that still has a ball pond (separate to the pub) or Just for Kids on John Street.

Thank you for those suggestions. Do you know the name of the pub at Coal Aston with the ball pond?