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Looking for the perfect way to relax, get creative or just have fun?
Near Heswall, Wirral
The Potting Shed offers a huge selection of ceramics just waiting to be hand-painted by you.
It’s a great place for parties – but it’s also the perfect venue for friends to meet, for families to enjoy time together and for everyone to get creative!
0151 336 3000
jeanette@thepottingshed.eu
www.thepottingshed.eu

Blue Planet Aquarium

Cheshire Oaks
Large aquarium. Interactive displays. Underwater walkway (glass tunnel) with sharks and tropical fish. Deadly frogs. Divers display.
0151 357 8800
info@blueplanetaquarium.co.uk
www.blueplanetaquarium.co.uk

The Boat Museum

Ellesmere Port
World's largest floating collection of canal craft, 200 year old dock complex. Steam powered crane, explore cabins, family events. Boat trips.
0151 355 5017
i nfo@boatmuseum.freeserve.co.uk
www.boatmuseum.org.uk

Catalyst

Widnes
Science discovery centre. Interactive exhibits and hand-on science and technology displays. Family events and free workshops for kids.
0151 420 1121
info@catayst.org.uk
www.catalyst.org.uk

Cheshire Oaks Megabowl

Coliseum
Indoor bowling centre.
0151 356 5100

Cheshire Workshops

Burwardsley
Demonstrations. Kids' crafts - candle dipping, painting and construction, clay models, badge making. Play area. Kids' parties.
01829 770401

Chester Cathedral

Chester
Cloisters, medieval shrine, 200 year old cobweb painting. Maths and shapes trail. Wildlife Safari (bird & animal pictures). Refrectory.
01244 324756
www.chestercathedral.com

Circuit Raceway

Sandycroft
Indoor go-karting. Book ahead for groups. Good activity "party" for older kids.
01244 531652
www.thecircuit.co.uk

Congleton Museum

Congleton
Touch screen computers, pull out figures & voice-overs telling story of Congleton. Medieval boat, coin hoards.
01260 276360
info@congletonmuseum.co.uk

Conservation Centre

Liverpool
See craftspeople conserving art and sculpture. Exhibits inc. mummified Egyptian crocodile & Peter Pan's People's Gallery.
0151 207 0001
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation

Deeside Ice Skating Rink

Deeside
Ice skating, curling, ice hockey.
01244 814725

Dewa Roman Experience

Chester
Roman galley, walk through reconstructed Roman streets. Fortress excavations. Hands-on studio: try on roman armour etc.
01244 343407

The Firs Pottery

Aston
Pottery throwing, kids holiday workshops.
01270 780345
www.firspottery.co.uk

Grosvenor Museum

Chester
Chester from pre-history to today. Romans, fossils, quizzes, interactive exhibits. Some kids' workshops - must be pre-booked
01244 402008

Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker

Nantwich
Secret nuclear bunker only declassified in 1993. Govt HQ, BBC studio. Emergency TV broadcasts. Soviet Spy Mouse Trail for smaller kids.
01270 629219
coldwar@hackgreen.co.uk
www.hackgreen.co.uk

HM Customs & Excise National Museum

Liverpool
The story of smuggling from 1700s to today. Downloadable kids activity sheets on website.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/customs

Jodrell Bank

Holmes Chapel
Science centre with interactive exhibits and planetarium. Can be booked for kids' parties. Arboretum & nature trial. Kids' play area.
01477 571339
www.jb.man.ac.uk/scicen

Lady Lever Art Gallery

Port Sunlight
Art gallery displaying world famous masterpieces inc. sculptures and paintings by Turner and Constable. Self-guiding kids' quiz tours.
0151 478 4136
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever

Quasar

Chester
High action fun for older kids. Indoor running around "shooting" each other with laser guns. Individuals or groups.
01244 400500
www.laneleisure.co.uk

Little Moreton Hall

Congleton
Free guided tours of hall, a famous example of Tudor half-timbered architecture. Herb and vegetable garden, knot garden. Picnic lawn.
littlemoretonhall@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Macclesfield Silk Museums

Macclesfield
4 museums. Fabric and clothing exhibits. Working looms, hands-on activities. Try weaving designing and printing.
01625 612045
silkmuseum@tiscali.co.uk
www.silk-macclesfield.org

Megabowl

Greyhound Park, Chester
Indoor bowling lanes.
01244 383125
www.megabowl.co.uk

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Liverpool
Located in a former warehouse, it tells the story of Liverpool's maritime history, emigration and slavery.
0151 478 4499
maritime@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime

Mouldsworth Motor Museum

Mouldsworth
Vintage, classic and sports cars, early bicycles. Old toys and pedal cars. Kids quiz with prizes. Near Delamere Forest.
01928 731781
www.mouldsworthmotormuseum.com

Museum of Liverpool Life

Liverpool
Celebrates the people and culture of Liverpool: faiths, industry politics and music. "Wartime house" with 1940s children's bedroom.
0151 478 4080
liverpoollife@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/liverpoollife

Nether Alderley Mill

Nether Alderley
15th century working watermill. Flour grinding demonstrations.
01625 584412
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens

Runcorn
800 year old Augustan priory excavated to show how medieval monks lived. Walled garden.
01928 569895
info@nortonpriory.org
www.nortonpriory.org

The Potters' Barn

Hassall Green
Make your own clay pottery. Kids classes. Make your own pottery parties. Adventure playground. Canalside.
01270 884080
www.thepottersbarn.co.uk

The Potting Shed

Near Heswall, Wirral
A paint-your-own-pottery studio. Craft and coffee shop. Based at Newhall Garden Centre.
0151 336 3000
jeanette@thepottingshed.eu
www.thepottingshed.eu

Quarry Bank Mill

Wilmslow
Restored cotton mill. Try weaving, dyeing cotton etc. See how hard children worked. Water wheel. Woodland/riverside walk. Play area.
01625 527468
quarrybankmill@ntrust.org.uk
www.quarrybankmill.org.uk

The Salt Museum

Northwich
History of Cheshire's salt industry. Interactive exhibits and free kids quiz sheets. Special events and school trips.
01606 41331
www.saltmuseum.org.uk

Seacombe Aquarium

Seacombe
Aquarium based at Seacombe ferry terminal. Can combine visit with Mersey ferry crossing and visit to Pirates Paradise soft play area.
www.merseyferries.co.uk

Shore Road Pumping Station

Birkenhead
Display about building the Mersey Railway Tunnel and a working giant steam pump "the Giant Grasshopper".
0151 650 1182
www.wirral.gov.uk

Speke Hall

Liverpool
Mansion with priest hole, Victorian kitchen, servants' quarters. Wooded gardens, walk along the Bund. Kids' play area. Children's activity sheets.
0151 427 7231
spekehall@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Stretton Watermill

Farndon
Working corn mill in beautiful setting on Dee. Two waterwheels turning grain into flour. Picnic spot. Local walks nearby.

01606 41331

Sugarbutties Pottery Pastimes

Pontblyddyn
10 mins from Broughton Shopping Centre. Make a pot on the wheel, children's parties, pottery painting, clay. Refreshments and free parking.
01352 770449
sugarbuttys@btconnect.com

Tate

Liverpool
Collection of modern art. Located in Albert Dock. Contact for special events.
0151 702 7400
www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

Techniquest

Wrexham
Interactive Science Discovery Centre. Musiquest with giant step-on piano. Special events and schools programme. Birthday parties.
01978 293400
www.techniquest-newi.org

The Walker

Liverpool
Paintings and sculptures 1350-today. Arts & Crafts exhibition.
0151 478 4199
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker

World of Glass

St Helens
Galleries and interactive exhibits. Victorian furnace and labyrinth of tunnels, mirror maze, interactive play area, glass blowing demonstration.
08700 114466
www.worldofglass.com

World Museum Liverpool
(Formerly Liverpool Museum)

Liverpool
Egyptian and Asian artefacts. Natural history inc. fossils and dinosaurs. Planetarium with free public shows inc. sunshine show for the under-5s
0151 478 4399
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/

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