With a couple of hours to spare, we took the little ones over to Bean and Brush Cafe in Sale. Unsure of exactly where we were going we parked in the M&S car park, perfect, except it’s a maximum of an hour and a very efficient car parking attendant is on standby. So perhaps try the Tesco&r...

From the outside Reddish Vale Farm looks quite small, but this is why I liked it. For the nought to five age group it is the perfect farm. Because of its size it feels very safe - nobody can wander off and get lost.   There are plenty of farmyard animals, ducks, pigs, horses, sheep, donkeys a...

The real appeal of a trip to Slattery's is not the dining room on the first floor of the three-storey Victorian building that houses the Slattery empire but walking through the 'Willie Wonka'-style shop on the ground floor.   Children cannot fail to be impressed by the rows and rows of superb...