Set in a converted Victorian church with a beautiful garden, you've got to check out Glo Family! This unique centre in Cheadle has a café, sensory room, toddler play area, exercise studio and consulting rooms all under one roof. Classes on offer include Pyjama Drama, Twirling Ballerinas and R...

Stapeley Water Gardens is essentially a large garden centre adjoined by The Palms Tropical Oasis - an aquatic and reptile centre. This is a huge glasshouse containing exotic plant life, trees, a rather good selection of lizards, snakes, spiders and meerkats as well as the Italian Gardens, complete w...

Stockport Air Raid Shelters is a network of tunnels nearly a mile long, dug out of the soft red sandstone hills on which Stockport town centre stands. We went on a Friday just after the last school trip of the day, so we had the tunnels to ourselves. We were specifically asked at reception if our th...