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...

We always have a fun time here - in fact it's always a struggle to drag the kids (and their dad) away from it at the end of the day! Brookside, located at a garden centre, has five locomotives - three steam engines and two diesel.   The trains are located at their very own station, Brookside ...

In the summer holidays Moss Bank Park has an assortment of fun fair rides and activities, including a bouncy castle, an enormous inflatable slide and a carousel. In winter it is a much more sedate park but that is how I prefer it.   Moss Bank is also home to Animal World, which sounds quite g...