This museum might initially seem an unusual choice for the parents of a six year old and two year old to choose to go with aforementioned children, but we did and I urge you to do the same. After a major revamp which saw it re-open in 2011, the PHM houses an enormous collection of material that chro...

This public park covering around 250 acres in south Manchester has a lot to offer - a working community farm, a playground, a sixteenth century hall and even a horticultural centre.   It also has historic and ornamental woodlands, formal flowerbeds and beautiful wildflower meadows to explore....

The safari park driving route snakes for five miles through various open animal enclosures. If it's a quiet day, you can do this at your own pace, and spend time observing the animals. On our trip, we actually drove round the route twice at my children's insistence.   However, a friend who ve...