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...

Opening in Easter 2011, Brockholes is a brand new nature reserve in the Ribble Valley, close to Tickle Trout, immediately off the M6. The first thing to strike you as you drive down the lane to get to the reserve is the stunning floating visitor world;  a cluster of buildings constructed largel...

A favourite of ours pre-children, we decided to return to Dukes with our three-year-old in tow. For those who don’t know it, Dukes 92 is located in a fabulous spot in the Castle- field area of central Manchester at the meeting point of the Bridgewater and Rochdale canals – in fact it tak...