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’d been recommended The Orangery in Heaton Moor by a mum who regularly meets there with her NCT group. So when we took our babies for a light lunch we weren’t surprised to find a group of mums already ensconced in a very cosy area in the middle of the café with a couple of sofas...

Party and Play Funhouse is huge and being housed in a massive warehouse, allows the parents’ seating area to be in the middle of all the equipment so you can see your child playing almost anywhere in the room. The giant doors of the building are actually fully retractable, so in good weather t...