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...

An indoor waterpark with something for everyone. As soon as you leave the changing rooms you feel like you are on holiday, with the temperature at a tropical 84 degrees! You pay to enter whether you go on the slides or not so you may as well join in. You can even hire swimsuits and a towel for &poun...

The Manchester Art Gallery was short-listed for the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award in 2008. The gallery itself is of course stuffed with fabulous paintings by artists such as Adolphe Valette and Lowry, and while you're trying to check out the masterpieces there's a few dressing up clo...