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...

Quarry Bank Mill is a great place to go on a rainy day and if it does turn out nice, the gardens are beautiful and the walk down by the River Bollin is easy for pushchairs and toddlers.   There is a good play area at the start of the walk plus, as an added incentive, a small cafˇ selling ice ...

Stockport Air Raid Shelters is a network of tunnels nearly a mile long, dug out of the soft red sandstone hills on which Stockport town centre stands. We went on a Friday just after the last school trip of the day, so we had the tunnels to ourselves. We were specifically asked at reception if our th...