Every place in Manchester

Floating Holidays

Middlewich

A self-drive canal boat holiday where you learn to sail the boat yourself and fish straight from the deck.

Parking

Flour & Soul Bakery

Manchester

A hands-on sourdough or croissant class where you learn to shape and bake proper loaves and pastries from scratch.

Fog Lane Park

Manchester · up to age 12

Free park with swings, a skatepark, tennis courts and an obstacle course for kids up to about 12.

Blue badge parkingCaféIndoor seatingOutdoor play+2 more

Food Sorcery Cookery School, Deansgate Square

Manchester · ages 5-17

Kids and an adult cook side by side at a proper cookery school, sushi and ramen included, then you eat what you've made.

Accessible toiletAllergy awareBooking requiredFood on site+2 more

Food Sorcery Cookery School, Didsbury

Manchester · adults only (18+)

Hands-on cookery classes where adults (or teens paired with a paying adult) cook a full meal under a chef's eye and take the leftovers home.

Allergy awareFree parkingFood on siteToilets+1 more

Free Walking Tour Manchester | Si Manchester

Manchester

A guided walk round Manchester's city centre landmarks, tip-based and running two to two and a half hours.

Booking required

Freight Island

Manchester

A food hall and events space near Piccadilly Station where kids are welcome until 9pm on normal trading days.

Accessible toiletRestaurantStep-free accessWheelchair accessible

Fun Park

Rotherham · ages 2-18

A pay-as-you-go ride park with coasters, dodgems and mini golf, plus a Christmas Adventure with Santa in season.

Accessible toiletBirthday partiesBlue badge parkingCafé+6 more

Funtastic Childrens Play Centre

Radcliffe, Manchester · ages 0-11

An indoor play centre in Radcliffe for babies through to pre-teens, with prices that shift depending on the day you turn up.

Birthday partiesIndoor playParking

Game Vault

Bolton

Free to walk into, then it's tokens for the VR pods, pinball and pool tables.

Indoor seatingFood on site

Gameface

Manchester · ages 8+

Ten fast-paced social games mixing physical challenges and quick thinking, built for teams of mates rather than little kids.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCard onlyGroup bookings+3 more

Giggles & Glamour

Manchester · ages 4-12

A pamper party package for kids aged 4 to 12, with facials, manicures, hair styling and a photo booth built into the booking.

Booking required

Glebe Farm

Congleton

Book a proper hands-on animal experience, groom a Highland cow or walk an alpaca, then browse the farm shop before the café shuts.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféFree parking+5 more

Go Ape Buxton

Buxton · ages 10+

Harness up for high ropes and zip lines through Grinlow Woods above Buxton, built for ages 10 and up.

ParkingToiletsBooking requiredGroup bookings

Goodtime Games

Manchester

A board game café where you pick from hundreds of games, get staff help learning the rules, and settle in with pizza and cocktails.

CaféIndoor seatingVegetarian options

Grange Farm Lowton

Warrington

Highland cows to meet, a pumpkin festival every autumn, and a proper sit-down restaurant if you'd rather not do a picnic.

CaféGift shopFood on siteRestaurant

Great Harwood Showground

Blackburn

A one-day country show with sheepdogs, birds of prey and a sheep race, all in a single Bank Holiday Monday.

Blue badge parkingCard onlyCash onlyFree parking+1 more

Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives

Manchester · ages 6+

Free walk-through police history museum in the Northern Quarter, open Tuesdays only, with a real Victorian courtroom and cells to poke around.

Accessible toiletBaby changeGift shopGroup bookings+3 more

Greenhead Park

Huddersfield

A free park with a double zip wire and a miniature steam railway that only runs on Saturday afternoons.

Changing PlacesOutdoor playToiletsWheelchair accessible

Greenslate Community Farm

Wigan · ages 5-16

A working community farm where kids groom goats and donkeys, build dens and try bush craft over a two-hour session.

CaféFood on siteOutdoor playPicnics allowed

Grip & Go

Rossendale · ages 4+

Sixty minutes on 24 themed climbing walls, with a leap-and-catch trapeze challenge if you want to fork out extra.

Birthday partiesLockersFood on site

Guide Bridge Theatre

Manchester · ages 3+

A proper small theatre for a first pantomime, with step-free access and only two wheelchair spaces so it pays to book ahead.

Accessible toiletBaby changeFood on siteStep-free access+2 more

Gulliver's Kingdom

Matlock Bath · ages 2-13

Hillside theme park near Matlock Bath with a log flume 300ft up and rides scaled for younger kids.

Free parkingToiletsAccessible toiletBaby change+5 more

Gulliver's Valley

Rotherham · ages 2-13

Family theme park near Rotherham for ages 2-13, with Lost World dinos and Western World rides, from £26 online.

Free parkingToiletsAccessible toiletBaby change+6 more