Every place in Preston

CL Performing Arts

Liverpool · ages 0-18

One-to-one and group lessons in singing, acting and instruments for children from birth to 18.

Casbah Coffee Club Historic Site

Liverpool · ages 0-16

Walk into the actual basement club where the Beatles played their first gigs, on a pre-booked tour that traces the birth of Merseybeat.

Booking required

Catchdale moss Farm

Saint Helens

Pumpkin picking in autumn and a proper Christmas barn later on, with wreath workshops and a tree kitchen and bar for the grown-ups.

CaféFood on sitePicnics allowed

Caterpillar Music Blackpool

Poulton-le-Fylde · ages 0+

A themed music and singing session for babies and toddlers, with free play thrown in at Thingamajigz Play Centre afterwards.

Indoor play

Chipping Steam Fair

Clitheroe

A field full of vintage steam engines, funfair rides, donkey rides and a stunt show over three days in Clitheroe.

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Coral Island

Blackpool

Free entry to a seaside arcade with pirate rides, ghost train and enough 2p pushers to eat a fiver in coppers.

Gift shopIndoor playFood on siteToilets

Crafty Diane Pottery Painting

Preston · ages 7+

Paint your own pottery or try fused glass and mosaic workshops, with birthday parties for kids from age 7.

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Cronkshaw Fold Farm

Rossendale · ages 6+

Goat yoga, beehive inspections and farm tours on a steep Rossendale hillside, booked as proper activities rather than turn-up-and-wander.

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Crosby Beach

Liverpool

A wide stretch of sand dotted with 100 cast-iron statues by Antony Gormley, free to wander any time.

Croxteth Park Farm

Liverpool

A small rare-breed farm where kids can groom the ponies and meet pigs, goats and cattle for a fiver a head.

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Curiosity Corner Play

Preston · ages 0-9

Role play, roaming and craft tables (think keyring making and pottery painting) for under-nines, but only as a private party hire.

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Delta Force Paintball Liverpool

Prescot · ages 7+

Outdoor paintball across Hollywood-themed zones, with a lighter Miniball option for kids from age 7.

Birthday partiesBooking requiredGroup bookingsSchool visits

Diggerland Yorkshire

Castleford · ages 4-14

Kids get behind the controls of real diggers and dumpers, plus over 20 rides included in one ticket.

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East Lancashire Railway - (Irwell Vale Station)

Bury

A small, quiet station on the East Lancashire Railway where you board heritage steam or diesel trains and wander the sculpture trail alongside the Irwell.

CaféDog friendlyFood on siteParking+3 more

East Lancashire Railway - (Ramsbottom Station)

Bury

A steam train ride out to Ramsbottom for duck spotting, woodland and a playground by the platform.

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East Lancashire Railway - (Summerseat Station)

Bury

Board a heritage steam or diesel train at Summerseat and let the kids spot the countryside from the window, with no facilities at this particular station.

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East Lancashire Railway - Heywood Station

Heywood

Hop on a heritage steam or diesel train from Heywood and rattle out through countryside to villages along the line.

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East Lancashire Railway - Rawtenstall Station

Rossendale

A proper steam train ride out of Rawtenstall, ending in a cobbled mill town worth a wander.

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Farm on the Fell

Preston

A farm shop stocked with pasture fed beef, pork, eggs and raw milk, plus a seasonal gelato hatch in summer.

Free parking

Farmer Parrs Animal World

Fleetwood · ages 1-16

Feed the animals, groom a pony, collect eggs and explore three barns of hands-on farm activities near Fleetwood.

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Fireground

Rochdale · ages 0+

A museum of old fire engines and firefighting history, open Thursday to Saturday in Rochdale.

CaféFree parkingPublic transport nearbySchool visits

First Class Learning Blackburn

Blackburn

Weekly one-to-one style sessions in maths, English and science, plus 11-plus and GCSE prep, with daily worksheets to work through at home.

Free parking

Fitchett Proll Dance Cottam

Preston · ages 2+

Baby ballet, ballet, tap and street dance classes for children from age two, taught locally in Cottam.

Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood · ages 4-11

Free craft sessions and heritage tours in a seaside town museum where kids under 11 get in free.

CaféGift shopGroup bookingsSchool visits