Best motorway services between Leeds and Liverpool?

[Ilkleymoor]

To keep a 4 year old happy? Any areas to run around/soft play/outdoor space? Thank you!

It’s only a 2 hour drive

Very true but it is where we will be stopping around as part of a much longer drive

Ikea - edge of Leeds
There are no decent services.

You’d be better stopping elsewhere - no decent services. Can you stop before Leeds?
where are you coming from?

City Airport/Barnton Aerodrome?
Free parking, bring a picnic, kids can play and watch little planes take off. Just off M62, I think, or maybe M60 so a little detour.

Oh dear. Coming from Newcastle and usually stop at wetherby but normally not just me in the car so thought another option too would be good. Will just have to put up with crappy services if we need them then. Thanks anyway.

If you take a minor detour to J41 of the M1 (probably adds 5/10 mins) there's a pub that has an outdoor play area that might suit.

https://www.malt-shovel.co.uk/

Or Oakwell Hall in Birstall

https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/oakwell-hall.aspx

I don't think they have much in the way of food, except maybe ice cream cabins, but there's loads of stuff at J26 and J27 where you'll get off and back on the M62 - McDs, Tim Hortons, M&S, Greggs etc.