MNHQ needs your best "visitor attractions for children in the UK"

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Afternoon all. We've got to pull together a piece for Sunday Telegraph v' quickly on the top ten visitor attractions for kids in the UK. (Hence the title of this thread.) Would love your help - and feel free to add a line or two about what makes your nomination worthy of inclusion! Thanks ever so.

Has no-one mentioned Magna yet in Sheffield? Possibly better for older children (aged 6 plus) as it can feel quite scary and dark in places but my 2 are desperate to return. It is a wonderful science museum in Sheffield in an old steel works with loads of hands-on activities and the most fabulous outdoor play area with a water-fun platy area for summer months too.

Princess Diana Memorial Playground - imaginative, child and parent-friendly playground in Kensington Palace Gardens. Absolutely fantastic when you need to have a break in the middle of a hectic day trip to London. The children can run around letting off steam while you have a cup of tea from the cafe. And the best thing is that it's free!

Also, not strictly a visitor attraction for children, but National Trust's Brimham Rocks near Pateley Bridge in N Yorks is awesome.
Brimham Rocks in all seasons is is jaw-droppingly beautiful and wild and dangerous - perfect for intrepid boys especially!

oh, it's free except for parking.

Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood, Hants. It even has a GoApe aerial assault course for older children and adults.

GoApe is available at several locations in the UK - it's BRILLIANT. Only for 10 years old and over, though.

Another vote for Black Country museum (Dudley) and Ironbridge museum at Telford

Carsington Water is lovely on a dry day. Lots to do and free (except parking)

Has anyone done Kelvingrove in Glasgow? The refurb is amazing and there are loads of cool interactive thingys for children.

In Dorset we also have monkey world .which is a fab day out for animal lovers and kids of all ages. You can spend all day here too and can even adopt a monkey !
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another vote for Brimham rocks. Went last year with my mum and my dc's and nephews (aged 6 - 13). Paid for 4 hrs in car park and managed to get round in four hours, were then prepared to go along the road to 'Stump Corss Caverns' and pay £20+ for us all to get in but kids begged us to put more money in car park and stay put so we did. Spent a good 6 hours there and they still moaned when we left. (And still havnt been to stump cross caverns!)

And now I need to know best places to eat out with kids (think pubs with play areas that aren't just chicken nugget fests...) in my local area - anywhere within 1 hours driving distance when we're out and about: Cheshire/Manchester/Shropshire/Derbyshire/ North Staffordshire/Merseyside region...?

Any ideas? Or is there already a thread/listing for this? Or should I start a separate one?