Days out from South Manchester

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This my list so far. What am I missing that can go on the calendar for the summer holidays? No trip abroad this year as we’re hoping to move house so need some good day trips. I’ve got 5 weeks annual leave a three DC 5,7,9.

Chorlton water Park
Sale water park
Jackson’s Boat pub with play area
National Cycle Route 62?
Carrington Moss walks
Dovedale
George V pond Alty
Dobbies Alty
Fletcher Moss park
Bents Home & Garden Jurassic crazy golf, Lakeland etc
RHS Bridgewater on way to Bents
Dunham Massey scooting and deer
John Lee park birds in cages and playground
Reddish Vale farm park Stockport see animals etc
Tatton Park Cheshire council and National Trust and RHS expensive but also farm
Heaton Park nice play area and farm
Bolton Smithills open farm park
Walton Park free peacocks and small animals and playground
Wheelock Hall farm shop and play area
Lyme Park National Trust has some inside stuff
Quarry Bank Mill has inside stuff if rainy
Eureka kids museum Halifax
Bradford film and television museum
Urmston pool lovely nicest one in Trafford
Ants in your Pants softplay Timperley
Head over Heels softplay Chorlton and Handforth
Nixon’s farm shop and play area indoor and out
Airport pub and Runway Visitor Park
Chill Factore
Ordsall Hall Salford Tudor House
Trafford centre if desperate

Whitworth Gallery (we combine with falafel for lunch in rusholme & a play on the hamster wheel in the park!)
Manchester City Art Gallery (we combine with trip into Chinatown)
People’s History Museum
Manchester Museum
MOSI

we once went to the canal boat lift somewhere in Cheshire, that was good.

Bewilderwood
Pennington flash
train to Liverpool to visit the free museums

Maybe spend some time at home and have some projects on the go?

Thanks for those ideas! Don’t think I’ve taken the kids round Chinatown yet or into Liverpool.

Definitely planning some days at home as well and don’t expect to complete the list but want to have lots of options up my sleeve

Liverpool is an excellent day out well to be honest its worth a few days
Some ideas here
https://www.donthibernate.co.uk/liverpool/

Crockey trail near Chester is fab
https://crockytrail.co.uk

Manley Mere
https://www.manleymere.co.uk

Plenty of Wales ideas here
https://www.donthibernate.co.uk

Anderton is the boat lift in Cheshire mentioned above.
Bruntwood park in Cheadle has a good play area and is right under the airport flight path for plane spotting.
Mayfield Park (it's quite new and a short walk from Picaddily station)
Old Trafford or Etihad stadium tour
Stockport pool has flumes
East Lancs steam railway at Bury
Museum of Transport at Cheetham Hill
Salford Museum & Art Gallery / Peel Park
The Lowry sometimes has things on for kids in the holidays
Red House Farm (Dunham) and Dunham Massey ice cream shop
Bramhall Hall / park
Ellesmere port waterways museum
Cheshire Shire Horse centre
The Ice Cream Farm in Cheshire
Delamere Forest
Chester - walk the Roman walls, boat trip on the river
Chester zoo (but £££££!)
Dino Falls adventure golf (by the Trafford Centre)
Lego Discovery Centre
Abbotsfield Park (aka Chassen park) in Urmston has a mini railway like the one at Walton Park
Clip & Climb (there's a few venues do it around Manchester)

Nothing can be that desperate that you have to go to the Trafford Centre!! 😱

Blue planet Aquarium
(bit further away) Monkey Forest
Delamere Forest
Chester
Quarry bank mill

(sorry fairly rubbish suggestions but keen to stay on the thread for ideas!

Canal tour starting from media city to deansgate and back ( takes about a hr )
See what's on at the Lowery.

Imperial war musem

Coronation st tour

the above are very close to each other socould be done in one day

See if the BBC are filming anything you'd like to see live , idea for wet days .

Daisy nook Park

Get a family day pass for the tram and go from end to end .

Bury market ( check open days ) plenty of pubs and cafes around for lunch .

I'll think of some more later !

Loads of great suggestions here, purely place marking really. How about the Chelford Car Boot sale give them £5 each to treat themselves to some new toys. Then you could go for a nice walk up Alderley Edge afterwards. Or Capesthorne Hall is also lovely and nearby.

https://www.timpdon.co.uk/Brookside/Index.htm Brookside garden centre with miniature railway was my ds's top place to visit when they were your dc's age!

https://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/attractions/portland-basin-museum-41b2ae19 the Portland Basin museum is also ace

https://motgm.uk/ And the bus museum!