Good for families
American Pies
AncoatsAmerican Pies in Ancoats serves deep-dish pizzas when everyone else seems to be all about the slow-proved Neapolitan style. Sometimes...
Pennington Flash
LeighPennington Flash is Greater Manchester’s only National Nature Reserve. This wetland habitat, formed by flash flooding of former coal mining...
Carrington Riding Centre
CarringtonCarrington Riding Centre offers lessons to children and adults with a stable of good-natured horses and ponies ready to ride.
Harbour Health and Fitness Club
Princes DockThe Harbour Health and Fitness Club is part of the Crowne Plaza Liverpool hotel but you don't have to be...
Lancaster On Ice
LancasterLancaster On Ice is the big one when it comes to seasonal skating. This award-winning venue has had glowing reviews...
Christmas by the Sea
BlackpoolChristmas by the Sea is Blackpool’s annual festive extravaganza, just in front of Blackpool Tower. The tower gets a literal...
Planet Ice
AltrinchamYou may know this venue best as Altrincham Ice Dome but it’s now run by Planet Ice and offers relaxed...
Skate Manchester
Manchester City CentreSkate Manchester in Cathedral Gardens will have you skating around its twinkly ice rink like you're the main character on...
Porta Didsbury
DidsburyPorta Didsbury is the fourth instalment in Ben and Joe Wright’s North West micro-empire of tapas bars. The new restaurant...
Another Place, The Lake
UllswaterAnother Place, The Lake is a Lake District spa hotel that makes full use of its picture-perfect location on the...
Indian Tiffin Room Liverpool
RopewalksIndian Tiffin Room, the successful North West independent, has brought its authentic street food flavours to Liverpool.
ODEON Manchester Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkODEON Manchester Trafford Centre is the shopping mall’s only multiplex with 20 screens including a massive IMAX screen. It’s enormous...