If you’re the kind of couple who bond better over beating each other at video games than you do over a romantic dinner, this is the list for you.
We’ve picked out seven places to go for Valentine’s Day in Manchester (and none of them involve sharing your pudding or listening to twinkly piano music).
From axe-throwing to Squid Gaming to gladiator duelling, love is a battlefield. Go to war against each other. Tear each other’s hearts out. You can always make it up later once you get home.
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Book Now Manchester City CentrePong & Puck | Great Northern
More detailsGet your game face on with an afternoon of pool, shuffleboard and table tennis at Pong & Puck in The Great Northern.
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Trafford ParkInflata Nation Manchester
More detailsThis indoor inflatable playground is an excellent way to tire out hyperactive kids on a rainy day and for that we thank them. The other fab thing about it is that adults are welcome too. Inflata Nation Manchester believes all ages can have fun bounding around and burrowing through ball pools. We can’t disagree.
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Manchester City CentreWhistle Punks
More detailsHearing the thud of axes can be a little unnerving as you leave the cinema in the Great Northern – especially after a slasher film – but the axe throwing at Whistle Punks is about letting off steam not cutting off limbs.
It’s competitive and a bit like darts really, only you’re throwing whacking great axes at the target instead. A bullseye with an axe is very satisfying indeed.
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Manchester City CentreUrban Playground Manchester
More detailsUrban Playground Manchester is the place to go for an adrenaline-fuelled, ultra-competitive night out. Located in Manchester Arndale, it brings together high-tech games with bars and big-name dining from gourmet burger brand The Butcher.
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Manchester City CentreTeamSport Go Karting: Manchester Victoria
More detailsTeamSport Go Karting: Manchester Victoria is a high-octane experience that’ll turn even the mildest contestant into a speed demon.
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Manchester City CentreJunkyard Golf Manchester
More detailsJunkyard Golf is Manchester’s original crazy crazy golf. There are imitators and imposters but this was the city’s first day-glo, booze-fuelled, loud, throbbing take on the traditional seaside game for kids.
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Northern QuarterNQ64
More detailsReturn to your youth and relieve the stresses and strains of adult life by whacking baddies Double Dragon-style or jumping gleefully from platform to platform in Bubble Bobble at NQ64. Get your arcade thrills as well as cocktails and craft beer at this underground bar.
From shoot-‘em-ups to pinball, classic platform games and button-bashers, you’ll find them all at NQ64.
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Manchester City CentreRoxy Ball Room Manchester Deansgate
More detailsOne of two Roxy Ball Room venues in Manchester, the Deansgate bar is an ideal “adult playground” perfect for parties. With golf, pool, shuffleboard and even ice-free curling at this upstairs space on Manchester’s busy Deansgate.
