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Manchester Tattoo Convention by UKTTA
PiccadillyInk, art, and alternative culture - the Manchester Tattoo Convention is a weekend-long celebration of all three. This annual festival...
Bar Hütte Great Northern
DeansgateBar Hütte Great Northern brings cosy comfort to winter nights out in Manchester. Escape the weather with seasonal hot cocktails,...
The Beatles Story
Albert DockThe Beatles are probably Liverpool’s most famous export and it stands to reason that the city has quite a few...
Twenty Twenty Two
Northern QuarterTwenty Twenty Two is a Northern Quarter hangout with a difference. It has the metro tiles, basement decor and late...
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester City CentreMosey down Mosley Street between Piccadilly Gardens and St Peter’s Square, and you can’t miss the Greek columns that flank...
Jonathan Schofield Manchester Tours
Oxford RoadEven if you’ve lived here all your life, you’ll likely learn something new on a Jonathan Schofield Manchester Tour. And...
ArCains
Baltic TrianglePart of the Cains Brewery Complex, ArCains is a gamers paradise. Whether it's date night, a stag or hen do,...
Scare City
ChorleyScare City takes over the abandoned Camelot theme park for a completely immersive Halloween scare event.
Knowsley Safari
PrescotKnowsley Safari is an exciting day out for all animal-lovers – not just for kids. Who wouldn’t want to watch...
The Oracle
RopewalksEven the entrance to The Oracle has an air of mystery: look for the anonymous grey door to the left...
Clay Studio
StretfordClay Studio moved to its new home in Stretford at the end of 2024, offering more space and more activities....
Lowther Castle & Gardens
Lake DistrictLowther Castle & Gardens is an intriguing attraction. It looks grand enough at first sight, but the castle is literally...
Frankie’s Paint-It Pottery
Mossley HillGet stuck in with a pottery painting session at Frankie's Paint-It Pottery. Whether you're crazy about clay or it's your...
Journey to Hell at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
BlackpoolJourney to Hell at Blackpool Pleasure Beach is a mixture of live action horror thrills, a scare maze and terrifying...
Gravity MAX Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreHome to two floors of immersive activities, Gravity MAX is Liverpool’s biggest multi-entertainment venue.
Junkyard Golf Manchester
Manchester City CentreJunkyard Golf is Manchester’s original crazy crazy golf. There are imitators and imposters but this was the city’s first day-glo,...
Electric Shuffle
DeansgateElectric Shuffle is a fresh take on shuffleboard. Usually associated with the pubbier end of the bar spectrum or the...
Alderford Lake
WhitchurchAlderford Lake is the perfect day out all year round. It’s an idyllic location but you won’t be able to...
Instituto Cervantes
DeansgateThe Instituto Cervantes is a wonderful place to learn Spanish with enthusiastic native speakers and excellent teaching. Even the building...
Urban Playground Manchester
Manchester City CentreUrban Playground Manchester is the place to go for an adrenaline-fuelled, ultra-competitive night out. Located in Manchester Arndale, it brings...
Boom Battle Bar Manchester
Manchester City CentreBoom Battle Bar Manchester is an all-in-one bright neon activity centre in the Printworks. It’s an indoor playground primarily for...
Morecambe Beach
MorecambeMorecambe is one of those places where the seaside glamour is very much faded but a day at the beach...
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
SalfordSalford Museum and Art Gallery was the UK’s first free public library when it opened in 1850. The building was...
Paws Yoga
CastlefieldTwo things that are guaranteed to release endorphins: puppies and yoga. Paws Yoga combines the two, and was the first...
Sixes Social Cricket | Corn Exchange
Manchester City CentreSixes Social Cricket opened in the Corn Exchange in August 2021, bringing a different kind of sporting experience to Manchester...
Lancaster On Ice
LancasterLancaster On Ice is the big one when it comes to seasonal skating. This award-winning venue has had glowing reviews...
Mayfield Park
PiccadillyIt’s no secret that Manchester city centre is short on decent parks. The opening of Mayfield Park in September 2022 goes...
Science and Industry Museum
St John'sThe Science and Industry Museum celebrates 250 years of innovation. Galleries showcase Manchester inventions, bring the noise and the danger...
King Pins Manchester Arndale
Manchester City CentreKing Pins Manchester Arndale is ten-pin bowling royalty, and not just for the good customer service, clean, fresh decor and...
Immersive Gamebox Manchester
Manchester City CentrePut down those phones, switch off your screens, and, er, stand in front of another one . . . but...
Cockfields Farm Park
OldhamCockfields Farm Park, in the countryside between Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne, is a young child’s idea of the perfect day out.
Zap Graffiti
RopewalksZap Graffiti is one of Liverpool's most unique art venues, focused on showcasing graffiti designs and even giving you the...
Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester
Trafford ParkLegoland Discovery Centre is Manchester’s ultimate Lego playground. If your children like building and creating with those brightly coloured blocks,...
Wagamama Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkWagamama Trafford Centre is justly popular for its Japanese staples. In fact, Wagamama is popular all over the UK. Almost...
Manchester Punk Festival
Oxford RoadFor all the noise, Manchester Punk Festival is a friendly and inclusive event that takes place over the Easter weekend...
Gallery Oldham
OldhamGallery Oldham in the town’s Cultural Quarter features artworks and items from Oldham’s diverse collections alongside newly commissioned art, international...
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...
Carrington Riding Centre
CarringtonCarrington Riding Centre offers lessons to children and adults with a stable of good-natured horses and ponies ready to ride.
Escape Hunt | Corn Exchange
Manchester City CentreThe ultimate rainy day activity (and Manchester certainly has its wealth of those), Escape Hunt at the Corn Exchange places...
King Pins Trafford Palazzo
Trafford ParkKing Pins Trafford Palazzo markets itself as ‘the crown jewels of bowling’, but to be honest, they’re selling themselves short....
Manchester International Festival
St John'sManchester International Festival, or MIF, is the city’s biennial arts festival. It’s two weeks of the year where you’re never...
Cork & Canvas
AncoatsCork & Canvas is a sip and paint events company which puts on sessions at venues in and around Manchester...
NQ64
Northern QuarterReturn to your youth and relieve the stresses and strains of adult life by whacking baddies Double Dragon-style or jumping...
Farmageddon
OrmskirkFarmageddon is the big one. Every year it’s a sellout, welcoming thousands of willing lambs to the slaughter. There are...
Runway Visitor Park
AltrinchamFor spine-tinglingly close views of the huge planes landing and taking off at Manchester Airport, head to the Runway Visitor...
Camp and Furnace
Baltic TriangleCamp and Furnace is a huge events space with a capacity of 2200. With its two warehouse spaces, this place...
MeetspaceVR Manchester
Trafford ParkMeetspaceVR Manchester is a virtual reality, immersive experience in a huge warehouse at Trafford Park. It's a place where you...
Archie’s Atomic
Trafford ParkArchie’s Atomic is a neon pink roller rink from the local burger and shake supremos. With a giant glitterball and...
Play Factore
Trafford ParkPlay Factore is like a super-sized version of the traditional indoor play centre. It’s enormous; crawling through tunnels, clambering through...
Breakout Manchester High Street
Manchester City CentreBreakout Manchester is a live escape room centre on High Street in Manchester. You are locked in a room with...
Christmas at The Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkThe Trafford Centre’s Christmas offering includes a festive fairground lighting up the winter nights, an ice rink set under shimmering...
Breakout Liverpool
Cavern QuarterWork as part of a team with friends, family or work colleagues and try to escape the room you've been...
Spooky World
WarringtonSpooky World comes in three strengths of spookiness. There’s Fun by Day which is all smiling pumpkins and friendly ghosts...
Food Sorcery Deansgate Square
DeansgateFood Sorcery Deansgate Square is an award-winning cookery school that runs classes on cuisines from all over the world, from...
Boom Battle Bar Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreJust a stone's throw away from Liverpool Lime Street station, Boom Battle Bar takes group gaming to the next level....
The World of Beatrix Potter
WindermereThe World of Beatrix Potter is always handy to have up your sleeve if you’re in the Lake District and...
Frog and Bucket
Northern QuarterThe Frog and Bucket is one of Manchester's longest running comedy clubs and one of the first venues to open...
Reddish Vale Farm
ReddishIan Brown, take note. Reddish Vale Farm, on the Stockport side of Manchester, has everything you could want to keep...
Oxygen
Media CityOxygen is the 13th UK park from the runaway active play juggernaut. Inside it’s brightly-coloured with trampolines and crawl-throughs almost...
The Lowry
Salford QuaysFlagship arts venue The Lowry was at the heart of 1990s' plans to breathe new life back into Salford Quays....
Bongo’s Bingo Manchester
Manchester City CentreA world away from the stereotype of blue rinse bingo nans, Bongo's Bingo is a semi-regular event held at Albert...
Portland Basin Museum
Ashton-under-LyneStep inside the restored nineteenth-century Ashton Canal Warehouse in Ashton-under-Lyne and you'll find the Portland Basin Museum. With exciting, accessible...
Altogether Otherwise
Manchester City CentreAltogether Otherwise is NOMA’s hobby house. Initially, it seems like a forgotten relic, an unloved outbuilding at the back of...
New Brighton Beach
WirralNew Brighton Beach used to have a bit of a grotty reputation but with sandy shores, shallow water for paddling,...
Jodrell Bank
MacclesfieldJodrell Bank is a landmark. On a clear day, you can see its Lovell Telescope from the top of almost...
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
LiverpoolLiverpool Arab Arts Festival is the UK’s longest-running Arab cultural festival championing the best homegrown and international artists. With visual...
Wordsworth Grasmere
GrasmereAt Wordsworth Grasmere you can immerse yourself in the beautiful surroundings which captured the poet's imagination and drove much of...
People’s History Museum
SpinningfieldsThe People’s History Museum tells the story of the development of democracy in Britain. It's the only museum in the UK...
The Ice Cream Farm
TattenhallWith more than 50 flavours of Cheshire Farm ice cream, The Ice Cream Farm is officially the biggest ice cream...
National Football Museum
Manchester City CentreWhere else but footy-mad Manchester to house the National Museum of the UK’s favourite sport? Explore the history of the...
Chaos Karts
St John'sChaos Karts puts you in the driving seat of an immersive augmented reality experience, bringing real-life karting and gaming together.
Arcade Club Bury
BuryArcade Club Bury is a gamer’s paradise. Set in a former mill, it is a vast celebration of the beat...
Museum of Liverpool
Albert DockThe Museum of Liverpool on Pier Head is an eclectic and diverse collection of Liverpool stuff and stories. Part of...
Zip World Manchester
PrestwichIf you're looking for a fun way to get outside and get active, try Zip World Manchester at Heaton Park....
The Crystal Maze Manchester
St John'sIt’s a dream come true for kids of the 90s: a chance to show off your skills on the legendary...
Tenpin Manchester – Printworks
Manchester City CentreAs the name suggests, TenPin Manchester - Printworks is a bowling alley in the Printworks. It’s family-friendly by day and...
Total Ninja
Trafford ParkTotal Ninja is part bouncy-castle on steroids, part warrior training ground. The venue is mainly divided into two parts: an...
Vapiano | Corn Exchange
Manchester City CentreEverything at Vapiano is ordered via a QR code once you’re at your table, which may be rather au fait...
The British Music Experience
Albert DockHead to The Cunard Building, one of the Three Graces that form Liverpool's iconic waterfront to find The British Music...
DNA VR
Manchester City CentreDNA VR is a virtual reality arcade with three different gameplay options. You can communicate with your friends through the...
Point Blank Shooting Manchester
Manchester City CentrePoint Blank Shooting is an interactive virtual shooting range designed to test yours and your teammates quick-draw skills.
Dino Falls Adventure Golf
Trafford ParkDino Falls Adventure Golf is the only landmark kids care about in Manchester. You can’t miss the volcano and huge...
Head Over Heels Chorlton
ChorltonHead Over Heels Chorlton is yet another of those giant soft play areas - but it is one of the...
Manchester United Foundation
StretfordManchester United Foundation is an independent charity that supports young people in the local area. Football reaches people in ways...
Alliance Française de Manchester
DeansgateThe Alliance Française de Manchester is the place to return to your schooldays minus the Tricolore textbooks and fixation on...
Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool City CentreLiverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest free contemporary art festival – and one of the reasons the city was named...
