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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...
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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...
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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.
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Breakout Liverpool
Cavern QuarterWork as part of a team with friends, family or work colleagues and try to escape the room you've been...
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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...
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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...
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MeetspaceVR Manchester
Trafford ParkMeetspaceVR Manchester is a virtual reality, immersive experience in a huge warehouse at Trafford Park. It's a place where you...
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We Invented The Weekend
Media CityWe Invented the Weekend festival is a massive, free, two-day celebration of all the cool stuff people do in their...
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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...
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The Oracle
RopewalksEven the entrance to The Oracle has an air of mystery: look for the anonymous grey door to the left...
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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...
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Scare City
ChorleyScare City takes over the abandoned Camelot theme park for a completely immersive Halloween scare event.
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Mayfield Park
PiccadillyIt’s no secret that Manchester city centre is short on decent parks. The opening of Mayfield Park in September 2022 goes...
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Arcade Club Bury
BuryArcade Club Bury is a gamer’s paradise. Set in a former mill, it is a vast celebration of the beat...
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Knowsley Safari
PrescotKnowsley Safari is an exciting day out for all animal-lovers – not just for kids. Who wouldn’t want to watch...
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Total Ninja
Trafford ParkTotal Ninja is part bouncy-castle on steroids, part warrior training ground. The venue is mainly divided into two parts: an...
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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...
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Treetop Trek Manchester
PrestwichIf you're looking for a fun way to get outside and get active, try Treetop Trek Manchester at Heaton Park....
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NQ64
Northern QuarterReturn to your youth and relieve the stresses and strains of adult life by whacking baddies Double Dragon-style or jumping...
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Point Blank Shooting Liverpool
Cavern QuarterPoint Blank Shooting is a virtual shooting range and bar. Designed to see if you're a sharpshooter, the many levels...
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Paws Yoga
CastlefieldTwo things that are guaranteed to release endorphins: puppies and yoga. Paws Yoga combines the two, and was the first...
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Theatre of Screams
Ashton-under-LyneTheatre of Screams is the interactive Halloween experience on a budget. It’s also the indoor option for those of you...
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Reddish Vale Farm
ReddishIan Brown, take note. Reddish Vale Farm, on the Stockport side of Manchester, has everything you could want to keep...
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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...
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Runway Visitor Park
AltrinchamFor spine-tinglingly close views of the huge planes landing and taking off at Manchester Airport, head to the Runway Visitor...
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Immersive Gamebox Manchester
Manchester City CentrePut down those phones, switch off your screens, and, er, stand in front of another one . . . but...
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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...
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Jodrell Bank
MacclesfieldJodrell Bank is a landmark. On a clear day, you can see its Lovell Telescope from the top of almost...
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Museum of Liverpool
Albert DockThe Museum of Liverpool on Pier Head is an eclectic and diverse collection of Liverpool stuff and stories. Part of...
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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...
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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.
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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,...
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Dog Bowl
Manchester City CentreDog Bowl is a bar, restaurant and bowling alley with five full-length ten-pin bowling lanes. It's tucked under the arches...
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The Lowry
Salford QuaysFlagship arts venue The Lowry was at the heart of 1990s' plans to breathe new life back into Salford Quays....
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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...
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Science and Industry Museum
CastlefieldMuch like the once mighty industrial power of the North, Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum has shrunk noticeably over the...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Nerf Action Xperience
Trafford ParkIf you love charging around waving a Nerf blaster with foam ammo popping all around you, then you’re going to...
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DNA VR
Manchester City CentreDNA VR is a virtual reality arcade with three different gameplay options. You can communicate with your friends through the...
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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...
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leveltap
Ropewalksleveltap is one of the latest gaming bars to arrive at Liverpool's bustling Ropewalks. Immerse yourself in enthralling modern and...
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ArCains
Baltic TrianglePart of the Cains Brewery Complex, ArCains is a gamers paradise. Whether it's date night, a stag or hen do,...
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Wordsworth Grasmere
CumbriaAt Wordsworth Grasmere you can immerse yourself in the beautiful surroundings which captured the poet's imagination and drove much of...
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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...
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On The Green
Liverpool City CentreLocated in the heart of Liverpool City Centre, On The Green is a laid-back virtual golfing experience accommodating both those...
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The Crystal Maze Manchester
CastlefieldIt’s a dream come true for kids of the 90s: a chance to show off your skills on the legendary...
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Alderford Lake
WhitchurchAlderford Lake is the perfect summer day out. It’s an idyllic location but you won’t be able to sit still...
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Manchester International Festival
ManchesterManchester International Festival, or MIF, is the city’s biennial arts festival. It’s two weeks of the year where you’re never...
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Zap Graffiti
RopewalksZap Graffiti is one of Liverpool's most unique art venues, focused on showcasing graffiti designs and even giving you the...
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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...
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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....
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Farmageddon
OrmskirkFarmageddon is the big one. Every year it’s a sellout, welcoming thousands of willing lambs to the slaughter. There are...
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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...
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Gravity MAX Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreHome to two floors of immersive activities, Gravity MAX is Liverpool’s biggest multi-entertainment venue.
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Gallery Oldham
OldhamGallery Oldham in the town’s Cultural Quarter features artworks and items from Oldham’s diverse collections alongside newly commissioned art, international...
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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...
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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...
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Spooky World
WarringtonSpooky World comes in three strengths of spookiness. There’s Fun by Day which is all smiling pumpkins and friendly ghosts...
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Lowther Castle & Gardens
PenrithLowther Castle & Gardens is an intriguing attraction. It looks grand enough at first sight, but the castle is literally...
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Pelican
Northern QuarterPelican is a bar from the team behind Squawk Brewing Company, they of the beautiful ornithological cans of craft ale....
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Chaos Karts
SpinningfieldsChaos Karts puts you in the driving seat of an immersive augmented reality experience, bringing real-life karting and gaming together.