Rainy Day Activities in Cheshire
It is always harder thinking of something to do when its raining outside. It normally takes more pre planning as things need to be booked and of course inside things usually have a cost to them. I'm a big fan of annual passes as these usually save you money in the long run as long as you go a few times in the 12 months. Here are some of our favourite days out for wet or cold weather.
These places are in Cheshire or a bit beyond.
I have done a brief description of each place but if you would like to know more click on the picture to take you to my full review. (if no picture then review is coming soon)
Play @ Lower Drayton Farm in Stafford. This is a 40 min drive from me, in mid Cheshire, however its worth the drive as it's a great day out. With a large inside soft play area, animals to see, a cafe with lots of seating, covered outside play equipment like bouncing pillows and sandpits. Plus lots of extra activities during school holidays.
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Castaway Play in Congleton. An indoor play area with a different. With 5 zones including a tropical beach, water play, pirate ship, slides and tunnels.
Eureka Science + Discovery in Liverpool. Hundreds of hands on, innovative and interactive activities about the human body, material, the world and nature. There are always extra activities put on during the school holidays too.
Right next door to the Trafford Centre is Play Factore. It's got the biggest play frame in the UK with a massive red wavey slide, which is over 40 meters long. Interactive Trampolines and arcade games. VR games and a go on the Zip Wire can be added on.
Climb 21 colourful walls for an hour at Clip N Climb Stoke. Walls include a timer challenge, wobbly ladders to shimmy up and proper boulder climbing walls which make you feel like you are on a cliff face. Face those fears, while challenging your friends and family. Add a go on the drop slide for even more fun.
27 Colourful Climbing walls, a High Rope Course and Soft Play. All of this can be found at Rock Up Manchester which is Inside Chill Factor at Trafford City. Parent and Toddler sessions, or family sessions available. Perfect inside activity with 60minutes of climbing and a high ropes course.
Wild Tots is a restaurant and play area, aimed at young children and their families as a fun and safe place to spend time together.
It's the perfect place to go to meet friends or to treat your children to after they have been around the shops in Northwich. Grab a coffee, them an ice cream, and let them play for an hour or two.
A bar serving craft beers, with games to play with friends and family including shuffleboard, interactive darts, pool and arcade games. Stonefired pizza and other amazing food being served too.
Prepare for an underwater world full of glittering scales, colourful fins and inquisitive sea turtles. Check out the Turtle Beach show where you'll learn all about their life cycle, then venture into the Rocky Hideout, Shark Shipwreck, Stingray Bay and of course, the magnificent Ocean Tunnel. During school holidays they put on extra events too. Part of the Merlin Pass.
An indoor playground filled with everything Lego.
Lego 4d Movie, 2 rides, Lego Racecar building, Ninjago climbing wall, Lego creative workshops, Soft play for under 5's and over 5's. Plus lots of extra activities during school holidays.
An interactive gallery filled with hands on experiments and puzzles. Extra bookable science workshops during weekends and school holidays. You entry becomes and annual pass. Cafe, outside play ground and free parking.
Interactive science museum in Wrexham. Perfect for a rainy day, it is a fun and educational place to visit. Based within the heart of Wrexham town, is the Xplore! Science Discovery Centre. It is a fantastic inside activity, at just £8.50 per person and you can stay all day. It is a massive room filled with over 100 interactive exhibits
Gamer X in Preston. Over 30,000 square foot of arcade games, virtual reality, giant inflatables, Mario experience, pool tables, table tennis, console games and toddler area.
Tenpin Crewe is an indoor entertainment centre with 25 bowling lanes, a soft play area, a laser tag arena and an escape room. You can book online and enjoy great deals on bowling, soft play, laser tag and escape rooms.
Audley Climbing Centre is a family-friendly indoor climbing centre in Audley, Staffordshire, offering multiple climbing walls, courses, and events for all ages and abilities.
Manchester's Largest Virtual Reality Arcade Experience. They are on a mission to take you and your crew on a journey through incredible worlds in this reality & beyond. Whether it's the terror of a zombie apocalypse, the mystery of the ocean deep, or the secrets of outer space. It is perfect for families, friends, work mates or a date night.
Tech infused adventure golf. No paper score card needed at Putters. Scan in your golf club, and now it knows how many hits you have taken to get that ball in the hole. No cheating or loosing count, with interactive score boards you don't just challenge your friends & family but every one playing that day.
The biggest draw of Urban Playground has got to be their live version of TV gameshow The Cube. It may look easy when you’re watching at home, but once you’re stood inside the perspex box the pressure can make the tasks a lot trickier. Take on 7 games from the original tv series testing out your balance, hand to eye coordination and skills.
Jodrell Bank is a fantastic and educational day out. Learn all about space with hands on experiments inside the Space Pavilion and book on to their Planetarium shows to find out about the big bang and travelling to the stars. They put on extra activities during the school holidays. There is also a walk around the arboretum, a small playground and cafe.
Periwinkle and Clay is a creative studio in Macclesfield, Cheshire. They run Pottery Painting sessions. Choose your pottery from their selection of own made items, choose from 30 colours of paint to create your design, before they are glazed and fired for the perfect crafty keepsake.
Rock Up is a unique indoor FUN CLIMBING arena where adults and kids can enjoy some healthy, action-packed fun! Rock Up centres offer unique rock climbing in a fun and safe environment.
Their individual and multi climber wall challenges and rope courses of varying design and difficulty, will test your agility and courage in different ways.
Namco Funscape in The Trafford Centre
Bowling, Virtual Reality, Dodgems, Arcades, Pool and Live Sports.
King Pins at Trafford Palazzo
State of the art Bowling, Shuffleboard, ice free curling, air hocky, pool and arcade games, Plus loads of yummy food and drinks.
NERF Action Xperience at Trafford Palazzo
NERF Action Xperience is the most legit place to get your NERF on, with challenges and activities to keep you entertained for hours. Choose from 4 experience zones. Sports, Training Ground, Chaos City and Mission.
Inflata Nation Inflatable Theme Park Manchester
No.1 inflatable park Manchester! Its bouncier and bigger than ever with two levels of bouncy exhilirating fun. The brand new double decker arena has lots of awesome new features and fun activities including multiple super slides with jaw dropping vertical drops, crazy bumpy slides and the strength testing tipping slide, how long can you hang on?
There's also an extended inflatable obstacle course, gladiator podium and a new inflata bubble section thats great for leaping, jumping and tumbling.
Summit Up Climbing, Greater Manchester
Summit Up, opened in 2021, has being created with community in mind. They wanted to create a space where everyone can feel safe to push their limits, try something new, bring the family and most importantly, have fun. All of Summit Up’s profits will go directly to supporting charity.
Chill Factore
From Ski Lessons and Snowboarding Lessons for all levels, ages and abilities, to Snow Fun activities, in our indoor snow park, including the Downhill Donuts and Ice Slide, Chill Factore has everything for a great day out.
Chaos Karts
The Ultimate Karting Experience Racing into Manchester. Race your friends, compete, and get ahead with power-ups on our immersive themed race circuits. It’s like a video game in real life!
Arcade club Bury
the ultimate destination for gaming enthusiasts! Here, you’ll step back in time to the golden age of arcade gaming and experience the nostalgia of classic arcade cabinets and pinball machines. With over 1000 machines from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
This is a FREEPLAY arcade! What does that mean we hear you ask? Put simply, once you’ve paid your entry fee EVERY machine inside is free to play. No coins. No tokens. Just the opportunity to play all your favourite games under one roof.
Oxygen Wilmslow
A trampoline park and so much more: we also have an Interactive Multi-Sports Arena; 6 Climbing Walls; Open Bounce Area with around 65 interconnected trampolines; Giant Air Bag; Inflatables; and a Cardio Wall. Our Freejumping sessions include access to all these activities, however there’s an additional cost for the climbing walls.
UA Jump Winsford
Explore our adventure playground, its packed to the rafters with 50 interconnected trampolines, incorporating runways, x2 tumble tracks and x2 slam dunk trampolines, with more to explore with our new soft play area with a 2m twin lane slide, rope bridge, roller squeeze puzzle trap, candy stripped danglies, agility features and a walk of fear deck along with a Toddler soft play area including rockers, agility & Construction kits with a hidey hole den with a bendy mirror!
Ice Skating at Planet Ice in Altrincham
Enjoy ice skating at Planet Ice Altrincham, the home of Manchester Storm. Choose from a range of sessions, lessons, parties and events for all ages and levels.
Indoor Treetops Adventure Golf near Manchester Arndale
Welcome to the jungle. Here, you’ll trek wondrous terrain in their two indoor 18-hole mini golf courses. Dodging ancient spirits and discovering lively locals along the way. And once your appetite for adventure is fulfilled, delve into the magic of the Amazon’s best bars and bites, too. A great indoor Adventure golf next door to the Arndale Centre.
Junkyard Golf Manchester
The craziest golf club in the world is in Manchester! Get ready to take a walk on the weird side, through three mashed-up 9-hole courses that will take you on a twisted journey.
Children sessions are Sunday - Thursdays before 6pm.
Museum or Science & Industry in Manchester
Explore 250 years of world-shaping discoveries and innovations at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, from the Industrial Revolution to today and beyond.
The museum is open 10.00–17.00 daily and is free to visit. Pre book online. There are extra bookable and chargable events and exhibits on throughout the year.
Power Up at Museum of Science and Industry
Take gaming to the next level with Power Up at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Play the very best video games from the past five decades and try out over a hundred different consoles in this ultimate hands-on gaming experience. There's something for everyone, from Pong to Pacman, Sonic to Street Fighter and Mario to Minecraft, plus a selection of games created in Manchester.
Arcade club Bury
the ultimate destination for gaming enthusiasts! Here, you’ll step back in time to the golden age of arcade gaming and experience the nostalgia of classic arcade cabinets and pinball machines. With over 1000 machines from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
This is a FREEPLAY arcade! What does that mean we hear you ask? Put simply, once you’ve paid your entry fee EVERY machine inside is free to play. No coins. No tokens. Just the opportunity to play all your favourite games under one roof.
Graystone Action Sports Academy Manchester Skatepark, Trampolines and Climbing wall.
From BMX to bouldering we’ve got your action sports needs covered!
An indoor Skatepark for skateboards, bikes and scooters. Have lessons or just have free play. There is also a bouldering wall. A cafe for spectators.
Salford Museum and Art Gallary
Take a step back in time to our Victorian street Lark Hill Place, and enjoy the several exhibition galleries showing the social history and art collections alongside a temporary exhibition programme. Visits are FREE; however, we welcome donations.
Congleton Museum
A fascinating display of life, culture, and industry, dating from the pre-historic period to the present day. There is something for everyone at Congleton Museum. Our remit focuses on Congleton and the surrounding areas. The family-friendly exhibits contain; six hoards, a medieval log boat, bronze-age weapons, and so much more.
Staircase House Stockport
Staircase House is a beautifully restored 15th century townhouse situated in Stockport’s historic Market Place. Delve into the past of Stockport's oldest town house. Discover how our ancestors lived from the 15th to the 20th centurie. Learn that it is home to one of only three surviving Jacobean cage-newel staircases in the country.
Stockport Museum
Time-travel from Palaeolithic to present day Stockport to experience the town’s entire history under one roof.
Explore fantastic finds; such as Mellor Iron Age hilltop settlement, life in medieval times, the thriving textile industry of the Victorian era and the impact of World War I.
The doors are now open to our brand new family gallery. It has been designed to help imaginations run wild, it is a space where anything is possible.
Just Kidding Holmes Chapel
Just Kidding Holmes Chapel is a family-owned play centre with a 5* food and hygiene rating, offering a variety of play sessions, classes, events and school visits.
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Hidden deep in the Cheshire countryside, the bunker stayed secret for more than 50 years. Now the blast doors are open and you can discover the labyrinth of rooms and authentic equipment used to run this defence region in the event of a National Emergency.
See our nuclear weapons display and come face to face with generations of our nuclear defence. Watch the previous banned film “The War Game” in our cinema. Visit the N.A.A.F.I. Canteen for your survival rations. Kids can follow our famous Soviet Spy Mouse Trail
Deva Roman Experience in Chester
The DEVA Roman Experience will take you on a voyage back through time 2000 years ago to Roman Britannia where the fortress of DEVA Victrix is welcoming visitors from far and wide. Join our legion and help us expand our mighty roman empire.
Through a meticulously designed set, let our talented ensemble of characters immerse your senses in our Roman bath house, market street, and amphitheatre as you watch the drama unfold as Gladiators fight it out to the death!
With 7 actor led shows, special effects, cutting edge projection mapping and REAL archaeology on site will you adjust to the Roman way of life or remain a measly pleb in the ways of the emperor?
Sick to death Museum Chester
Sick To Death a brand new history of medicine attraction in Chester. A playground of plague with a smatter of splatter, and a chance to poke into our medical past. Meet the Grim Reaper and Asclepius, the ancient Greek God of medicine as they guide you through the weird and wonderful history of medicine. Experience the past in a way that has never been done before! Explore the pestilence ridden “Diagnosis Alley”, taking care to avoid the deadly diseases which lurk on every surface. Will you survive? Examine the reason why autopsies were so important to furthering our understanding of the human body.
ImagineThat Liverpool - Science and Roll Play
Experience an interactive guided journey through 4 different zones of imagination and exploration. A day out the whole family can enjoy! With an imagination village filled with shops, dentists, doctors, restaurants and building sites. Then delve into the experiments room which is full of hands on learning. Next up is Arts and Crafts where you can paint a real life car and make badges and do spin art. Finishing your visit in the Slime Factory.
Blue Planet Aquarium
Come and see Europe's largest collections of sharks through our amazing 71 metre underwater tunnel. You can even swim with them! (Pre-booking necessary - call for details. With over 100 exhibits and 1000's of animals from around the world, there's something for the whole family at Blue Planet Aquarium.
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