Activity for All sits on Arrowe Brook Road in Upton, next to Arrowe Park, and it puts several things under one roof. The Fun Forest is a three-tier soft play with a four-lane wavy slide, a dizzy disc and rollers, for children up to 154cm. Under-1-metre toddlers get a separate fenced area with a ball pool, a little bridge and soft bricks. Babies under 6 months go free.
Older children can graduate to the Ape Antics climbing walls and the Aerial Adventures high ropes course above the cafe. The ropes need a minimum height of 110cm, and the operator suggests the walls and ropes for school Year 3 and up at parties. Mini Golf Adventures is an 18-hole neon course with underwater and space themes, which buys you another half hour when the climbing is done.
The catch is that standard prices are hidden in the booking system rather than printed anywhere. What is listed are the term-time weekday deals at £11.50, a play session with breakfast for you or lunch or tea for the child. Soft play runs 9am to 8pm, the climbing 10am to 8pm, and the kitchen serves food until 6pm at weekends and 7pm in the week.
What it costs: Standard prices are only in the booking system. Term-time weekday deals are £11.50 (a soft play session plus breakfast for the adult, or lunch or dinner for the child) and the after-school climbing meal deal is £12.50. Babies under 6 months play free.
Worth knowing: Soft play up to 154cm, ropes 110cm+.
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