Worden Park
Leyland's big free park with a proper hedge maze, arboretum, play areas and a miniature railway running summer Sundays. The maze alone is worth the detour.
British Commercial Vehicle Museum
Leyland, Lancashire
Leyland built trucks and buses for the world, and this museum on King Street is the town's tribute: everything from horse-drawn wagons and steam lorries through to electric vehicles, with names like Leyland, Albion, AEC and Scammell on the front. Fire engines get their own display, which for a certain kind of five-year-old settles the matter on its own.
It is genuinely set up for children rather than just tolerating them: a lorry driving experience, touch-screen challenges through the halls, and free Tiger Cub activity packs at reception. Open Wednesday to Sunday plus bank holiday Mondays, 10 till 4.30. At £6 a child and £12 an adult it is fair value, and the Gift Aid annual pass trick makes a second visit free, which matters when yours demands to drive the lorry again.
The Heritage Cafe does the refuelling, there is a gift shop on the way out as ever, and the whole place is flat and fully accessible, pushchairs included.
Know before you go
- Open Wednesday to Sunday plus bank holiday Mondays, 10am to 4.30pm, last entry 3.45pm - it is shut Monday and Tuesday in term time.
- Pick up a free Tiger Cub activity pack at reception before you let them loose among the lorries.
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