Worden Park
Leyland's big free park with a proper hedge maze, arboretum, play areas and a miniature railway that gives free rides on Sunday afternoons. The maze alone is worth the detour.
British Commercial Vehicle Museum
- Cost
- Child £6, adult £12
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Where
- Leyland, Lancashire
- Weather
- Works in the rain
- Booking
- Just turn up
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.
What it costs: Adults £12, children 4-16 £6, under-4s free, family ticket (2 adults + up to 3 children) £28. Gift Aid upgrades any day ticket to a free 12-month annual pass.
Know before you go
- Open Wednesday to Sunday plus bank holiday Mondays, 10am to 4.30pm, last entry 3.45pm. It is shut on Mondays and Tuesdays apart from bank holidays.
- Pick up a free Tiger Cub activity pack at reception before you let them loose among the lorries.
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