Pursuits at Carden Park

Start with the money, because it decides everything else. Children are £20 to £40 depending on the activity, adults £22 to £45, and it is all per person per session. Two children each doing the high wire and the climbing wall is £100 before anyone has eaten. Frisbee golf at a fiver is the exception that proves the point.

Carden Park is a golf and spa hotel with a large estate behind it, and the activity centre sits out in that estate. Day visitors book directly, no room required. The signature is Vertigo, a high wire course, usually sold paired with either the 210 metre dual zip line or The Drop, and either combination runs two hours. The rest of the line up is broader than a standard ropes course: a free fall pillow with three jump heights tiered by age, a bouldering wall, mini quads on an off road track for six to nines, archery, air rifles, a Segway safari round the estate, laser clays and axe throwing.

Almost everything aerial needs a child to be at least 1.3 metres tall and six years old, and there is an 18 stone weight limit, so measure at home and not after you have paid. Segways start at ten. Axe throwing and laser clays are fourteen and over, which is the sort of rule you are glad somebody wrote down. Book online in advance, dress for a Cheshire field, and do not bring a toddler expecting anything to be open to them.

What it costs: Booked per activity through the operator's own booking site. Child Vertigo and The Drop £30.00 and Child Vertigo and Zip Line £30.00, both 120 minutes. Child Climbing Wall and Zip Line £20.00 for 60 minutes. Mini Quads for ages 6 to 9 £40.00 for 45 minutes. Child Archery £30.00 and Child Air Rifle Shooting £30.00, both 60 minutes. Child Segway for over tens £40.00 for 45 minutes. Axe Throwing £22.00 for 30 minutes. Frisbee Golf £5.00 for 30 minutes. Adult equivalents are £25.00 to £45.00.

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