Tegg's Nose Country Park
A gritstone hill above Macclesfield with old quarry machinery to clamber round, a summit view across the whole Cheshire Plain and a good coffee shop at the bottom. Free apart from the pay and display car park.
Superbowl UK Macclesfield
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Superbowl UK sits on the Lyme Green Business Park off the London Road, at the southern edge of Macclesfield. It is a bowling alley first, with a Laser Quest arena, a SEGA prize arcade and American pool tables, but for younger families the draw is Crazy Club, the soft play: a main frame for 4 to 12 year olds and a separate toddler frame, with food cooked to order alongside.
Bowling is where the value is. Kids bowling runs 9 to 10am every day at £3.50 a child and £5.50 an adult, walk in only, and on weekdays between 3 and 6pm a game comes with a kids meal and squash for £6. Soft play prices are not on the website, so ask at the desk. It opens at 9am every day.
Laser Quest is for over-sixes and over 1.1 metres, with games of up to 20 minutes through a dark, smoky arena of sounds and lights.
What it costs: Soft play prices are not published online. Bowling offers listed for Macclesfield: kids bowling £3.50 a child and £5.50 an adult, 9 to 10am every day, walk in only; weekday mornings 9 to 11am £4 a game with a free hot drink, walk in only; two games for £10 Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm, not in school or bank holidays; one game plus kids meal and squash £6 a child Monday to Friday 3 to 6pm; family deal of two games plus a large pizza and fries for four at £13 a person, seven days.
Know before you go
- The 9 to 10am kids bowling (£3.50 a child) is walk in only. On a wet holiday morning that is about as cheap as an hour out gets.
- Laser Quest is for over-sixes who are over 1.1 metres. Games run up to 20 minutes through lights and smoke, so have a word with a nervous child first.
Worth knowing: Laser Quest from age 6 and over 1.1m.
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