Zip World Manchester
Treetop nets, high ropes and forest tubing in the woods of Heaton Park, and it is outdoors, not indoors. The cheap one is Treetot Nets: an hour bouncing on nets in the trees for ages 1 to 5, from £5, with a grown-up joining in.
Tenpin Manchester Parrs Wood
- Cost
- Bowling from £9.95 a game online
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Where
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Weather
- Works in the rain
- Booking
- Book online
Tenpin sits inside the Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre on Wilmslow Road in East Didsbury, among the cinema and chain restaurants. It has 26 lanes with bumpers, ramps and lighter balls for small bowlers, plus Sector 7 laser tag, Prison Putt mini golf, Houdini's Escape Rooms, two karaoke rooms, pool and an arcade. Food comes to the lane. It opens at 10am on weekdays and 9am at weekends, and runs until midnight or later.
Bowling is from £9.95 a game booked online, and Tenpin Tuesday knocks 50% off. Up to six can bowl on one lane, and Tenpin reckons on about ten minutes a person a game, so a family of four gets through a game in under an hour. Prison Putt starts at £5 a game. The bigger extras cost more: escape rooms from £13.50, karaoke £25 and laser tag £36, each for 30 minutes.
The sensible plan is a game of bowling and a round of Prison Putt, then leaving before the arcade starts eating the change. Parking is free. You can walk in, but weekends, evenings and school holidays get busy, so book a lane if you have a time in mind. On Friday evenings after 6pm there is 20% off up to three games, which helps if you are doing tea out anyway.
What it costs: Bowling from £9.95 a game booked online. Prison Putt from £5 a game, escape rooms from £13.50, karaoke £25 and laser tag £36 for 30 minutes booked online. Tenpin Tuesday is 50% off bowling and selected drinks; Friday Frenzy is 20% off up to 3 games after 6pm. Juniors are 16 and under.
Know before you go
- Tuesdays are half price on bowling with Tenpin Tuesday.
- Laser tag and karaoke are priced per 30-minute session, so check what that covers before adding them on.
- Walk-ins are fine, but weekends, evenings and school holidays get busy, so book a lane online if you have a time in mind.
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