Walton Hall & Gardens
The reliable default: gardens, a children's zoo, a big playground and plenty of room to run. Pay for parking, nothing else.
Tenpin Warrington
Warrington, Cheshire
Bowling and soft play under one roof, which quietly solves the mixed-ages afternoon: bumpers and ball ramps make bowling work from about four, and the soft play absorbs whoever loses interest first.
Book a lane ahead at weekends. The food is standard bowling-alley fare; manage expectations and it is fine.
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