Catalyst Science Centre
Hands-on science galleries and a glass rooftop observatory over the Mersey. Small, cheap, indoors and close.
Victoria Park, Widnes
Widnes, Cheshire
Widnes's flagship park: summer splash pad, big playgrounds, skate park and a bandstand cafe, five minutes from Catalyst.
Splash pad plus science centre is the assembled local day - one wet by design, one dry by design.
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Spike Island
A man-made island between the Sankey Canal and the Mersey, reclaimed from the chemical industry into flat riverside parkland with big skies and boats to watch. Free parking, next door to Catalyst, and yes, it is where the Stone Roses played in 1990.