Leyland, Lancashire
Leyland's big free park with a genuine hedge maze, arboretum, craft workshops and play areas, plus a miniature railway looping the lawns on summer Sundays.
The maze alone justifies the detour - proper dead ends, proper triumph. Railway days are worth planning around; check before promising.
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A big hall of British lorries, buses and fire engines in the town that built Leylands, with a lorry driving experience for kids and a cafe for the grown-ups. Gift Aid your ticket and it becomes a 12-month pass for nothing extra.
Four and a half hectares in Farington with a modern play area, outdoor gym kit, an old mill pond and a patch of woodland. First Green Flag in 2025, and a small free car park at Bashall Grove.
Twenty acres of woodland, glades and pond on the Moss Side edge of Leyland, with a dipping platform on the water. The paths were resurfaced in June 2026, so it is no longer a wellies-only proposition.
One email a week: what is on this weekend within a sensible drive, and the places worth booking before they go.