Science and Industry Museum
Working steam engines, the story of Cottonopolis, and hands-on galleries in the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station. Free, and the live demonstrations are the bit kids actually remember.
The Easter holidays 2027 in North West England
27 March to 11 April. Term dates are set council by council, so treat the edges as approximate. The long break runs on a different economy: six-plus weeks means the expensive days need rationing and the free ones need a rota. The parks, beaches and free museums below are the backbone; the paid days are the punctuation.
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Venues publish their the Easter holidays events four to eight weeks ahead. This page collects them automatically as they appear, so it is worth a bookmark now and a second look nearer the time.
The wet-day bankers
A wet-week plan saves the whole holiday. These are the reliable indoor days, ranked by the venues families rate most.
World Museum, Liverpool
Five floors, free, and it covers three things small children reliably love: giant dinosaurs, an aquarium and a space gallery. The best wet-weather day within half an hour.
Coral Island
The big pirate-themed arcade on the Central Promenade: free to walk in, with the Pirate Flyer ride, a ghost train, the Camel Derby and a prize shop. Kids eat free with a paying adult, all day, every day.
Museum of Liverpool
The city's story with an overhead railway carriage to climb aboard and Little Liverpool, a dedicated hands-on gallery for under-6s. Free, on the waterfront, and the window views are half the fun.
Manchester Art Gallery
Free, right in the city centre, and properly set up for children: the Lion's Den family gallery has its own play space and the family activity programme costs nothing. Closed Mondays.
Manchester Museum
A T. rex skeleton cast, live frogs in the vivarium, Egyptian mummies and a genuinely good natural history floor. Free, university-run, and less overwhelming than the big London equivalents.
Planning further ahead? The rolling school holidays page always shows the current or next break, and the what's on board has everything dated across the region.