Everything running on Saturday and Sunday across the North West. The list rebuilds itself every day, so it is always the coming weekend and never the one just gone.
A Pokemon trading-card trail through the Tudor hall's gardens: find the giant cards, scan the codes, battle the boredom. Runs to early September.
The North Park becomes a Play Hub with giant deckchairs, den building, log piles and lawn games, plus Pokemon play zones this year. Runs right through to the first week of September.
A prehistoric trail winding through a garden centre, with interactive stops along the way. The most talked-about local event of the summer by a wide margin.
Decorated pianos dotted around Liverpool ONE all summer, free for anyone to play. Five minutes of chopsticks between shops, or stay for whoever sits down next.
The libraries' free summer challenge - read six books, collect the stickers, finish with a certificate. This year's theme is music. The single cheapest way to fill the quiet days between days out.
Free arts and crafts on the floating village through the holidays, with a Saturday LEGO club until 22 August.
An urban beach on the park above Liverpool ONE with family rides and six weeks of entertainment. Sand in the city centre; bring a bucket.
Extra shows, storytelling and activities added to the usual treehouses and zipwires for the summer. Reviewers put the sweet spot at ages 2 to 10.
Water play and outdoor games in a walled garden. Free if you already have National Trust membership, which makes it one of the better value days out if you do.
A Winnie the Pooh trail through the gardens, pitched at the under-sevens. The estate farm runs its own summer activities alongside it.
A wolf-pack sculpture trail around the wonkiest Tudor house in England. Cross the moat, count the wolves, and let the hall's crooked floors do the entertaining.
Lifelike dinosaur puppets roam the museum with storytelling, crafts and sensory play on Wednesdays and Thursdays through the holidays.
Walk through a pair of giant lungs, meet a supersize brain and follow the digestive system to its logical conclusion. New gallery, runs to December.
Inflatables set up in the town centre square every day through the holidays. No tickets, no booking, and it is right next to the shops and cafes if you need a sit down.
Hands-on farm activities on the Tatton estate, separate from the parkland and the Pooh trail. Barns mean it survives a wet forecast.
Garden games, trails and play activities across the Tudor estate for the summer holidays.
Guided family nature sessions across two St Helens parks, aimed squarely at primary-age children and under-fives.
Starts at 9.30am. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Starts at 10.30am. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Starts at 10.30am. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Every month on the first Sunday of the month.
Grange Wildlife Watch group meet once a month on a Sunday morning.
Starts at 10am to 12pm. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Visiting main reserve, then landscape strip to the sea wall for botany, butterflies, dragonflies, bush-crickets & other insects & sea birds
The first Sunday of the month is our Praise Service with the emphasis on musical worship.
Our Sunday services are for all ages and we cater for those who are 0-90+.
Starts at 2.30pm. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Runs on 5 dates. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Runs on 12 dates. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Runs on 48 dates. Times, prices and tickets are on the organiser's own page.
Every town with something dated coming up, busiest first.