Trench Farm Fisheries and Touring Park

Not just here for the fishing? Great: there’s plenty to keep you occupied in the region. If you’re sweet on stately structures, wander around Whittington Castle, Chirk Castle and Erddig Hall (all within 15 to 20 minutes), mixing things up with a trip to peer at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (20 minutes) too. Got tiddlers to entertain? Take them to the Park Hall Countryside Experience for farmyard forays or let them get up close and personal with the impressive birds at Shropshire Falconry (both 20 minutes). Animals aplenty are at Chester Zoo (40 minutes) as well – one of the most highly rated attractions in the area – and the kids can channel their inner monkey while leaping through the trees at the Go Ape Delamere Forest (45 minutes) or on the slides, rope swings and climbing frames (40 minutes) of The Crocky Trail adventure park. For sedate strolls out in the open air, set off for the Shropshire Sculpture Park (20 minutes), then have a gander at the gardens of Trentham Estate, which also has a shopping village (plus more treetop adventures if the nippers aren’t fed of mimicking monkeys yet…).