Castle Farm

Kids in your clan? There shouldn’t be any need to worry about activities that will keep up with their attention span, as Glebe Farm (five minutes’ drive) has animal petting and a farm shop and Alcumlow Hall Farm (10 minutes) has a play area, ice cream parlour and blacksmithing experiences. Plus, over at the arboretum at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre’s arboretum (25 minutes), there are some cool telescopes. For the full-on outdoors, Tittesworth Reservoir (25 minutes) might fit the bill. There's walking, birdwatching, watersports and fishing here, but for rock climbing and hiking, The Roaches (35 minutes) is a popular prominent rocky landscape above Leek (a market town, 25 minutes' drive). You might want to map out the way to some historical sites too, beginning with the National Trust’s Tudor manor house at Little Moreton Hall (10 minutes) and the Victorian Biddulph Grange Garden (10 minutes), along with the 73-acre Biddulph Grange Country Park (10 minutes) - plenty of space to explore, including a pool and restored boathouse. On the National Heritage List, there’s Mow Cop Castle (10 minutes) and St Mary's Church (five minutes).