Wild Meadow Glamping

With all of the outdoors immediately around the site, you’ll already have this natural adventure ground at your fingertips, but when the kids are after somewhere with playgrounds of the manmade kind, BeWILDerwood Cheshire (half an hour’s drive) fits the bill nicely, as this treehouse-themed place should bring games to life pretty well. There’s another playground at the Crocky Trail (35 minutes), or you could try The Ice Cream Farm (35 minutes) – as the name gives away, this place is rather well-known for its ice creams, of which there are over 40 flavours (maybe just don’t attempt to try them all at once if you’re planning on making the most of the quad bikes or visiting the farm animals…). Down for some more action, this time in the form of lakeside walks, animals and more playgrounds? The 19th-century Cholmondeley Castle Gardens (half an hour) has all three. Meanwhile, Trentham Estate (35 minutes) has a whole different combo – and one that’s quite unusual, as it includes gardens, a shopping village, events and a monkey forest. Yes, that’s with real monkeys. Over Chester way, there’s the classic Chester Zoo (45 minutes) for animals galore, or the walled cathedral city itself (45 minutes) too.