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Things to do in Cheshire
The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Cheshire, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.
🎟️ This weekend near Cheshire
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:30
Prosecco & Psychic Night with Jenny Moore
The Book Keepers Secret (Above The Boulevard), Newcastle Under Lyme · 18.8 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 21:00
Infrasonics SOT
Riff Factory, Stoke-on-Trent · 20.8 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 21:00
Resonance Launch Night
Underground Farnworth Bolton Market Street 105, Bolton · 25.0 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 00:00
Sea Life Manchester Anytime Entry
Legoland Discovery Centre, Manchester · 20.4 mi
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Aquariums
14.6 mi from Cheshire
Blue Planet Aquarium
Blue Planet Aquarium is a marine and freshwater aquarium in Little Stanney, Cheshire West and Chester, where you can get up close to one the UK's largest collection of sharks, all...
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20.4 mi from Cheshire
Sea Life Manchester
Sea Life Manchester is an aquarium in Trafford where you can get close to over 2,000 creatures, from tropical fish to inquisitive sea turtles. Highlights include walking through th...
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Museums & Galleries
4 mi from Cheshire
Weaver Hall Museum & Workhouse
Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse is housed in the old Northwich Union Workhouse building and tells the story of West Cheshire's history and industry through films, reconstructions,...
5.7 mi from Cheshire
Lion Salt Works
Lion Salt Works is a restored historic open-pan salt making site in the village of Marston, near Northwich, telling the story of the country's last open-pan salt works. You can exp...
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8.7 mi from Cheshire
Crewe Heritage Centre
Crewe Heritage Centre is a railway museum in Crewe, Cheshire, England. Managed by the Crewe Heritage Trust, the museum is located between the railway station and the town centre; t... — Wikipedia
9.4 mi from Cheshire
Nantwich Museum
Nantwich Museum sits in a former Victorian library in the heart of Nantwich, exploring the town's story from its Roman roots through salt-making and the Civil War. You can browse c...
10.3 mi from Cheshire
Knutsford Heritage Centre
Knutsford Heritage Centre is a small volunteer-run museum set in a reconstructed 17th century timber-framed building on King Street, right in the heart of Knutsford. Inside you'll...
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11.2 mi from Cheshire
Norton Priory
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, on the edge of Runcorn, is the most excavated monastic site in Europe, with medieval ruins, a 12th century undercroft and a museum displaying thousa...
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11.3 mi from Cheshire
Bicycle Museum
The Cycle Museum sits within Walton Hall and Gardens, in the Old Laundry Rooms close to Walton Hall itself, and is owned and run by cycling enthusiast Paul Adams. Inside you'll fin...
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12 mi from Cheshire
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker is a former government defence site hidden in the Cheshire countryside near Baddington, kept secret for over 50 years and now open for visitors to...
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12.2 mi from Cheshire
Englesea Brook Museum of Methodism
Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum is in the village of Englesea-Brook, Cheshire, England. Built in 1828, the chapel was one of the earliest chapels of the Primitive Methodist moveme... — Wikipedia
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12.9 mi from Cheshire
Lymm Heritage Centre
Lymm Heritage Centre, in Lymm, Warrington, tells the story of the village through trades, transport and traditions, with a changing programme of exhibitions. Currently on show is a...
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13 mi from Cheshire
Catalyst Museum
Catalyst Museum in Halton, Cheshire, is an interactive science discovery centre and accredited museum housed in a Grade II listed building. You can explore hands-on galleries inclu...
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13.1 mi from Cheshire
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery sits in the town's Cultural Quarter and is one of the oldest civic museums in the UK, housed in a Grade II listed building that has held the collect...
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13.1 mi from Cheshire
Warrington Museum Of Freemasonry
Museum in Warrington, England, United Kingdom
14.1 mi from Cheshire
Stretton Water Mill
Stretton Water Mill is a well-preserved demonstration water-powered corn mill set in the Cheshire countryside, first recorded in 1351 and worked by millers until 1959. A miller-led...
14.1 mi from Cheshire
Sick To Death
Sick To Death is a history of medicine attraction in Chester, guided by the Brother Mortem through a gory, playful journey from the plague-ridden past to modern times. You can expl...
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14.2 mi from Cheshire
Cheshire Military Museum
The Cheshire Military Museum, found at Chester Castle in Cheshire West and Chester, tells the story of Cheshire's soldiers from the 17th century to today. Using film archive, inter...
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14.2 mi from Cheshire
Grosvenor Museum
The Grosvenor Museum houses collections exploring the history of Chester, its art and silver heritage, and its natural history, with insight into life during the Roman military occ...
14.2 mi from Cheshire
Dewa Roman Experience
Dewa Roman Experience is a museum in Chester that brings Roman history to life, inviting you to discover the hidden history that lies beneath the city. You can explore an exclusive...
14.3 mi from Cheshire
Congleton Museum
Congleton Museum is a local museum in Congleton, Cheshire, northwest England, covering the history of the town of Congleton, which is situated on the banks of the River Dane. Congl... — Wikipedia
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15.4 mi from Cheshire
National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port
The National Waterways Museum (NWM) is a transport museum, at Ellesmere Port in the English county of Cheshire, which concentrates on the history of Britain's navigable inland wate... — Wikipedia
15.4 mi from Cheshire
National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port
Theme Parks
5.5 mi from Cheshire
Go Ape Delamere
Go Ape Delamere sits in Delamere Forest, Cheshire's largest wooded area, offering high ropes courses and Forest Segway trails through the trees. Treetop Challenge brings tough obst...
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14.5 mi from Cheshire
Gulliver's World
Gulliver's World is a family theme park in Warrington, Cheshire, designed for children aged 2-13, with rides in areas such as Western World and Safari Kingdom. Alongside the park t...
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21.4 mi from Cheshire
Vintage Family Funfair
This vintage family fun fair is a traditional old time funfair held at Brookside Garden Centre, run by a family business specialising in vintage fairground attractions. You'll find...
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29 mi from Cheshire
Go Ape Rivington
Go Ape Rivington offers high ropes adventure in Lancashire, just outside busy Manchester, with 13-metre-high platforms, thrilling tree-to-tree crossings and a breathtaking zipline...
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29.9 mi from Cheshire
Farmer Ted's Farm Park
Farmer Ted's Farm Park is a family theme park in Great Altcar, West Lancashire, Merseyside, known as the UK's only Shaun the Sheep attraction. You can meet Shaun and Bitzer, explor...
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Zoos & Wildlife
10.5 mi from Cheshire
Gauntlet Birds of Prey
Gauntlet Birds of Prey is an eagle and vulture park near Knutsford, home to the largest collection of birds of prey in North West England. You can watch flying demonstrations, list...
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11.3 mi from Cheshire
Walton Hall Zoo
Walton Hall Zoo is a small, free-to-enter children's zoo in Walton, Warrington, dating back to the early 1960s. You'll find alpacas, rescue donkeys, potbellied pigs, African pygmy...
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13.9 mi from Cheshire
Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo is a large conservation zoo set across 130 acres near Chester, home to over 30,000 animals from more than 500 species. You can explore indoor habitats including the UK'...
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13.9 mi from Cheshire
Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo is a large wildlife attraction covering 130 acres, home to over 30,000 animals from more than 500 species, including a walkthrough lemur area and the UK's largest tropi...
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16.9 mi from Cheshire
Wild Wings Birds of Prey
Wild Wings Birds of Prey is a small zoo based in Risley, Warrington, in the North West of England, home to owls, hawks, falcons and eagles including Logan, Koda and Shannara, along...
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19.9 mi from Cheshire
Knowsley Safari Park
Knowsley Safari is a drive-through wildlife park in Prescot, Merseyside, where most people visit by car to enjoy the Safari Drive, though you don't need to have your own car to enj...
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26.2 mi from Cheshire
Heaton Park Animal Centre
The Animal Centre stands on the site of the 19th century glasshouse range that was demolished in the late 20th century. Animals and birds are on display here all year round.
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27.7 mi from Cheshire
Peak Wildlife Park
Peak Wildlife Park is a wildlife attraction in Ipstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, built around naturalistic enclosures that replicate animals' native habitats. Since opening in 201...
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29 mi from Cheshire
Lancaster Park & Animal Farm
Lancaster Park & Animal Farm is a family-run petting farm in Chadderton, near Oldham, offering a hands-on day out for families. You can meet and feed animals in the Petting Barn, w...
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Where to stay near Cheshire
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Itineraries
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Cheshire?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Cheshire.
What can we do in Cheshire when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
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