wild & seek

If you’ve got a toddler and you’re anywhere near Southport, Wild & Seek is worth the trip. It’s built specifically for the under-5s — slides, climbing, a sandbox, water play — and you can tell someone actually thought about what small kids need rather than just chucking in a few plastic things and calling it a day. The natural materials and sensory stuff keep little ones genuinely occupied, not just running circuits. Staff are proper friendly too, which makes a difference when you’re wrangling a two-year-old. Oh, and the food is actually good — not just a sad cheese sandwich — so you can sit, eat something decent, and not feel like you need to rush off.