Cheshire Oaks Play Area

Tucked inside the Cheshire Oaks retail park, this free play area is genuinely one of the better stops you can make if you’ve got kids in tow during a shopping trip. The climbing structure keeps them busy, and that big slide is the main event — kids make a beeline for it every time. It’s enclosed, which takes the edge off if you’re trying to keep half an eye on things while you catch your breath. Not somewhere you’d make a special journey for on its own, but as a built-in bonus while you’re already there? Solid.