Manchester Educational & Theatres

National Football Museum
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National Football Museum
The biggest and best football museum in the world, is the perfect place for young children and families to discover our national game, and best of entry is free! Where ever you go there will be something to excite and entertain, and kids of all ages will enjoy getting up up close and personal with stories from ‘everyone’s favorite...
Manchester Spy Mission Treasure Trail
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Manchester Spy Mission Treasure Trail
The Trail route will get you and the kids out in the fresh air show you the best sights with a 2 mile circular loop route. Great for children aged 6 upwards, the Trail is also a great challenge for parents as well! The Manchester Spy Mission Trail is one of 3 Trails in Greater Manchester; so why not also get the kids out in the fresh air...
Manchester Bus Tours
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Manchester Bus Tours
Manchester Bus Tours is a 2-hour tour on an open-top bus to visit the main sites in the city centre as well as the surrounding districts running on Saturdays and some Bank Holidays. You will see the worlds first passenger railway station in Castlefield and the University district, where the atom was first split and the worlds first programmable...
Opera House and Palace Theatre - Manchester
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Opera House and Palace Theatre - Manchester
Great kids plays and  pantomimes throughout the year aimed or why not try the opera for specifically children and families.
The Kings Arms (Theatre)
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The Kings Arms (Theatre)
A performance focused around the hidden world of The Storytellers and how they create all the stories for our world. When a lonely little girl stumbles across the world, The Storytellers embark on telling some unknown fairytales to brighten up the lonely little girl’s life. However, the trouble of the Balista (a storyteller gone bad)...
The Lowry - Salford Quays
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The Lowry - Salford Quays
Set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester, The Lowry is an architectural flagship with a unique and dynamic identity. Rising from the regenerated docklands, it is a welcoming building, designed to reflect the surrounding landscapes and flourishing waterways, in its glass and...
Pottery Corner - Chorlton
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Pottery Corner - Chorlton
Pottery Corner is a Paint Your Own Pottery studio in Chorlton, Manchester where you can come and paint tableware and ceramics. We will then professionally glaze and fire your items so you can enjoy your very own high quality bespoke works of art for years to come. We are open for all ages to come and paint for special occasions, gifts, or just...
Bean & Brush Family Art Cafe - Sale
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Bean & Brush Family Art Cafe - Sale
A truly independant, neighbourhood family art cafe offering the best coffee around, beer on tap, wonderful wines, irresistable food that is locally sourced and the best in paint a pot and other arts & crafts activities.
The Star Tree Studio
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The Star Tree Studio
The Star Tree Studio provides high quality, fun, educational art, craft and creative activities all within a venue at the heart of the local community. We give children opportunities to be creative, make a mess, and learn something new. Our philosophy is 'play-create-learn' and we constantly stretch our own creativity, devising new ideas to...
Lymm Ducks and Drakes Spy Mission Trail
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Lymm Ducks and Drakes Spy Mission Trail
A perfect way to get families and friends out exploring - the Lymm self-guided themed Treasure Trail. On this Trail, your mission is to foil the fiendish plans of evil property developer Ivor Newholme! Kids from as young as 6 can join in with solving the clues, but the responsible adults won’t get off lightly - everyone will need to help out...
The Playful Potter
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The Playful Potter
The fun studio for painting your own ceramics in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The Playful Potter is the perfect place to have creative, relaxing fun and paint a piece of pottery to use. We offer special packages for Schools, Brownies, Guides, Rainbows, Football teams, and Toddler Groups etc. We are CRB checked & can also come out to your school...
GleeKids Rock & Pop Choir
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GleeKids Rock & Pop Choir
GleeKids is a Saturday afternoon rock and pop choir at Ricky's school of rock, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Starting on 27th April 2013 from 1pm until 3pm, it will be open to girls and boys of all abilities aged 8 to 12. Have fun singing modern and classic pop and rock songs while you make friends, gain confidence and learn performance...
The Art Garden
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The Art Garden
The Art Garden is a family friendly arts and crafts studio aimed to encourage expression and creativity. We provide bookable sessions that will inspire and grow your child’s imagination.  During the week our baby, toddler and pre-school sessions can be booked up to 30 minutes before the start time to allow for any last minute...
Flying Saucers Painting Pottery Cafe
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Flying Saucers Painting Pottery Cafe
Choose a plate, bowl, mug, or even piggy bank, unicorn, fairy or dinosaur from our extensive range Decide how you'll paint it. We have books for inspiration if you're stuck Sit & paint using our brushes or sponge stamps - our staff will help with advice Have a drink & a snack whilst you create When you've finished leave it with us for...
The Alabaster Jar Paint Your Own Pottery
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The Alabaster Jar Paint Your Own Pottery
The Alabaster Jar is an independently run paint your own pottery studio in Chorley, Lancashire. We provide a large selection of pottery blanks for you to choose from; suitable for all ages from babies and toddlers, up to teens and adults. When you’ve chosen an item, whether an animal figurine or a piece of tableware, our friendly staff...
The Potters Den
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The Potters Den
The Potters Den is a paint-a-pot ceramics studio, coffee bar and gallery.   The studio seats up to 17 persons and offers a wide range of pre-formed   ceramic objets d'art ready for painting. Paints, brushes, stensils   etc. are provided and help is on hand to get your creative juices flowing.Admission:2015 Prices: ...
Holmfirth Mystery Treasure Trail
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Holmfirth Mystery Treasure Trail
Holmfirth is a small, picturesque town in West Yorkshire, situated near the edge of the Peak District. As you walk around you may recognise some parts of Holmfirth. This will most likely be due to the fact that the town was used as one of the main parts of "Summer Wine Country" in the TV program "Last of the Summer Wine"....
Just Pottering About - Wigan
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Just Pottering About - Wigan
We cater with everything you need to produce your own unique hand-painted masterpiece.  Choose from a range of our excellent quality pottery: - tableware, figurines, money boxes and a large range of items for children. You paint, we glaze and fire your item in our kiln and have it ready for collection a few days later.
The Mouse House Pottery Company
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The Mouse House Pottery Company
Our studio is nestled in Elland, on the edge of Halifax and Huddersfield West Yorkshire. We thrive on catering for the Calderdale and Kirklees communities. In our ceramic art studio we offer a range of plain pottery for you to paint and decorate in your own style. We also offer many other 'make and take' items, and are proud to be the leading...
Blakemere Craft Centre - Cheshire Falconry - Sandiway
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Blakemere Craft Centre - Cheshire Falconry - Sandiway
At the falconry centre there are daily bird of prey flying displays from Easter to September and aviaries that are open year round. You’ll fall in love with the delightful Edwardian courtyard, home to numerous craft shops offering gifts galore, beautifully handcrafted either on site or around the world including Mexico, India, Kashmir and...
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre
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Catalyst Science Discovery Centre
Experience an amazing journey of discovery in Catalyst's new Interactive Theatre and enter a colourful world of science and technology in our three hands-on galleries. Catalyst is an interactive science centre and museum devoted to chemistry and how the products of chemistry are used in every day life. Our key aim is to make science exciting and...
Pots to Paint Ceramic Studio - St Helens
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Pots to Paint Ceramic Studio - St Helens
Pots to Paint is a new pottery painting ceramic studio in St Helens which opened its doors on 14th May 2011. We offer a fun relaxing atmosphere for people of all ages to come along and create their very own masterpiece of which you don't need to be an artist as we have ideas books and friendly staff who will help you along the way. We have shelves...
Little Harts Pottery Studio
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Little Harts Pottery Studio
Little Harts Pottery Studio is a paint your own pottery venue, located at Alcumlow Hall Farm in Astbury, Cheshire .Choose from our range of pottery bisque items, and create your very own masterpiece. Once you have finished painting we add a specialist overglaze to your piece, and fire it in our kiln. Pottery painting is a creative and...
For educational attractions that enhance your child's knowledge of the world and its history the educational attractions in Manchester for all ages of kids and adults too can be found here! If you think we have missed somewhere you would like to see in this category, or you spot any incorrect information then please let us know by e-mail or by using the contact us form provided.