Gemma Gibb

The Giants will once again roam Liverpool and Wirral for the very last time. Royal de Luxe bring the largest street theatre event to take place in the UK this year for some jaw-dropping moments once more.

Make tracks for Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum. A one-in-a-lifetime chance to see Stephenson’s Rocket return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway for the first time in over 180 years.

LAST CHANCE. Get your Christmas off to a galloping start in this award-winning family adventure of friendship, courage, hope and heroes.

Dreaming big at the new Midnight Garden trail, running wild in the ancient deer park, leaping off log piles and eating ALL the ice cream … our heart’s at Dunham Massey this summer.

An adult comedy night out in the middle of the day … the first Bring Your Own Baby in the North lands at The Lowry.

Charles Blondin’s famous high-wire walk of 1861 is recreated above the crowds by the Bullzini Family at Halifax’s historic Piece Hall. Greatest Showman eat your heart out.

Get up close to this much-loved stripey tale in a new interactive exhibition of Judith Kerr’s life and work.

Step into a digital waterful, human-sized scanner and more in a major new exhibition of digital art created by the Lumen Prize.

Doe a deer a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun …… wide vistas, ancient trees, roaming deer and open grassland. Summer bliss.

Housed in an 18th century stable block, Dunham’s ice cream parlour should be on every summer hit list.

Wild things should head to Dunham Massey quick smart for an action-packed week of outdoor adventures with the ranger team.