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Half term
May half-term is most definitely the best one. Summer can almost be smelled and there are more outdoor and indoor cultural shenanigans than you can shake a stick at. Whether you are lucky (or unlucky depending which way you look at it) enough to have one week or two, we have scoured the north for our round up of the very best things to do with smaller people.
Look no further than our guides to parks and top picks of places to go rural for some more outdoor days out without leaving the city and our families guide for other longer-term capers.
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1. The Sleep Walk at Little Moreton Hall
Wild Rumpus The Sleep Walk at Little Moreton Hall, 28 April–27 September 2017, from £5.00 - Visit now
Adventure through a night of napping Tudor style – experience installations in the house and gardens exploring the “golden age” of sleep quality including why sleeping twice was better than once. Where can we sign up to be a Tudor?
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2. Wonderlab at the Science and Media Museum
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3. Alice in Wonderland at Storyhouse
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4. Tread Softly at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
John Benton-Harris, Maidenhead, Berkshire July 1975 (1975), Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. Tread Softly at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 25 May–9 September 2017, free entry - Visit now
Visit this brand new exhibition of artist reflections on childhood experiences including the work of Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry and Bedwyr Williams then run free together in the 500 acres of glorious parkland
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5. The Storyhunters Take Flight at The Storybarn
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6. People’s History Museum
Image courtesy of the People's History Museum. People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER - Visit now
There is always something stimulating and creative for big and little kids alike at this national museum of democracy. It’s never to early to learn about past struggles and that ‘there have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
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7. The Lowry
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8. Thomas Legh and Regency Lyme at Lyme Park
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