Europe's largest indoor sand and water play area near Manchester is a haven for families this summer

Families have been flocking to an attraction near Manchester which houses Europe's largest indoor sand and water play area.

Honeycomb Canyon is part of The Ice Cream Farm in Cheshire and features sandpits, water channels, climbing frames and interactive play equipment.

Given the weather we've had so far these school holidays, it's a perfect place for little ones - and their parents - to shelter from those downpours.

It's not the only thing to keep kids entertained there on a rainy day either.

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There's soft play; an indoor arcade, with a dancefloor and games like basketball hoop, air hockey and table tennis, and a Formula One arcade game; and on selected days, a family escape room at The Playbarn.

That's not mention the 'world's largest' ice cream shop, with dozens of different flavours.

When the weather is playing ball, there's even more fun to be had outdoors, including Daisy's Garden, where kids can climb, crawl, balance and swing on the equipment and features an 'ice cream tree overflowing with giant scoops of melting ice cream', which creates 'snow' come rain or shine.

There's adventure golf at Strawberry Falls, bouncing on the giant pillow trampolines at Marshmallow Mound, mini tractors, the chance to ride quad bikes at the Silvercone racing track and loads more.

Each person pays £2.50 to enter (under 12 months free) and that gives access to the outdoor play area and ice cream parlour.

Activities are then paid for individually, so you can pick and choose what you want to do.

You can either pay individually at £4.50 per activity, or the most economical way is to buy a Play Pass, starting from £15 for five activities, making them £3 each.

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