Park with magical maze, boats and one of Europe’s largest indoor playgrounds named best UK family attraction in 2024

A park loved by families in Manchester has been named the UK's top outdoor family attraction for 2024.

Stockeld Park is packed with activities for kids of all ages and includes The Magical Maze, Buccaneer Boats on the lake and indoor and outdoor play areas.

The indoor one - called Playhive - is one of Europe's largest indoor playgrounds and features four interconnected worlds of space, air, the jungle, and sea.

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Families can explore high-level walkways, spiralling tunnel slides, a toddler zone, interactive games and a whole lot more.

The adventure park, which is open at weekends and throughout the school holidays, is between the towns of Wetherby and Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, and around an 80-minute drive from Manchester.

Most of the activities, including pedal go karts, outdoor inflatables, maze and woodland play areas, are included in the entry fee, while you need to pay extra for the boats, which you can ride on the beautiful lake in the heart of Enchanted Forest.

The forest itself has a trail for families to follow and includes all sorts of things to see and do - some with an Alice in Wonderland theme such as a slide coming from a giant teapot.

Stockeld has taken the number one spot in a list of top family outdoor attractions in 2024, with Cheshire's Ice Cream Farm coming in at number three.

The list was put together by playground surfacing company Soft Surfaces, which used reviews and ratings from TripAdvisor.

Other activities there include the Woodsands Cove giant sandpit adventure playground, the Teepee Encampment adventure playground, a Tangle Tree Climb offering a tree rope adventure, Spider's Lair