Stops for toddlers on the M6

Stops for toddlers on the M6

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ScotHill

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3,101 posts

108 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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I'm driving from Scotland to Bristol with a 1 year old boy, and while he'll sleep half the time we'll need some stops where he can get out and roll around for a bit.

Any good services/stops on the M6 that I should aim for, even if they're a mile or two off the motorway?

essayer

9,011 posts

193 months

Tuesday 15th May 2018
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Tebay

buggalugs

9,243 posts

236 months

Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Wheelock Farm is 5 mins off J17, my toddler loves it.

strain

419 posts

100 months

Friday 25th May 2018
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Tebay gets my vote, used to do Liverpool - Carlisle every week and would always stop at tebay, either way is probably one of the nicest stops.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Friday 25th May 2018
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Tebay, best in the UK, by a distance

ceebmoj

1,898 posts

260 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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FredClogs said:
Tebay, best in the UK, by a distance
+1, genuinely good services I look forward to visiting.

the same people also have services at Gloucester as well in case any one had missed it.

StevenB

777 posts

196 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Another vote for Tebay, best by far.

ScotHill

Original Poster:

3,101 posts

108 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Yeah I've been stopping at Tebay ever since the £1 National Express bus stopped there when I was doing Manchester to Glasgow a lot ten years ago, although they don't sell the pirate molasses flapjacks any more. Still enjoy a good roadkill pie though. smile

I was thinking more of some kind of attraction/softplay thing where we could stop for a decent amount of time but in the event he slept 3+ hours each way so a normal services stop was all that was needed, and it meant the total journey time was shorter. Trentham monkey forest was an option but maybe for when he's a bit older.

Stafford was also quite nice, trees and a landscaped pond.