Kidz Life in Liverpool
Want to know what to do with your kids? Look no further … here are our fave kiddy days out and activities in Merseyside.
Farms
Farmer Teds
A family run farming experience for children and adults to learn about animals and their care. With a farm shop
Where: Worrall House Farm, Flatmans Lane, Downholland, Ormskirk, L39 7HW, UK
When: Daily, 10am-6pm, except Tues (during term time)
Tel: 0151 526 0002
Cost: Under 1s: Free, Under 3s: £3.50, Over 3s: £6.50, adults £4, Family: 2-2 £19.50
Home Farm
Where: Croxteth Hall and Country Park, Liverpool L12 0HB
Cost: Admission: £2.30 adults / £1.50 children
Tel: 0151 233 6910
Acorn Venture Urban Farm
Where: Depot Road, Kirkby, L33 3AR
When: Open to the public seven days per week 10am – 4pm
Tel: 0151 548 1524
Football
Lifestyles Peter Lloyd
Football Coaching 6-8yrs
Where: Bankfield Road, Liverpool L13 OBQ
When: 4-5pm Monday
Tel: 0151 254 1968
Cost: £2.50 per session
Contact: Lifestyles
Gym Activities
Gymbabies (Babies 6 mnths to walking)
Tumbletots (Walking to 2 yrs, 2 to 3 yrs, 3 yrs to school age)
Gymbobs (School age to 7 yrs)
Where: At Childwall Valley Methodist, Liverpool L16 5EG
St.Mary's Millennium Centre, Liverpool L12
All Souls, Liverpool L17
Tel: 0151 260 4165
Cost: £4.20 per session
Gymtots
Free play activities on gym equipment including trampolines, singing and games
Where: Lifestyles Park Road, Steble Street, Liverpool, L8 6QH
When: 10-11am and 11am-12 noon, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12-1pm Saturday
Tel: 0151 233 3600
Museums
Liverpool Football Club Museum & Tour
When: Open every day of the week from 10:00am until 5:00pm.
Last admission to museum 4:00pm.
On match days last admission is 1hour before kick-off.
Tel: 0151 260 6677
Cost: Museum & Tour; Adults £9, Children/OAPS; £5.50 Family: £23
Museum only Adults £5, Children/OAPS £3.00 Families: £13
Planetarium at World Museum
Where: William Brown Street,Liverpool, L3 8EN
Tel: 0151 478 4393
Cost: Entrance is free but by ticket only available from the information desk on the ground floor. Monday to Friday: shows at 2:30pm.
Singing
Jo Jingles
Music, singing and movement classes for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
Tel: 01744 454000
http://www.jojingles.co.uk
Sport
Greenbank Sports Academy
Games, soft play, bouncy castle and pop up hideaway city
Where: Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG
When: Wednesdays 10:00am-12pm.
Cost £2.50 per parent and child (£1 per additional child).
Tel: 0151 280 7757
Parent & Toddler Groups
Parent & Toddler Group
What: Lifestyles Peter Lloyd, Bankfield Road, Liverpool, L13 OBQ
When: Tuesday and Thursday 10:30 -11:30am
Tel: 0151 254 1968
Rhyme time and Under 5's story times at Liverpool Libraries
Call: 0151 233 5833
Play Centres
Wacky Warehouse Play Centre
Soft play and adventure play centre for up to 10s
Where: 36 - 38 Breeze Hill, Bootle, Merseyside L20 9NZ.
When and playtime: Playtime £2.00. Friday to Monday 11:00am – 9:00pm.
Tuesday to Thursday 11:30am – 9:00pm.
Tots Time session £2.50 (incl. refreshments).
Tuesday to Friday during term time 9:30 - 11.30am.
Tel: 0151 922 5487
Grandma's Play Centre
Ball pits, party centre and refreshments available
Where: Unit 20 Hunts Cross Retail Park, Hunts Cross, Liverpool L24 9WA
When: Opening Hours 9am - 8pm, 7days a week
Tel: 0151 448 9090
Fundays Play Centre
Where: Grange Lane, Gateacre, Liverpool L25 4RZ
Tel: 0151-428 2513
Karate Lessons
Lifestyles Ellergreen
Carr Lane
Liverpool
L11 2XY
Junior Karate Wednesdays 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Karate Junior Wednesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm and Sundays10:00am - 12:00 noon
Call: 0151 233 6295 or visit
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Leisure_Centres_and_Pools
Lifestyles Toxteth Sports Centre
Upper Hill Street
Toxteth
Liverpool
L8 8EN
Karate (Shotokan Junior) Tuesdays at 6:00pm - 7:00pm and Thursdays at 6:00 pm - 7:00pm
Call: 0151 709 7229 or visit
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Leisure_Centres_and_Pools
Juy-jitsu School
St. Mary's Church Hall
Garston
Liverpool L19
Junior class Thursdays at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Instructor: Shihan Howarth (six degree black belt)
Telephone: Andrew Howarth on 0151 427 0422
Piano Lessons
Cavendish Piano and Music Tuition
1 Cavendish Gardens, Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool, Merseyside L8 3TH
Mr Binden Mba Ba: 0151 707 9722
One to one piano tuition • Ten years teaching experience • Qualified with music degree • Beginner to advance students • All ages welcome • Classical, Jazz & Popular
Alpha Music Studio
30 Yew Tree Rd, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside L36 5UQ
Tel: 0151 289 1534
Mob: 07734 671274
Professional Piano Tuition • Guitar Tuition Available • One To One Tuition • Studio or Home Visits • Aged from 7 Years + • 100% Exam Pass Rate.
City Music (Liverpool) Ltd
42 Whitechapel, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 6EF
Tel: 0151 226 2515
Yamaha music school • quality tuition, trial lesson • Keyboard, piano, flute, vocals • Clarinet, saxophone, violin • theory, national exams
Junior Swimming