Family attractions, museums and galleries

(a selection of the many attractions available to visitors with approximate distances from Swainsley Farm) . Click on 'Website' for link.

Alton Towers Theme park	Alton	9m	Website
Gullivers World Theme park for small children	Matlock Bath	15m	Website
Blackbrook Zoological Park	Winkhill	6m	Website
Wildlife Discovery Park Owls, otters and other native wildlife	Chapel-en-le-Frith	15m	Website
Churnet Valley Railway Steam train rides through the Churnet Valley	Cheddleton	6m	Website
Foxfield Steam Railway	Blyth Bridge	15m	Website
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Miniature steam railway	Rudyard	12m	Website
Froghall Wharf Boat Trips Canal boat trips in the Churnet Valley		8m	Tel: 01538 266486
Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre Radio telescope, 3D theatre, arboretum	Macclesfield	30m	Website
The Threshing Barn Craft workshop	Leek	5m	Website
Potteries Museum The worlds best collection of Staffordshire ceramics	Stoke-on-Trent	19m	Website
Denby Visitor Centre Pottery museum and factory shop	Denby	20m	Website
Spode Pottery museum and factory shop	Stoke-on Trent	20m	Website
Wedgewood Award winning pottery museum and factory shop	Stoke-on-Trent	19m	Website
Moorcroft Museum and shop	Stoke-on-Trent	18m	Website
Royal Doulton	Stoke-on-Trent	19m	Website
Crich Tramway museum Vintage trams, cobbled streets and old buildings	Crich	15m	Website
Gladstone Pottery Museum Victorian pottery factory, great hands on experience for children	Stoke-on-Trent	18m	Website
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery		11m	Website
Silk Museum	Macclesfield	20m	Website
The Derwent Gallery	Grindleford	20m	Website
Churnet Contemporary Arts	Longsdon	12m	Website
Consall Forge Pottery	Wetley Rocks	10m	Website
Newfields Gallery	Foxt	7m	Website
Rook’s Pottery	Hartington	3m	Website