Manchester Airport 26 min
Kinder Scout (38 min)
Scenic national park peak at over 2,000 ft., surrounded by moorland with waterfalls & rock features. National Football Museum (42 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Mam Tor (19 min)
Landmark hill & hiking spot popular with families, known for its striking valley panoramas. National Trust - Lyme (8 min)
Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Manchester Museum (35 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Speedwell Cavern (22 min)
Boat tours of 18th-century lead-mining caverns 450m below ground and a huge subterranean lake. The Whitworth (33 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Peveril Castle (25 min)
Square keep built on a hilltop by Henry II in 1176, with visitor centre and picnic area. Peak Cavern (27 min)
Enter the UK's largest cave entrance for guided tours of cave network with unusual rock formations. Science and Industry Museum (36 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. Peak District National Park (14 min)
Large year-round recreation area encompassing villages, museums, hiking trails & camping. Manchester Art Gallery (40 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Blue John Cavern (20 min)
Illuminated limestone caves with marine fossils, bones, Blue John mineral mines plus a craft shop. The Pavilion Gardens (24 min)
Restored gardens with a botanical conservatory, events and fairs, live bands and an arts centre. Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (27 min)
Tours of natural underground limestone caves, plus a park with picnic areas & wooded trails. | 
