Christmas mini break...where can we go?

lovesabargain123 · 25 June 2012 at 9:26PM

Hiya,
We try to have a little break before Christmas every year and I'm looking for suggestions on where is nice.
We are off on our main holidays in October so don't want anything that's going to break the bank.
We've done pontins(just me and the kids and it was actually ok!!!), done Manchester a few times and we did Glasgow last year and did London a couple of weeks ago.
I've had a look at centre parcs but it's £549 for 2 nights for 2 adults and 3 children which is a bit more than I wanted to pay!
We like walking, mooching round the shops and Xmas markets, don't mind a night at the cinema and the kids like a Christmas fun fair type thing like George square had last year.
Don't mind driving but train seems so much asker if going to a city.
So any suggestions, ideally no more than 3hrs from Lancashire
Thanks x