Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge

101 Market Street, Newton-le-Willows WA12 9DD
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  • Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge, Newton-le-Willows
Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge, formerly known as Patterdale Lodge Day Nursery, is a recent addition to the Kids Planet family. This warm and inviting nursery is staffed by a passionate team of educators who are committed to offering engaging and enriching learning experiences both indoors and outdoors, as well as within the wider community. The team prioritises each child's unique needs, ensuring personalised care and attention.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Nicola Roberts (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 22

Total Places for Children

  • 50

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Fees can vary depending on the nursery, and government funding is accepted. It’s best to chat with the nursery directly to find out what your fees might be. A £100 registration fee is required when you apply for a place. Various funding accepted (15 and 30 hours). We offer, Sibling discount, NHS discount, Tax Free Childcare. Rates vary by location/nursery setting. Please get in touch with the nursery for our most up to date fees and availability.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge Reviews (28)

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Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge has a Review Score of 10 (9.955) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge has 28 reviews.

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Review from Emma E (Mother of Child) published on 4 December 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery has always been amazing with us as parents and our little one. They keep us up to date with everything he has done that day and always want to help in any way, alongside our wishes. He has been in 3 different rooms up to now, and all have been equally fab !! The nursery manager is always
more than happy to help with anything when needed. Couldn't recommend this nursery enough !!
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review Emma, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Anna F (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have 2 children at Patterdale. My eldest is in the pre school room now and started 14 months ago. My youngest is in babies and started this September. I cannot fault the nursery at all. The staff are fantastic with both my children, they are very transparent and provide me with regular updates on
both children's journeys. The facility is lovely, they have activities each day and do incorporate education through play. They also have a mini bus and take the children on outings. The cook is brilliant in catering for my eldest's allergies too.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from S F (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending this nursery over a year now and with the help of staff he's overcome leaps and bounds and has totally come out of his shell into a chatty, cheeky little boy. The staff go above and beyond for not just my son but for every child and parent there. Nothing is too much for them!
The facilities are clean and safe. They constantly have different activities that help engage the children in using their hand-eye coordination and gross motor skills. I cannot recommend Kids Planet Patterdale lodge enough.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Laura M (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child is 3 and currently attending the nursery, he started at 10 months old, my daughter attended for 3 years before him and staff still ask about her now, and chat to her when she comes to pick up her brother. The staff have always been really friendly and kind. Both my children have been well cared
for and looked after there and I believe a big part of that development was down to this nursery.
A great nursery for your children to attend.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from S A (Mother of Child) published on 1 December 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Amazing nursery, my son has come along so much since starting at 9 months the staff are absolutely amazing, always have something fun going on during the day, lots of fun activities throughout the month.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Hannah C (Mother of Child) published on 21 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little boy has been attending since he was 12 months old and the staff have been amazing with each transition to every room. My little boy can be quite shy with new people but has bond so well with the girls.


They are brilliant and updating me through the day with his activities and how his day

has been. They are so supportive with his development and I couldn't ask for a better nursery to send him to x
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much Hannah for your lovely review. It means a lot to us x
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Review from Charlotte W (Mother of Child) published on 2 September 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been going to Patterdale since he was 9 months old he is now over 3 years. He absolutely adores the ladies that work there especially the cook haha the staff are lovely and any query I have ever had has been easily resolved. He has made little friends and is thriving. The range of activities
and outdoor play is great he loves being outdoors and luckily they get to spend plenty of time in the garden or out on walks in the community. Highly recommend
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you Charlotte for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from S B (Father of Child) published on 12 August 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would highly recommend Patterdale Lodge Nursery. My son has made fantastic progress in all areas of his development at Patterdale. The knowledgable and experienced staff are great with my son and he always enjoys coming into nursery. My son is now in the tots room and quickly built a strong and positive
relationship with his key worker. He always puts his arms out to her in the morning and is always greeted with a big smile. We couldn't be happier with the outstanding service the team provide at Patterdale Lodge and the warm home from home environment ethos. I receive regular photographs of what my son gets up to in the week. The management are approachable, efficient and are always happy to help with any queries. If you're looking for a nursery that will care for your child as their own, Patterdale Lodge is the one! We look forward to watching our little one continue to develop as he continues his early education journey at Patterdale.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much, your review means a lot to us x
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Review from Amy F (Mother of Child) published on 8 August 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic nursery! The staff genuinely care and the communication is brilliant. I have one child leaving for school this year that has enjoyed this nursery from 9 months old, and another one just starting his journey! 5 *****!
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you Amy for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Robynne H (Mother of Child) published on 7 August 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has attended Patterdale Lodge since he was a year old. After a rocky start with a childminder I was very anxious to leave him in a childcare setting but the staff have been wonderful.
Nursery was absolutely the right setting for him & we couldn't have picked better than Patterdale Lodge and
we will miss the staff dearly when he starts primary school.
Reply from Nicola Davies, Nursery Manager at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you Robynne for your kinds words, it means a lot to us x
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Review from R G (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
100% recommend Patterdale Lodge Nursery. Our son started in the baby room when he was 9 months old. The room is lovely and small and only holds up to 6 babies so you feel they get a lot of much needed attention and things don't go missed. The nursery has recently had a refurb and looks lovely. Our soon
has health conditions but the manager and room leader have been so attentive with putting care plan in place and relieving us of any anxieties we had around him going to nursery. We get regular updates on the app and any questions are answered in a timely manner. Our son took a couple of weeks to settle in like any baby but he now goes in smiling with his arms out to the staff and clearly loves his time there. We really appreciate, trust, and know our son is safe and happy when he is at nursery which is all you could want.
Reply from Nicola Davies at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review, it means a lot to us. x
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Review from Amy L (Mother of Child) published on 26 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son as been attending since he was 6 months old, and will be leaving to start school in the summer. The staff are brilliant with the children, and the activities they plan are brilliant with the child's interest at the heart of everything. I feel my child is now ready for school and cant thank the
girls enough for their continued help and support.
Reply from Nicola Davies at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review it means a lot to us x
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Review from C D (Father of Child) published on 26 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Patterdale Lodge Day Nursery since she was 6 months old, and I wanted to say how fantastic we have found it, we looked at other nurseries in the area, but from the moment we arrived at Patterdale and the warm welcome we received, we knew this would be the right place for
our daughter, naturally we where very nervous but management helped to settle any worries we had and helped us check in on her frequently at the beginning, we've found the app with updates through the day great, and really help us feel as though we know about her entire day
She seems to be really enjoying nursery and we can really tell her development is coming along.
The staff at handover are very informative and tell us anything we need to know.
Overall so far we are very happy with the service we are receiving.
Reply from Nicola Davies at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Toni C (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves coming here, we are always greeted with a smile at the door! It's such a fab little nursery. Staff are on hand to help or answer any questions you may have. It's very clean and the home-cooked food smells amazing every day!
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review, it means a lot to us x
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Review from Katie D (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I highly recommend this nursery, my daughter attends twice a week and I've never had any problems. My daughter talks about everyone in her class and I love seeing pictures of her on the app daily so I can see how she is getting on while I'm working. The staff are all friendly and groups are good sizes,
very personal touch. I'm informed regularly of how she is getting on. I've always been happy with the service offered. Thank you all.
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review. It means a lot to us x
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Review from R C (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All the staff at Patterdale Lodge are excellent, really helpful and give loads of information about how our little girl has been doing. She loves going to preschool every day and we've never had problems dropping her off there.
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review. It means a lot to us x
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Review from J B (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery, both my 5 year old and 3 year old have gone here since being in the teenies room and my 5 year old loves seeing staff when we pick her brother up now she has left. The nursery has everything you could want for your child but the USP is absolutely the amazing staff, they care for
your children like their own and build up such amazing bonds with them from manager Nic to room staff. Both of my children's development sky rocketed since they joined Patterdale Lodge and its their happy place to go home from home, we can not ask for more.
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you so much for your lovely review it means a lot to us x
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Review from Jodie E (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
By far the best nursery I've had children attend, I have 2 young children who attend and they absolutely love it, the communication between parents and the staff is incredible, both children settled in so well and are coming home learning new things everyday
Thank you for all your hard work and support
for my children
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review it means the world to us x
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Review from L H (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A brilliant nursery. The staff are lovely and can't do enough. Always super helpful with any questions and give lots of updates at the end of each day and photos. They seem to do lots of different activities which is great.
Really glad we chose this nursery.
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review it means a lot to us x
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Review from Laura F (Mother of Child) published on 14 March 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Been sending my little boy since October 2023.
From the first enquiries to showings, & all the questions from a first time mum. The manager was amazing, patient and helpful.
Once he started the settling in sessions and beyond, the support again was so good. Never had a single major concern or issue.
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that happens I'm made aware of, the app is updated so I can track what he's eaten etc with observations done weekly. His 3 key workers have been incredible with him, as have all the staff.
I'm so happy I chose Patterdale for his early years education.
Reply from Nicola Roberts at Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge
Thank you for your lovely review it means a lot to us x
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.955)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.955) out of 10 for Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.955 for Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge is calculated as follows: ( (318 Excellents x 5) + (15 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 333 Ratings = 4.955
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge is based on 28 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 50 number of registered child places is 10, which has been reached with 28 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Nicola

Nicola Roberts

Job Title: Nursery Manager

I have been at the Nursery Manager here at Patterdale Lodge since 2022, after working as Deputy Manager at our sister Nursery Canal House and Room Leader at our sister Nursery Linden House.


I have a little girl who is nearly 4 years old who has been with me in Nursery since she was 6 months old. It has been lovely to watch her thrive alongside my long-standing team members, who are like family to us.


I have a level 3 in Childcare, and I'm also the Designated Safeguarding Lead, which I am passionate about, to keep all our little ones safe and secure.


I have focused on developing my skills as a Manager and completing all the different training to support all staff, children and families.


I have been in childcare for over 15 years now. It was always something I wanted to do, and I'm so proud to manage such a fantastic nursery.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge

What is the Age Range of Children that Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge accepts?

Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge accepts Children aged from 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge Open?

Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge is open: Monday 07:30-18:00, Tuesday 07:30-18:00, Wednesday 07:30-18:00, Thursday 07:30-18:00, Friday 07:30-18:00.

How many Children does Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge have capacity for?

Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge has capacity for a total of 50 Children.

How far is Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge to the centre of Newton-le-Willows?

1.3 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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