UK...Where to see planes at Manchester Airport?

[Bend The Light]

I'm spending the weekend in Manchester with the family in a couple of weeks, and we'll be staying very close to the airport. My daughter would enjoy seeing the planes land, and I would enjoy taking a few photos, too.

Does anyone know of a location to see this without going into the airport?

Maps, grid references, postcodes, sketches all welcome! :)

Thanks

[Bend The Light]

I managed to get quite close in the end, alongside the runways. I don't have good enough long glass for the dreary late afternoons in Manchester, though, so these are a little grainy!

Was quite pleased with them, though. All at full 300mm, as wide an aperture as possible (f5.6 ish).

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5503674593_45cb076fb0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5503674593/)
Finnair landing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5503674593/) by Bend The Light (http://www.flickr.com/people/bend_the_light/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5504299630_72ca1f2279_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5504299630/)
head on (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5504299630/) by Bend The Light (http://www.flickr.com/people/bend_the_light/), on Flickr

Was pleased to get the moment of touchdown here, too.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5503716305_251dfb6cea_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5503716305/)
Lufthansa touchdown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bend_the_light/5503716305/) by Bend The Light (http://www.flickr.com/people/bend_the_light/), on Flickr

[Bend The Light]

I saw the entrance to the viewing park, but it was a little further from where we were staying. I literally had an hour between workshops on the weekend we were doing, so I nipped up a footpath and found a grassy bank to stand on...whixh was free. :)