Local'ish stuff to do with kids over holidays



If you've got 10 minutes to kill and a spare £40 you could go to Blue Reef aquarium in Tynemouth.
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You need to book up well in advance for forbidden corner the 6 year old would love that.
White House farm
Tweedle farm
Adventure valley
Down at the farm
Beamish loads of space big open fields with stuff going on
All weather dependant for a good day tho
 
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Get your wheelie bin lid, or the old round metal ones (like when we were kids). Head straight to Silky ski slope, broken collar bones, arms and legs arl ower the shop.

Just use ur imagination man!
 
With weather like it's forecast, just go to the beach, or beach and open air swim pool.

Too hot to be doing ought else.

Can include, walking, digging, building, sailing toy boats, swimming/water fun, frizbee/ball games etc, take a mini pop-up tent for shade, food for picnics or get the older child sorting some beach bbq stuff.
 
Took the bairn (4) to Northumberland Zoo a couple of month ago and he enjoyed it. Not anywhere near the scale of Lightwater Valley or Flamingo Land, or an actual zoo, but it's better than that Down at the Farm place.

We get to the beach a fair bit with him and spend plenty of time in Barnes Park cos he'll climb on owt. Not really all day stuff but it'll kill an afternoon and it's cheap.

Often get through shields too, can spend time swimming, on the beach, on the fair, and they've got all kinds of shit to fall off in the park there.
 
was at lightwater valley last week with 50 pupils from work. Enjoyable day because I was supervising the younger group but queues for the main rides for the older pupils were upwards of 1 hour long (ultimate was 2 hours long at lunchtime). It was however the last week of school so it felt like every school within 250 miles of the place were there on school trips. It might have quietened down because despite the fact it's now the school hols some schools had 2 or 3 bus loads there last week.
 
Picnics down the beach or herra/Barnes park.

Seeitdoitsunderland website will have details of what's on over the holidays. There's a soapbox race in herra park in August that's free.
 
Got this off Facey

PARKS/WOODS

Saltwell park-Gateshead
Jesmond Dene -Newcastle
Herrington park- Sunderland
Alnwick gardens/ castle-Alnwick
Seahouses-Seahouses
Whitby castle -Whitby
Tynemouth beach -Tynemouth
Kielder forest-Kielder
Holy island-Holy island
St Mary’s lighthouse-Whitley bay
Seaham harbour/ beach-Seaham
Hartlepool marina -Hartlepool
Finchale abbey -Durham
Chester le street park -Durham
Stanhope -Stanhope
Blackhall rocks -Blackhall colliery
Tynemouth park -Tynemouth
Barnes park -Sunderland
Mowbray park-Sunderland
Ridley park-Blyth
Carlisle park -Morpeth
Bamburgh castle -Bamburgh
Barnard castle -Barnard castle
High force -Teesdale
Stockeld park-Wetherby
Wynyard woodland park-Stockton
Allensford park -Durham
Druidge bay park Morpeth
Fountains abbey -Ripon
Brimham rocks -Harrogate
How stean gorge-Harrogate
Raby castle -Darlington
Whitworth park-Spennymore
Belsay hall -Nr Morpeth
Crook hall -Durham
Embleton bay -Northumberland
Hill end -Weardale
Frosterly forest -Weardale
Hamsterley forest (gruffalo trail)-Redford
Wharton park -Durham
Attlee lark -Bedlington
Gallagher park -Bedlington
Plessey woods-Bedlington
Grange park -Bedlington
Dene park -Bedlington
Bolam lake -Newcastle
Newham grange park -Stockton
Saltholme-Stockton
Rising sun county park -Benton
Hylton castle-Sunderland
Haltwhistle outdoor pool -Haltwhistle
Exhibition park -Newcastle
Charlie’s park -Jarrow
Jarrow park -Jarrow
Carr Ellison park- hebburn
West park -South Shields
Marine parks-South Shields

BOWLING/MINI GOLF/MISCELLANEOUS

Dunes bowling -South Shields
Strike bowling -Cramlington
Star bowling -North Shields
Lane 7-Newcastle
MFA bowl-Newcastle
AMF bowling -Washington
MFA bowling and soft play-North Shields
Riverside bowling -Sunderland
Dinosaur encounter mini golf -Morpeth
Mini golf -Tynemouth park
Mini golf -Whitley bay
Mr mulligans space golf-Newcastle
pirate mini golf -South Shields
Digger land -Durham
Planet leisure -Newton aycliffe
Namco -Gateshead
Clip n climb -Gateshead
Clip n climb -Stockton
Bowes museum/castle-Barnard castle
York maze-York
National glass centre -Sunderland
Light water valley-Ripon,Yorkshire
Flamingo land -Malton,yorkshire
Waterworld-Prudhoe
Seven stories -Newcastle
Baltic/ sage -Gateshead
Northumberlandia-Northumberland
Shildon railway -Durham
Arabian fort -South Shields
the great north museum-Newcastle
Centre 4 life-Newcastle
Vinovia Roman fort-Bishop Auckland
Tanfield railway-Durham
Brockbrush fruit picking -Hexham
Wet n wild -North Shields
Mother shipton cave -Knaresborough
Forbidden corner -Leyburn
West Boldon lodge -Boldon
Adventure valley -Durham
Holmside adventure park-Chester Le street

ANIMALS

White House farm-Morpeth
Tweedle farm-Blackhall colliery
Ouseburn farm-Newcastle
Broom house farm-Durham
Butterfly world -Stockton
Blue reef aquarium -Tynemouth
Hall hill farm -Durham
South lakes safari -Ulverston
Kirkley hall zoo-Ponteland
Washington wetland and wild fowl-Washington
Down at the farm-Houghton le spring
Bill quay farm-Pelaw
Northumberland county zoo-Northumberland
Jedforest deer and farm park -Jedburgh

SOFT PLAYS

Banana beach -Ashington
Pirates cove -Jarrow
Tj jungle -Cramlington
Treasure island -Morpeth
Bounce-Blyth
Kiki Kabin -North Shields
Space to play -Bedlington
Concordia leisure centre -Cramlington
Gateshead leisure centre -Gateshead
Namco fun space -Metro centre
Giants den-Gateshead
Round the twist-Newcastle
New Adventureland -Newcastle
Dunes-South Shields
Jumbo Jim’s -South Shields
Cinder path-South Shields
Wacky warehouse -Boldon
Role play-Hebburn
Mister twisters -Gateshead
Funshack-Sea ham
Go bananas -Sunderland
Jungle jacks -Newcastle
Captain ted-Gosforth
Miss Tinas play cafe-Sunderland
Cappuccino kids cafe-South Shields
Nincompoop kids cafe-South Shields
Asilo kids cafe -South Shields
Happuccino kids cafe -South Shields

NATIONAL TRUST

Cragside-Morpeth
Gibside-Gateshead
Lindisfarne castle-Berwick upon tweed
Farne islands-Northumberland
Embleton & newton links -Alnwick
Dunstanburgh castle-Alnwick
Wallington -Nr Morpeth
Hadrian’s wall & housestead fort -Hexham
Allen banks & staward gorge -Hexham
Cherryburn-Northumberland
George Stephenson birth place-Wylam
Souter lighthouse & the leas-South Shields/ Sunderland
Washington old hall -Washington
Penshaw monument -Sunderland
Durham coast -Durham
Seaton Delaval hall-Seaton sluice
Rose berry topping-Yorkshire
 
Seaburn, Rokerpark, Barnes park, herrington park, silksworth park, mooch along river to fatfield, greens karaoke Monday afternoon, bowling over wesington way have deals on, air show this Weekend . No need to travel

I've told the bairn if he can do 60 keepy ups I'll get him the new sumderland kit, haven't seen him all day
 

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