Things to do in N.E with a 5 year old and a 4 year old

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We’ve booked 2 nights away during our school October hols, staying at the Holiday Inn beside the Metro Centre.

We thought we had it all planned out - Tuesday slow drive down, stop on Edinburgh and a wander around the Metrocentre/Ikea; Wednesday Beamish and show the kids where their grandparents grew up and where their great-grandparents used to live; Thursday SOL Stadium tour.

However, we’ve discovered that the SOL tours only run Friday-Sunday so we now have a day free. Any suggestions what we can do?

We were thinking the Discovery Museum but we’d probably want to combine it with something else in central Newcastle to make a proper day of it. Or is there anything spectacular that we don’t know about?
 


Boz33 said:
After a day at the metro centre / ikea I doubt the kids could handle any more excitement :lol:

Bastard :lol:
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Mackem00 said:
Have another day of wandering around the Metrocentre and Ikea mate. I dare say one day of that isn't enough for a 4 and 5 year old.
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We’ll be stopping at Craigies Farm or similar in Edinburgh on the way down, so they can endure an hour or so of Ikea shopping.
 
Mickdundee said:
We’ve booked 2 nights away during our school October hols, staying at the Holiday Inn beside the Metro Centre.

We thought we had it all planned out - Tuesday slow drive down, stop on Edinburgh and a wander around the Metrocentre/Ikea; Wednesday Beamish and show the kids where their grandparents grew up and where their great-grandparents used to live; Thursday SOL Stadium tour.

However, we’ve discovered that the SOL tours only run Friday-Sunday so we now have a day free. Any suggestions what we can do?

We were thinking the Discovery Museum but we’d probably want to combine it with something else in central Newcastle to make a proper day of it. Or is there anything spectacular that we don’t know about?
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Adventure Valley, Durham
Whitehouse Farm, Morpeth
 
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Gibside is near the MC. Quite pricey unless you're in the NT
Saltwell Park, The Angel, Baltic, Sage
The Elmer trail is on until November too.
 
No. 1 is Gary Rowell said:
Adventure Valley, Durham
Whitehouse Farm, Morpeth
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Adventure Valley looks good if the weather holds up for us. More likely to tire them out for the 3 hour journey home than museums.
Some Random Guy said:
Just buy the poor fuckers a ps4 each and let them play Fortnite.
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I tried to teach the 5 year old how to play Mariokart on the SNES mini. It didn’t go well. Surprisingly she was pretty good at Super Punch Out.
 
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Go to the Great North Museum (formally The Hancock) as well as the Discovery, it's much better and about a 10 minute walk if you go past The Gate.
 
woollyback said:
Gibside? The Baltic? The Sage? the kids are 4 and 5 years old man!
Take them to the beach and let them build sand castles and eat chips and ice cream.
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Dinnar about that in October. Getting blasted in the face with sand whipped up from strong wind isn't the best crack for a 4 and 5 year old either.
 
woollyback said:
Gibside? The Baltic? The Sage? the kids are 4 and 5 years old man!
Take them to the beach and let them build sand castles and eat chips and ice cream.
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The play area at Gibside is class. It's a canny place for exploring too. Weather dependent of course.

The Baltic has the viewing platforms, kids love owt like that. Tie it in with the Millennium Bridge tilting to blow their minds.
 
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