North East Parents! We’ve created a huge list of things for kids to do in the summer 
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- Adventure Valley
– Durham - Alnwick Castle – Children under 4 FREE Entry – Alnwick
- Alnwick Gardens – Children under 4 FREE Entry – Alnwick
- Arbeia Roman Fort – South Shields
- Auckland Castle Deer House – Bishop Auckland
- Auckland Castle – Bishop Auckland
- Baltic Conteporary Art Gallery – Gateshead
- Bamburgh Castle
- Beamish Museum – FREE Wheelchair Hire – FREE for under 5s – Beamish
- Binchester Roman Fort – Children FREE undr 4 – Bishop Auckland
- Bill Quay Farm – Gateshead
- Broom House Farm – Durham
- Butterfly World – Stockton
- Castle Eden Dene National Nature Reserve – Peterlee
- Chester Le Street Riversie Park – Chester Le Street
- Cleadon Hills – South Tyneside
- Cleudini Escape Room – Darlington – Yarm
- Cresswell Beach – – Northumberland
- Crook Hall Gardens – Durham
- CuriosiTeas Play Cafe – Darlington
- Curlew Cafe at High Farm Holiday Park – Bishop Aukland
- Delta Force Paintball – Newcastle
- Digger Land – Durham
- Discovery Museum – Newcastle
- Dorman Museum – Middlesbrough
- Down at the Farm – Houghton Le Spring
- Dunes Bowling – South Shields
- Easington Colliery Local Nature Reserve – Peterlee
- Edenwell Equestrian Centre – Hartlepool
- Exhibition Park – Newcastle
- Exit Newcastle (Escape Rooms) – Newcastle
- Finchale Priory – Durham
- Field & Fodder – Kids eat FREE with a paying adult – Durham
- Finchale View Riding School – Houghton le Spring
- Flamingo Land – Malton
- Forbidden Corner – Yorkshire
- Gibside – Gateshead
- Hadrians Wall – Hexham – Northumberland
- Hall Hill Farm – Lanchester
- Haltwhistle Swimming Pool – Haltwhistle
- Hamsterley Forest – Durham
- Hancock Museum – Newcastle
- Hardwick Park – Sedgefield
- Haven Point Swimming Pool – South Shields
- Herrington Country Park – All dogs allowed – Pensahw
- Hetton Lyon’s Country Park – Houghton Le Spring
- Heugh Battery Museum – Hartlepool
- Holmside Park – Chester le Street
- Holy Island / Lindisfarne – Northumberland
- Hopetown – Darlington
- Infinite Air – Durham
- Jarrow Hall – Children under 4 FREE Entry – Jarrow
- Jesmond Dene – Newcastle
- Jump 360 – Stockton – Hartlepool – Newcastle
- Jumbo Jim’s – South Shields
- Karting North East – Sunderland
- Kielder Water & Forest Park
- Kirkleatham Owl Centre– Children under 3 Free – Redcar
- Kosmic Kingdom – Under 12 months FREE – Hartlepool
- Level X – – Middlesbrough
- Life Centre – Newcastle
- Lilidorei – – Alnwick Castle, Alnwick
- Little Haven Beach – South Tyneside
- Locomotion Museum – Shildon
- Long Sands Beach Dog friendly certain times of the year – Tynemouth
- Low Force Waterfall – Durham
- Marsden Beach – South Tyneside
- Make Believe Children’s Role Play Cafe – Some half price sessions in the 6 weeks – Hartlepool
- Metrocentre – FREE shows during the festival
- Moobears – – Chester le Street
- Murton Equestrian Centre – Newcastle
- National Royal Navy Museum Children under 3 FREE – Hartlepool
- Newham Grange Farm – Children under 2 FREE – Coulby Newham
- North Marine Park – South Tyneside
- Northumberland Zoo – Morpeth
- Ocean Beach Pleasure Park – South Tyneside
- Ormesby Hall – Middlesbrough
- Ouseeburn Farm – Newcastle
- Parkrun – Across North East
- Penshaw Monument – Sunderland
- Peterlee Leisure Centre – Peterlee
- Plotters’ Forrest – Children under 4 FREE – Darlington
- Potters World – Lanchester
- Preston Park Museum & Grounds – Children Under 3 FREE Entry – Stockton
- Preston Park – Stockton
- Quaser Laser – South Shields
- Quayside – Newcastle
- Raby High Force Waterfall – All dogs allowed – Forrest-on-Teesdale
- Rainton Meadows – Durham
- Redcar Beach – Redcar
- Riverside Park – County Durham
- Roker Park – Sunderland
- Ruff ‘N’ Tumble Adventure World Newton Aycliffe
- Saltwell Park – Gateshead
- Sandhaven Beach – South Tyneside Dog friendly certain times
- Seaham Town Park – – Seaham
- Seal Sands Nature reserve – – Stockton
- Silksworth Sports Complex & Ski Slope – Sunderland
- Simonside Climbing Wall – South Tyneside
- Skate Park – South Shields
- South Marine Park – South Tyneside
- South Shields Museum & Art Gallery – – South Tyneside
- South Tyneside Festival – Across South Tyneside
- Stephenson Railway Museum – Children under 4 FREE Entry
- Stewart’s Park – Middlesborough
- Stockton International Riverside Festival – Across Stockton
- Sports Camps NE – FREE places for those eligible for FREE school meals – North Shield – Ponteland – Walkergate
- Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens – Sunderland
- Ten Pin Bowling – Across North East
- Teesside Auotdrome – South Bank
- Tessaurus Park – Middlesbrough
- The Dino Den – – South Shields
- The Gruffalo Trail – Hamsterley Forest – Durham
- The Riddle Room – Forrest Hall
- The Play Place – Peterlee
- TopGear Karting – Durham
- Tweddle Children’s Animal Farm – Hartlepool
- Tynemouth Aquarium – Tynemouth
- Tynemouth Priory – Tynemouth
- Vallum Farm – Newcastle
- Ward Jackson Park – Hartlepool
- Washington Wetland Centre – – Children under 4 FREE Entry – Washington
- Whitegates Equestrian Centre – Durham
- Whitehouse Farm – Morpeth
- Whinnies Community Garden Open – 1st April-31st Oct, Mon To Sat closed Sundays – Gateshead
- Whitley Bay Ice Rink – Whitley Bay
- Whitton Castle – Bishop Auckland
- Wynyard Hall – Wynyard
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park – Doncaster
- Zetland Lifeboat Museum – Redcar