North East Days Out

Click here to see our guide to the best family days out in the North East

Below is a map including 250+ of my most popular blog reviews. Click on the little window at the top of the map to 'view larger map' and then click on the pins to read more info and find my blog guide to that location. 

Area Guides

• A monthly bucket list for North East families
  
  
• The Best Days Out in County Durham 
  
  
• The ultimate bucket list for children in Northumberland 
  
  
• The best family walks in the North East with cafes and play parks nearby
  
  
• How to explore the Northumberland coast by bus
  
  
• The Best Gardens to Visit with Kids in Northumberland 
  
  
• 20+ North East Child-friendly Beer Gardens with Play Areas to try
  
  
• 20 Places to visit when it rains in North East England (all accessible via public transport)
  
  
• 11 Fun things to do in Whitley Bay
  
  
• How to spend 48 hours in Wooler
  
  
• How to spend 24 hours in Seahouses and Beadnell
  
  
• 20 FREE and discounted North East days out by bus
  
  
• Ultimate Bucket List for Children in Northumberland
  
  
• 10 child-friendly places to enjoy fish and chips
  

• 5 Reasons to visit Alnwick with kids 
• 5 Reasons to visit Alnmouth with kids
• 5 Reasons to visit Felton with kids
• 5 Reasons to visit Cramlington with kids 

Free Outdoor Days Out  

• 50 Walks & Trails to try across North East England
• Cheeseburn Sculpture Gardens (donation required)
• Free Nature Trail at Derwent Waterside Park
• Rothbury Riverside Walk and Playground
• Beamish Hall Woodland Adventure
  
  
• Newcastle's Quayside Seaside
• 11 Woodland Walks to try in North East England
• 20 free family days out in Northumberland
• 10 free days out in Newcastle Gateshead
• Top 10 Picnic Spots in Newcastle
  
  
• Exhibition Park, Newcastle
• Plessey Woods FREE art trail
• Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay
• The Stick Man Trail at Hamsterley Forest
• Top North East Picnic Spots
  
  
• Jesmond Dene
• The Northumbrian Coast - Craster and Low Newton
• Newcastle Quayside Market
• Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle
• St Mary's Island
• 50 Family Walks & Trails to try across North East England
  
  
• 10 Magical Winter Walks 
• Druridge Bay Country Park
• Rothbury Riverside Walk and Playground 

Castles

• Our Top 10 North East Castles
• Alnwick Castle
• Auckland Castle
• Bamburgh Castle
• Belsay Hall and Castle (English Heritage)
• Dunstanborough Castle
• Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust)
• Newcastle Castle
• Tynemouth Priory and Castle
• Warkworth Castle (English Heritage)
• Warkworth Castle: The Soldiers of their roses event 

More Outdoor Fun

• The Seasider Open Top Bus Tour - Whitley Bay to North Shields
• A day exploring Cresswell, Warkworth, Druridge Bay and South Beach Blyth 
• How to Explore the Northumberland Coast by Bus
  
  
• Our guide to English Heritage Properties in the North East 
• 10 Places To Visit | NewcastleGateshead Quayside
• 20+ Family Friendly Beer Gardens
• 20 ways to stay active with kids in the North East 

• Alnwick Garden
• Aln Valley Railway 
• Beamish by bus
• Beamish Hall Woodland Adventure
  
• Beamish Wild School Holiday Activities
• Belsay Hall (English Heritage)
• Birdoswald Roman Fort Kite Festival (English Heritage)
• Blyth Beach Huts
  
• Butterfly world and Preston Park
• Calvert trust, Kielder:- Outdoor activities to try
• Cheeseburn Sculpture Gardens 
• Chester's Roman Fort and Tearoom
  
• Corbridge Roman Town (English Heritage)
• Corbridge Festival 2016 - A Review
• Cragside (National Trust)
• Cragside Play Park Review (National Trust)
  
• Craster to Dunstanburgh Castle Walk
• Derwent Waterside Park
• Discovery Museum
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• Durham University Botanical Gardens
• Farne Islands Boat Trip
• Fontburn Reservoir Walk & Playground
• Footprints on the Moon Forest School at Plessey Woods
• Hadrian's Wall by Bus
• Hadrian's Wall Picnic Spots
  
• Hadrians Wall (National Trust and English Heritage)
• Heighley Gate Garden Centre - Dinosaur Golf
• Holy Island 
• Gibside (National Trust)
  
• Hamsterley Forest
• Holy Island
• North & South Shields with Tyne and Wear Metro
• Northumberland Country Zoo
  
• Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle
• Preston Park Museum
• Quayside Seaside
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• Seaton Delaval Hall (National Trust)
• Souter Lighthouse (National Trust)
• Sunderland Festival of Light
• Sunderland Airshow with DFDS Seaways
• Tanfield Railway
  
• Ultimate Guide to Tynemouth
• Wallington Hall (National Trust)
• Wallington Hall in December (National Trust) 
• Washington Old Hall (National Trust)
• Whitehouse Farm
• WWT Washington Wetland Centre

Perfect for a rainy day

• Gutterball North Shields Review
• 5 Days Out for Tweens and Teens at The Gate, Newcastle 
• 20+ places to visit on a rainy day in NE England (via public transport)
• CatPawcino Cat Cafe in Newcastle 
• Visiting Jarrow Hall with a Toddler
• The Word, South Shields
• Visiting Whitehouse Farm on a Rainy Day
• Silverlink and Extreme Bounce at Royal Quays by bus
• Gigglewicks Cramlington 
• Dino Jaws at Life Science Centre, Newcastle
• Segedenum Roman Fort, Wallsend
• Baliffgate Museum, Alnwick
• Northumberland Cheese Family Dairy Tour 
• The Racing Rig at Lane 7
• A family trip to watch a Newcastle Eagles match
• A snake encounter at Woodhorn
• The Bowes Museum
• Barter Books
• Gibside (National Trust)
• Seven Stories