20+ FREE Days Out in North East England (December 2025)

Some of these activities may be available on other dates during the week too (I have only checked for weekends and school hols) so do check if you're free. 

As always, double check details with venues direct before heading out as info can change. 

• 6 Dec - (ad) FREE Celebrate Christmas in Blyth with Live Music, Advent Trail, Christmas Crafts with Mrs Claus, Face Painting and more. 
• 6 Dec - (ad) FREE Meet Stick Man at Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend
• 6 Dec - FREE Make a Christmas Card at Shipley Art Gallery 
• 6 Dec - FREE Make Your Own Museum Bug at Oriental Museum Durham 
  
  
• 6 Dec - FREE Snow Play at Theatre Hullabaloo 
• 6 Dec - FREE 12 Days of Christmas Trail at National Glass Centre Sunderland 
• 6 Dec - FREE Festive Crafts & Post Your Letter to Santa at National Glass Centre Sunderland
• 6 Dec - FREE Decorate a Nutcracker Decoration at Cleadon Park Library 
  
  
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Morpeth Reindeer Trail (with free hot choc for kids) 
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Elf Trail at Eldon Square Newcastle 
• 6 & 7 Dec - Elf School at Eldon Square Newcastle 
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Hexham Christmas Window Trail 
  
  
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Santa's Grotto at Manor Walks Cramlington 
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Silent Disco at Newcastle Christmas Market 
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Once Upon a Winter Trail in Sunderland 
• 6 & 7 Dec - FREE Gingerbread Decorating with Complimentary Tea, Coffee and Squash at BALTIC Front Room 
  
  
• 6 & 7 Dec - (ad) FREE Entry Bishop Auckland Christmas Town with FREE Snow Globe, Christmas Market, FREE Street Entertainers, FREE Town Parade, FREE North Pole Portal and FREE St Anne's Christmas Tree Festival (other activities available with a paid pass)
  
  
• 6 & 7 Dec - (ad) FREE Victorian Fun Fair with FREE Rides (Vintage Carousel and Ferrris Wheel) + Christmas Market and Lantern Parade at 4pm Sunday at Stockton Sparkles. 
  
  
• 7 Dec - (ad) FREE Carols around the Christmas Tree at Fountains Abbey Courtyard 
• 7 Dec - FREE Mini Train Rides at Exhibition Park (bring a donation if you can)

• 13 Dec - (ad) FREE Celebrate Christmas in Blyth with Live Music, Advent Trail, Christmas Crafts with Mrs Claus, Face Painting and more. 
• 13 Dec - (ad) FREE Red Riding Hood Christmas Theatre at Wallsend Library 
• 13 Dec - (ad) FREE Meet The Snowman and The Snowdog at The Beacon Centre, North Shields
• 13 Dec - FREE Saltburn Ice Trail & Letter Writing to Santa with an Ice Post Box 
  
  
• 13 Dec - FREE Christmas Tree Decoration Making at IKEA
• 13 Dec - FREE Make a Window Decoration at Oriental Museum Durham
• 13 Dec - FREE 12 Days of Christmas Trail at National Glass Centre Sunderland 
  
  
• 13 Dec - FREE Festive Crafts & Post Your Letter to Santa at National Glass Centre Sunderland
• 13 Dec - FREE Darlington Ice Trail (inc Peppa Pig and Spongebob) & Interactive Ice Sculpting 
• 13 Dec - FREE Snow Play at Theatre Hullabaloo 
  
  
• 13 & 14  Dec - FREE Morpeth Reindeer Trail (with free hot choc for kids) 
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Santa's Grotto at Manor Walks Cramlington 
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Elf Trail at Eldon Square Newcastle 
  
  
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Silent Disco at Newcastle Christmas Market 
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Hexham Christmas Window Trail 
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Once Upon a Winter Trail in Sunderland 
• 13 & 14 Dec - FREE Gingerbread Decorating with Complimentary Tea, Coffee and Squash at BALTIC Front Room 
• 14 Dec - (ad) FREE Carols around the Christmas Tree at Fountains Abbey Courtyard 
  
  

• 20 Dec - FREE Hexham Christmas Window Trail 
• 20 Dec - FREE Christmas Pony in the Barn with treats, arts, crafts and pony cuddles (Stepney Bank Stable) 
• 20 Dec - FREE Make a Christmas Decoration at Oriental Museum Durham 
  
  
• 20 Dec - FREE 12 Days of Christmas Trail at National Glass Centre Sunderland 
• 20 Dec - FREE A Christmas Night at the Museum (Hopetown Darlington)
• 20 Dec - FREE Snow Play at Theatre Hullabaloo 
• 20 Dec - (ad) FREE Celebrate Christmas in Blyth with Live Music, Advent Trail, Christmas Crafts with Mrs Claus, Face Painting and more. 
  
  
• 20 & 21 Dec - FREE Santa's Grotto at Manor Walks Cramlington 
• 20 & 21 Dec - FREE Silent Disco at Newcastle Christmas Market 
• 20 & 21 Dec - FREE Christmas Tree Decoration Making at IKEA
  
  
• 20 & 21 Dec - FREE Once Upon a Winter Trail in Sunderland 
• 20 & 21 Dec - FREE Gingerbread Decorating with Complimentary Tea, Coffee and Squash at BALTIC Front Room 
  
  

• 22 - 24 Dec - FREE Once Upon a Winter Trail in Sunderland 
• 22 - 24 Dec - FREE Snow Play at Theatre Hullabaloo 
• 22, 23, & 24 Dec - FREE Santa's Grotto at Manor Walks Cramlington