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A trip to NewcastleGateshead is guaranteed to banish boredom for good with a great range of family-friendly activities and events taking place all year round.
Choose from hands-on exhibits and events at the best attractions from live science experiments at Life Science Centre to events with published authors and illustrators at Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books. Newcastle and Gateshead have plenty of excellent free museums, like Discovery Museum, Great North Museum: Hancock and art galleries, such as Shipley Art Gallery, which have creative events throughout the year.
Families looking for things to do with the kids in Newcastle and Gateshead will be impressed with the variety of seasonal events and activities during the school holidays too. Don't miss family festivals, workshops and even a chance to learn more about wildlife at venues like WWT Washington Wetland Centre and Tynemouth Aquarium.
July 1st 2024 to September 28th 2024
Family
1 Jul 2024 to 28 Sept 2024
Newcastle City Centre
Welcome back to Newcastle city centre and Newcastle Quayside this summer! NE1’s Summer in the...
July 13th 2024 to September 3rd 2024
Family
13 Jul 2024 to 3 Sept 2024
Further Afield
Get ready for a summer packed with excitement at Beamish Museum! From 13th July to...
July 20th 2024 to September 1st 2024
Family
20 Jul 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
Further Afield
Summer Fun Awaits! This summer, WWT Washington Wetland Centre is turning up the excitement with...
July 20th 2024 to September 1st 2024
Family
20 Jul 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
Newcastle City Centre
NE1 Screen On The Green returns for another summer of outdoor cinema and free live...
July 22nd 2024 to September 1st 2024
Exhibition
22 Jul 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
Newcastle City Centre
Explore Tiny Toon This summer, Newcastle's young visitors have a delightful new playground to explore—NE1’s...
July 26th 2024 to August 23rd 2024
Exhibition
26 Jul 2024 to 23 Aug 2024
Further Afield
This summer, The Alnwick Garden invites you to its first-ever Summer Music Nights, a series...
August 7th 2024 to September 1st 2024
Family
7 Aug 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
Gateshead
This summer, head to Metrocentre’s Exhibition Square and let the good times roll at their...
August 16th 2024 to September 1st 2024
Family
16 Aug 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
Newcastle City Centre
Experience an exhilarating summer adventure that will leave you breathless as you soar above Newcastle...
August 22nd 2024 to September 1st 2024
Exhibition
22 Aug 2024 to 1 Sept 2024
PSYCHE: Where does the soul go? explores Ancient Greek ideas about life after death. Does...
August 22nd 2024 to August 26th 2024
Try your hand at family-friendly...
August 27th 2024
Create moving flexible fish from...
September 13th 2024
Needle felting is the process...
October 5th 2024
Try your hand at fused...
October 11th
October 26th
November 9th to January 5th
November 15th
November 23rd to December 23rd
December 6th
February 25th to March 1st
June 10th to June 15th
March 10th to September 22nd
July 20th to July 21st
August 1st to August 31st
August 22nd to October 26th
Food & Drink
Quayside
Newcastle’s lively Quayside, with its fashionable bars and busy restaurants, is certainly the place to...
May 29th 2021 to June 6th 2021
Family
29 May 2021 to 6 Jun 2021
Further Afield
Visit Beamish Museum this Half Term (Saturday 29 May to Sunday 6 June 2021) where...
Food & Drink
Newcastle City Centre
Wylam Brewery at Exhibition Park's Palace of Arts is open inside and outside for all...
Things To Do
Newcastle City Centre
Life is an amazing science centre in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne where one...
Things To Do
Tynemouth
Longsands Surf School is the best way to experience the North East coastline! Get active...
Things To Do
Further Afield
The Castle with its magnificent cross-shaped keep crowns a hilltop above the River Coquet. Once...
Things To Do
Ouseburn
Ouseburn Farm is a community-led project located in Ouseburn Valley, just a mile from Newcastle...
Things To Do
Further Afield
Once home to the kings of ancient Northumbria, Bamburgh Castle is one of Northumberland's most...
Things To Do
Further Afield
Auckland Castle is one of the best-preserved bishops palaces in the whole of Europe...
Things To Do
Further Afield
One of the North East's most prominent landmarks, Penshaw Monument was built in 1844 in...
Food & Drink
Newcastle City Centre
Starting off as a street food vendor, the ever popular Longhorns BBQ offering set up...
Things To Do
Further Afield
Seaton Delaval Hall is a great house located after by National Trust not far from...
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