90+ Free day out ideas

Museums and galleries

• 7stories, Ouseburn

• Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

• The Great North Museum, Newcastle

• Discovery Museum, Newcastle

• Baltic, Gateshead

• South Shields Museum And Art Gallery

• The Word, South Shields

• Sunderland Museum And Winter Gardens

• Hatton Gallery, Newcastle

• Stephenson Steam Railway, Wallsend

• Locomotion, Shildon

• Oriental Museum, Durham

• Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

• National Glass Centre, Sunderland

• Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields

• Chainbridge Honey Farm, Near Berwick

• The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle

• Tynemouth Lifeboat Station, Tynemouth

• Newcastle Cathedral

• Durham Cathedral

Animals

•Ouseburn farm

•Pets corner at Jesmond Dene

•Bill Quay Community farm, Gateshead

•See the seals at St Mary’s, Whitley Bay

•Pets corner at Saltwell Park, Gateshead

Splash pads and pools

•Carlisle park - paddling pool & splash pad - Morpeth

• Ridley park - splash pad - Blyth

• Hirst park splash pad - Ashington

• Chester le street splash pad - riverside park

• Whitley Bay water park

Monuments,sculptures and Cathedrals

•Penshaw monument

•Angel of the North

•The sundial, silverlink biodiversity park

•Eat for England, The giant spoon

•Hamsterley forest, County Durham

•Plessey woods, Bedlington

•The couple statue, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Parks and playgrounds

•Carlisle park, morpeth

•Rising sun play area, Benton

•Shiremoor adventure playground

•Richardson dees park, Wallsend

•Jesmond Dene

•Saltwell park, Gateshead

•Northumberland park, North Shields

•Plessey woods, Bedlington

•Hamsterley forest, County Durham

•Exhibition park, Newcastle

•South Marine park, South Shields

•Paddy Freemans, Heaton

•North marine park, South Shields

•Whitley park, Whitley Bay

•Herrington country park, Sunderland

•Preston Park

•Ridley park, Blyth

•Heaton park

•Dunes play area, Seaton Sluice

•Gallagher park, Bedlington

•Attlee terrace children’s park, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

•Wharton park, Durham

•Druridge bay, Northumberland

•Allensford park, Durham

•Barnes park, Sunderland

•Links road play site, Cullercoats

•Riverside park, Chester-le-Street

•Wynard woodland park

Waterside walks

•Quayside, Newcastle

•Fish Quay, North Shields

•Along the coast

•Royal quays marina

•Hartlepool marina

•Amble harbour

•Seahouses

•Druridge Bay

•Seaham harbour

•St Mary’s lighthouse, Whitley Bay

•Holy island

Nature reserves and country parks

•Jesmond Dene

•Rising Sun country park, Benton

•Silverlink biodiversity park

•Brierdene nature walk, Whitley Bay

•Big waters, Newcastle Upon Tyne

•Low barns, bishop Auckland

•Havannah nature reserve, Hazlerigg

•Northumberland park, North Shields

•Northumberlandia, Cramlington

•Hamsterley forest, County Durham

•Rainton meadows, Durham

• Herrington country park, Sunderland

• Bedlington country park

• Allensford park, Durham

• Marden quarry, Whitley Bay

• Bolam lake country park, Newcastle

• Shibdon pond, Durham