Family days out near Sunderland

185 things to do with kids within 20 miles of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 90 of them free. Nearest first, with prices, opening times, parking and the quietest days to go on each page. Distances are straight-line miles from the town centre.

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Closest to Sunderland

Sunderland Bowl under 1 mile · Adult £6.50 · Child £5 · Family £22
Laser Quest Sunderland under 1 mile · Adult £8 · Child £8 · Family £32
Mowbray Park, Sunderland under 1 mile · Free entry
Stadium of Light Tour under 1 mile · Adult £20 · Child £10 · Family £60
Sunderland Aquatic Centre under 1 mile · Adult £7.35 · Child £7.35 · Family £29.40
Roker Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Barnes Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Sunderland Wall 1 miles · Adult £10 · Child £8 · Family £36
The Strategy Escape Rooms, Sunderland 1 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Roker Pier and Lighthouse 2 miles · Free entry
Silksworth Ski Slope 2 miles · Adult £15 · Child £12 · Family £50
Seaburn and Roker Beaches 2 miles · Free entry

Free things to do with kids near Sunderland (90)

Mowbray Park, Sunderland under 1 mile · Free entry
Roker Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Barnes Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Roker Pier and Lighthouse 2 miles · Free entry
Seaburn and Roker Beaches 2 miles · Free entry
Hylton Castle 3 miles · Free entry
Ryhope Engines Museum 3 miles · Free entry
Whitburn Coastal Park 4 miles · Free entry
Penshaw Monument 4 miles · Free entry
Seaham Beach 4 miles · Free entry
Herrington Country Park 5 miles · Free entry
The Leas and Marsden Bay 5 miles · Free entry
Hetton Lyons Country Park 6 miles · Free entry
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow 6 miles · Free entry
Ocean Beach Pleasure Park 7 miles · Free entry

Garden, Park & Outdoor (60)

Mowbray Park, Sunderland under 1 mile · Free entry
Roker Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Barnes Park, Sunderland 1 miles · Free entry
Roker Pier and Lighthouse 2 miles · Free entry
Seaburn and Roker Beaches 2 miles · Free entry
Whitburn Coastal Park 4 miles · Free entry
Penshaw Monument 4 miles · Free entry
Seaham Beach 4 miles · Free entry
Herrington Country Park 5 miles · Free entry
The Leas and Marsden Bay 5 miles · Free entry
Hetton Lyons Country Park 6 miles · Free entry
South Marine Park, South Shields 7 miles · Free entry
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve 7 miles · Free entry
Sandhaven Beach, South Shields 7 miles · Free entry
North Shields Fish Quay 7 miles · Free entry
Elemore Country Park 7 miles · Free entry
Northumberland Park, North Shields 8 miles · Free entry
King Edward's Bay, Tynemouth 8 miles · Free entry
Riverside Park, Chester-le-Street 8 miles · Free entry
Tynemouth Longsands Beach 8 miles · Free entry
Cullercoats Bay 9 miles · Free entry
Saltwell Park 9 miles · Free entry
Rising Sun Country Park 9 miles · Free entry
Whitley Bay Beach 10 miles · Free entry
Jesmond Dene and Pets' Corner 10 miles · Free entry
Paddy Freeman's Park 10 miles · Free entry
Exhibition Park, Newcastle 11 miles · Free entry
Leazes Park 11 miles · Free entry
Watergate Forest Park 11 miles · Free entry
Killingworth Lake 11 miles · Free entry
Castle Eden Dene 11 miles · Free entry
Crook Hall Gardens 11 miles · Adult £11 · Child £5.50 · Family £27.50
Wharton Park, Durham 12 miles · Free entry
Holywell Dene 12 miles · Free entry
Blackhall Rocks and Crimdon Beach 12 miles · Free entry
Causey Arch 12 miles · Free entry
Durham riverbanks and Prebends Bridge 12 miles · Free entry
Durham University Botanic Garden 12 miles · Adult £5 · Child £0 · Family £10
East Grange Farm Sunflowers and Pumpkins 13 miles · Adult £5 · Child £5 · Family £20
Seaton Sluice Beach 13 miles · Free entry
Weetslade Country Park 13 miles · Free entry
Gibside 13 miles · Adult £19.80 · Child £9.90 · Family £49.50
Crimdon Beach 14 miles · Free entry
Thornley Woodlands Centre 14 miles · Free entry
Derwent Walk Country Park 14 miles · Free entry
Big Waters Country Park 14 miles · Free entry
Blyth Beach 15 miles · Free entry
Ridley Park, Blyth 15 miles · Free entry
Newburn Riverside Country Park 15 miles · Free entry
Northumberlandia 16 miles · Free entry
Chopwell Wood 16 miles · Free entry
Summerhill Country Park, Hartlepool 17 miles · Free entry
Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool 17 miles · Free entry
Bedlington Country Park 17 miles · Free entry
Plessey Woods Country Park 18 miles · Free entry
Hardwick Park 18 miles · Free entry
Seaton Carew Beach 19 miles · Free entry
Newbiggin Bay 20 miles · Free entry
Tyne Riverside Country Park, Prudhoe 20 miles · Free entry
Hirst Park, Ashington 20 miles · Free entry

Play & Activity Centre (58)

Sunderland Bowl under 1 mile · Adult £6.50 · Child £5 · Family £22
Laser Quest Sunderland under 1 mile · Adult £8 · Child £8 · Family £32
Sunderland Aquatic Centre under 1 mile · Adult £7.35 · Child £7.35 · Family £29.40
Sunderland Wall 1 miles · Adult £10 · Child £8 · Family £36
The Strategy Escape Rooms, Sunderland 1 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Silksworth Ski Slope 2 miles · Adult £15 · Child £12 · Family £50
Super Tramp Sunderland 3 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
Karting North East (Warden Law) 4 miles · Adult £30 · Child £10 · Family £80
The Fun Jungle, Washington 5 miles · Adult £0 · Child £7.50 · Family £15
Fun Shack Seaham 5 miles · Adult £0 · Child £8 · Family £16
Mister Twisters, Gateshead 6 miles · Adult £0 · Child £6.50 · Family £13
Hollywood Bowl Washington 6 miles · Adult £9.50 · Child £9.50 · Family £38
Washington Leisure Centre Soft Play 6 miles · Adult £5 · Child £5 · Family £10
Quasar Laserforce, South Shields 7 miles · Adult £6 · Child £6 · Family £24
The Dunes, South Shields 7 miles · Adult £0 · Child £6 · Family £12
Haven Point Leisure Pool 7 miles · Adult £7.05 · Child £5.05 · Family £24.35
Gutterball Alley, North Shields 7 miles · Adult £6 · Child £5 · Family £22
Hebburn Central Soft Play 7 miles · Adult £0 · Child £2.90 · Family £5.80
Kiki's Kabin, North Shields 8 miles · Adult £0 · Child £4.75 · Family £9.50
Tynemouth Park and Lost World Adventure Golf 8 miles · Adult £4.50 · Child £3 · Family £15
Clip 'n Climb Newcastle 9 miles · Adult £13.50 · Child £13.50 · Family £54
Fun Shack Newcastle 9 miles · Adult £0 · Child £8 · Family £16
Climb Newcastle, Byker 9 miles · Adult £20 · Child £8 · Family £56
The Valley Bouldering, Climb Newcastle 9 miles · Adult £12 · Child £9 · Family £42
Whitley Bay Ice Rink 9 miles · Adult £13.50 · Child £13 · Family £48
Fun Shack Gateshead 9 miles · Adult £0 · Child £8 · Family £16
Clip 'n Climb Gateshead Leisure Centre 10 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
Pirate Escape Rooms, Whitley Bay 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Round the Twist, Benton 10 miles · Adult £0 · Child £6 · Family £12
Riddle Room, Forest Hall 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Whitley Bay Mini Golf and FootGolf 10 miles · Adult £6.70 · Child £5.70 · Family £20.50
EXIT Newcastle 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
The Escape Key, Newcastle 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Infinite Air, Durham 10 miles · Adult £13 · Child £13 · Family £52
Escape Newcastle 10 miles · Adult £18 · Child £18 · Family £72
Jump Giants Newcastle 10 miles · Adult £16.50 · Child £16.50 · Family £66
Waves Leisure Pool, Whitley Bay 10 miles · Adult £6.90 · Child £4.70 · Family £23.20
Canny Crafty Pottery Painting, Gosforth 12 miles · Adult £0 · Child £10–£35 · Family £28
Namco Funscape Metrocentre 12 miles · Adult £0 · Child £7.95 · Family £15.90
Activate Metrocentre 12 miles · Adult £19.95–£26.25 · Child £19.95–£26.25 · Family £105
BattleKart Gateshead 12 miles · Adult £20 · Child £20 · Family £80
Clip 'n Climb Metrocentre 12 miles · Adult £14.95 · Child £14.95 · Family £59.80
Holmside Park 12 miles · Adult £8 · Child £15 · Family £46
Newcastle Trampoline and Play Park 12 miles · Adult £11.50 · Child £11.50 · Family £46
TeamSport Go Karting Newcastle 13 miles · Adult £30 · Child £27 · Family £110
The Fun Zone, Langley Moor 14 miles · Adult £0 · Child £5 · Family £10
Durham Climbing Centre 14 miles · Adult £10 · Child £7.50 · Family £35
Krazy Kingdom, Annfield Plain 15 miles · Adult £1 · Child £4.95 · Family £11.90
Airbox Bounce, Cramlington 15 miles · Adult £10 · Child £10 · Family £40
Delta Force Paintball Newcastle 15 miles · Adult £9.99 · Child £9.99 · Family £39.96
CJ's Funhouse, Cramlington 15 miles · Adult £0 · Child £5.95 · Family £11.90
Concordia Leisure Centre Soft Play, Cramlington 15 miles · Adult £4 · Child £4 · Family £8
Bounce Indoor Play, Blyth 17 miles · Adult £0 · Child £6 · Family £12
Clip 'n Climb Ponteland 17 miles · Adult £12 · Child £12 · Family £48
Jumbo Jungle, Consett 18 miles · Adult £0 · Child £5 · Family £10
Jump 360, Hartlepool 18 miles · Adult £12 · Child £12 · Family £48
Prudhoe Waterworld 19 miles · Adult £5.50 · Child £3.65 · Family £18.30
Larry's Lanes, Seaton Carew 19 miles · Adult £6 · Child £5 · Family £22

Castle & Historic Landmark (28)

Hylton Castle 3 miles · Free entry
Souter Lighthouse 4 miles · Adult £7.70 · Child £3.90 · Family £19.30
Washington Old Hall 5 miles · Adult £7.70 · Child £3.90 · Family £19.30
St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow 6 miles · Free entry
Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels 7 miles · Free entry
Tynemouth Priory and Castle 8 miles · Adult £8 · Child £5 · Family £21
Segedunum Roman Fort 8 miles · Adult £7.75 · Child £0 · Family £15.50
Angel of the North 8 miles · Free entry
Finchale Priory 9 miles · Free entry
Victoria Tunnel 9 miles · Adult £13 · Child £6 · Family £38
Bessie Surtees House 10 miles · Free entry
Newcastle Castle 10 miles · Adult £13.65 · Child £8.95 · Family £38.45
Newcastle Cathedral 10 miles · Free entry
Spanish City, Whitley Bay 10 miles · Free entry
Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee 11 miles · Free entry
St Mary's Lighthouse 12 miles · Adult £7 · Child £3.50 · Family £17
Prince Bishop River Cruiser and Browns Rowing Boats 12 miles · Adult £9 · Child £5 · Family £28
Durham Castle 12 miles · Adult £7.50 · Child £0 · Family £15
Durham Cathedral 12 miles · Free entry
Seaton Delaval Hall 13 miles · Adult £16.50 · Child £8.30 · Family £41.30
Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens 13 miles · Adult £12 · Child £7 · Family £38
Blyth Battery 15 miles · Free entry
Derwentcote Steel Furnace 16 miles · Free entry
Heugh Battery Museum 17 miles · Adult £6 · Child £4 · Family £18
Heddon-on-the-Wall 17 miles · Free entry
George Stephenson's Birthplace 17 miles · Free entry
Prudhoe Castle 19 miles · Free entry
Binchester Roman Fort 20 miles · Adult £6 · Child £3 · Family £15

National Museum & Exhibition (23)

Stadium of Light Tour under 1 mile · Adult £20 · Child £10 · Family £60
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums 4 miles · Adult £7.50 · Child £4 · Family £20
Jarrow Hall Anglo-Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum 6 miles · Adult £11.50 · Child £8.50 · Family £36
South Shields Museum and Art Gallery 7 miles · Free entry
The Word, South Shields 7 miles · Free entry
Shipley Art Gallery 9 miles · Free entry
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books 10 miles · Free entry
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art 10 miles · Free entry
Laing Art Gallery 10 miles · Free entry
Life Science Centre 10 miles · Adult £15 · Child £15 · Family £60
Great North Museum: Hancock 10 miles · Free entry
Discovery Museum 10 miles · Free entry
Hatton Gallery 11 miles · Free entry
St James' Park Stadium Tour 11 miles · Adult £24 · Child £13 · Family £74
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North 11 miles · Adult £35 · Child £20.50 · Family £85.50
Palace Green Library and Museum of Archaeology 12 miles · Free entry
Durham Museum and Heritage Centre 12 miles · Adult £4 · Child £2 · Family £10
Oriental Museum 13 miles · Free entry
Path Head Water Mill 14 miles · Free entry
Hartlepool National Museum of the Royal Navy 17 miles · Adult £12.50 · Child £9.50 · Family £35
Hartlepool Art Gallery 17 miles · Free entry
Wylam Railway Museum 18 miles · Free entry
Newbiggin Maritime Centre 20 miles · Adult £2.50 · Child £1.50 · Family £8

Zoo & Safari Park (7)

Washington Wetland Centre 4 miles · Adult £11.07 · Child £7.20 · Family £31.05
Bill Quay Community Farm 7 miles · Free entry
Ouseburn Farm 9 miles · Free entry
Tweddle Children's Animal Farm 13 miles · Adult £9 · Child £9 · Family £36
Hall Hill Farm 18 miles · Adult £13.50 · Child £12.50 · Family £48
Northumberland College Zoo, Kirkley Hall 20 miles · Adult £7.50 · Child £6.25 · Family £27.50
Whitehouse Farm Centre 20 miles · Adult £14.25 · Child £14.25 · Family £56.95

Heritage Railway & Transport (5)

Ryhope Engines Museum 3 miles · Free entry
Bowes Railway 7 miles · Adult £5 · Child £3 · Family £16
Shields Ferry 7 miles · Adult £2 · Child £0.60 · Family £5.20
Stephenson Steam Railway 9 miles · Free entry
Tanfield Railway 13 miles · Adult £16.22 · Child £5.30 · Family £43.04

Theme Park (3)

Ocean Beach Pleasure Park 7 miles · Free entry
Adventure Valley 9 miles · Adult £9.95–£14.95 · Child £9.95–£14.95 · Family £51.80
Diggerland Durham 14 miles · Adult £25.95–£39.50 · Child £25.95–£39.50 · Family £103.80

Aquarium & Marine Centre (1)

Tynemouth Aquarium 9 miles · Adult £18.90 · Child £14.40 · Family £63.60