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Redcar is a great place to have a day out with the kids. Below we've tried to list as many attractions as we can to make it easy for you to find fun places to visit - we hope you find our website useful - and easy to use. Do you know of any other great

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Family Days Out near to Redcar

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Wacky Warehouse - Wheatlands Farm (< 1 mile)

Redcar

Wacky Warehouse - Wheatlands Farm has the usual formula of a multi-levelled indoor soft play centre attached to a public house - where you can let the kids run riot for a couple of hours while you take a no doubt well earned break - aaah!!!

Mungle Jungle Indoor Soft Play Centre (2 miles)

Redcar

Mungle Jungle Indoor Soft Play Centre Mungle Jungle - indoor funworld, for 10 year olds and under. Under 5's area, plus bouncy castle, slides, ball pool and much more, so whether its rain or sun there's always plenty of fun.

Saltburn Miniature Railway (4 miles)

Saltburn

Saltburn Miniature Railway Saltburn Miniature Railway - 15 inch gauge miniature railway, running from the seafront through to the Valley Gardens, Italian Gardens, Tea Lawn and Woodland Centre.

Teesside Karting Centre (6 miles)

Middlesbrough

Teesside Karting Centre Race your friends at the longest and most exciting kart circuit in the WORLD. Enjoy the thrill of motor racing in a safe yet exciting environment, with karts to suit novices as well as the professional driver. The circuit has been designed to meet the latest safety requirements, but retains the excitement and challenges of a top international racing circuit.

Saltburn Cliff Lift (6 miles)

Saltburn

Saltburn Cliff Lift Opened on 28th June 1884, this is the oldest remaining waterbalance cliff lift in Britain. Height of the lift is 120 ft, length of the track is 207 ft. Refurbished with stained glass windows. Links Saltburn pier, one of the few left in the country, with the town.

Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum (7 miles)

Saltburn by the Sea

Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum The Museum today offers visitors an opportunity to experience the underground world of a real ironstone mine and to explore the skills, customs and life of the Cleveland miner. It was these miners that helped make Cleveland the most important Ironstone mining district in Victorian and Edwardian Britain.

Mister Twisters Wacky World of Fun (8 miles)

Hartlepool

Mister Twisters Wacky World of Fun - great big indoor playcentre with pirate-themed climbing frames including toddler area with bouncy castle. Superb themed party rooms Â choose from the Ship Wreck, Jungle Swamp or Groove rooms

Dorman Museum (8 miles)

Middlesbrough

Dorman Museum With ever changing exhibitions - 8 galleries and 3 exhibition spaces, there's something for everyone and plenty of hands-on activities, objects and children's trails.

Newham Grange Country Farm (9 miles)

Middlesbrough

Newham Grange Country Farm Come and make friends with the rare breeds of farm animals, enjoy a walk around the fields, and why not bring along a picnic for a treat.

Wacky Warehouse - Coulby Farm (9 miles)

Middlesbrough

Wacky Warehouse - Coulby Farm - the usual setup for Wacky Warehouses. Have a nice hour off while the kids run round like loons on the indoor play structure - lovely!!

Nature's World (9 miles)

Middlesbrough

Nature's World we aim to provide you with more than just a visit to the uk's pioneering eco-experience, our plan is to provide you with information, education, ideas and an inspiration for looking after the environment. More info coming soon.

Hartlepool's Maritime Experience (9 miles)

Hartlepool

Hartlepool's Maritime Experience All children love pirates and this maritime visitor attraction is the perfect place to take them. Travel back to the days of Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar. With our many attractions, costumed guides and weaponry displays, any kids (of whatever age) will enjoy this day out. So all ye landlubbers make your way to Hartlepool.

Mill House Leisure Centre (9 miles)

Hartlepool

Mill House Leisure Centre Offers a range of activities and facilites including swimming pools.

Hollywood Bowl Stockton (10 miles)

Stockton-on-Tees

Hollywood Bowl Stockton Hollywood Bowl is number one for family fun. As a regular treat for the kids or for half term and school holiday entertainment. We have games and activities to ensure everyone has a great time, especially the younger kid's.

Summerhill (10 miles)

Hartlepool

Summerhill Summerhill Nature Reserve and Outdoor Sports Centre has plenty to keep the kids entertained. They can visit the trim trail, the boulder park, the junior adventure and fitness area, the BMX course and the high level ropes course.

Quads '4' All (10 miles)

Billingham

Quads '4' All Quads '4' All offers different sizes of quad bikes to suit any age group and three different types of tracks for childrens varying abilities. Experienced marshals provide training on a one to one basis and the riders are fully supervised at all times whilst on the tracks. All of the safety equipment is provided.

Teesside White Water Centre (10 miles)

Stockton on Tees

Teesside White Water Centre e is based at the Tees Barrage Artificial White Water Course. The Centre is ideally placed to provide canoeing to a broad range of paddlers from complete beginners to Olympic aspirants.

Splash (11 miles)

Stockton-on-Tees

Splash Stockton's newest leisure facility has been designed to meet 21st century needs. The complex includes a 25 metre pool with wave machine and water features, offering leisure and training facilities for swimmers at all levels. a learner pool, spa pool and flume slide complete the water based features.

Crazy Corner (11 miles)

Stockton-on-Tees

Crazy Corner From Ball Cannons to Shoot Slides, Gaint Bouncing Balls to Tarzan Gliders, Crazy Corner has something for all.

Tweddle Children's Animal Farm (13 miles)

Blackhall Colliery

Tweddle Children's Animal Farm Kids will have a great time at the farm visiting the animals. There is also a Play Area, which offers a fantastic range of fun activities to keep them busy. Great idea if you are looking for family days out in Durham

Adventure Point Ltd (19 miles)

Darlington

Adventure Point Ltd Fantastic indoor & outdoor adventure play centre with huge play frame, bumper cars, 3 tree climbers, slides, rope bridges, ball cannon arena, multi-sports court, separate toddler play areas and lots more!

Doodlepots Ceramic Cafe (20 miles)

Whitby

Doodlepots Ceramic Cafe Whatever your age or artistic ability, you can create something unique to treasure for ever at Doodlepots. Choose an item to paint from our wide range of plain ceramics - you'll find there's something for everyone from novelty items to useful mugs, plates, bowls, vases etc.

The Dolphin Centre (21 miles)

Darlington

The Dolphin Centre An outstanding pool complex that includes an 8-lane, 25m competition standard swimming pool, Training Pool, Interactive Toddler Pool, 1m, 3m and 5m Board Diving Pool and two water-slides as well as an Under The Sea themed indoor play area.

Huntfun Darlington Treasure Hunt (21 miles)

Darlington

Huntfun Darlington Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.

Ruff 'N' Tumble Adventure World (21 miles)

Newton Aycliffe

Ruff 'N' Tumble Adventure World - is a haven for your kids to play and wear themselves out. It has all the latest equipment to put the biggest smiles on your children's faces. They can race their friends down the three lane giant Waterfall Slide, climb to the top of the Castle and experience the thrill of the scary Drop Slide, or prepare for battle in the Ball Blast Cannon Arena.

Buttercups Ceramic Studio (21 miles)

Hurworth-on-Tees

Buttercups Ceramic Studio you can paint a piece of functional pottery such as a mug, plate, bowl, platter and much more or how about a fun item like a money box, figurine or fun home accessory.

Play 'n' Krazy (22 miles)

Bowburn

Play 'n' Krazy ball pools, play frame, slides, football and basket ball areas, and tiny tots explore too, in their own safe space

Ryedale Folk Museum (22 miles)

Pickering

Ryedale Folk Museum Large open air museum for all the family. The museum contains reconstructed buildings including a 1950s post office, iron age roundhouse, Elizabethan manor house and model village, and focuses on life in Ryedale through the ages. The museum also has a Blacksmiths, and livestock such as pigs, sheep and chickens.

Spennymoor Leisure Centre (23 miles)

Spennymoor

Spennymoor Leisure Centre has a free - form Leisure Pool with a large shallow water area and a maximum depth of 1.8 metres. A water slide and wave machine are also available, but these only operate during evening, weekend and school holiday sessions. The pool is approximately 18 metres wide and 30 metres long.

Top Gear Karting (23 miles)

Durham

Top Gear Karting in Durham we give you karting in a disco atmosphere with ultra violet tubes, strobe and spotlights with music and smoke machines, but most importantly safety This is karting and entertainment in one.

Wacky Warehouse - Sandcastle (23 miles)

Sunderland

Wacky Warehouse - Sandcastle Wacky Warehouse - Harbour Lights - i would imagine it is the usual wacky warehouse scenario - sit down and have a rest while the small run themselves ragged in the playcentre - job done!!!

The Play Shack Indoor Play Centre (24 miles)

Shildon

The Play Shack Indoor Play Centre The Indoor Play facility is the Biggest Indoor Soft Play frame in the area featuring 3 Lane Astra Slide, 540 Degree Tube Slide, ball-pools, Rope Bridges, Spooky Corner, Gliders, 5 a Side Football Pitch, separate Toddler Area and much, much more

Down at the Farm (24 miles)

Houghton Le Spring

Down at the Farm You can see a wide range of farm animals including goats, sheep, pigs, donkeys, ponies and chickens, plus a few unusual ones. There is plenty of hands-on fun including reptile handling, sheep/pig racing and washing the sheep. Kids can also climb their way round the adventure trail, pedal round the tiny tots tractor course, dig their way out of the giant sandpit or go mad on the jumping pillow + tractor rides.

The Funky Farm (24 miles)

Northallerton

The Funky Farm - main area includes giant astra slide, ball pool, pulley & wow pool - Large football and basketball court.

Locomotion (24 miles)

Shildon

Locomotion This hands-on interactive experiences brings teh reality of the railways over the last 200 years fully to life. The museum celebrates Shildon's history as one of the world's oldest railway towns. The first passenger train on the first passenger railway in the world left from here in 1825.

Durham Botanic Garden (24 miles)

Durham City

Durham Botanic Garden has plant collections from around the world as well as a woodland garden, alpine garden and bamboo grove. In the glasshouses there's a collection of tropical rainforest plants, desert plants, and more familiar plants from the mediterranean. It also has some tropical bugs, scorpions and tarantulas. In late summer to early spring the arboretum is grazed by rare breed sheep.

Prince Bishop River Cruiser (24 miles)

Durham City

Prince Bishop River Cruiser The Prince Bishop River Cruiser is a one hour cruise that takes in many of the city's sights from the unique perspective of the River Wear. On the trip to the Cathedral you will take in some spectacular views of the cities bridges, the castle and many of the Durham University buildings.

Robin Hood's Bay (25 miles)

Robin Hoods Bay

Robin Hood's Bay absolutely stunning scenery, great little shops (including fab fish and chips!) and lots to do (check weblink) - great place to go for a family day out in North Yorkshire

Huntfun Durham Treasure Hunt (25 miles)

Durham

Huntfun Durham Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.

Adventure Valley (25 miles)

Durham

Adventure Valley With three outdoor play zones, there's hours of fun at Adventure Valley. Weather forecast not looking great for your day out? Don't worry, Adventure Valley also has 3 fantastic indoor play zones too

Kascada Bowling (25 miles)

Durham City

Kascada Bowling 20 state of the art lanes, Kascada can cater for parties of up to 200 ten pin bowlers and offers special combination deals to suit everyone. Kascada also contains Arcadia, a fully interactive video arcade and Diner Express

Smugglers (25 miles)

Robin Hoods Bay

Smugglers Miniature village streets to walk around depicting the sounds, smells and lifestyle of smuggling life in the 17thC.

Whitworth Hall - Bobby Shaftos (25 miles)

Spennymoor

Whitworth Hall - Bobby Shaftos The restaurant offers a fantastic menu and children can play in the indoor or outdoor play area. In the summer months you can dine on the patio at the lakeside and watch the deer and the ducks at play. The park abounds with wild life with squirrels, wild geese, swans and even the odd heron.

Helmsley Open Air Swimming Pool (25 miles)

Helmsley

Helmsley Open Air Swimming Pool 20m heated outdoor pool.

Boyne Play Pit and Cafe (25 miles)

Langley Moor

Boyne Play Pit and Cafe The centre can take up to 35 children, This is extreamly clean and has a sound proof cafe with viewing into the play area. Not the bigest but you'll go a long way to beat it.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (25 miles)

Sunderland

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day.The stunning Winter Gardens stimulates the senses with over 1,500 flowers and plants brought together in a spectacular showcase of the world's natural beauty.

Rosebud Ceramics (25 miles)

Sunderland

Rosebud Ceramics An extensive selection of templates, stencils,stamps and other tools which are available, anyone of any age and ability can create a perfect, one of a kind gift for any occasion or their very own masterpiece to show off at home.

Sunderland Aquatic Centre (26 miles)

Sunderland

Sunderland Aquatic Centre Extra length swimming pool, with teaching pool and a truly excellent range of diving facilities. FREE swim programme in place for under 16s and over 60s, ask for details.

Sunderland Stadium of Light Tour (26 miles)

Sunderland

Sunderland Stadium of Light Tour Imagine what it feels like running out at the start of the game. The referee has pressed the five-minute buzzer in his dressing room, the sound of Prokofiev engulfs the stadium, thousands of people are on their feet in anticipation and then as you emerge into the arena the stadium erupts as Sunderland are Ready to Go!

Sunderland Wall (27 miles)

Sunderland

Sunderland Wall Sunderland Wall - great climbing wall in Tyne and Wear check our weblink for more details - click the i button

Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting North Yorkshire you keep sending in.
Now the summer holidays are upon us, we're trying to find as many things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor soft playcentres, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, castles, railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, ten pin bowling alleys, steam railways and other tourist attractions.

Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys.

So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't listed above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people on holidays and all the other children in North Yorkshire can enjoy the great day out as well.

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