Family Days Out in Northumberland

Northumberland has a great variety of family-based fun for your next day out. If the weather happens to be nice then you can’t beat a beautiful journey with Golden Gate Boat Trips who specialise in excursions to the scenic Farne Islands where the kids will enjoy the opportunity to see puffins and grey seals. Being so close to the Scottish border the Northumberland area contains a number of excellent castles many of which have fascinating exhibitions that cater for children and interestingly animate their pasts. One of the best of the bunch is Alnwick Castle which the children might recognise from some of the Harry Potter movies and you might recognise from the Blackadder T.V. series! At Alnwick there’s even the chance for the children to dress up as ladies and lords, practice their swordplay and jousting as knights as well as informative tours from the castle guides. For the younger knights there’s another castle that might be of even more appeal: Castle Mania in Morpeth. Castle Mania is of the soft play variety and has a series of fun, castle-themed activity areas with wobbly rope bridges, slides, climbing frames and swings. So come to Northumberland for a great family day out together.

Recommended family days out in Northumberland

Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick, Northumberland

	Bailiffgate Museum Is one of those living museums, where people talk about their own experiences enhanced with interactive displays. The history of Alnwick and District is explored with themes that include its recent local industries to its violent past, in this hotly contested bo...
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Castle Mania, Morpeth, Northumberland

	Castle Mania is themed play centre, as you can guess, based on the idea of a castle. Unlike real castles it is mainly made of soft materials and has fun rather than fighting as its theme. There are wobbly rope bridges, swings, slides and shutes, in fact more than enough to keep the li...
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Lindisfarne Castle, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland

	You can only visit this incredibly romantic castle if the kids don’t require a buggy ride. It’s also not very accessible as the 3-mile causeway to Holy Island is closed from two hours before high tide until three hours after and you are not allowed to walk it! Hope this is not...
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Woodhorn, Ashington, Northumberland

	The Woodhorn Museum, Archive and Country Park was once the site of a large coal mine and one of its many attractions for children is to give them a very realistic simulation of what it was like to work in a mine. However this is the 21st century and the hard days of the past are brought bac...
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Golden Gate Boat Trips, Seahouses, Northumberland

	A boat trip is always exciting for young children and the Golden Gate Boat Trips Company have offers that are difficult to refuse. They chug out to the beautiful Farne Islands and have a tour to the famous Longstone Lighthouse. The Golden Gate is also the only boat licensed to lan...
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