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Summer Holidays
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Summer Fun at Beamish 2025
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Children/Family events
Stanley
Enjoy a fantastic summer of fun at Beamish Museum!
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- 19 July 2025to1 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Big "Bath Bomb" Science
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Children/Family events
Bargate Bank, Lanchester
This Summer we welcome back Big Science for some more exciting and fun experiments, this time centred around bath bombs.
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- 6 Aug 2025Open 11:30 - 12:30
Hardwick Conservation Champions 2025
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Children/Family events
Sedgefield
Become a Durham Countryside Conservation Champion this Summer through our park experience.
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- 4 Aug 2025to8 Aug 2025Open 09:00 - 16:00
Free Family Summer Fun Day
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Children/Family events
Helford Road, Peterlee
Looking for something exciting to do with the kids this summer? Peterlee Town Council is bringing you free Family Fun Days packed with entertainment, activities, and summer vibes!
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- 4 Aug 2025Open 10:30 - 15:30
Durham Fringe Festival: The Wonder Years
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Family Fun
Durham
Magician, Tim Lichfield, was first bitten by the magic bug at the tender age of 7.
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- 23 July 2025Open 15:45 -
Crazy Creatures - Durham University Botanic Garden
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Children/Family events
Durham
Get interactive with the Crazy Creatures visiting the Garden for the day.
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- 14 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
LGBTQIA+ Object Trail - The Bowes Museum
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Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
Explore The Bowes Museum’s collection through a different lens and learn about the stories and emotions objects hold through the lived experiences of those who identify as LGBTQIA+.
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- 1 May 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Bug Hunt - The Bowes Museum
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Family Fun
Barnard Castle
Embark on playful bug hunt to spot artworks around the museum that feature insects, vibrant colours and striking patterns. This interactive session invites curious explorers to engage their senses and uncover how nature has inspired artist and…
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- 22 July 2025to2 Sept 2025Various Opening Times
S&DR200: Coal, Canals and Carriages: The Story of Raby and the Railways
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Festival
Staindrop
Raby Castle will celebrate the year with stories associated with 19th-century inventions, including the reactions of landowners and farmers to trains, as well as how travel evolved into a privilege for the upper classes from their collections.
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- 28 June 2025to31 Oct 2025Open 11:00 - 16:00
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- 3 July 2025to29 Oct 2025Various Opening Times
S&DR200 - All Change
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Exhibition
South Road, Durham City
Through authentic voices from letters, diaries, court papers, and other day-to-day records from their collections, The Story will uncover the impact of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on the socio-economic fabric of the region.
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- 25 May 2025to26 Jan 2026
Princesses & Superheroes - Tweddle Children's Animal Farm
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Family Fun
Blackhall Colliery
Join us for a magical day as Princesses and Heroes take over the farm! Dress up as your favourite character and join in with their exciting performances. Face painting will be available throughout the day free of charge!
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- 2 Aug 2025to3 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Parkland Play - The Bowes Museum
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Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
Explore the museum with our spotting and drawing activities and enjoy our outside spaces with the Pocket Parkland Playbook, specially designed to help you get creative with the natural materials around you. All available from reception.
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- 1 May 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Hardwick Holiday Club 2025 - Hardwick Park
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Children/Family events
Sedgefield
Join us this August for Hardwick Holiday Club. Each day will offer opportunities to explore and discover a range of outdoor adventures while making new friends, playing games, and learning new skills. Holiday Club will include a themed morning…
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- 11 Aug 2025to15 Aug 2025Open 09:00 - 16:00
Durham Fringe Festival: Jeddy Bear & Gary Save The World
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Children/Family events
Durham City
Expect an action-packed adventure with funny skits, games, world record attempts and the usual pie facing madness.
Dates
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- 23 July 2025to24 July 2025Various Opening Times
Forest Club - Hardwick Park
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Family Fun
Sedgefield
Forest Club is a hands-on experience designed to engage children with the world around them through natural and play based activities. The programme is aimed at children between two and six years of age. Each session will include a different …
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- 29 July 2025Open 10:00 - 12:00
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- 26 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 12:00
Hair Braids & Milkshakes - Lanchester Garden Centre
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Children/Family events
Bargate Bank, Lanchester
Join us for some more hair-raising fun with another helping of our Hair Braids & Milkshakes event.
Dates
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- 15 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 16:30
Artist Makers - The Bowes Museum
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Children/Family events
Barnard Castle
Make time for making; join in and get creative. An opportunity to try out new techniques, materials and experiment with the Museum’s team of artists, makers and designers in the Create Space.
Dates
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- 4 Jan 2025to3 Jan 2026Various Opening Times
Sunken Shipwrecks at The Oriental Museum
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Children/Family events
Durham City
Hunt for the Tek Sing shipwreck and learn how underwater archaeologists study shipwrecks.
Venue
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- 23 July 2025Open 13:00 - 15:00
Adventure Cinema at Raby Castle
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Film
Staindrop
Outdoor cinema at Raby Castle.
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- 18 July 2025Open 19:30 -
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- 19 July 2025Open 18:30 -
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- 20 July 2025Open 13:30 -
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- 20 July 2025Open 19:30 -
S&DR200 - Fuelling the Railway Revolution
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Exhibition
Bishop Auckland
This special exhibition explores the inextricable link between coal mining and the railways.
Venue
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- 27 June 2025to21 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
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