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  1. Add Heritage Open Days: Cotherstone Old Chapel Project to your Itinerary

    Heritage Open Days: Cotherstone Old Chapel Project

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    Heritage Open Days

    Barnard Castle

    Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, also village school until 1965. Now community owned/run shop, café and heritage centre. Special display of material showing the history and refurbishment of the building. Guided walk leaflet. Refreshments.

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
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    20 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Heritage Open Days: Cotherstone Old Chapel Project

  2. Add Heritage Open Days - St Laurence’s Church, Pittington to your Itinerary

    Heritage Open Days - St Laurence’s Church, Pittington

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    Type:

    Heritage Open Days

    High Pittington

    Visit St Laurence Church. Refreshments available.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Heritage Open Days - St Laurence’s Church, Pittington

  3. Add Summer Yoga at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Summer Yoga at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham

    Join our experienced Yoga instructors from Yoga Union (Thursdays) Kalma Life (Wednesdays) for a guided session of child-friendly Yoga in our beautiful building.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Aug 2025Open 10:30 -
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    27 Aug 2025Open 13:30 -
    More info for Summer Yoga at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

  4. Add Wild Yoga at Rainton Meadows to your Itinerary

    Wild Yoga at Rainton Meadows

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    Wellness Event

    Houghton le Spring

    Join Roy Moor for Wild Yoga, outside at Rainton Meadows. *Please note, this is not a Durham Wildlife Trust event.

    Dates

    From:
    12 Aug 2025to30 Sept 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for Wild Yoga at Rainton Meadows

  5. Add Bingo Night - High Farm Holiday Park to your Itinerary

    Bingo Night - High Farm Holiday Park

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    Local Events

    Bishop Auckland

    Bingo Night: Gather your squad for a night of bingo, laughs, and tasty treats!

    Dates

    From:
    29 Aug 2025Open 18:30 - 22:30
    More info for Bingo Night - High Farm Holiday Park

  6. Add East Grange Sunflowers - East Grange Farm to your Itinerary

    East Grange Sunflowers - East Grange Farm

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham

    Welcome to our 12-acre field bursting with 12,000,000 sunflowers! That's the equivalent of strolling through a field stretching across 7 football pitches!

    Dates

    From:
    15 Aug 2025to24 Aug 2025
    More info for East Grange Sunflowers - East Grange Farm

  7. Add Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park to your Itinerary

    Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Sedgefield

    Outdoor discover sessions involving storytelling, crafts activities, interactive trails, games and woodland play.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 13:00
    More info for Step into Storytime: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell - Hardwick Park

  8. Add Exhibition Celebrating 60 Years of the Pennine Way - A Trail of Inspiration to your Itinerary

    Exhibition Celebrating 60 Years of the Pennine Way - A Trail of Inspiration

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    Exhibition

    Newbiggin

    Throughout 2025 there will be a rolling exhibition along the trail - showcasing how people have been inspired by the Pennine Way and inspiring others to get out and walk a bit (or even all!) of the route.

    Dates

    From:
    3 July 2025to31 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Exhibition Celebrating 60 Years of the Pennine Way - A Trail of Inspiration

  9. Add Boyzlife Live in Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Boyzlife Live in Durham Cathedral

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    Type:

    Concert

    The College, Durham

    Keith Duffy & Brian McFadden will be performing the greatest hits from Boyzone & Westlife live in Durham Cathedral with their full band in October.

    Dates

    From:
    25 Oct 2025Open 19:00 -
    More info for Boyzlife Live in Durham Cathedral

  10. Add Viking Weekend - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Viking Weekend - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

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    Type:

    Family Fun

    Durham

    On Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September head to Ushaw for their Viking Weekend where history comes alive!

    Dates

    From:
    27 Sept 2025to28 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Viking Weekend - Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

  11. Add Jim Smith "Prime Cuts" - The Witham to your Itinerary

    Jim Smith "Prime Cuts" - The Witham

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    Type:

    Comedy

    Barnard Castle

    Jim Smith is one of Scotland's most beloved farming comedians, bringing his unique blend of rural humour and sharp storytelling to audiences across the country.

    Dates

    From:
    7 Dec 2025Open 19:30 - 21:30
    More info for Jim Smith "Prime Cuts" - The Witham

  12. Add British Landscapes in the Bishop Trevor Rooms - Auckland Palace to your Itinerary

    British Landscapes in the Bishop Trevor Rooms - Auckland Palace

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    Type:

    Exhibition

    Bishop Auckland

    Explore the birth of British landscape painting through works by 18th-century masters including Gainsborough, Reynolds, Stubbs, and Wilson. Set within the historic apartments of Bishop Trevor, this exhibition charts the rise of a genre that shaped…

    Dates

    From:
    2 July 2025to30 Nov 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for British Landscapes in the Bishop Trevor Rooms - Auckland Palace

  13. Add The Plotters’ Forest Enchanted Christmas Trail at Raby Castle Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    The Plotters’ Forest Enchanted Christmas Trail at Raby Castle Park and Gardens

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    Type:

    Christmas and New Year

    Staindrop

    Enchanted Christmas Trail at The Plotters’ Forest – Day & Evening Experiences. Step into a world of festive wonder this Christmas.

    Venue

    Raby Castle, Park and Gardens, Staindrop

    Dates

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    15 Nov 2025to16 Nov 2025
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    22 Nov 2025to23 Nov 2025
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    29 Nov 2025to30 Nov 2025
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    3 Dec 2025to7 Dec 2025
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    6 Dec 2025to7 Dec 2025
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    10 Dec 2025to14 Dec 2025
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    13 Dec 2025to24 Dec 2025
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    17 Dec 2025to23 Dec 2025
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    29 Dec 2025to31 Dec 2025
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    1 Jan 2026to4 Jan 2026
    More info for The Plotters’ Forest Enchanted Christmas Trail at Raby Castle Park and Gardens

  14. Add Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral

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    Type:

    Historical

    Durham

    Join us on this exclusive tour of the Cathedral’s secret spaces that are rarely open to the general public.

    Dates

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    28 Aug 2025Open 13:00 -
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    4 Sept 2025Open 13:00 -
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    11 Sept 2025Open 13:00 -
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    23 Oct 2025Open 13:00 -
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    28 Oct 2025Open 13:00 -
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    1 Nov 2025Open 13:00 -
    More info for Magna Carta - Secret Spaces - Durham Cathedral

  15. Add Family Activities: Tea Time - Durham University Oriental Museum to your Itinerary

    Family Activities: Tea Time - Durham University Oriental Museum

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    Type:

    Family Fun

    Durham City

    Learn about the Japanese tea ceremony, get hands on with Japanese objects and decorate your own tea bowl.

    Dates

    From:
    29 Aug 2025Open 13:00 - 15:00
    More info for Family Activities: Tea Time - Durham University Oriental Museum

  16. Add Festival of Fireworks at Durham Cricket to your Itinerary

    Festival of Fireworks at Durham Cricket

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    Type:

    Bonfire Night

    Chester le Street

    The Festival of Fireworks is back and set to light up the skies over Banks Homes Riverside on Saturday 1st November 2025 in collaboration with Chester-le-Street CC.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Nov 2025Open 19:30 -
    More info for Festival of Fireworks at Durham Cricket

  17. Add Singing Break at Auckland Palace to your Itinerary

    Singing Break at Auckland Palace

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    Type:

    Music Event

    Bishop Auckland

    An inspirational and uplifting weekend of singing in the company of composer, singer and music director Joanna Forbes l'Estrange in the magnificent setting of Auckland Palace. Participants will have the opportunity to sing Joanna's major new work, A…

    Dates

    From:
    10 Oct 2025Open 13:00 - 16:00
    More info for Singing Break at Auckland Palace

  18. Add Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North to your Itinerary

    Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Beamish

    Visit our 1940s Farm to learn about life in the British countryside during the Second World War.

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025to21 Sept 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
    More info for Home Front, Home Farm 2025 - Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

  19. Add Nature crafts: Summer of Play at Crook Hall Gardens to your Itinerary

    Nature crafts: Summer of Play at Crook Hall Gardens

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    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Durham City

    Be inspired by nature and create some wild art.

    Dates

    From:
    19 Aug 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
    From:
    26 Aug 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
    More info for Nature crafts: Summer of Play at Crook Hall Gardens

  20. Add Adventures in Wonderland: An Immersive Experience - Raby Castle Park and Gardens to your Itinerary

    Adventures in Wonderland: An Immersive Experience - Raby Castle Park and Gardens

    Type

    Type:

    Children/Family events

    Staindrop

    Raby Castle, Park and Gardens is encouraging families to journey down the rabbit hole this summer with an Alice in Wonderland inspired takeover of the castle grounds.

    Dates

    From:
    19 July 2025to17 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
    More info for Adventures in Wonderland: An Immersive Experience - Raby Castle Park and Gardens