Check our handy map to help find family-friendly Sports and Games in the North East including: tenpin bowling, mini golf, climbing walls, karting, laser tag, paintball, & more. More details in our A-Z below👇
Details are subject to change, please check directly with providers for the latest updates, opening times and booking requirements.
📌 Meadowfield Industrial Estate, Durham, DH7 8TZ
Catering for every level of climber, the Advanced area (ages 12+) has a good selection of routes in coloured circuits, the Junior wall has easier problems and gentle slopes. There are Parent and Toddler sessions on weekdays mornings on the Junior wall.
👉 For more info, visit @Durham Climbing Centre
🎫 From £4 (discounts with membership)
📌 Heworth Leisure Centre, Gateshead, NE10 0PD
The ultimate surfing and body-boarding experience suitable for children and adults, and holds up to eight people at a time so your friends can all get involved.
👉 For more info, visit @GO Gateshead
🎫 From £10-£12 pp
Age 5+ (plus height restrictions)
📌 Galleries Retail Park, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 7RZ
American themed ten pin bowling alley, with amusements and American diner.
👉 For more info, visit @HWBWashington
🎫 From £5.35-£6.35pp | Families from £22.23
📌 Hangmans Lane, Sunderland, SR3 2PR
One of the largest karting circuits in the UK, with a highly experienced team, paintball (age 8+), competitive archery and tomahawk games (age 8+) and the fastest hire off-road rage buggies in the UK (age 12+).
👉 For more info, visit @knekartingnortheast
🎫 From £25pp
From age 8+
📌John Street, Sunderland, SR1 1RH
An action packed sci-fi adventure with infra red equipment and a futuristic body pack. Navigate the Labyrinth, with mazes and catwalks on two levels, swirling fog and other effects. Laser Quest is also the home of Clue HQ live escape game and Galaxy Quest Minigolf.
👉 For more info, visit @LQSunderland
🎫 From £5.95pp
Recommended age 7+
📌 Sea Road, South Shields, South Tyneside, NE33 2LD
A fun indoor game ideal for kids and adults of all ages, located within Ocean Beach Pleasure Park which is packed with attractions, rides and food outlets.
👉 For more info, visit @Quasar.Shields
🎫 Prices from £8 pp (party/group discounts available)
Age 6+
📌 The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RZ
Three space-themed courses, with atmospheric surroundings including a secret airship hangar and a crash landing on the moon. Each course has 9 holes designed to suit all ages and abilities. Plus electro-darts, ping pong, pool and restaurant & bar.
👉 For more info, visit @MrMulligansNewcastle
🎫 From £9 pp | Family £34.50
📌 St Marks Church, Shields Rd, Newcastle, NE6 2UQ
Taster sessions, introductory courses and instruction in a unique listed building, providing a spectacular climbing environment with over 1,200sqm of climbing walls for roped climbing, lead wall and bouldering, from novice to expert level.
👉 For more info, visit @newcastleclimbingcentre
🎫 From £7.50pp (discounts with various membership/passes)
Ages 5+
📌 King Street, Gateshead, NE8 2YE
Indoor paintball, laser tag, airsoft or NERF wars in a 15,000 sq ft, 2-floor indoor arena. Different game zones with cool props, such as a full size tube train, two stories train station, shops, hospital, autopsy room, and ‘infected’ town.
👉 For more info, visit @nolimitsnewcastle
🎫 Laser Tag/NERF from £15pp | Airsoft from £28 | Paintball from £30
Age 6+ for Laser Tag/NERF, age 11+ other activities
📌 Shaftsbury Avenue, Jarrow, South Tyneside, NE32 3UP
A 10,000sqft indoor skate park facility for BMX, skateboard, inline and scooter riders of all ages, featuring ramps suitable for beginners to the more experienced.
👉 For more info, visit @OverrideSkatepark
🎫 From £5.20 pp
General sessions age 5+
📌 High Gosforth Park, Newcastle, NE3 5HQ
Set on the grounds of High Gosforth Park, offering a range of golfing facilities to cater for any age and ability. There is a 28 bay driving range, an 18 hole golf course and an 18 hole mini-golf course suitable for ages 3+.
👉 For more info, visit @GolfForAll
🎫 From £4pp | Family mini-golf from £15
Ages 3+
📌 Pallion Quay, Sunderland, SR4 6TQ
Boasting a 23 metre lead wall, over 900m2 of climbing and bouldering and over 120 routes, suitable for all abilities. There’s a range of classes and kids clubs, including a bouldering class for ages 3 – 7 years. Equipment hire available on site.
👉 For more info, visit @sunderlandwall159
🎫 From £5-£7pp
Age 3+
📌 Scotswood Road, Newcastle, NE15 6UX
With two multi-level race tracks, each accommodating over 16 karts at a time, you can race against friends and friends. TeamSport’s Cadet Karts are especially designed to be safe and comfortable for kids from 8 years.
👉 For more info, visit @TeamSport Karting (Newcastle upon Tyne)
🎫 From £33pp
Age 8+ (also required to have an inside leg measurement of at least 25 inches)
📌 Sea Road, South Shields, South Tyneside, NE33 2LD
Sea front Entertainment Centre on with arcade, 10 pin bowling, and five-tiered soft play plus sensory area and football pitches. Restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, pub meals and carvery.
👉 For more info, visit @dunesadventureisland
🎫 Soft Play from £3-£7 per child (under 1s free)
Bowling from £4-£6
📌 Rennys Lane Ind Est, Gilesgate Moor, Durham, DH1 2RS
200m indoor go karting track with a disco atmosphere, including ultra violet tubes, strobes, spotlights, music and smoke machines. Competition sessions or basic open sessions, designed to just enjoy or to improve your racing techniques.
👉 For more info, visit @topgearkarting
🎫 From £20pp
Age 8+ (min height 4ft 2in)
📌 Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE25 8HP
Open all year round for fun, exercise and developing skills. There are open sessions and various classes, including a gentle introductory class for 2-6 year olds. There is a weekly skate disco on Friday nights. You can also watch Whitley Warriors Ice Hockey team matches.
👉 For more info, visit @Whitleybayicerink
🎫 From £7-£8 pp | Family from £27 (plus £3 charge applies for skate hire)
Age 2+
