Check our handy map to help find Animals, Farms & More in the North East, including FREE farms & pets’ corners, adventure farms, zoos and an aquarium. 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.
📌 Union Hall Farm, Brasside, Durham, DH1 5SG
Adventure Valley is North East’s biggest Family Adventure Park! With over 50 activities and attractions, themed events every school holiday, outdoor adventure play, 18,000 sq feet of indoor play, undercover Farm Yard & Creature Corner and acres of more!
👉 For more info, visit @AdventureV
🎫 Tickets from £8.95 – £14.20 (babies & 1 year old’s: free)
Passes: Term Time – £35 pp per year. Annual – £70-£75 pp
📌 Chopwell Woods, High Spen, Gateshead
Alpaca walking in the beautiful surroundings of Chopwell Wood. You will fall in love with these beautiful gentle creatures. A lovely family adventure. Duration of walk: Approximately one hour
👉 For more info, visit @alpacasinthewoods
🎫 Adults £35 per alpaca | Additional adults: £15 | Additional children (8-16 years): £10
Alpacas are gentle animals, but all children must be supervised by an accompanying adult, who must be responsible for their safety.
📌 Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG
Open air museum set in 300+ acres recreating life in the early 1800s and 1900s, with farm, tram, replica steam train and fairground rides (selected dates).
👉 For more info, visit @BeamishLivingMuseum
🎫 Unlimited annual pass £11.50-£19.50 pp / Family £36.50-£51 (under 5s free)
📌 Bill Quay, Gateshead, NE10 0UE
An organic rare breeds farm with large and small animals. Free to visit, plus regular events and activities and Bill Quay Cafe on site.
👉 For more info, visit @billquayfarm
🎫 Free (charges may apply for events)
📌 Tynemouth, North Tyneside, NE3O 4JF
Over 40 different displays, from local waters to the more exotic, including black tip reef shark and cownose rays, seals and monkeys. Watch colourful fish all around as you walk through the ocean tunnel.
👉 For more info, visit @TynemouthAquarium
🎫 From £8.50 – £10.95 | Family from £37.90
📌 Near Witton Gilbert, Durham, DH7 6TR
A working organic farm with onsite café, farm shop, picnic area and outdoors play area, plus Forest Adventure available from Spring-Autumn (online booking required), with puzzling quiz trails, zip wires, tunnels and more.
👉 For more info, visit @BroomHouseDurham
🎫 Farm & play area: free entry.
Forest Adventure: £6.50 (under 2 years: free)
📌 Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH5 8JG
Large and small domestic and exotic animals, with handling/feeding sessions. Plus plenty of outdoor activities including two outdoor adventure play areas, jumping pillows, sandpit, tube maze, tractor-trailer rides, quad biking, barrel ride and racing car track.
👉 For more info, visit @Animalfunfarm
🎫 From £6.45 | Family from £23 (under 2 years: free)
*Opening hours vary seasonally, usually closed Nov-Jan apart from special events
📌 Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0TA
Over 700 acres with plenty to do, including: lamb feeding, donkey rides, baby chicks & rabbit handling, feed the animals, puppet shows, tractor & barrel train rides, crazy golf, outdoor play area, indoor soft play and tea room.
👉 For more info, visit @Hall Hill Farm
🎫 From £7.75 – £8.50pp (under 2’s: free)
*Opening hours vary seasonally, usually closed Nov-Jan apart from special events
📌 Village and Bede Museum, Church Bank, Jarrow, South Tyneside, NE32 3DY
Museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Venerable Bede along with Anglo-Saxon dwellings, set in 11 acre grounds including a farm with rare-breed and rescued animals.
👉 For more info, visit @JarrowHallOfficial
🎫 From £3-£5 pp / Family from £16
*Opening hours vary seasonally, check with organiser – closed mid Dec until Feb
📌 Jesmond, Newcastle, NE7 7DA
Woodland stretching over three kilometres with streams, waterfalls and a network of paths and bridges. Some parts of the stream are suitable for paddling. There’s a visitors centre, café and outdoor play area with slides and nest swing. Plus ‘Pet’s Corner’ including pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits and birds.
👉 For more info, visit @urbangreenncl
🎫 Free, donations welcome.
📌 Ryton, Gateshead, NE40 3JB
Offering unique falconry experiences from a number of locations. Watch demonstrations with a variety of hawks and owls, take part in courses or take a Hawk Walk through the woodlands where you can take one of the birds for a private flying experience.
👉 For more info, visit @North East Falconry
🎫 Prices start from £50pp, by appointment only.
Mention ‘Gateshead Mumbler’ on booking for a discounted price on the falconry experience at only £20pp.
📌 Kirkley Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 0AQ
Over 130 species of animal, including reptiles, lemurs, monkeys, wallabies and alpacas, with regular talks and smaller animal feeding/handling sessions. There’s an outdoor activity centre with a rock climbing tower and 120m zip wire.
👉 For more info, visit @northumberlandcollegezoo
🎫 From £4.95 | Family from £21.95 (under 3’s: free)
📌 Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9QH
A wide range of exotic and domestic animals, with regular talks and feeding sessions. Also an outdoor play area, pedal tractors and miniature electric tractors. Indoors there’s a soft play, tea room, tractor museum and displays’ building, plus indoor and outdoor picnic areas.
👉 For more info, visit @NorthumberlandZoo
🎫 From £6.25 | Family Tickets from £27 (under 3s: free)
📌 Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PA
A not-for-profit charity with pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, lizards and tortoises, and animal feeding and petting. Plus a garden and orchard and a cafe serving homemade delights.
👉 For more info, visit @ouseburnfarm
🎫 Free, donations welcome.
📌 Benton, North Tyneside, NE12 9SS
162 hectares of woodlands, grasslands, farmland, walking and cycling trails, and nature reserve with ponds. Play area, cafe and a hillside water play feature with shallow stream by the Rising Sun Countryside Centre. Rising Sun Farm and Earth & Fire Bakery at the South side of the park.
👉 For more info, visit North Tyneside Council
🎫 Free
📌 East Park Road, Gateshead, NE9 5AX
A Victorian park with well-kept gardens, lake, streams, sports facilities, small maze, pet’s corner with rabbits and birds, including peacocks, and toddler and junior play areas, including a sand pit. There is often a Thomas the Tank Engine train ride which drives around the park.
👉 For more info, visit @Gateshead Council
🎫 Free
📌 Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6AW
Family run farm with a range of large and small animals and petting/feeding sessions. Indoor racing cars and 3-tiered soft play with toddler area. Outdoor tractor-trailer rides, pedal go-karts and tractors, frisbee golf, maze, trampolines and adventure playground. Cafe serving breakfast, lunch and main meals.
👉 For more info, visit @whitehousefarm
🎫 From £8.25 | Family from £32.25 (under 2 years: free)
*Opening hours vary seasonally, closed apart from special events Nov-Jan
📌 Washington, Co Durham, NE38 8LE
Rare wildfowl, flamingos, cranes and otters with talks, walks and animal feeding. Plus adventure playground with waterwheels, scramble nets and swings.
👉 For more info, visit @WWT Washington Wetland Centre
🎫 From £5.54-£9.72pp | Family from £26
