Check our handy map to help find Things to Do in North Tyneside with Kids, with something for all ages including kiddie friendly museums, trampolines parks, karting, the best parks, walks & playgrounds, and lots 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.
📌 Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 2HU
A soft play café aimed at 0-8 years. The three level soft play frame has lots to explore while you can relax and enjoy a tasty treat whilst still knowing where your little one is. Also with a large baby area and a dedicated sensory room, available for private hire.
👉 For more info, visit @acornandoakplaycafe
🎫 From £3.25 – £6 per child per 1h 45min session (siblings 0-6 months free).
Sensory room: £15 for 3 adults & 3 children per 1h session.
📌 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
📌 114 Park View, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 3QL
Arts & Crafts Studio offering drop-in craft & create sessions, Sunday workshops, pre-school sessions Wed-Fri mornings, parties & events and a monthly ladies night. Hot and cold drinks available.
👉 For more info, visit @crafthousene
🎫 Drop in sessions from £3.50-£6 per hour
Materials costs vary (e.g. canvases, MDF shapes, wooden letters, journals etc.)
📌 Cullercoats Bay, North Tyneside, NE30 4BY
A sandy bay enclosed by two piers, with nearby dining options including cafe, takeaway and pub. Moderate coastal walks of around 3-4 miles to Whitley Bay beach or Tynemouth beach.
👉 Free
📌 156 Park View, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 3QW
Pottery painting and clay imprints/outprints of hand prints, footprints etc.
👉 For more info, visit @Hotpotz Ceramic Painting Studio
📌 Albion Road, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE30 2RQ
An old church with three-tiered soft play, two separate toddler areas, car track, large ball pool and bouncy castle. Cafe serving breakfast, lunch, main meals and treats.
👉 For more info, visit @kikiskabin
🎫 From £3.95-£4.25 (under 1’s free)
📌 9 Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 1LY
Role play cafe including supermarket, cinema, doctors, American diner, beauty salon, ice cream palour, dress up and ride on toys and road. Cafe serving snacks and treats.
For more info, visit @littleybay
🎫 From £2.50-£6 per child, additional adults £2 pp (0-6 month old siblings free)
📌 Grand Parade, Tynemouth, North Tyneside, NE30 4JL
Beach with around a mile of dunes and cliffs. Tynemouth Park with boating lake, dinosaur themed mini-golf, pirate themed maze & scavenger hunt, and inflatable play areas for toddlers and older children. Cafe serving snacks and takeaway serving fish & chips.
👉 For more info, visit @tynemouthpark
🎫 Pedalos/Golf/Inflatables/Maze: from £3
📌 Osprey Drive, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 9NP
‘ODEON Newbies’ are regular baby-friendly screenings of the latest releases with softer volume and slightly brighter lights for the comfort of under 2’s. ‘ODEON Kids’ are special value screenings every Saturday and Sunday morning, plus throughout the school holidays.
👉 For more info, visit @ODEONNewcastleEast
📌 Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 1LZ
Packed program with family-friendly shows, in a state of the art coastal resort.
👉 For more info, visit @playhousewb
📌 North Road, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 8RH
Victorian park with formal gardens, lake and woodland walks, sports courts, skate park and playground with swings, slides and toddler playframe. Plus a water play feature with trough and pump. Cafe serving snacks and treats.
👉 Free
📌 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
📌 Buddlestreet, Wallsend, North Tyneside, NE28 6HR
The most excavated and developed fort along Hadrian’s Wall, featuring a 35m high observation tower, Roman garden and colliery. Museum displaying Roman artifacts with interactive displays, kids craft activities and cafe.
👉 For more info, visit @segedunum
🎫 Adults: £5.95 (under 16s & NE28 residents free)
📌 Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 4RS
St Mary’s Island is reached by a short causeway covered by tides twice a day, with exhibits on the lighthouse’s history and surrounding Nature Reserve, including cliffs, grassland, beaches and rock pools. Brave the 137 steps to enjoy spectacular views from the top.
👉 For more info, visit @St. Mary’s Lighthouse
🎫 From £1.70-£3.30 pp / Family from £7.70
📌 Middle Engine Lane, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE29 8DX
Steam railway museum with interactive exhibitions and a range locomotives and carriages. On Sundays, bank holidays (and selected dates) take a four mile return trip on a vintage locomotive in 1950s passenger carriages.
👉 For more info, visit @stephensonrailway
🎫 Museum free (donations welcome).
Train rides from £5-£7 pp / Family from £17 (under 5s free)
Seasonal opening, typically closed Nov-Jan (excluding special events)
📌 Claremont Crescent, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 3HL
Three-tiered soft play with rope bridges and slides, plus toddler area with log climb and slide and baby area with play mats and toys. Story time on Mondays and Fridays included in entry fee, also two resident talking trees. Cafe serving lunch and main meals.
👉 For more info, visit @TheWBTreehouse
🎫 From £1-£4 per child
Toddler discount selected times Tuesdays/Thursdays: £2
📌 Pier Road, Tynemouth, North Tyneside, NE30 4BZ
An English Heritage site on the headland of Tynemouth, with fantastic views overlooking the river Tyne and North Sea. There are interactive exhibits on the history of the site, including the ruined castle, priory, 15th century chapel, restored gun battery and cannon.
👉 For more info, visit @TynemouthPriory
🎫 From £4.70-£7.80 pp / Family £12.50-£20.30 (under 5s free)
Seasonal opening – varies from daily to weekends only throughout colder months
📌 The Links, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 1TQ
Swimming pool with wave machine and flume slides, and children’s play pool featuring pirate ship with small slides. Compact two-tiered soft play, gym, spa and coffee shop serving snacks and treats. Also after school and school holiday activities offered.
👉 For more info, visit @wavesNTC
🎫 From 70p-£6.50 pp / Family from £9.30 – £21.70
Cardholder discounts
📌 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+
📌 Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, NE26 4RS
A long sand and rock beach, with a tearoom, pancake house and restaurant within the seafront Spanish City dome, which hosts an annual fun fair in late August. Nearby is Whitley Bay Water Park playground & sports area, with sand pit and water splash pad, including a variety of spray features and a paddling pool.
👉 Free. For more info, visit North Tyneside Council
