Check our handy map to help find Playgroups in Gateshead, more details in our A-Z below👇
Details are subject to change, please check directly with organisers for the latest updates, further info and booking requirements. There may be a waiting list for some activities.
📆 Tuesdays, 9.30-11.15.am
📌 Bill Quay Methodist Church, NE10 0UH
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Snack time for children included, 50p extra for tea, coffee and biscuits for parents. Entry via the hall entrance to Bill Quay Church, which is on Morley Avenue.
👉 £2 per adult. No booking required, info & updates here.
📆 Fridays, 1.15pm
📌 Birtley East Primary School, DH3 1QQ
Children are offered a healthy snack and the opportunity to engage in different activities each week.
👉 Booking recommended, contact 0191 410 2551.
Mondays, 9.30am-12.30pm
Blaydon Youth & Community Centre, NE21 5QE
Lots of fantastic equipment to play with, including bouncy castle and soft play shapes, with a healthy snack and juice for every child. Community Cafe also open for extra refreshments and lunch options.
£3 per child (£1.50 siblings).
No booking required, info & updates here.
📆 Fridays, 9 – 10.30am
📌 Colegate Community Primary School, Felling, NE10 9AH
Lots of opportunities to play and explore.
👉 Register your interest on 0191 420 6626. More info here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.30 – 11am
📌 Dunston Community Centre, NE11 9EB
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Soft play, messy play, arts and crafts, song time, Snacks.
👉 £2 per child. No booking needed. Info & updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.15-10.45am
📌 Kibblesworth Village Millennium Centre, NE11 0XN
Autumn term from 11th Sep 2023
Designated area for little babies with play mats and rattles etc, lots of ride on and role play toys for bigger ones and often sensory trays/crafts too. Not forgetting the snacks and coffee for Mams!
👉 No booking needed. Info & updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.30-11am
📌 Larkspur House, Beacon Lough East, NE9 6SS
A fun and friendly session for children and parents to play, with crafts, snacks and singsongs. Larkspur House is based in Larkspur Primary School.
👉 No booking needed. Info & updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.30am – 12.30pm (Lamp Cafe)
📆 Fridays, 10 – 11.30am (Noah’s Ark)
📌 Marley Hill Community Centre, NE16 5DW
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Noah’s Ark parent and toddler group with toys, books, crafts and snacks as well as refreshments for carers, and a song and story time based on God’s love.
Lamp Cafe pop up sessions on Thursday mornings during term-time, with pre-school toys and soft play shapes. Hot drinks and refreshments available to give the local community a chance to gather.
👉 Noah’s Ark: £2 (siblings £1). Info & updates here.
📅 Wednesdays 10.30 – 11.30 (SEN Stay & Play)
📅 Thursdays, 10.30 & 12.30pm
📌 Birtley, DH3 1QT
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Parent supervised Stay & Play, with lots of equipment including trampoline, bars and beams, and bouncy castle. Cafe will be open to purchase hot food, drinks and snacks. All ages welcome.
👉 From £5 for 1 hour session (non-walkers £3).
Booking required for SEN session only.
Info & updates here.
*More information on structured gymnastics pre-school sessions can be found under Sports Classes here.
📌 Raven Valley Gym Club, Metro Riverside Park, NE11 9DJ
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Raven Rascals and Soft Play are casual non-structured parent and toddler sessions where children can play and utilise the gym equipment, with baby toys, sensory wall, giant soft play shapes and bouncy castles.
From £2.50, no booking needed.
*More information on structured gymnastics sessions Mini Ravens & Independent Minis can be found under Sports Classes here
📆 Tues, Wed & Thurs, 9.30 – 11am
📌 Riverside Primary Academy, Dunston, NE11 9DX
There are plenty toys, games, and activities to keep little ones occupied. Come along and enjoy time with friends in a relaxed environment. Juice and biscuits are provided for the children and tea and coffee for the adults.
👉 £1. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Tuesdays, 9.30 – 11.30am
📌 Sheriff Hill Methodist Church, NE9 5UQ
Learn, play and grow together. Snack and drink provided.
👉 £3 per family. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📌 Springwell Village, NE9 7RP
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
👉 £2 per family. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Fridays, 9-11.30am
📌 St Alban’s Centre, Windy Nook, NE10 9SU
Come and join us at St. Alban’s Toddler Group. There is a variety of toys and activities for children aged 0-5. Includes a hot drink for the adult and juice and a biscuit for the child. Additional hot drinks can be purchased for 30p.
👉 £2 (extra children 50p). No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Fridays, 9 – 11am
📌 St Andrew’s Church Hall, Whinbrooke, Leam Lane, NE10 8HR
Autumn term from 1st Sep 2023
Baby corner.
Toys and equipment suitable from birth to 3 years.
Arts and Crafts.
Forest School sessions.
Snack time included for children.
Tea and coffee available for adults.
👉 £2 per child (£1 additional siblings).
No booking needed. Info & updates here.
📆 Thursdays & Fridays, 9.30-11am
📌 St Chad’s Community Project, Bensham, NE8 1YN
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Messy play, baby area, toys, arts & crafts, reading area. Refreshments available, tea, coffee, toast and juice.
👉 £1 per child, no booking needed. More info here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.30-11am
📌 St John’s Community Hall, Greenside, NE40 4LF
Footprints baby & toddler group, open to all. Held in community hall opposite St John’s Church.
👉 £1 per family. No booking required, info & updates here.
📆 Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30-11:30am
📌 Scout Hut, Heron House, Whickham, NE16 4SP
Autumn term from Sep 2023
A lovely warm welcoming session with lots of floor toys, arts and crafts, table top toys, dress up, home corner, push chairs, ride on toys and more. There’s snack time and singing nursery rhymes as well, along with a large outside area if the weather is nice.
👉 £2.50 (£1.50 per additional child). Block booking required, first sessions are free.
Message 07813 441 169, or on Facebook here
📆 Wednesdays, 9.30 – 11am
📌 Stargate Comunity Centre, Ryton, NE40 3DX
A great range of toys suitable for all ages, various weekly activities for children as well as crafts. When playtime is over there is juice and toast to wind down, then to finish song time with various different instruments.
👉 £2 (under 1 year/siblings: £1). Info and updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 1 – 2.30pm
📌 Swalwell Community Centre
Autumn term from 4th Sep
Stay and play with a variety of toys, soft play shapes, arts and crafts, dress up, parachute and baby toys. Refreshments available. Supported by Swalwell Primary School.
👉 £1 suggested donation. Info & updates here.
📆 Mondays, 2-3.15pm
📌 Teams Life Centre, NE8 2PW
Afternoon run around, with soft play, ride ons, slide, toys, activities and songs in large sports hall. Drinks included.
👉 £2. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Fridays, 12.30-2.30pm
📌 Harras Bank, Birtley, DH3 2LN
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Toys and crafts, along with activities including messy play, songs and of course lots of fun! Tea/coffee available, please bring a drink and a snack for your child. Suitable from around 6 months old to 3 years.
👉 £2.50 per child. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Mondays & Wednesdays, 9.30-11am
📌 Winlaton, Blaydon, NE21 6BY
Parent and toddler group, includes juice and snack for children.
👉 £2 per family. No booking needed. Info and updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 9.30am – 12pm
📌 Windy Nook Methodist Church, NE10 9RY
Toys, stories, singing and refreshments.
👉 £1 per child. No booking needed, info & updates here.
📆 Thursdays, 10-11.30am
📌 Winlaton Mill, Blaydon, NE21 6SF
Autumn term from 4th Sep 2023
Includes: playtime, craft activity most weeks, drink, crisps and biscuits for the children, tea/coffee for the adults.
👉 £1.50 per family. Info and updates here.
📆 Wednesdays 9.30 – 11am
📌 Chowdene Family Hub, NE9 7TU
Autumn term from 11th Sep 2023
Volunteer led parent and toddler groups provide an opportunity for parents/carers to spend quality time with their toddlers. The sessions include songs, rhymes, crafts and messy play.
👉 £1 per child (50p siblings), drop-in. More info here.
Gateshead Family Hubs provide support, advice and structured activities for families and the wider community, with a packed program of pre-school sessions throughout the week including:
🔹Sensory Rooms 🔹Stay and Play 🔹Soft Play 🔹Baby Time 🔹Toddler Time 🔹Trike Time 🔹Well Child Clinics 🔹External Baby & Toddler Class Providers 🔹Holiday Events
A range of services and health advice is available:
🔸Breastfeeding, hygiene, weaning, nutrition and safety advice 🔸Breast pump hire 🔸Antenatal and postnatal advice 🔸Parenting & family support and advice 🔸Affordable childcare and support to access funding 🔸Toy Library
Services are delivered in centres across Gateshead, in:
🔹Birtley 🔹Blaydon Winlaton 🔹Chopwell 🔹Chowdene 🔹Deckham 🔹Felling 🔹Leam Lane 🔹Teams 🔹Wrekenton
👉 For more info, visit @GatesheadFamilyHubs
📆 Fridays, 9:30-11am (fortnightly) – CAKE & PLAY
📆 Saturdays & Sundays, from 10am (selected dates) – PLAY CAFE
📌 Dunston Community Centre, NE11 9DU
CAKE & PLAY – From 6 months to pre school age, bouncy castle and play with different themes, surprises and layouts every time. Free cereal & juice, snacks, teas & coffees. Café is available for cakes, ice creams & drinks. Booking required.
PLAY CAFE – Pop-up play cafe with soft play shapes and a variety of crafts and toys, and lots of tasty treats on sale. Play from 10am, food and drinks orders from 11am, play café closes 5pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday. No booking needed.
👉 99p/£1 per child (free for siblings under 1/over 12)
For more info, visit @Treats by the Tyne
Tuesdays, 9.30 – 11.30am
Sunderland Road, Gateshead, NE8 3EY
A friendly playgroup in a fully accessible building with a great selection of play things for all toddlers, including a snack.
£1 per child. For more info, visit @TSAGCC
📆 Thursdays, 10-11.30am
📌 St Mary’s Centre, Whickham, NE16 4SH
A warm welcome to everyone with babies, toddlers and pre-school children with play, fun, crafts, songs, bible stories and making friends.
👉 £2 (£1 per additional child). No booking needed.
Contact stmaryswhickham@hotmail.co.uk for more info.
📆 Mondays, 9.30 – 11.30am
📌 The Whitehills Centre, NE10 8XU
A well established group run by a team of local volunteers, with toys, arts and crafts, story time and snack time.
👉 £1.50 (+50p siblings). Drop-in.
Check for updates on 07736 036 547
