Finally! The 97 days of January are over and we can now look forward to February and Half term. There's Quite a bit on this month actually and we are excited to get out to some events that are taking place.
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Offers not to miss
⭐Kids Go Free with a paying Adult throughout February - Adventure Valley
⭐Half Price Entry to Thorp Perrow
⭐ Gulliver's Valley Theme Park - Overnight stay and park entry for a family of 4, just £159 HERE
⭐Sunderland Wall - Climbing Taster Session from just £9 per person HERE
⭐ Afternoon tea for 2 at The Curious Mr. Fox in Durham, just £19! Get the deal HERE
⭐Northumberland College Zoo - Entry for a family of 5 - Just £17 HERE
⭐ Easyjet have some free child places which is a fab deal for Half Term find the deal HERE
⭐Fancy leaving the car at home this half term? Find cheap train and coach tickets at the Trainline Get the deal HERE
⭐Half price axe throwing in Newcastle HERE
⭐Paintballing for less than £1 per person - Various North East and Yorkshire venues HERE
⭐Treetop adventure with Go Ape at Matfen or Dalby Forest HERE
⭐Check out the latest deals for all the family at Disneyland Paris get the deal HERE
February 8th/9th
8th Artist Makers - The Bowes Museum
8th Crowd Craft Lantern Fest - Oriental Museum Durham
8th Secret Spaces Tour - Durham Cathedral
8th Stained Glass & Copper Foil crafts for ages 16+ National Glass Centre
8th Coal Face Family Backpacks - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
8th Canny Coal Trail - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (small fee)
8th Guided Beginners bird walk - Whitburn Bents
8th Storytelling - The Glasshouse
8th Great Big Tiny World - Hullabaloo
8th Party Time with Pup Patrol - Carnival House Southwick
9th Folk Music - Beamish Museum
9th Lunar New Year - Sunniside Gardens Sunderland
9th Wild Walk - WWT Washington
8th/9th Design a Bookmark - Farrell Centre Newcastle
8th/9th Festival of Snowdrops - Howick Hall
8th/9th Jack & The Beanstalk Panto - Beamish
8th/9th Winter Abbey Tour - Fountains Abbey
8th/9th Sport Heritage Trail - Leeds City Museum
February 15th/16th
15th February Open Day - The Bowes Museum
15th Storytime at Hardwick Park - Stickman
15th Canny Coal Trail - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
15th Lambing at Spilmans Farm
15th Winter Abbey Tour - Fountains Abbey
15th Design & Print - The Hive Darlington
15th Movie Makers - The Hive Darlington
15th Step into storytime - Hardwick Park
15th Wizard Walk of York
15th Colour & Light York Minster
15th Felt Crafts - Sutton Bank visitors centre
15th Indoor funfair - York Event centre Harrogate
15th Cool Cats - Oriental Museum Durham
15th Fairytale February - Whistlestop Valley
15th HT Sea-sons The Deep Hull
15th NER Autocar - Grosmont Station
15th Lambing Festival - Canon hall Farm
15th Lambing Live - Monk Park Farm
15th Love birds in the abbey - Kirkstall Abbey
15th Roar & Explore - Tropical Butterfly House
15th Half Term fun - Stockeld Park
16th Moon Market - Stadium Of Light
What's on for Half Term
(North Yorkshire dates are slightly different, earlier than the North East find those dates and what's on further down)
North East Half Term ( 22nd February - 2nd March)
22nd Movie Makers - The Hive Darlington
22nd - Nest box Building RSPB Saltholme
22nd Illuminated Trail - The Story Durham (Booking required)
22nd Outlaws & Vagabonds Re-enactments - Newcastle Castle
22nd Awesome Silent Disco - Newcastle Castle
22nd Make a mysterious 3d doorway Oriental Museum Durham
22nd Fused Light Catchers - National Glass Centre
22nd Family Crafts WWT Washington
22nd Mask Making - Shipley Art Gallery
22nd - Treasure Hunt - Gibside NT
22nd - Snowdrop Planting - Gibside NT
23rd - Paw Patrol - Stack Middlesbrough
22nd-23rd Elmer Week - 7 Stories
22nd-23rd Grace Darling Trail Alnwick Gardens
22nd - 1st- The Bright lights youth arts festival
22nd - 2nd Storybook activities - Ormesby Hall NT
22nd-2nd Snowdrop Planting - Wallington NT
22nd-2nd Snowdrop crafts - Wallington NT
22nd - 2nd Royal Quays Funfair all rides £2
22nd - 2nd Mudfest - WWT Washington
22nd - 2nd Canny Coal Trail - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (Closed on Sundays)
22nd - 2nd Museum of marvels Trail Preston Park Museum
22nd-2nd Museum of marvels Trail - Kirkleatham Museum
22nd - 2nd Problem Solving activities - Locomotion
22nd - 2nd Little Astronomers Trail Plotters Forest
22nd-2nd Spring Safari Trail High Force Waterfall
22nd-2nd Half Term Fun at Adventure Valley
22nd - 2nd Super space - Ushaw Historic Hall
22nd - 2nd Half Term Fun - Newham Grange
22nd - 2nd - Half term History Makers - Belsay Hall
22nd - 2nd - Half Term History Makers - Warkworth Castle
23rd - Nest Box building RSPB Saltholme
23rd - Illuminated Trail The Story Durham (Booking required)
24th - Kids Festival of fun - Stack Seaburn
24th - Replica Roman Dagger Crafts - Segedunum
24th - Meet Anglo Saxons - Bamburgh Castle
24th - Proggy mat crafts - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
24th - Dragon School Show with the Metrognomes
24th - Board Game Day - The Word South Shields
24th - Festival of local Authors - Children's event Durham Library
24th - Young Engineers - Hopetown
24th - Seed Planting - Crook Hall NT
24th Clay Crafts - Gibside NT
24th-28th Bird Spotter Trail - Souter Lighthouse
25th - Fishy Crafts - Hopetown
25th - Forest Club - Hardwick Park
25th - Magic Marvin - Stack Middlesbrough
25th-27th - Chain Reaction - Discovery Museum
25th - Pop up hospital family fun day - Newcastle Cathedral
25th - Create Food Collage - South Shields Museum
25th - Animal Sandcasting - National Glass Centre
25th - Celebration of Trolls - Stack Seaburn
25th - Seed Bombs - The Bowes Museum
26th - Pottery Painting - Dairy Barn Crook
26th - Half Term Glass Workshop Two Sweet Peas Chester-Le-Street
26th - Hedgehog Crafts & Facts Mowbray Park Community Garden Sunderland
26th - Make an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture - Oriental Museum Durham
26th - Bluey - Newham Grange Farm
26th - Animal Encounters - Hopetown
26th - Build a Birdbox - Wallington NT
26th - Bird Feeder Making - Crook Hall NT
26th - Treasure Hunt -Gibside NT
26th - Snowdrop Planting - Gibside NT
27th - The Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts - Discovery Museum
27th - Family Story Tour Deadly Beauty - The Bowes Museum
27th -Time Bandits - Washington Old Hall NT
27th - Max Wriggles & Sammy Seagull Library Tour Redcar Library
27th - Into The Wild - Hardwick Park
27th Sweet Science - Hopetown
27th - Time Bandits - Washington Old Hall NT
28th - Animal Sandcasting - National Glass Centre
28th - Build a Birdbox - Crook Hall
28th - Treasure Hunt - Gibside NT
28th - Snowdrop Planting - Gibside NT
28th - Mono printing Workshop - Oriental Museum Durham
28th - Craft Day - Hopetown
28th-1st - Fire & Ice Durham
28th - 1st - Sky diver Hullabaloo
28th - 1st The Littlest Yak - Arc Stockton
1st - Sonic - Newham Grange Farm
1st - Design & Print - The Hive Darlington
1st March Create your own Matsui Doll - Oriental Museum Durham
1st March Crazy Creatures - Durham Botanic Gardens
1st - Sustainable Crafts - Wharton Park
1st-2nd Nest Box Building
2nd March Natural Printing & Clay Faces WWT Washington
2nd - Snowdrop Parade - Wallington NT
2nd - Snowdrop Crafts - Wallington NT
North Yorkshire Half Term - 15th - 23rd February
10th - 22nd Wizard Walk of York
12th Feb - 2nd March - Colour & Light - York Minster
15th - Lambing Fest - Cannon Hall Farm
15th - York Games Fest - Science & Media Museum
15th - Lambing Live - Monk Park Farm
15th - Love birds in the Abbey - Kirkstall Abbey
15th - Ner Autocar - Grosmont Station
17th - Park in the Dark - Danby National Park centre
25th- 26th - Wizard Walk Of York
Running throughout Half Term in Yorkshire
15th - 23rd - HT Sea-Sons The Deep
15th - 23rd - Nature Awakens Trail - East Riddleston Hall NT
15th - 23rd - Spring Spotters Trail - Fountains Abbey NT
15th - 23rd - Pesky Pests Trail - Nunnington Hall NT
15th - 23rd - Bird Box Workshop - Brimham Rocks NT
15th - 23rd - Felt Crafts - Sutton Bank Visitors centre
15th - 23rd NYMR Steam Rides
15th - 23rd - History Makers - Whitby Abbey
15th - 23rd - Indoor Funfair - York Event Centre Harrogate
15th - 23rd - Fairytale February - Whistlestop Valley
17th - 23rd - Cosmic Adventures - Stump Cross Caverns
17th - 23rd - I spy trail - Eden Camp
22nd - 23rd - Spillman's Lambing
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