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Sunderland with kids: days out, clubs and events
A quick way into Sunderland with children: the free days out, places for a rainy day, clubs that meet every week and what’s coming up, all from the map.
On the map within about 12 km:
📅 What’s on in Sunderland this weekend
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Free to get into
- Hendon Beach Beach · Grangetown · Free
- Roker Beach Beach · Roker · Free
- Ryhope Engines Museum Museum & attraction · Ryhope Colliery · Free
- Seaham Hall Beach Beach · Northlea · Free
- Herrington Country Park Park & nature walk · New Herrington · Free
- Chemical Beach Beach · Dawdon · Free
For a rainy day
- Fans Museum Museum & attraction · Sunderland
- North East Land Sea and Air Museum Museum & attraction · Hylton Castle Estate
- Washington F Pit Museum Museum & attraction · Albany
- Bede Museum Museum & attraction · Jarrow
- South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Museum & attraction · South Shields · Free
- Arbeia Roman Fort Museum Museum & attraction · The Lawe · Free
Out in the fresh air
- Hylton Castle Cutting (Sssi) Park & nature walk · Hylton Red House Estate
- Down at the Farm Farm & animals · Broadmeadows
- Hetton Lyons Country Park Park & nature walk · Pearson's Estate · Free
- Blast Beach Beach · Dawdon · Free
- Anglo-Saxon Farm and Village Farm & animals · Jarrow
Clubs that meet every week
- Mowbray Park junior parkrun Outdoor & forest school · Sunderland · Every Sunday at 9am
- St Nicholas' Toddlers, Bishopwearmouth Baby & toddler groups · Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland · Thursdays 1-3pm, term time only
- Roker Park junior parkrun Outdoor & forest school · Sunderland · Every Sunday at 9am
- Toddlers Group at Holy Trinity, Southwick Baby & toddler groups · Southwick, Sunderland · Fridays 10-11:30am
- Kawauso Karate Martial arts · Ryhope, Sunderland · Week nights and weekends (see the lesson timetable on the website)
- Grindon Gymnastics Club CIC Sports club · Southwick, Sunderland · Gym Tinys (birth-5): Mondays 9:30am-2:45pm, Tuesdays 9:30am-12:15pm, Wednesdays 2-2:45pm, Fridays 10:30am-2:45pm (45-minute sessions)
- 1st Whitburn Boys' Brigade Scouts, Guides & youth groups · Sunderland · Company (11–15) Thursdays 7.30pm–9.30pm; Seniors (15–18) Thursdays 7.30pm–9.30pm
- Northern Star Theatre Arts Arts, crafts & learning · Pennywell, Sunderland