We often get asked for indoor ideas and places people can go to not only when the weather is poor, but we also get asked this during the summer too. I thought I would put together a handy list of indoor attractions within 2 hours of Sunderland for anyone looking for ideas.
I have worked the distance driving from Sunderland Central Station. These can be found in purple, after each place name. I have also broken the post up into blocks of 10 so please keep scrolling until you get to the bottom. *Free Entry
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens 1 Min *
Sunderland Bowl - Bowling, mini golf, arcades, darts and lots more. 2 min.
Laser Quest - Sunderland 2min
Clue HQ Sunderland - 3min
Sunderland Climbing Wall 7min
Sunderland Aquatic Centre 8min
National Glass Centre 8min *
Beacon of Light - Sunderland 8min
Silksworth Sports centre 9min
Head to the Arcades - Seaburn 12min
Supertramp - Indoor Trampoline Park 13 min
Fun Shack Seaham 14min
Washington Leisure Centre 18min
Story Book Wacky Warehouse - East Boldon 19min
Hollywood Bowl 19min
Souter Light House 20min
Mister Twisters jump centre - Newcastle 21min
Over Ride Skate Park Jarrow 22min
Gutterball - North Shields 24min
Dunes soft play - South Shields 26min
Topgear Karting Durham 26min
South Shields Museum 26min *
Infinite Air - Durham 26min
Stephenson Railway Museum 27min *
The Word - South Shields 27min *
Segedunum 27min
Escape Rooms - Durham 28min
Lane 7 Durham 28min
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Ars 28min
Quasar South Shields 28min
Shipley Art Gallery 29min *
The Biscuit Factory 29min *
The Great North Museum Hancock - Newcastle 29min *
Durham Cathedral 29min *
Life Science centre 29min
Laing Art Gallery 30min *
Whitley Bay Ice Rink 30min
Whitley Bay Ice Rink 30min
Jump 360 - Newcastle 30min
Round The Twist Newcastle 30min
Newcastle Cathedral 30min
Durham Oriental Museum 31min *
Victoria Tunnel 31min
Hatton Art Gallery 31min
Seven Stories 31min *
No Limits Paintball 31min
Clip and Climb Newcastle 33min
Billingham Ice Rink 33min
Discovery Museum - Newcastle 33 min *
Namco Metrocentre 33min
The Splat Centre - Whitley Bay 33min
Inflate Space 33min
Beamish Museum has lots of indoor sections to explore 33min
Newcastle Wall 33min
Air Box Bounce- Cramlington 34min
Cramlington Concordia Leisure Centre 34min
HMS Trincomalee 34min
Angry Bird Golf MetroCentre 34min
YuMe World - Newcastle 34min
The Escape Key - Newcastle 35min
Fun Zone Durham 36min
Team sport Karting Newcastle 36min
Flight Simulator centre - Newcastle 38min
At The Castle - Blaydon 38min
Level X - Middlesbrough 39min
Dorman Museum - Middlesbrough 39min *
Butterfly World LTD - Stockton 40min
Planet Leisure - Newton Aycliffe 40min
Newbiggin Maritime Centre 41min
Valhalla North Axe Throwing 42min
Preston Park Museum & Grounds 42min
Spanish Gallery - Bishop Auckland 43min
Locomotion 44min *
Treasure Island Morpeth 44min
Prudhoe Water World 44min
Kirkleatham Museum 47min *
Clart About Sensory Café - Consett 49min
Planet Kidz Redcar 52min
The Hullabaloo- Darlington 52min
Hexham Gaol 56min
Hexham Abbey 56min *
Barter Books Alnwick 1hr 1min *
Cleveland Iron Stone Mining Museum 1hr 3min
Bailiffgate Museum - Alnwick 1hr 5min
Bowes Museum 1hr 7min
Ripon Prison & Police Museum 1hr 12min
Ripon Courthouse Museum 1hr 12min
Ripon Workhouse Museum 1hr 12min
Ripon Cathedral 1hr 13min *
Bamburgh Castle 1hr 19min
Grace Darling Museum 1hr 20min *
Whitby Museum 1hr 21min
North Yorkshire Moors Railway 1hr 29min
Pot-a-doodle do - Berwick 1hr 29min
Chain Bridge Honey Farm 1hr 30min *
Lady Waterford Hall 1hr 30min
Hay Farm Heavy Hose Centre ( Large section is indoors) 1hr 30min
Heatherslaw Corn Mill 1hr 30min
Berwick Water World 1hr 31min
National Railway Museum York 1hr 33min *
Berwick Barracks 1hr 33min
York Cold War Bunker 1hr 34min
Paxton House ( indoor sections ) 1hr 35min
York Dungeon 1hr 36min
Puttstars - York 1hr 36min
Tropical World Leeds 1hr 41min
York Castle Museum 1hr 41min
Dig! York 1hr 43min
Mind Lock York 1hr 43min
Captain Barneys - Malton 1hr 43min
Jorvik Viking Centre 1hr 44min
Royal Armouries Museum Leeds 1hr 45min
The Hole in Wand - York 1hr 46min
Eden Camp 1hr 47min
Jedburgh Castle Museum 1hr 48min
Sealife Scarborough 1hr 51min
The Deep just over 2hrs but worth the drive
Williams Den just over 2 hrs
Eureka The National Children's Museum just over 2hrs (but worth it)
National Trust - Cragside, Wallington, Seaton Delaval hall, Nunnington Hall all have indoor sections
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