7 6 Raring2go! WHAT’S ON together and from 1 December to see the house decor completed and sparkling in all its festive finery. This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue. Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November, Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th, Friday 9th – Sunday 11th & Friday 16th – Sunday 18th December: Festive Light Tours. Vindolanda. Head through the beautifully lit gardens and up to the fort highlighting some of Vindolanda’s Vindolanda history and learning about life on the frontier. Saturday 26th – Sunday 27th November: Ford & Etal Christmas Market. Saturday 26th November – Thursday 22nd December: Meet Santa’s Reindeer at Preston Park Museum & Grounds. There will also be Christmas crafts to make and take home. Lots more festive activities planned, more details online. www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk Saturday 26th November – Saturday 24th December: Santa’s Grotto, Woodhorn Museum. Book online. https://museumsnorthumberland.org. uk/woodhorn-museum/whats-on/ Saturday 26th November - Saturday 31st December: Find the Raby Reindeer Trail, High Force Waterfall. Collect the Christmas clues and see if you can find Rudolph and his friends along the way. Christmas Trail is included with your general admission to the waterfall. Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th November: Christmas Fair at Belsay Hall. 10am -4pm. Standard admission applies. Tuesday 29th November – Sunday 1st January: Winter Light Trail, The Alnwick Gardens. Thursday 1st - Saturday 23rd December Weekday evenings 5.30 – 6.30pm: Festive Evening Storytimes Seven Stories, Lime Street, Newcastle www.sevenstories.org.uk Thursday 1st December - Sunday 8th January: Wallington’s winter trail. Help Ollie Owl find his woodland friends in the East woods this winter at Wallington. Follow the 10 trail boards around the East woods and find out about what different animals get up to in the wintertime. This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue. Friday 2nd - Tuesday 6th December: Christmas Tree Festival, St Andrews Church, Corbridge. Friday 2nd December – Sunday 1st January: Christmas trail featuring enchanting illuminations at Gibside. Saturday 3rd & 10th December: Ice Sculpture Trail in Darlington. Saturdays 3rd, 10th & 17th December: Santa at Jingle Bell Square South Shields Museum and Art Gallery www.southshieldsmuseum.org.uk Raring2go! WHAT’S ON What’s on this Winter! Please check the events calendar at www.raring2go.co.uk for full details of all events listed and many, many more! Also, follow Facebook and Twitter where daily updates are posted. Information correct at time of going to press but do check websites as timings may change and events may sell out. Saturday 12th November – Thursday 8th December: Christmas at Life Science Centre. Cosy up for a live show full of magical light, experience the Winter skies in our stunning planetarium, make a Christmas card that glows in the dark and be a festive detective in the Experiment Zone. Add a whirl on Life’s outdoor ice rink to make a festive day of it (separate admission fees apply). Saturday 12th November – Sunday 15th January: Life’s open-air ice rink, first skate: 9:30am, last skate: 8:30pm (dependent on availability). Sunday 15th November - 24th December Grainger Market Santa’s Grotto Grainger Market, Newcastle www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/whats-on/ grainger-market/grainger-market-santas-grotto Thursday 17th November – Saturday 24th December: Winter Wonderland, Newcastle Racecourse. We have something for all the family, from thrilling rides and attractions to tasty authentic street foods. Santa’s Grotto will be available for walk ins and you may like to try ice skating. Grown-ups can join us at our German bar for a stein of German beer or a warm glass of mulled wine. Will you be pranked by the one and only Mr Grinch? There’ll be reindeer, movie characters, stilt walkers and much more. 4pm – 9pm Weekdays, 12pm – 9pm Weekends. 12pm – 9pm Monday to Sunday (Out of term times). Entrance tickets are available to be purchased here at the Newcastle Racecourse Website. Saturday 19th November – Sunday 18th December (weekends only). Magical festive afternoon at Northside Farm. Visit Santa Claus in his grotto for an early Christmas Gift. Then into the Barn for gingerbread biscuit decorating and a delicious afternoon tea. £15/ child and £20/adult. Saturday 19th November – Sunday 8th January: Christmas through the eras, Wallington Hall. Inside the house, each room is dressed for Christmas throughout recent eras, including the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, right up to the nostalgia of the more modern decades of the 20th century. Don’t forget to visit Father Christmas’ study! Visit from 19 November to see the house team putting the final touches
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