Newcastle International Airport 51 min
Hardwick Country Park (16 min)
Large park with several historic structures plus a visitor’s centre, river, lake & walking trails. South Park (9 min)
Council-run park with a cafe, an aviary housing parrots, sports facilities & a calendar of events. Tees Cottage Pumping Station (11 min) Kynren (27 min) Dorman Museum (19 min)
Permanent & rotating exhibits, including Middlesbrough history, a zoological collection & pottery. Raby Castle (27 min)
Imposing medieval castle with art treasures and tapestries in a scenic deer park setting. Preston Park Museum & Grounds (13 min)
Georgian mansion for exhibits on local life, a recreated Victorian street, with riverside grounds. Newham Grange Farm (21 min) Wynyard Woodland Park (20 min)
Park with walking paths along old railway lines, play equipment & a cafe in the former station. Auckland Castle (24 min)
Deer, castle, painting, history, and garden Kiplin Hall (29 min)
Garden and architecture Head of Steam Darlington Railway Museum (6 min)
Museum of local rail history in restored 19th-century railway buildings, with antique steam engines. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (19 min)
Striking slate and limestone gallery housing modern art exhibitions, plus a roof terrace and cafe. Locomotion (18 min)
Part of the 2-venue biggest railway museum in the world, with locomotives and interactive displays. | 
