Yorkshire & the North East Top 5 Summer Events

Yorkshire & the North East Top 5 Summer Events

Yorkshire & the North East Top 5 Summer Events

There’s load of fun activities and events for kids this summer in Yorkshire and the North East. Here’s a round up of some of our top picks.

The Silverdale Hoard Exhibition
February 8 2022 to February 8 2023
JORVIK Viking Centre
15-17 Coppergate Walk, York, YO1 9WT
https://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/events/yorkshire-north-east-england/the-silverdale-hoard-exhibition/

An incredible collection of silver jewellery and coins, found in a lead container buried in Lancashire, is set to form the centrepiece of a new year-long display at York’s JORVIK Viking Centre.

Adventure and Fairy Trail
July 23 to September 4 2022
Studfold ‘The Nidderdale Experience’
Studfold, Lofthouse, North Yorkshire, HG3 5SG
https://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/events/yorkshire-north-east-england/adventure-and-fairy-trail/

Want to get out with the kids for fresh air and fun? Studfold Adventure Trail in the magical Yorkshire Dales is a play and discover experience for toddlers and children of all primary school ages, girls and boys, to explore nature and run wild. Did you know fairies live here? Mischief and surprises await you in our secret woodland and meadows. But first you’ll have to work out how to unlock the gate and make your way to the Village of Two Stone Wishes.

Summer Holiday Activities at Ripon Museums
July 25 to September 2 2022
Workhouse Museum
Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE
https://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/events/yorkshire-north-east-england/summer-holiday-activities-at-ripon-museums/

Join us at the Workhouse Museum for hands-on fun finding out about Victorian cures. Explore herbal remedies, make poultices and lozenges, bake herbal biscuits and find out about the babies and children who lived in the Workhouse.

Medieval Alchemist at Alnwick Castle
August 13 to August 17
Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1NQ
https://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/events/yorkshire-north-east-england/medieval-alchemist-at-alnwick-castle/

Discover mysterious medicines, peculiar concoctions and bizarre apparatus with Dr John Green, the most celebrated medieval alchemist in the entire land (allegedly…)!

Down on the Farm at Sledmere House
September 4
Sledmere House, Sledmere, Driffield, Yorkshire
YO25 3XG
https://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/events/yorkshire-north-east-england/down-on-the-farm-at-sledmere-house/

A special chance to meet the goats, sheep, pigs and horses who live on the Rare Breed Conservation Farm Park, along with some of their friends who will be with us for the day.

For more events, check out our events page here.

Help Spread Comfort This Christmas: The Beatles Story Relaunches ‘Bed-In’ Appeal to Support Local Children’s Cancer Charity CHICS.


14th November 2024


Help Spread Comfort This Christmas: The Beatles Story Relaunches ‘Bed-In’ Appeal to Support Local Children’s Cancer Charity CHICS.

The Beatles Story Museum is recreating John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1969 Bed-Ins. The attraction is accepting donations of new pyjamas, toiletries, activity books, stationery and money on behalf of local children’s cancer charity CHICS from now until 31st Donations to be dropped off at The Beatles Story’s Fab4…

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‘A Sense Of Adventure’: The Deep Launches Brand New Send Educational Workshop


7th October 2024


‘A Sense Of Adventure’: The Deep Launches Brand New Send Educational Workshop

The Deep are pleased to introduce ‘A Sense of Adventure’, the first educational workshop that has been designed specifically for learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) including those with PMLD and complex needs. The cross-curricular 30-minute session invites small groups to experience the sensations of the seashore through…

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Stratford Butterfly Farm issues plea to help halt the decline of UK butterflies


25th September 2024


Stratford Butterfly Farm issues plea to help halt the decline of UK butterflies

Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm has issued a plea to help halt the decline of UK butterflies. Butterfly Conservation, the British charity devoted to saving butterflies & moths, has recently declared a national “butterfly emergency” after their annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers in the count’s 14-year history. BBC…

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