29 Best Indoor Play Centres In County Durham

County Durham's indoor play list harbours two entries that dwarf everything around them: Kynren, the £30 open-air night spectacular that stages two thousand years of history with a cast of hundreds, and Diggerland Durham, £38 to put children at the controls of real construction machinery. Neither is indoor. Both are here because families searching for things to do with children find them beside the soft play — and both, rated 4.8 and 4.6, outdraw most of what they sit beside. The properly indoor core is strong in its own right. Make Believe holds a perfect 5, Dream Big Role Play Centre follows at 4.9, and Clart About Sensory Cafe — 4.7 — builds its sessions around sensory play, a provision that is scarce in this category. Hall Hill Playbarn pairs farm and play at 4.8, The Hullabaloo rates 4.7, and TeamSport Indoor Karting Stockton-on-Tees publishes £34.97. Twenty-nine venues in all: twenty-seven with indoor space, nine with an outdoor element, five with published prices. Read the labels carefully — the two giants here need booking, daylight or darkness, and a calendar.