12 Best Indoor Play Centres In Northumberland

Northumberland is England's big-sky county, famous for empty beaches and dark-sky stargazing — none of which helps when it is sheeting down in half term. The twelve indoor venues on this page are the answer, and they cluster usefully in the south-east towns. Little Learners Playspace Ashington holds a perfect 5 rating from its visitors, a rare score for any soft play. Airbox Bounce brings wall-to-wall trampolines for children who need serious airtime, Crackers Soft Play and TJ's Jungle handle the classic ball-pool brief, and Space to Play Bedlington plus Bounce Blyth mean the former pit towns are better served for indoor play than much of rural England. The wildcard is Whitehouse Farm Centre, rated 4.7, where £15.95 adult admission buys a proper farm day with enough undercover play to survive a downpour — one of only two venues here with genuine outdoor scope. Add a swimming option at Concordia Leisure Centre and the county's indoor offer turns out to run deeper than its wild reputation suggests: twelve venues, every single one of them with a roof.