Indoor Activities in Hartlepool

Hartlepools Maritime Experience sits under museums and carries both flags. Sites of this kind combine buildings with ships and quaysides, which means part of a visit is exposed and part is not. It is the strongest entry here for a child who likes stories and detail. Find out what is open before you travel, as individual vessels and buildings can be closed for maintenance without the site itself shutting.

Jump 360 Hartlepool runs the kind of session that suits older children and teenagers best. Parks of this kind normally separate toddler slots from general ones, require a signed waiver, insist on grip socks and set rules about adult supervision. All of that is quick to sort out beforehand and slow to sort out at the door with a queue behind you, so read the terms before you go.

Make Believe and Wacky Warehouse Merry Go Round are the two indoor play entries pitched at small children, both recorded as indoor only. Tweddle Children's Animal Farm is the alternative, though it logs outdoor space as well and a farm in the rain is a different proposition from a farm in the dry. For a firmly wet day, the two play centres are the more reliable choice of the three.

Mill House Leisure Centre is the pool on this page, logged as indoor with nothing outside. A swim tires children out properly and works across a wide age range at once, which is a rare combination on any list of this kind. What decides it is the timetable - public sessions compete with lessons and clubs, and pool programmes change from week to week, so check before you pack the bags.