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  1. Add Funny Way To Be Comedy: Alasdair Beckett-King - King of Crumbs to your Itinerary

    Funny Way To Be Comedy: Alasdair Beckett-King - King of Crumbs

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    Comedy

    Barnard Castle

    Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs! As seen on Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 

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    From:
    14 Mar 2026Open 20:30 - 22:00
    More info for Funny Way To Be Comedy: Alasdair Beckett-King - King of Crumbs

  2. Add Discover Redhills: Past, Present and Future Guided Tour to your Itinerary

    Discover Redhills: Past, Present and Future Guided Tour

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    Heritage

    Durham City

    Whether you’re passionate about Durham’s coalfield heritage, curious about social change, or simply looking for a unique experience, a Redhills tour offers a rare insight into the power of community and solidarity.

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    17 Jan 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
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    21 Jan 2026Open 11:00 - 12:30
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    31 Jan 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
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    14 Feb 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
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    17 Feb 2026Open 13:00 - 14:30
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    28 Feb 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
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    4 Mar 2026Open 16:00 - 17:30
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    15 Mar 2026Open 12:00 - 13:30
    More info for Discover Redhills: Past, Present and Future Guided Tour

  3. Add Murder Mystery at Beamish Hall Hotel to your Itinerary

    Murder Mystery at Beamish Hall Hotel

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    Christmas and New Year

    Beamish

    In a mansion full of secret passageways and hidden surprises, the game to uncover the truth begins.

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    23 Dec 2025Open 19:00 - 23:00
    More info for Murder Mystery at Beamish Hall Hotel

  4. Add Breakfast With The Grinch & Cindy Lou - Lumley Castle Hotel to your Itinerary

    Breakfast With The Grinch & Cindy Lou - Lumley Castle Hotel

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    Christmas and New Year

    Chester le Street

    Get ready for a morning of mayhem as the mean, green, Christmas-crunching Grinch takes over breakfast! 

    We've teamed up with Make My Day Events to bring Whoville's most mischievous resident to life, promising a festive feast with a side of playful…

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    21 Dec 2025Open 09:30 - 11:30
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    23 Dec 2025Open 09:30 - 11:30
    More info for Breakfast With The Grinch & Cindy Lou - Lumley Castle Hotel

  5. Add Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum

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    Exhibition

    Barnard Castle

    Discover the timeless elegance, craftsmanship and innovation of Joséphine Bowes’ textile collection.

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    From:
    22 Mar 2025to1 Mar 2026
    More info for Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum

  6. Add Breakfast with Santa to your Itinerary

    Breakfast with Santa

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    Christmas and New Year

    Beamish

    Join us for a magical Santa Experience filled with delicious food, party games, dancing, and a special visit to Santa.

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    20 Dec 2025Open 09:00 - 12:00
    More info for Breakfast with Santa

  7. Add Spotlight Tour - Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Spotlight Tour - Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum

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    Exhibition

    Barnard Castle

    Join Rachel Whitworth, Curator of Fashion & Textiles for an insightful introduction to the new Joséphine: A Woman of Taste and Fashion exhibition.

    Dates

    From:
    5 Feb 2026Open 11:00 - 11:30
    More info for Spotlight Tour - Joséphine, A Woman of Taste and Fashion - The Bowes Museum

  8. Add It's a Wonderful Life - Lumley Castle Hotel to your Itinerary

    It's a Wonderful Life - Lumley Castle Hotel

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    Christmas and New Year

    Chester le Street

    Join us for a cosy Afternoon Tea at the Movies, the perfect festive treat with family and friends. Relax and watch this Christmas classic on the big screen: It's a Wonderful Life! the holiday favourite. During the movie, enjoy a delicious afternoon…

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    From:
    19 Dec 2025Open 14:00 - 16:30
    More info for It's a Wonderful Life - Lumley Castle Hotel

  9. Guided Countryside Walks

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    Guided Walk

    County Durham's beautiful countryside is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and the area has a fascinating historical and geological heritage.

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    From:
    10 Sept 2025to19 Dec 2025
    More info for Guided Countryside Walks

  10. Add Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market to your Itinerary

    Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market

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    Farmers Market

    Middleton-in-Teesdale

    March to December, traditional Farmers Market in an all-weather, undercover auction mart. Free Entry. Free Parking. Dog Friendly. 40+ Fabulous Foodie Traders every month.

    Dates

    From:
    22 Mar 2025to20 Dec 2025
    More info for Middleton-in-Teesdale Farmers Market

  11. Add Santa's Enchanted Garden Grotto to your Itinerary

    Santa's Enchanted Garden Grotto

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    Christmas and New Year

    Lanchester

    Join us, Father Christmas and Mrs. Claus this Christmas in our Enchanted Garden Grotto.

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    From:
    20 Dec 2025to23 Dec 2025Open 11:00 - 16:30
    More info for Santa's Enchanted Garden Grotto

  12. Add Tom McGuinness: Out of the Darkness - Mining Art Gallery to your Itinerary

    Tom McGuinness: Out of the Darkness - Mining Art Gallery

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    Exhibition

    Bishop Auckland

    Our new Tom McGuinness exhibition opens on 18 February 2026. In his centenary year, the Mining Art Gallery celebrates this quiet man who communicated through his art.

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    The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland

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    From:
    18 Feb 2026to24 Dec 2026
    More info for Tom McGuinness: Out of the Darkness - Mining Art Gallery

  13. Add Barnard Castle Farmers' Market to your Itinerary

    Barnard Castle Farmers' Market

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    Markets

    Barnard Castle

    Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market is one of the North East’s most popular markets featuring a wide range of artisan food and crafts from the region. Open 9:00 to 14:00 on the first Saturday of each month.

    Dates

    From:
    1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
    More info for Barnard Castle Farmers' Market

  14. Add South Causey Monthly Dog Walk to your Itinerary

    South Causey Monthly Dog Walk

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    Dog-Friendly

    STANLEY

    Join the South Causey Dog Walking Club every 1st Saturday of the month at 10 am for a picturesque stroll through the beautiful Beamish Valley. 

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    From:
    1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
    More info for South Causey Monthly Dog Walk

  15. Add Nathan Coley You Create What You Will and Tate Modern on Fire - The Bowes Museum to your Itinerary

    Nathan Coley You Create What You Will and Tate Modern on Fire - The Bowes Museum

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    Exhibition

    Barnard Castle

    For the first time together, The Bowes Museum hosts Nathan Coley’s works, You Create What You Will (2014) and Tate Modern on Fire (2017).

    Dates

    From:
    14 June 2025to1 Mar 2026
    More info for Nathan Coley You Create What You Will and Tate Modern on Fire - The Bowes Museum

  16. Add Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum - Durham University Oriental Museum to your Itinerary

    Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum - Durham University Oriental Museum

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    Exhibition

    Durham City

    Jointly organised by the Palace Museum and the Oriental Museum.

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    From:
    26 Sept 2025to31 May 2026
    More info for Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum - Durham University Oriental Museum

  17. Add Let The Bells Ring Out For Christmas (Party Night) to your Itinerary

    Let The Bells Ring Out For Christmas (Party Night)

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    Christmas and New Year

    Chester-le-Street

    Join us at Banks Homes Riverside for our flagship festive celebrations, where the music's loud, the lights are beaming and the bells are most definitely ringing out for Christmas.

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    From:
    20 Dec 2025Open 19:00 - 23:45
    More info for Let The Bells Ring Out For Christmas (Party Night)

  18. Add Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night to your Itinerary

    Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night

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    Christmas and New Year

    West Auckland

    Join Alex Hall as he swoons the night away with a tribute to Michael Buble.

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    From:
    19 Dec 2025Open 19:00 - 23:45
    More info for Bublé & Bubbles - Party Night

  19. Add Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur - Durham Cathedral to your Itinerary

    Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur - Durham Cathedral

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    Music Event

    Durham City

    Olivier Messiaen’s great organ work reflecting on the story of Jesus’s nativity performed on one of the country’s great cathedral organs by Daniel Cook and interspersed with readings from scripture. This recital is offered prayerfully and free of…

    Dates

    From:
    14 Jan 2026Open 17:30 -
    More info for Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur - Durham Cathedral

  20. Add Santa's Walkergate Walkabout to your Itinerary

    Santa's Walkergate Walkabout

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    Christmas and New Year

    Durham

    Santa Claus is taking break from his busy North Pole workshop to visit the families of Durham at Walkergate this Christmas!

    Dates

    From:
    20 Dec 2025Open 12:30 - 16:30
    More info for Santa's Walkergate Walkabout