Redcar Racecourse
Experience excitement at the heart of Redcar.
The unique atmosphere created through a Redcar Raceday coupled with excellent facilities, guarantees a truly memorable day out.
Redcar Racecourse – A sure winner for a great day out!
Experience excitement at the heart of Redcar.
Redcar Racecourse, affectionately known as the ‘Seaside Racecourse’ hosts 19 days of action-packed racing from Easter Monday on 13th April to the finale meeting on Friday 16th October – so you’ve got plenty of choice for a great day out.
Experience the thrills of a Day at the Races – colour, excitement, atmosphere, passion and drama – it’s all in a days racing at Redcar. Whether you are planning a day out with your friends and family, celebrating a special occasion, entertaining clients or promoting your company, Redcar Racecourse offers you the perfect day out.
There is nothing quite like a day at the races. With something for everyone, whether you are a seasoned racegoer or a first time visitor to a racecourse, you’re on for a winning day or night out at Redcar Racecourse.
There is something for all the family with free admission for children under 16 when accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased online at www.redcarracing.co.uk
Redcar Racecourse – A sure winner for a great day out!
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2009 Racedays – Please ring for more details on 01642 484068 or visit the website www.redcarracing.co.uk for further information about Redcar Racecourse
Natures World:
The North of England’s Pioneering eco-experience, featuring organic demonstration and ornamental gardens, wildlife areas and ponds, tearoom restaurant with terrace, gift shop and unique working River Tees model. Dig for Victory is a wartime garden complete with bombed-out house. Range of family trails and adventure play areas.
A visit to Nature’s World provides you with more than just a visit to the uk’s pioneering eco-experience, the aim is to provide you with information, education, ideas and an inspiration for looking after the environment.
Since opening in 1992, Nature’s World has evolved into a thriving visitor attraction, training centre and educational facility for the whole of the local and wider community.
Throughout the site at Natures World are many features for the whole family to enjoy.- Family trails, solar powered talking posts, educational play parks, a giant bank-side slide, an interactive sustainability challenge, 2020 future world, the race to recycle and much much more!
With on-site tearooms serving both hot and cold food & drink, ample free car parking and so much to see and do why not come and experience the beauty of Nature’s World for yourself.
See you soon!
Nature’s World is a unique venue for:-
- Family Days Out
- School Visits
- Conferences and Events
- Farmers’ Markets & Craft Markets
- Coach and Group Visits
- Children’s Parties
- Corporate Events & Product Launches
- Funeral Buffets
- Refreshments, Lunches & Organic Shopping
As well as all of the existing fun things to do at Nature’s world like, The Gardens, The Hydroponicum, The Adventure Playground, The Shop and The Tearooms, there is now a whole lot more for you to enjoy. Just call Natures World to find out more on any of the features detailed below.
Future World 2020
What are you going to do when all the oil runs out? Check out the demonstrations of clean, renewable energy technologies including solar, wind and geo-thermal power. ‘2020′ – experience a ’space age’ journey to the year 2020 and explore the technologies which will be changing the Tees Valley and the world in response to global warming and climate
Race to Recycle
Played by as many people as you wish, this game creates a virtual environment of a landfill site, from here you must select an item that you wish to create from recycled rubbish, find the correct quantities and sort them into the correct bins, all in a race against time! This computerised exhibit has proved to be a real hit with both children and adults, with background noises and a plasma screen display this game really is well worth checking out on your visit.
The ‘Sustainability Challenge’
Use 3 touch-screen interactive kiosks based in the EarthShip and Future World to test your environmental footprint on the earth. Answer a series of questions on your everyday lifestyle to get your overall score. The Kiosks can also be used to play a number of environmental games, surf the internet, check e-mails and even send a picture or video home to yourself via e-mail – all completely free of charge!
Hydroponicum (Mini-Eden Project)
View the introductory film which explains the wonders of Hydroponics. Also new touch screen interactives add fun and information whilst the background sounds of birds and other creatures create an exciting tropical feel to your surroundings.
Educational Play Features
1) ‘Race 4 Fun’ area featuring a race track with electric powered buggies plus pedal go-carts and ride on tractors. Also role play and games.
2) The unique 400m long River Tees Model is a favourite for both schools and regular visitors.
3) The new Giant ‘Bank Slide’ is without doubt the areas scariest embankment slide – and the kids love it!
Family Trails
Try a different trail each time you come to Nature’s World. Current trails include; The Eco Trail, Family fun challenge, The Tees Valley and River Tees Trail, Discover Wildflowers Trail and the Organic Gardening and Wildlife Trail.
Based in Acklam, Middlesborough, Nature’s World is ideally placed for a fun packed and entertainining day out for all the familiy
Nature’s World, Ladgate Lane ,Acklam ,Middlesbrough ,TS5 7YN
Tel +44 (0)1642 594895
Fax +44 (0)1642 594895
MetroCentre
History
With over 300 shops, a diverse range of family entertainments as well as its very own ‘styling team’ to make you look and feel fabulous, the world famous MetroCentre is certainly worth a visit.
A brief look into the history of Europe’s Largest Shopping and Leisure Centre
MetroCentre offers great opportunities for retailers and shoppers. Capital Shopping Centres continue to develop the MetroCentre to reflect the ever-changing needs of the shopper. Imaginative redevelopment programmes keep MetroCentre at the forefront of retail competing favourably with new centres throughout Europe. A successful MetroCentre is a partnership between owner, retailers and its customers. The proven success of MetroCentre is its growth, each year recording high levels of customer visits. This is a testament to the success of the partnership at MetroCentre and the excellent relationship with the retailers. The safe, clean, friendly, attractive shopping environment for which MetroCentre is renowned, would not be possible without the support of partners such as Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Northumbria Police and Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade.
A BOLD NEW CONCEPT
In 1980 few people realised that, when a power station’s waterlogged ash dump on the outskirts of Gateshead was chosen for development, the North East of England would be pioneering a retail revolution. The concept, planning and design of MetroCentre were essentially very simple. The needs of the customer were covered in every detail. With this in mind, the aim of Cameron Hall, the original developers, was to provide a shopping and leisure centre that combined the best of North American innovation with all the lessons learnt from centuries of European shopping tradition.
• Where efficiency and convenience meet an attractively varied environment.
• Where the benefits of size can be enjoyed on a human scale.
• Where the purchase of goods go hand-in-hand with the pursuit of pleasure.
As a result, MetroCentre has become more than bricks and mortar. It is now part of the social fabric of the region. Reinstating the traditional values of the marketplace – where people used to go to meet as well as shop – in order to fulfil the needs of an age with increasing time for leisure. MetroCentre has rekindled the tradition of the ‘family going to town’.
With almost 330 shops, if MetroCentre doesn’t have it, you don’t want it!
Getting There:
Metrocentre is located three miles south west of Newcastle upon Tyne on the A1 west of Gateshead.
With almost ten thousand free parking spaces and hundreds of buses and trains from throughout the North East, it couldn’t be easier to get to Metrocentre.
Harry Potter:
For a perfect family day out
Visit Alnwick Castle, ‘The Harry Potter’ location.
Undoubtedly one of the finest of medieval castle in England, and is proudly known as “The Windsor of the North”. Alnwick has been the principal residence of the Percy’s for 700 years and remains family home to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland today. The Castle is a living, vibrant place and provides the perfect day out for all the family, with some thing to appeal to everyone.
The magic of Alnwick Castle was recognised by the directors of Harry Potter where it played a starring role and it has also provided the setting for the historical drama, Elizabeth, as well as the television comedy Blackadder. But where Alnwick Castle really excels is in the depth of what it has to offer, as recognised by judges in the Enjoy England – Awards for Excellence, also the Castle scooped the national awards for Best Large Visitor Attraction 2007.
As well as being the setting for Harry Potter, Alnwick Castle houses an outstanding array of china, furniture and paintings, a legacy of the Percy family who have been collectors for generations. The walls of the state rooms are graced with one of the finest collections of Renaissance art in Europe which includes important works by old masters such as Canaletto, Van Dyck and Titian. Recent refurbishment has seen the restoration of the State dining room to its original splendour, and the creation of a stunning new china gallery, purpose built to display the Castle’s unique collections of Meissen, Paris and Chelsea porcelain.
As well as the Harry Potter connection, for children, Knights Quest is undoubtedly the highlight of any visit, where aspiring young knights and ladies are encouraged to dress up in medieval costume before completing a series of challenges from designing a shield to sword fighting and jousting. The bravest Harry Potter followers of all will take the final challenge in Dragons Quest where trainee knights must solve the puzzles, journey through a spooky tunnel, then find their way through the mirror maze to meet the dragon and win their spurs.
Throughout the season the The Harry Potter Castle provides a great day out, and events to enhance your visit, this ranges from guided tours of the grounds, Harry Potter tours, magical history tours, archery, birds of prey demonstrations, magic and wizardry, and when it’s all too much and exhaustion sets in, try The Sanctuary restaurant or Courtyard Café for a break and some refreshments. Enjoy anything from a three course meal in the restaurant to alfresco drinks and snacks from the Courtyard Café, available throughout the day. Follow this with some retail therapy in the Castle shop which offers a superb selection of high quality gifts and Harry Potter mementoes for all ages.
Astute Harry Potter fans will be able to spot some recognisable landmarks on their visit to Alnwick Castle, but on certain days each year the Harry Potter magic comes alive with some familiar faces roaming the grounds to entertain the crowds. Ideal weekend entertainment for all ages.
Hadrian’s Wall – Roman World Heritage Site
Discover the natural beauty of North East England along the 2000-year-old Hadrian’s Wall.
This 73-mile-long World Heritage Site has 25 Roman forts and museums to visit.
Two of the best are Housesteads and Vindolanda. Both have museums and, during the summer, Vindolanda has archaeological digs which visitors can take part in.
There are a number of excellent cycle routes and if you want a really long walk you can follow the whole length of the Wall on the National Trail Path – taking an average of six days to complete!
Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Hadrian’s Wall
Chesterholm Museum
Bardon Mill
Northumberland
NE47 7JN Tel: +44 01434 344277
Vindolanda, a staging pot on Hadrian’s wall, has given us a fantastic insight into what Roman life in Northumberland was actually like.
The fort, which lies below Housesteads, was built in AD 85 some four decades before construction of Hadrians Wall.
It was still occupied four hundred years later and its estimated that more than ten Roman forts, associated with Hadrians Wall were built on the site over the centuries.
Today you can see the remains of some of those Hadrians Wall forts including the ruins of bath houses and temples – but it is Vindolanda’s superb museum and collection that really stays in the mind of the visitor to Hadrian’s Wall
Here you can examine writing tablets found on the Hadrian’s Wall site which give us a fascinating insight into Roman life. Among those exhibited you’ll see an invitation to a birthday party and inventories detailing the camp’s needs.
The museum also contains a selection of the thousands of archeological finds that have been unearthed along Hadrian’s Wall and at Vindolanda over the years including shoes, stools, wagon axles and even tent pegs.
There are also some reconstructions of what life was like for those left at Vindolanda after the Romans abandoned Britain.
If you want to have a try at digging up some Roman treasures, Vindolanda holds regular digs, simply give them a call to find out further details.
