Days out - Northeast England

Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road, Templeborough, Rotherham S60 1DX
Open Daily
Age All
Cost £24 family (2+2), £26 (2+3); £8 (adult); £6 (child)
Other info The centre is home to a huge, hands-on interactive exhibition featuring giant water cannon, rockets, a gyroscopic chair and a flight simulator.
Call 01709 720002 or visit the website

York Dungeon
12 Clifford Street, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9RD
Open 10.00-5.00, Monday to Sunday
Age All (but some exhibits may frighten very young children)
Cost £22 family; £7.50 adult; £5.50 child
Other info An awarding-winning reconstruction of 2,000 years of the darker side of human history, this attraction now includes 'Gorvik - the real Viking story'.
Call 01904 632599 or visit the website

Museums

National Museum of Photography, Film and Theatre
Pictureville, Bradford, BD1 1NQ
Open 10.00-18.00 Tuesday-Sunday
Age 7+
Cost Free, but entry to the IMAX theatre is £5.80 for adults and £4 for children
Other info A day's worth of exhibits sit alongside a special exhibitions gallery and a Power Pod ride simulator.
Call 01274 202030 or visit the website

National Railway Museum
Leeman Road, York YO26 4XJ
Open 10.00-18.00 daily
Age All
Cost Free (although there may be a charge for special events)
Other info This is the largest railway museum in the world. It also has an interactive learning centre.
Call 01904 621261 or visit the website

York Castle Museum
The Eye of York, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9RY
Open 9.30-5.00, Monday-Sunday
Age All
Cost £16 family; £6 adult; £3.50 child
Other info A first-class museum offering authentic themed reconstructions of a Victorian street (with shops) and highwayman Dick Turpin's cell.
Call 01904 653611 or visit the website

Theme parks

Atlantis Water Park
North Bay, Scarborough
Open 10.00-18.00 daily until 27th August
Age All
Cost £15.70 family (2+2); £5.70 adult; £4.30 child
Other info Atlantis is a huge outdoor heated water park with two giant waterslides, river rapids and a revolution waveball. There is also the Pirates Cove soft play area for children under 8 years of age.
Call 01723 372744

Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo
The Rectory, Kirby Misperton, Malton, Yorkshire, YO17 6UX
Open Daily until 31 October, opening from 10am-5pm weekdays, and closing at 6pm weekends, school and Bank holidays.
Age All ages
Cost Adult and children from age 3 £15.50 (under-threes free); OAPs, wheelchair users and carers £7.75. Family ticket (for four people) £58.
Other info A well-stocked zoo (over 1000 animals!), plus white-knuckle rides (including Europe's only triple-looping rollercoaster) and theme park attractions for younger children. The family flume ride is new for 2004.
Call 0870 7528000 or visit the website

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