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Castles, gardens, Kielder and the coast, with plenty of space and quieter days if you pick your time.

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  • Garden · Alnwick

    The Alnwick Garden

    • Quiet times
    • Sensory map
    • Visual guide
    • +3

    Large contemporary garden with water features, the Poison Garden and a treehouse. Runs quiet hours and offers a sensory map, visual guide, free sensory packs and a free carer ticket.

  • Castle · Alnwick

    Alnwick Castle

    • Carer ticket

    Medieval castle and home of the Duke of Northumberland, known from film and TV. The access page offers free carer entry but publishes no autism or sensory provision, so ask before visiting.

  • Museum · Ashington

    Woodhorn Museum

    • Quiet room
    • Visual guide
    • Sensory kit
    • +2

    Former colliery turned museum and archive in a country park. Offers a visual story, ear defenders, a sensory path and sensory play area, and a Changing Places toilet.

  • Attraction · Felton, Morpeth

    Northumberland Zoo

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Sensory map
    • +3

    Small conservation zoo near Felton with snow leopards, otters and softplay. Strong autism offer with regular quiet hours, a social story, sensory bags and free carer entry.

  • Farm · Morpeth

    Whitehouse Farm Centre

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Sensory map
    • +4

    A family farm park with a 9am relaxed hour, three free sensory rooms and sensory bags with ear defenders to hire. It has a Changing Places toilet, a discounted companion ticket and staff trained in autism awareness.

  • Attraction · Rothbury, Morpeth

    Cragside (National Trust)

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Sensory kit
    • +1

    The Victorian house and estate has a Calm Corner on the ground floor of the house, where ear defenders can be borrowed. The property suggests visiting after 2pm, or on a Monday or Friday, for a quieter time.

  • Attraction · Seaton Delaval

    Seaton Delaval Hall (National Trust)

    • Changing Places

    A country house and gardens with a Space to Change toilet that has a hoist, which is smaller than a full Changing Places. Free all terrain scooters and a stairclimber can be booked ahead.

  • Attraction · Belsay

    Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens (English Heritage)

    • Visual guide
    • Changing Places

    A hall, castle and large gardens with a Changing Places toilet at the toilet block; ask at admissions for the key. You can listen to an audio introduction and look at an access map before you visit.

  • Theatre · Hexham

    Queen's Hall Arts

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Queue help
    • +1

    Queen's Hall offers relaxed performances where it can, with a chill-out space, house lights up and no foyer music. Carers go free and you can arrange a look round beforehand and ask to skip the queue.

  • Cinema · Cramlington

    Vue Cramlington

    • Quiet times

    Vue at Manor Walks in Cramlington shows an autism friendly film at 10.30am on the last Sunday of each month. Tickets are booked through the normal Vue listings.

  • Relaxed event · Hexham

    A Christmas Carol: Relaxed Performance

    Tue 29 Dec 2026, 2.30pm

    • Adapted
  • Relaxed event · Hexham

    The Snow Globe (every show relaxed)

    Every show from 5 to 31 Dec 2026 is relaxed; show times vary between 10am and 4pm

    • Adapted
  • Relaxed Santa visit · Ponteland

    Santa's Quiet Grotto

    Fri 4 Dec 2026, 2:10-5:30pm; Tue 8 Dec 2026, 9:10am-12:30pm (10-minute slots)

    • Adapted
    • Carer ticket
    • Visual guide
  • Relaxed Santa visit · Ashington

    Festive Tales: Relaxed Sessions

    5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 Dec 2026, 3:00pm (30 minutes)

    • Adapted
    • Carer ticket
    • Visual guide
  • Relaxed Santa visit · Cambo, Morpeth

    Quiet Father Christmas Experience

    Sun 13 Dec 2026 and Tue 22 Dec 2026, 10:00-11:00am (arrive 15 minutes early)

    • Adapted
    • Carer ticket
  • Caravan · Wooler, Northumberland

    Neurodiverse Friendly Daisy Caravan, Riverside Holiday Park

    • Calm space
    • Adapted rooms
    • Quiet times
    • +2

    A purpose-built neurodivergent-friendly caravan in a quiet corner of a riverside park in Wooler, with its own sensory den and lots of safety locks and alarms. Verdant also publishes a step-by-step predictability pack so families can preview the whole stay.

  • Caravan · Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland

    Spectrum Holidays sensory caravan at Haggerston Castle

    • Calm space
    • Adapted rooms
    • Quiet times
    • +2

    A privately run autism friendly caravan on Haven's Haggerston Castle park, set in the quieter Golf Village with a sensory lounge and secure veranda. Every booking comes with a social story, visual supports and a box of sensory kit.