Upcoming Events
View all →Rapunzel at Seven Stories
11:00 AM & 2:00 PM · Seven Stories
£9.50 child, £12.50 adultCrank It Up! 2026, Beamish Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Beamish Museum
Included with admissionThe Great Pumpkin Party: Halloween Half-Term at Belsay Hall
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM · Belsay Hall
Included with admission; free to EH membersTales from the Shadows: Halloween Half-Term at Seaton Delaval Hall
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM · Seaton Delaval Hall
Included with admission; free to NT membersFeatured Guides
More Guides
All guides →
Things to Do in Ouseburn
A local guide to Newcastle's cultural quarter, the city farm, children's book museum, art galleries, a wartime tunnel, and the riverside pubs and music venues packed into the Ouseburn Valley.
A Day in the Ouseburn Valley: Farm, Seven Stories & a Walk
A family-friendly day out in Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley, taking in the free city farm, the national centre for children's books and a riverside walk down to the Quayside.
Parks & Green Spaces in Heaton
Heaton Park, Armstrong Park and Jesmond Dene run into one another along the Ouseburn to form one of Newcastle's finest green corridors, here's how to explore all three.
Family Activities & Days Out in Heaton & Ouseburn
A roundup of family-friendly things to do across Heaton and the Ouseburn, from free parks and a city farm to rainy-day museums, galleries and riding lessons.
Free Things to Do in Heaton & Ouseburn
A local guide to the best free days out in east Newcastle, from a city farm and independent galleries to woodland parks and free riverside gigs.
Schools & Education
Find schools, nurseries, and educational resources in Heaton.
Local Places
Full directory →Seven Stories - The National Centre for Children's Books
CommunityThe UK's national museum dedicated to children's books, in a converted Victorian warehouse in the Ouseburn Valley. Interactive family exhibitions, a bookshop, events and a nationally significant archive.
Ouseburn Farm
CommunityA free-entry community city farm and charity in the heart of the Ouseburn Valley, home to pigs, goats, sheep and poultry, with education, training and volunteering alongside family visits.
The Biscuit Factory
CommunityThe UK's largest independent contemporary art, craft and design gallery, over two floors of a restored Victorian warehouse. Free entry to browse and buy work from hundreds of artists, with a cafe and event spaces.
Stepney Bank Stables
CommunityAn equestrian centre and registered charity in the Ouseburn Valley offering horse-riding lessons for children and adults, plus youth and community programmes - one of the few inner-city riding schools in the UK.
Victoria Tunnel
CommunityA preserved 19th-century waggonway tunnel beneath Newcastle, later a WWII air-raid shelter, cared for by the Ouseburn Trust. Guided tours (book ahead) descend underground from the Lime Street meeting point.
The People's Theatre
CommunityA long-established theatre in Heaton running a year-round programme of drama, comedy and classics plus a youth theatre, at its Stephenson Road home since 1962.