Trips to the seaside, family sporting events, nature and wildlife, exploring the arts, locomotive history and naval adventure; Tees Valley has it all.

Discover where trains were born! Darlington is famed as the birthplace of the railways, come and have a Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine and friends at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum for train rides, face painting, games, arts and crafts, a fire engine demonstration and fairground rides. Learn more about art at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) or roll up your sleeves for arts and crafts workshops at Darlington Arts Centre.

For naval adventure, visit the multi award-winning Hartlepool's Maritime Experience - a life sized reconstruction of a Napoleonic Seaport and the oldest warship afloat in the UK - the HMS Trincomalee. Or close to Saltburn's Pier and Cliff Lift you'll find the Saltburn Smugglers Heritage Centre, set in authentic fisherman's cottages. Or why not come aboard a full size replica of Captain Cook's ship HM Bark Endeavour, found moored on Stockton's riverside.

Don't forget, you can also visit one of our parks, nature reserves and leisure farms, take a picnic, spot local wildlife or take a boat trip out on the lake at Albert Park. Or grab your bucket and spade and take a trip to the seaside resorts of Saltburn, Seaton Carew and Redcar, perfect for fish and chips and ice-cream.