What to do
Going up to Teesside at weekend with the wife and kids to visit a friend. Are there any good attractions open we can go visit? Preferably in a 40 mile radius of Billingham (in any direction), but not including the Nth Yorkshire Moors because we've exhausted that option in the past.
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Preston Park Museum at Yarm.
It's not bad and has a blacksmiths forge, aviary, butterfly world some reconstructed rooms from homes from victorian times on. Tickets are about £1.80 and last for a year! Bargain! And if you go on Saturdays there are usually weddings on which keep the girlies happy too.
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I thought that was
Preston Park Museum of Yarn.

One for the knitters.
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Beamish Open Air Museum
In Co. Durham is usually a good option. Might just about be within your radius.
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