This is my second post in my Easy Day Out Ideas series.
These are my tried and tested family day out ideas that cater for all ages, require no booking (so are perfect for last-minute plans), and are great for inviting friends and extended family along too!
Each Easy Day Out is perfect for a weekend or the school holidays, and even on days off during the week with younger, pre-school children. Because they require no booking, you can easily make the itineraries into a half day or a full day to fit around your family.
My family love these days out, and I hope you do too! ❤️
Easy Day Out Idea #2
📍Durham River Walk + Old Durham Gardens + Restaurant + Ice Cream + Durham Cathedral
This lovely day out in Durham features my three favourite things – a walk, sightseeing and eating!
Just like the others in this series, you can do this Easy Day Out in any order, or pick and choose what you’d like to do.
This is what I would do:
🚶♀️Walk for 20-25mins, starting from the rowboats by the river in the city centre, and walk all the way along to Old Durham Gardens. (I’ve got a full post about this walk on my page, check it out).
🌳 Enjoy spending some time at Old Durham Gardens – you could even take a picnic.
🍽 Walk back to the city centre, the same route that you came, and get some delicious food. Too many to recommend, but my current favs are the fennel sausage pizza from Rudy’s Pizza and pistachio ice cream from Belli e Brutti.
⛪️ Then, visit Durham Cathedral. It is such a gorgeous venue and very family friendly. Check out the Lego cathedral, borrow an activity backpack and climb the 325 steps to the top of the cathedral tower!
☕️ After that, it’s time for a rest in one of the many good coffee shops in Durham like The Undercroft (inside the Cathedral), Cafedral, Vennels, Flat White or Leonards Coffee House.
We think that’s enough to fill a day but we’ll drop some additional things to do in Durham below!
Extras:
Wharton Park is a lovely, but very hilly, park on the edge of the city centre. A 15-20min walk from Durham Cathedral, or it has a small car park you could drive to.
Rent a rowboat or go on one of the riverboat cruises! And see the city from the water rather than doing the riverside walk.
Words by Rosie 