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Bishop Auckland

What’s inside the town

You don’t go up a frame. You wander from one little world to the next.

The yellow submarine with red portholes, painted fish on the wall, and sea creature toys inside.

First stop

Under the Sea

Climb aboard the submarine and look out through the portholes. The reef is painted by hand around you: fish, coral, and the feeling of being somewhere else entirely, still in Bishop Auckland.

  • Looking through a red porthole into the underwater play room, with a painted reef and sea creature toys.
  • The under-the-sea sensory corner, with a wall of sea creatures and a tray of blue sensory play.
  • The ocean felt board, with a yellow submarine, sea creatures and a mural of fish and coral.
  • A blue whale activity board on the sea wall, with gears, a xylophone and bead mazes.
The indoor sand pit with a toy pirate ship, pirate flags and a treasure-island mural beside the high-street window.

Along the shore

The Beach

A proper sand pit, not a tray, with a boat to board. Shoes off, socks on, hands in, and a good dig about for your ninety minutes.

  • The pirate sand pit by the window, with yellow chairs for grown-ups looking on.
  • The sand pit with a toy boat and a wooden treasure chest, beside the high-street window.
  • The sand pit boat with a pirate hat on the mast, buckets in the sand and an inflatable palm tree.
  • The wooden pirate boat in the sand pit, with Newgate Street through the window behind.
The painted volcano, with red lava down the sides and dinosaur toys on the grass through the cave.

Through the cave

Dinosaur Volcano

The volcano is painted onto the room itself. Crawl the cave tunnel, come out the other side, and the town has changed around you. This is the bit children remember on the way home.

  • The painted volcano, with red lava down the sides and a cave opening at the bottom.
  • Dinosaur figurines on a grass shelf, with painted dinosaurs on the wall behind.
  • A close look at the textured stegosaurus sensory board, with a beanbag on the grass.
  • The dinosaur corner, with a long-necked mural, figurines on the grass shelf and a beanbag.
The castle play zone, with painted stone walls, a crown banner, shields and a tea party table on the grass.

Over the drawbridge

The Castle

Arched doorways, turrets, and a table set for a tea party. Dressing up happens here: knights, crowns, and the serious business of pouring nothing into tiny cups.

  • The castle wall with a tea party table set on the grass in front of the arched doorway.
  • A wooden toy castle and a tea party table on the grass, with purple flowers on the wall.
  • The castle dressing-up corner, with princess dresses, knight helmets and a little vanity.
  • A wooden toy palace on a pink play table, with little figures in the towers and rooms.
  • A painted prince and princess on the castle wall, with blue flowers climbing the stone.
  • Looking through a castle arch at a tea party table on the grass, with flowers on the sill.
The red barn with white trim, sunflowers, a yellow table and toy animals on the grass.

Down the lane

The Farm Barn

A red barn with white trim, built out by hand. Role play, animals, and the everyday work of a very small farm shop.

  • The red barn with sunflowers, a white picket fence and the castle next door.
  • The red barn beside the sand pit, with sunflowers and a white picket fence.
  • The red barn doorway, with toy tractors, a highland cow and the farm shop through the window.
  • The little farm shop, with a striped awning, play fruit in baskets and a toy till.
  • A grass farm shelf of animals, a red barn and crocheted bees, with a sheep and hen on the floor.
  • The farm play table, with barns, tractors and animals, and a farm mural on the wall.
The space sensory room, with a solar system wall, glowing planet lights, a wooden rocket and fibre optic lights.

Among the stars

Sensory Space

The sensory room is a core part of the town, not a cupboard off to the side. Fibre optics, projected stars, a light-up rocket and tactile wall panels. Used in ordinary sittings, not tucked out of the way.

  • The space sensory room, with a blue bubble tube, a wooden rocket, fibre optic lights and star projections.
  • The space wall, with pink constellation lights, star stickers and tactile circular panels.
  • A wooden rocket on the space wall, with gears, a bead maze and fibre optic lights on the floor.
  • The solar system wall in the space sensory room, with hanging stars, planet lights and moon cushions.
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