Dobbies Garden Centre, Ponteland

About Dobbies Garden Centre, Ponteland

Dobbies Ponteland sits at Street House Farm on the western edge of Ponteland, close to the A696. Alongside the plants, garden supplies and gift ranges, the store has a restaurant serving hot meals, breakfasts and cakes, with hot food served until mid-afternoon, and it stocks a mix of homeware and seasonal ranges that change through the year.

The store runs a regular calendar of family activities. These include free Little Seedlings children's workshops, seasonal terrarium and craft sessions, a Halloween experience, and a full Christmas programme with a grotto, a quiet grotto for children with additional needs, Santa's Breakfast and pet-friendly events. Events are listed and booked through the Dobbies events site.

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Family Activities in Ponteland: Things to Do With Children All Year

Swimming and soft play, a college-run zoo, garden-centre workshops, the library, parks and a wild wetland: a year-round guide to family activities in and around Ponteland.

Christmas Trees in Ponteland: Where to Buy and Recycle

Where to buy a real Christmas tree in Ponteland and Darras Hall, from Dobbies on the A696 to the Broomhall tree farm and Cowell's at Woolsington, plus tree care and January recycling.

Christmas in Ponteland 2026

Village lights, Santa at Dobbies and Belsay, a Memorial Hall fair, carols at St Mary's, the Theatre Royal panto and the New Year's Day Wheelbarrow Race: a guide to Christmas 2026 in and around Ponteland.

Christmas Markets in Ponteland

Ponteland has no Christmas market of its own, but Belsay Hall's Christmas Craft Fair is ten minutes up the A696 on 21 and 22 November 2026, and Newcastle's market runs from 19 November to 23 December. A guide to festive markets within reach of the village.

A Rainy Day in Ponteland: Indoor Things to Do

When the Northumberland weather closes in, here is where to go: indoor ideas for a rainy day in and around Ponteland, from the leisure centre and library to Kirkley Hall and Dobbies.

Halloween in Ponteland

Family Halloween fun in Ponteland, led by Dobbies' 'Little Scare-lings' events and a half-term day out at Kirkley Hall zoo, plus pumpkin patches nearby.

Dobbies Ponteland Unveils Its Autumn Events Programme

The garden centre on the edge of Ponteland has announced a full autumn line-up, a Halloween tea party for children, a Pup-kin Patch for dogs, and seasonal workshops.