Across the region household names are closing, many until further notice, in an unprecedented bid to stem the spread of COVID-19 as UK confirmed cases rise daily.

We've put together a list of venues that have announced their closure and will be updating this by area throughout the day - the list correct as of Wednesday so far:

County Durham and Darlington

• ​ODEON Cinemas Luxe Darlington and Durham
• Darlington Hippodrome
• Crown Street library and Cockerton library
• The Dolphin Centre
• Eastbourne Sports Complex
• Head of Steam
• Darlington Railway Museum
• Vue Cinemas Darlington
• Middlestone Moor Community Centre
• Tudhoe Community Centre
• Kirk Merrington Village Hall
• Byers Green Village Hall
• Tudhoe Cricket Club
• Kirk Merrington Pre-School
• Locomotion Shildon
• Barnard Castle Town Council's Woodleigh office
• The Bowes Museum - from 5pm
• Durham’s Gala Theatre
• Empire Theatre, Consett
• Bishop Auckland Town Hall 
• Durham Town Hall
• Binchester Roman Fort 
• Bowlees Visitor Centre, Teesdale 
• Killhope Lead Mining Museum, Weardale 
• All Durham County Council leisure centres 
• All Durham County Council libraries
• Beamish Museum 

Teesside

• Stockton ARC Theatre
• Cineworld Middlesbrough 
• Billingham Forum (Theatre) near Stockton
• Mill House Leisure Centre Hartlepool
• Brierton Sports Centre Hartlepool
• Headland Sports Centre Hartlepool
• Summerhill Visitor Centre
• Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre
• Hartlepool Art Gallery
• Vue Cinemas Hartlepool
• Superdry Stores
• Middlesbrough Town Hall
• Middlesbrough Civic Centre
• All council-run leisure centres and gyms in Middlesbrough
• Community Hubs, Libraries and Museums in Middlesbrough
• Teesside Archives
• Middlesbrough Theatre
• Newham Grange Leisure Farm

Tyne and Wear

• Sunderland Empire Theatre
• Newcastle Theatre Royal
• The Sage in Gateshead
• The BALTIC in Gateshead
• Cineworld Newcastle and Boldon
• ODEON Metrocentre and Silverlink
• Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle
• The Discovery Museum in Newcastle
• The Centre for Life in Newcastle
• The Great North Museum: Hancock
• Superdry Stores
• Fausto Coffee in Sunderland
• Disney Store
• Fenwicks Newcastle
• IKEA Gateshead 

North Yorkshire

• Betty's has closed cafe's in Northallerton, Harrogate and York
• Grand Opera House in York
• Vue Cinemas York
• National Railway Museum York
• Hambleton District Council owned libraries, leisure centres and buildings.

Latest coronavirus stories from across the region:

Coronavirus: Schools hit by staff shortages; patient dies at Stockton hospital​

Coronavirus: National Holidays cancels all holidays in the North-East​

Coronavirus: £1k fine if you breach self-isolation under new laws

Coronavirus: Teesside Airport hotel offered up as potential medical facility