MUSEUMS, clubs, cinemas, theatres, swimming pools and council-owned attractions are shutting shop across the North-East following the government's latest advice on coronavirus.
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.
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