Join Santa’s Elves as they race to prepare for Christmas Eve in a new experience packed with festive surprises, science experiments and a live Elf Show.
Meet Santa, receive a special gift and take home a Christmas Eve Bag filled with reindeer food, hot chocolate mix and a sweet treat.
Your ticket includes full entry to Life, so you can spend the rest of your day exploring the science centre and its festive programme.
Make sure to visit the Planetarium for What Santa Sees, the immersive full-dome show, produced entirely in-house by award winning team, and discover what Santa gets up to as he races through the stars to deliver presents.
There’s also British Sign Language (BSL) sessions available at various times on Sunday 29 November – which include a BSL interpreted Elf Show.
Prices:
Adult:£25.00
Child: £25.00
Ideal for children aged 3 to 10. Child tickets include a special gift and Christmas Eve Bag (Reindeer food, hot chocolate mix and a sweet treat) to take home.
Younger and older children are welcome too but must have a Santa Experience ticket. Very young children don’t need a ticket but will not receive a Santa gift or sweet treat and will need to sit on a grown up’s lap during the Santa experience (seats are limited).
Dinos and decking the halls!
URL: https://www.life.org.uk/buy-tickets/
Life Science Centre’s festive programme runs from 7 November 2026 – 3 January 2027
Prices:
Adults (age 18+): £15 (with donation, £13.60 without)
Child (aged 3+): £15 (with donation, £13.60 without)
Children (aged 2 and under): FREE
Flexi ticket add-on: £2.50 per ticket
The countdown to extinction is on! The Great Dinosaur Escape will be leaving Life on 3 January 2027, but until then, we’re bringing a prehistoric twist to our festive offer.
Here’s what’s on:
- Young explorers can become Dino Rangers, following a trail and using dinosaur facts to crack a code.
- Visit The Big Dino Den, including a three-tonne T. rex, a toothy Allosaurus, and a towering Carnotaurus – plus some cute dino babies.
- Create your own festive trinket to take home – great as a gift to yourself or someone else!
- Can science turn you into a present detective? Use scientific thinking and different tools to try to identify what’s in the mystery presents in Experiment Zone (7+)
- Join Santa and his Reindeer in the Planetarium for What Santa Sees, a spectacular 360-degree show created by Life’s award-winning in-house team.
All this and much more is included in your science centre ticket!
Newcastle’s outdoor ice rink opens next week!
7 November 2026 – 3 January 2027
URL: https://www.life.org.uk/whats-on/event/ice-skating/
Experience the magic of Life’s open-air ice rink this festive season.
Tickets will be priced at £10 for all on opening weekend (Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November).
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