Checked 11 Nov 2026

NAMCO Funscape Metrocentre

18 lanes Garden Walk, Metrocentre
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Garden Walk, Metrocentre

Funscape Metrocentre in short

Right nowSee hours
Lanes18
Lowest listed rateNot published
Who can bowlOpen to the public
Lane typeTen-pin
BookingOnline booking

The same hours seven days a week

Monday10:00 – 22:30
Tuesday10:00 – 22:30
Wednesday10:00 – 22:30
Thursday10:00 – 22:30
Friday10:00 – 22:30
Saturday10:00 – 22:30
Sunday10:00 – 22:30

Source: the centre's opening hours on the venue's website (namcofunscape.com), read 11 Nov 2026.

Lanes and climbing walls at the Metrocentre

Since 2009 NAMCO has run this Funscape on Garden Walk in Gateshead's Metrocentre, the shopping centre that has drawn North East visitors since the 1980s. Its 18 lanes share the floor with indoor dodgems, the arcade, pool, a PAC-MAN-themed soft play area and Clip 'n Climb walls, so there is plenty for children who are too young to bowl.

Food is burgers, pizzas and hot dogs, ordered by phone to the lane or table through a mobile ordering system instead of queuing at a counter. Daytime bowling, a 3-2-1 deal, Nifty Fifty sessions for over-50s and free bowling for carers appear on the offers list. The timetable is the same all week: 10:00 to 22:30.

Garden Walk, Metrocentre

Unit 244 Garden Walk, Metrocentre, Gateshead NE11 9XY.

Unit 244 Garden Walk, Gateshead, Metrocentre NE11 9XY

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Soft play, Clip 'n Climb and dodgems

  • 18 lanes
  • Soft play and Clip 'n Climb
  • Order food to your lane
  • 10:00 to 22:30 daily

Families, carers and over-50s

Open to the public as a family entertainment centre; activities can be booked ahead through Quick Book.

Other bowling on Tyneside

Sources

Facts checked 11 Nov 2026 against the sources above. Not a live availability check.

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