Durham Treasure Trap claims to be one of the (if not *the*) oldest LRP groups in the country.

A bunch of Loony McNutters - but lovely.

Another place to enquire about LRP groups/systems/events is on the Rule7 boards (that replaced the defunct Pagga) as they have a variety of "genre" subsections.

Local LRP clubs exist all over the place, Fools and Heroes for example - and might be found via Rule7 as well.

As to table top - are there any gaming shops in the area? They would hopefully know about rpg groups.

There's a Cam game just started up in Newcastle;

http://www.newcastle.camarilla.org.uk/

She could try the universities. They should have a games group.

Alternatively, there is a forum on www.ukroleplayers.com for people to find games/cubs around the UK. She could post the question there.