Beamish - village in County Durham, United Kingdom

Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The only reason to visit is its extensive open-air museum.

Get in

Beamish is five miles west of the main north-south transport corridor, with the A1(M) and East Coast main railway line - nearest station Chester-le-Street.

In summer a bus runs direct to the museum from Newcastle via Chester-le-Street.

Get around

The museum is actually big enough to have its own tram network.

See

• Beamish Open Air Museum, DH9 0RG (Off A693 west from Chester-le-Street), 54.881944°, -1.658333°, +44 191 370 4000, museum@beamish.org.uk. Daily 10:00-17:00. Excellent industrial museum, recreating life in the area during the 19th and early 20th C. £19, conc £14, child £11 2018-07-27

Do

Buy

Eat

• Shepherd and Shepherdess, Cranberry Bog Road, 54.8788°, -1.6568°. 18th century pub restaurant 2018-07-28

Drink

Sleep

• Beamish Hall (Best Western), Coppy Lane, 54.8879°, -1.6714°, +44 1207 233733. 18th-century country house 2017-03-25
• Beamish Park Hotel, Beamishburn Road, NE16 5EG, 54.90062°, -1.67763°. 2017-03-25
• Bobby Shafto Caravan Park, 54.8835°, -1.6410°. March - November. static caravans for and a site for touring caravans. Some static caravans allow dogs. from £11 for a tent 2017-03-25
• Hotel 52, Joicey Square, Stanley, DH9 0PG, +44 1207 263790, stanley@hotel52.co.uk. 2018-04-17

Connect

As of June 2022, Beamish has 4G with O2 and Vodafone, and 5G with EE, but no signal from Three.

Go next

• South to historic Durham
• North to buzzy Newcastle
• West to the old mining community of Consett
• East to the 1964 new town of Washington