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