Nearby Attractions
Beamish Open Air Museum - Beamish is a World Class open air museum situated in a valley near Durham and set in the era of 1913. It consists of a miners village with a real drift mine a pit head wheel house school chapel and miner's cotages. There is a town with a Co-op a bank a pub a printer stables a sweet shop masonic hall a garage a park and a railway station. There are two farms and many more real buildings restored and reconstructed within the grounds. Visitors are transported around on vintage buses and trolley buses and are encouraged to talk to the museum staff, all dressed in period costumes, to find out about life in early 1900s
Beamish Open Air Museum
Durham City - Durham is the capital City of County Durham almost surrounded by the river Wear and dominated by the 11th Century Benedictine Cathedral. Durham is ancient and evidence of iron age habitation has been found. Today it has one of Englands best Universities with approximately 14000 students but is also a popular destination for visitors from all over the World.
Durham City
Hadrians Wall - World famous Hadrian's Wall spans between Wall's End at the mouth of the Tyne to Bowness in Solway to the West Built in AD 122 by Roman Legions to create a defensive border between England & Scotland. There are museums and visitor centres along the Wall such as Once Brewed and the Army Museum but possibly the most popular is at Housteads set high along an escarpment with superb views in every direction
Hadrians Wall
Newcastle upon Tyne - Newcastle upon Tyne is the principal city in the North East once famous for shipbuilding and export of coal. Approximately 20 minutes rail or 25 minutes drive from Durham is now famous for the Sage a world class concert hall the Baltic arts centre on the quaiside the Millenium pedestrian bridge over the Tyne the nightlife as party capital of europe shopping and of course the home of Newcastle United football team
Newcastle upon Tyne