Industrial Heritage and Rail Attractions

The past comes to life in Durham. Get hands-on with history at award-winning Beamish, hop aboard a steam engine at Locomotion, ride the world's oldest working railway at Tanfield or don a hart hat and head down the mine at Killhope, the North of England Lead Mining Museum.   

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  1. Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum

    Having fun on the washing floor

    Killhope is a multi award winning, family friendly Victorian museum with the most complete lead mining site in Great Britain. Underground mine tours, exhibitions, walks, hands on activites to delight all ages. Shop and Cafe

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    Type:
    Museum
    Location:

    Cowshill

  2. Tanfield Railway

    Tanfield Railway

    Oldest existing railway in the world, opened 1725. Steam-hauled passenger trains, vintage carriages, 61 locomotives and steam-driven vintage workshop. Please see website for datws and operating times.

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    Type:
    Railway
    Location:

    Tanfield

  3. Causey Arch and Picnic Area

    Causey Arch

    Picnic site which is home to the world’s oldest surviving single arch railway bridge.

    Type:
    Industrial Archaeology
    Location:

    Stanley

  4. Locomotion:The National Railway Museum at Shildon

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    The museum, home to many vehicles from the National Railway Collection, regularly welcomes guest locomotives and exhibitions. Locomotion explores our railway heritage through interactive displays and offers an exciting events program.

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    Type:
    Museum
    Location:

    Shildon

  5. Beamish - The Living Museum of the North

    The Town Street at Beamish

    Beamish - The Living Museum of the North, is an open air museum vividly recreating life in the North East in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times.

    Type:
    Museum
    Location:

    Beamish

  6. Derwentcote Steel Furnace

    Derwentcote Steel Furnace

    Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace to have survived in Britain.

    Type:
    Industrial Archaeology
    Location:

    Hamsterley Colliery

  7. Weardale Railway

    Weardale Railway

    The Weardale Railway follows the path of the River Wear and passes through the spectacular scenery of Weardale. With historic connections to the Stockton & Darlington Railway, it was once a vital link to the industrial heart of Teesside.

    Type:
    Railway
    Location:

    Stanhope

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