Living History

Step back into the past and experience life as it was in days gone by, whether you want to try a hand at life at sea in the 18th Century, work down a coal mine or head back to the age of steam, you can find it all in Durham!

Route One
Hartlepool's Maritime Experience - Locomotion NRM at Shildon - Killhope Lead Mining Museum

Route Two
Beamish Open Air Museum - Killhope Lead Mining Museum

Coach Timings 

• Hartlepool's Maritime Experience - Beamish Open Air Museum: 40 mins
• Locomotion NRM at Shildon - Killhope Lead Mining Museum: 1 hour
• Killhope Lead Mining Museum - Durham City: 1 hour
• Beamish Open Air Museum - Killhope Lead Mining Museum: 1 hour

Attractions - Suggested Length of Visit

• Beamish Open Air Museum: 3 - 4 hours
• Hartlepool's Maritime Experience: 2 - 3 hours
• Killhope Lead Mining Museum: 1 hour
• Locomotion NRM at Shildon: 1 - 2 hours

Did You Know...

• You can relive a day in the life of lead miners at Killhope Lead Mining Museum. From the moment you 'kit up' with hard hat, cap-lamp and Wellingtons your visit becomes an unforgettable adventure.
  
• Explore the history of innovative steam engineering and take a ride on a steam train at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon.
  
• Be transported back to the days gone by at Beamish with a recreation of a pit village, including cottages, a school and a chapel. Working trams and costumed tour guides bring the past to life.
  
• Travel back in our mar-time machine to experience how it was aboard a real British naval frigate, two centuries ago. Explore the historic quayside, featuring 'Pressganged', 'Fighting Ships', realistic period shops and houses and much more.