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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The first National Museum in the North East. Free admission. View over 60 vehicles, children's play area and interactive displays. Retail and catering available.
Shildon
Oldest existing railway in the world, opened 1725. Steam-hauled passenger trains, vintage carriages, 61 locomotives and steam-driven vintage workshop. Please see website or ring for dates and operating times.
Marley Hill
The North East's Small Visitor Attraction of the Year and the most complete lead mining site in Great Britain. Mine tours, exhibitions, walks, shop and cafe.
Cowshill
Beamish - The Living Museum of the North, is an open air museum vividly recreating life in the North East in the early 1800s and 1900s.
Beamish
The world's oldest surviving railway bridge (built 1725-26) stands over a rocky gorge. Woodland walks and access to Tanfield Railway.
Stanley
The railway operates a 7 day a week community service between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope and heritage service between Wolsingham and Stanhope. See web site for details.
Stanhope
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace to have survived in Britain.
Hamsterley Colliery
Visitor Centre celebrating over 600 years of an industrial community.
Butterknowle