Beamish North of England Open Air Museum

**What is it and How do I find it?** Beamish Open Air Museum is located in Country Durham, near to Beamish village, Durham and Chester-le-Street. It is signposted from the A1 by the brown tourist signs. Set in 300 acre grounds, Beamish is unlike any other 'traditional museum', instead it is set out in fields as clusters of attractions, with things such as the old village, a school, a church and a mine. This means that visitors can get a real taste of history whilst having an enjoyable family day out. It is set in two important times in the history of the people of the North of England, 1825 and 1913. **My Visit** **Entering the museum** I ...  Read the complete review

Beamish Open Air museum is a favourite place of mine, a great place for school trips and a really interesting day out for everyone from toddlers to OAPs. I've been there many times and still haven't got bored with going there. **Where it is** Beamish is in Co. Durham, in the north-east of England. It is approximately eight miles south west from Newcastle and twelve miles north west from Durham city. It is really well signposted from the A1M, Junction 63 and as I can drive there myself and I'm not the most confident of drivers, anyone can do it! You can also catch a bus to the museum entrance from Newcastle or Chester-le-Street. **What is ...  Read the complete review

We travelled upto beamish on a coach trip from sheffield. On arriving there was a little bit of chaos of us entering with a few coach parties all entering at once. When you get into the place there is a stop where you can catch a tram round to the other end of the village. However one look at the queue we decided to walk instead. The first thing we came across was the tramway garages where you could look from the outside at the trams inside. The second section we came across was a small funfair. This contained a few small rides for children such as a merrygo round and swingboats. There was also a few side stalls such as cocount ...  Read the complete review

It was a beautiful Bank Holiday Sunday and I had a friend staying with me. Being that we both enjoy a bit of history now and then we decided to take a drive down to Beamish. Beamish is a very large North Eastern open air museum. The entire thing is based in 1913 and you can ride on real old trams and buses between places such as a town centre and mining village. I advise using this as it's a good 20 minute walk between locations - pretty and good exercise, but tiring. There are period actors everywhere to explain things - a dentist in the dentist's surgery, a lady in the grocer's shop, a housewife in the miner's village. These folk are friendly and ...  Read the complete review

One of my families favourite destinations for a great day out is Beamish open air museum. Situated in the north east of England Beamish has won British museum of the year award not only for the U.K but for Europe too. Advertised as where the past comes to life Beamish will take you back in time to the 1800’s and 1900’s. Getting there. ************** Beamish is situated in county Durham. It is 9 miles south west of Newcastle and 12 miles north of Durham city. It is really well sign posted from all approach roads. There is a large free car park where it is a minute’s walk into the entrance building. There is a bus direct from Eldon ...  Read the complete review