BEAMISH OPEN AIR MUSEUM

 

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Signposted from the A1. Follow the signs along the A693 towards Stanley for 4 miles.

 

 01913 704000
  museum@beamish.org.uk

 

Yorkshire Tourist Board

 Angel of the North

An iconic statue for the North of England.

 Gibside

Large wooded riverside landscape garden

 Shipley Art Gallery

 New MetroLand

 GATESHEAD

 Ikea

The Forestry Commission marquee is located within the car park at Ikea. Those on duty within the marquee all work in the Kielder Forest area. Our friendly Forestry Commission staff help plant and ...

 Derwentcote Steel Furnace

Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools. Small exhibition within.

 Chopwell Wood Main

The main car park is where all the walking trails start from and where the notice board provides up to date information about the wood, its associated groups and forthcoming events.

 Chopwell Woodland Park

This 360 hectare mixed woodland is a real gem, set right on the fringe of Gateshead. Designated as a Woodland Park in 1993, the management of Chopwell Wood prioritises conservation and recreation ...

 Washington Old Hall

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington

 Life Science Centre

A Science Centre for all the family with exhibits and special events.

 Discovery Museum

A Museum about the history of Newcastle upon Tyne

 Bessie Surtees House

These two 16th and 17th-century merchants' houses are examples of Jacobean domestic architecture.

 Baltic

BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art

 Castle Keep Black Gate and Moot Hall

The Castle Keep of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

 St. Nicholas' Cathedral

Is the mother church of the most northerly diocese of the Anglican Church in England.

 Finchale Priory

The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.

 Gateshead Millenium Bridge

The Millenium Bridge connecting both sides of the River Tyne.

 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

 Laing Art Gallery