Grange Villa

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Church of St Paul

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beamish Museum

Museum

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.

Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch objects. Beamish Museum is situated 2 miles northwest of Grange Villa.

Pelton Fell Cenotaph and memorial gates

Memorial

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Newfield

Village

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newfield is a village in County Durham, England. It lies west of the town of Chester-le-Street, and falls partly within the civil parish of Pelton. In 2021 it had a population of 1529.

Beamish

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.

Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.

Pelton

Village

Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pelton is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, in England. The population of the village and ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,250. It is located about two miles to the northwest of Chester-le-Street.

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