Beamish

Beamish is a village in 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.
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Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Beamish, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beamish Museum and Church of St Paul.

Museum
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
is an open-air museum located in , 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.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hotel
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is a mid-18th-century country house, now converted to a hotel, which stands in 24 acres of grounds near the town of . It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanley and Pelton.

Town
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and civil parish in County Durham in England. Centred on a hilltop between and , lies south-west of .

Village
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is a village and electoral ward in , in . 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 .

Village
is a village in , England. It is situated a short distance from and Beamish, near the border with . The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 3,630.

Beamish

Latitude
54.8762° or 54° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.6494° or 1° 38′ 58″ west
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB EMH
Open location code
9C6WV9G2+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1890570835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11072870
Wiki­data ID
Q4876218
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Beamish” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Beamish, County Durham”
  • French: “Beamish”
  • Irish: “Beamish”
  • Polish: “Beamish (Durham)”
  • Polish: “Beamish”
  • Welsh: “Beamish, Swydd Durham”
  • Welsh: “Beamish”

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