Beamish
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.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Beamish, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Beamish Museum and Church of St Paul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanley and Pelton.
Beamish
- Category: locality
- Location: Urpeth, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8762° or 54° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.6494° or 1° 38′ 58″ west
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB EMH
Open location code
9C6WV9G2+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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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”
- Urdu: “بیمش، کاؤنٹی ڈرہم”
- Welsh: “Beamish, Swydd Durham”
- Welsh: “Beamish”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: West Pelton and Pockerley.
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