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Places of Interest

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.

Church of St Paul

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chester-le-Street railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chester-le-Street is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station is situated 8 miles 24 chains south of Newcastle, serving the market town of Chester-le-Street in County Durham, England.

Places in the Area

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.

Chester-le-Street

Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.

Stanley

Town

Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, it lies south-west of Gateshead.

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