Beamish Shorthorns
Beamish Shorthorns is a work of art in Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish Shorthorns is situated nearby to the residential building Methold Houses, as well as near the pub The Shepherd & Shepherdess.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beamish Museum and The Shepherd & Shepherdess.
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 3,300 feet north of Beamish Shorthorns.
The Shepherd & Shepherdess
Pub
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
The Shepherd & Shepherdess is a pub, which is situated 810 feet north of Beamish Shorthorns.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Beamish Shorthorns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beamish and No Place.
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.
No Place
Village
No Place is a small village near the town of Stanley in County Durham, England, east of Stanley and west of Beamish. Situated to the south of the A693, it is home to an award-winning real ale pub, the Beamish Mary Inn, and lies near the Beamish Mary coal pit.
High Urpeth
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Urpeth is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Urpeth, and a short distance to the north of High Handenhold.
Beamish Shorthorns
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87665° or 54° 52′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.65707° or 1° 39′ 26″ westInception
1990Open location code
9C6WV8GV+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 424401110OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Methold Houses and Tiny Tim.
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