Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. Shildon railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Shildon Lodge Colliery.

Locomotion Museum

Museum

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Locomotion Museum is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Shildon Lodge Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shildon and Eldon Lane.

Shildon

Town

Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Eldon Lane

Village

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Eldon Lane is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. In 2021 it had a population of 998.

Eldon

Village

Eldon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. It gives its name to the peerage of the Earls of Eldon.

Shildon Lodge Colliery

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.6313° or 54° 37′ 53″ north

Longitude

-1.65728° or 1° 39′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C6WJ8JV+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 433872871

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bethel Christian Fellowship Shildon and Shildon West Road Cemetery.

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