Beamish Colliery
Beamish Colliery is a mine in Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish Colliery is situated nearby to the village No Place, as well as near Beamish Primary School.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 1 mile north of Beamish Colliery.
The Shepherd & Shepherdess
Pub
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
The Shepherd & Shepherdess is a pub, which is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Beamish Colliery.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 1 mile east of Beamish Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include No Place and Beamish.
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.
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.
Kip Hill
Hamlet
Kip Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated directly to the north of Stanley, near Shield Row. It has two pubs, the Blue Bell Inn and the Ball Alley* 2The 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1921 The area was once known as Kiphill but sometime between 1895 and 1898 this changed to the current Kip Hill.
Beamish Colliery
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.8738° or 54° 52′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.66505° or 1° 39′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6WV8FM+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 434065550OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Beamish Colliery from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Beamish Colliery”.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beamish Primary School and Actondene Wood.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Beamish Mary Inn and Beamish Mary Inn.
County Durham: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees.
Curious Mines to Discover
Uncover intriguing mines from every corner of the globe.