Welcome to the Tanfield Railway

Welcome to the Tanfield Railway is in Gateshead, England. Welcome to the Tanfield Railway is situated nearby to Carriage shed, as well as near the railway station Andrews House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beamish Museum and Ravensworth Castle.

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 2 miles southeast of Welcome to the Tanfield Railway.

Ravensworth Castle

Ruins

Photo: john tollitt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells. Ravensworth Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Welcome to the Tanfield Railway.

Washing Wells Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Washing Wells Roman Fort, was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its ruins are located at southeast of Whickham in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Washing Wells Roman Fort is situated 2 miles north of Welcome to the Tanfield Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marley Hill and Causey.

Marley Hill

Hamlet

Photo: Donkeyjacket, CC0.

Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974.

Causey

Hamlet

Photo: Barry Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley.

Tanfield

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. Tanfield is situated 2 miles southwest of Welcome to the Tanfield Railway.

Welcome to the Tanfield Railway

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.90951° or 54° 54′ 34″ north

Longitude

-1.67615° or 1° 40′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C6WW85F+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Highlights include Carriage shed and Andrews House.

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