Beamish Waggon and Iron Works

Beamish Waggon and Iron Works is a building in Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish Waggon and Iron Works is situated near Beamish Hall Waterfall, as well as near the railway station Rowley Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Beamish Museum and Beamish Hall.

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 1,700 feet southeast of Beamish Waggon and Iron Works.

Beamish Hall

Hotel

Photo: Bluespacecat, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beamish Hall is a mid-18th-century country house, now converted to a hotel, which stands in 24 acres of grounds near the town of Stanley, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building. Beamish Hall is situated 1,200 feet west of Beamish Waggon and Iron Works.

Pockerley Farmhouse

House

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pockerley Farmhouse is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Beamish Waggon and Iron Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kip Hill and No Place.

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.

No Place

Village

No Place is a small village that lies between the towns of Stanley and Beamish, in County Durham, England. It lies near to the Beamish Mary coal pit, just to the south of the A693 road. The local church is known as the "Tin Chapel".

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.

Beamish Waggon and Iron Works

Type: Building
Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.88789° or 54° 53′ 16″ north

Longitude

-1.66567° or 1° 39′ 56″ west

Established

1857

Open location code

9C6WV8QM+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 111314239

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Beamish Hall Waterfall and Rowley Station.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Beamish Rural District Council Depot and Coal Drops.

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