Locomotion Museum
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.
- Museum
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Description: railway museum, transport museum, collection museum, children’s museum, open-air museum in Shildon, United Kingdom
- Address: Shildon, DL4 2RE
- Also known as“Locomotion”“Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon”“National Railway Museum Shildon”“Shildon Locomotion Museum”“Shildon Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shildon railway station and Shildon Signal Box.
Shildon railway station
Shildon is a railway station serving the town… Shildon railway station is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Locomotion Museum.
Shildon Signal Box
Shildon Signal Box is a building, which is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Locomotion Museum.
New Shildon War Memorial
New Shildon War Memorial is situated 2,400 feet west of Locomotion Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middridge and Shildon.
Middridge
Middridge is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
Old Eldon
Hamlet
Old Eldon is a village in County Durham, in England.
Locomotion Museum
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Latitude
54.62414° or 54° 37′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.63089° or 1° 37′ 51″ west
Open location code
9C6WJ9F9+MJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Locomotion Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “希尔登铁路博物馆”
- Chinese: “希爾登鐵路博物館”
- Dutch: “Shildon Locomotion Museum”
- French: “Shildon Locomotion Museum”
- German: “Locomotion Museum”
- Japanese: “イギリス国立鉄道博物館（シルドン）”
- Japanese: “イギリス国立鉄道博物館（分館）”
- Japanese: “シルドン国立鉄道博物館”
- Japanese: “国立鉄道博物館シルドン分館”
- Russian: “Национальный железнодорожный музей в Шилдоне”
- Slovenian: “Locomotion”
- Slovenian: “Shildon Locomotion Museum”
- Spanish: “Locomotion”
- Spanish: “Museo Locomotion”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gaunless Bridge and Thickley Wood.
Nearby Places
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