Locomotion Museum

Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway in , , England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: railway museum, transport museum, collection museum, children’s museum, open-air museum in Shildon, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Locomotion”, “Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon”, “National Railway Museum Shildon”, “Shildon Locomotion Museum”, and “Shildon Museum”
  • Address: Shildon, DL4 2RE
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shildon railway station and Shildon Signal Box.

Railway station
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon is a railway station serving the town of in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between and via . is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Locomotion Museum.

Building
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a building, which is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Locomotion Museum.

Industrial building
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an industrial building, which is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Locomotion Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Middridge and Shildon.

Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. It is situated east of and north-west of . The village is situated near a quarry that was mined by the people many generations ago.

Town
Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 , built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Hamlet
is a village in , in . It is situated a short distance to the east of .

Locomotion Museum

Latitude
54.62414° or 54° 37′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.63089° or 1° 37′ 51″ west
Open location code
9C6WJ9F9+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1323558378
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3482098
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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

Explore places such as Café Number One and Main Hall.

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