North Yorkshire
Ryedale District
Pickering

Beck Isle Museum

The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in , , . The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy, and hardware store.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pickering railway station and Pickering Bridge.

Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and serves the town of in , . The first railway arrived in Pickering from the north in 1836, however, it wasn't until the railway was connected from the south in 1845, that the current station was built.

Bridge
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic bridge in , a town in England. The bridge carries Bridge Street across Pickering Beck, at the western end of the town's market place.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is a Catholic church in , a town in England. Mass was said at Pickering in the 17th century by Nicholas Postgate, but services then lapsed and were only revived in 1896, when a priest from began saying mass at the town's Salvation Army hall. is situated 460 feet west of Beck Isle Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newbridge and Middleton.

Hamlet
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, near in , England. There is a level crossing in the hamlet over the -North York Moors Railway, but the railway calls the place New Bridge.

Village
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village and civil parish in , England. It is situated on the A170 road to the west of . is Grade I listed.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and civil parish near the town of , . It lies on the A170 to the west of between and . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Beck Isle Museum.

Beck Isle Museum

Latitude
54.247° or 54° 14′ 49″ north
Longitude
-0.77974° or 0° 46′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C6X66WC+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 169914735
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q4878608
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In Other Languages

From German to Russian—“Beck Isle Museum” goes by many names.
  • German: “Beck Isle Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей «Бек-Айл»”
  • Russian: “Музей Бек-Айл”
  • Russian: “Музей сельской жизни «Бек-Айл»”
  • Russian: “Музей сельской жизни Бек-Айл”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Memorial Hall and The Rose Inn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beck Isle Museum”. Photo: Geoff King, CC BY-SA 2.0.