Tanfield Railway Engine Shed

Tanfield Railway Engine Shed is a building in Gateshead, England. Tanfield Railway Engine Shed 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 Tanfield Railway Engine Shed.

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 Tanfield Railway Engine Shed.

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 northeast of Tanfield Railway Engine Shed.

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 1½ miles southwest of Tanfield Railway Engine Shed.

Tanfield Railway Engine Shed

Type: Tourist attraction
Wheelchair access: yes
Categories: building and tourism
Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.90974° or 54° 54′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.67818° or 1° 40′ 42″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C6WW85C+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 445048863

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

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