Beamish: The North Of England Open Air Museum, Beamish, Stanley

Beamish is a huge open air museum which aims to recreate the experience of every day North East life in times past. It calls itself 'The Living Museum of the North,' and covers over 300 acres of land. The main areas are: The Pit Village, Colliery, Home Farm, Fairground, Railway Station, The Town, Pockerley Old Hall and Waggonway. Many buildings have been transported from other areas and reconstructed at Beamish, others, such as Pockerley Old Hall and the drift mine were already on the site and have been restored. There seem always to be new developments underway and Beamish has grown and ... more

We visited Beamish a couple of weeks ago when we were on holiday in Yorkshire. I had visited with my parents when I was younger and we had wanted to go last year when we were up that way however it was still a two hour drive so we didn’t end up going. Therefore, when we were staying in Whitby we decided a visit was essential! What is Beamish? Beamish is an open air museum in Yorkshire. It focuses on the lives of people living in the North East of England during Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian times. Where is it and how do you get there? Beamish is in County Durham. 12 miles away from Durham ... more