National Railway Museum at

New attraction planned to open September 2004 ‐ the first ever out‐station for the National Railway Museum and the region's first branch of a national museum. It will feature a revamped Timothy Hackworth Museum together with a new 6,000 square metre single storey collections centre housing NRM…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

Binchester Roman Fort (Vinovia)

Remains of the commanding officer's house, with the best preserved Roman military bath house in Britain, and a stretch of Dere Street.Open: 9 ‐ 12 Aptil Easter weekend and 26 April ‐ 25 Sept daily 11am ‐ 5pm.…
Distance: 13.7 miles away

Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre

Small exhibition with panels and photographs celebrating over 600 years of industrial heritage in the Gaunless Valley.Open: 1 April ‐ 30 Sept daily, Oct ‐ 31 March Saturday and Sunday only, all 11am ‐3pm.…
Distance: 6.9 miles away

Green Howards Museum

North Yorkshire and Teesside's Own County Infantry Regiment. Loyally serving the Crown since 1688. In May 1998, the Museum was the winner of the bronze White Rose Award, ‐ the Yorkshire Tourist Board's award for the best Visitor Attraction under 50,000 visitors. The museum's collection…
Distance: 12 miles away

Piercebridge Roman Fort

Remains of East Gate and defences, courtyard building, part of internal road and bridge across.Open: All year round.…
Distance: 13.7 miles away

The Bowes Museum

The Bowes was designed and purpose‐built as a public art gallery by the French architect Jules Pellechet. It opened in 1892. The Museum has public galleries on three floors. Ground Floor.Th ground floor is devoted largely to local history and archaeology, together with our popular toy display, the…
Distance: 0.4 miles away

Timothy Hackworth Victorian and

The museum is situated in the former home of Timothy Hackworth, Soho House, or Soho Cottage, which was the preferred name of the Hackworth family. Built on the original Stockton & Darlington Railway Shildon Works site, which later, when Timothy Hackworth launched his own engineering works, became Soho…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

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