Darlington Railway Centre and

Darlington Railway Centre & Museum is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first steam‐worked public railway. The site encompasses three significant Stockton & Darlington Railway buildings of the 1830s50s: North Road Passenger Station, the Goods Shed and Hopetown Carriage Works.…
Distance: 7.8 miles away

Hartlepool Maritime Experience

A superb re‐creation of an 18th century seaport, telling the story of life at sea at the time of Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar which dares you to experience life aboard a real British Naval frigate two centuries ago. Become entranced by the world of fighting…
Distance: 14.5 miles away

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: 14 miles away

Kirkleatham Museum

Local history museum for the borough of Redcar and Cleveland. Collections of archaeology, natural and social history, working life and domestic materials, paintings, prints, drawings and photographs.Also there is the chance to see regular changing temporary exhibitions. All housed in the early 18th Century former school…
Distance: 12.9 miles away

North Yorkshire Brewery Co

This is an Organic Micro Brewery situated in the former coach house of 17th Century Pinchinthorpe Hall. Tours include a delicious meal in the adjoining Brewhouse Bistro, plus the opportunity to tastle out freshly brewed beers.Open: Brewery tours by appointment throughout the year.Admission: Brewery tours…
Distance: 10.5 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: 14 miles away

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