Food & Drink

Where to eat

Tea Rooms (takeaway, indoor seating)

The 1900s Town

Serves hot meals, soup, baked potatoes, sandwiches, snacks and hot and cold drinks, including barista coffee.
✔️ Gluten Free soup, baked potato, cakes and Gluten Free sandwiches available on request.
✔️ Vegetarian and Vegan options available

Two costumed staff members behind pub bar.

The Sun Inn pub (indoor seating)

The 1900s Town

Serves alcohol and soft drinks. Bar snacks

Herron’s Bakery (takeaway)

The 1900s Town

Baked goods such as Bread, pastries, cakes and biscuits.
✔️ Beamish Gingerbread (made with a secret recipe)
✔️ Vegan biscuits.

Large bowl of hot sugar being poured in sweet shop.

Jubilee Confectioners Sweet Shop (takeaway)

The 1900s Town

Beamish Delicious Ices (takeaway, outdoor seating)

The 1900s Town

Serving Ice creams and hot and cold drinks
✔️ Ice cream flavours inspired by the Sweet Shop
✔️ Vegan tubs and Dog Ice cream available

Davy’s fish and chip shop (takeaway, indoor seating)

The 1900s Pit Village

Serves Fish and Chips, hot and cold drinks.
✔️ Cooked on a coal fired range, and in beef dripping.
(There are no vegetarian options available in Davy’s).

Sinkers’ Bait Cabin (takeaway, outdoor seating)

The 1900s Pit Village

Serves snacks including pasties. Hot and cold drinks. Ice cream.

Middleton’s Quality Fish and Chips (takeaway)

The 1950s Town

Serves Fish, Sausages and Chips.
✔️ Sausages
✔️ Vegetarian and low gluten chip option is available on request, cooked in separate pan.

John’s Café (takeaway, indoor seating)

The 1950s Town

Seasonal choice of savoury options such as soup and toasties. Sweet options such as cake, sweets and Ice cream. Hot and cold drinks including barista coffee
✔️ Homemade ice cream
✔️ Vegan cheese toastie available.

Drover’s Tavern (indoor and outdoor seating)

1820s Pockerley

Georgian inspired menu. Hot/cold drinks including Ale and Gin
✔️ Ale especially brewed for the Tavern

Two baristas holding coffees.

Coffee Pot Café (takeaway, indoor seating)

Entrance Building

Hot/ cold drinks including barista coffee and snacks including Sandwiches
✔️ Larger coffee menu
✔️ Serves GF traybakes/cake, Vegetarian sandwiches available.

Figure holding milkshake, figure in window behind waving.

Milkbar (takeaway)

The 1950s Town

Hot/cold drinks including barista coffee, flavoured milk
✔️ Choc ices

Figure stood outside British Kitchen.

British Kitchen (takeaway, outdoor seating)

1940s Farm

Hot and cold drinks and snacks including sandwiches.

W H Smith

The 1900s Town

Member of staff behind counter of bowling pavilion. Assortment of snacks on display.

Bowling Pavilion

The 1950s Town

Dropping off the family?

The Coffee Pot Cafe at our Entrance building is open to all, serving freshly baked Croissants, light lunches, sweet treats and soft drinks.

Whether your walking nearby or dropping off the family, stop by for a coffee and slice of cake!
P.s. it’s dog-friendly
Two baristas holding coffees.

Need help planning your day?

  • Two baristas holding coffees.
    10am

    Entrance Coffee Pot Cafe

    Pick up a coffee and croissant.

  • 11am

    1900s Town Bakery, Sweet shop, & Delicious Ices

    Grab some treats, biscuits and sweets for later.

  • 12pm

    Drovers’ Tavern

    Enjoy a classic Georgian light lunch.

  • 2pm

    Davy’s Fish & Chips

    Cooked by coal fired fryer, enjoy crispy batter and well-cooked chips.

  • Figure holding milkshake, figure in window behind waving.
    3pm

    1950s Milk Bar

    Wash it all down with a Milk from our 1950s Milk Bar.

FAQs

No visit to The 1900s Town is complete without a trip to Jubilee Confectioners! See mouth-watering sweets being made in the factory before choosing what traditional treats to take home. Will it be cinder toffee, bon bons or black bullets?

View our sweet shop menu here

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Beamish is a large open air museum with many historic buildings, some of which are not always completely accessible to visitors.

Dogs

Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the outdoor areas of the museum, but there are restrictions on the indoor spaces they can access.
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Festival of Transport 2026

23rd May – 31st May
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About Beamish

Beamish is a world famous open air museum which brings the history of North East England to life at its 1820s Pockerley, 1900s Town, 1900s Pit Village, 1940s Farm, 1950s Town and 1950s Spain’s Field Farm exhibit areas.

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25th Apr – 26th Apr

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