Celebrations, Families, Transport
Festival of Transport 2026
Saturday, 23rd to Sunday, 31st May 2026
Join us for a Festival of Transport as part of May Half Term!
As with all daytime events, you can use your Unlimited Pass or Friends of Beamish membership to enjoy this special event.
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Beamish reserves the right to alter or change this programme at any point.
Transport
Our trams and vintage buses are operating throughout the day on a circular route around the museum, calling at the Entrance, Pockerley, 1900s Town and Foulbridge.
1907 SHEW Car – coaxed back into life…
In the programme of vehicle conservation and restoration, a number of key dates have been identified as being of significance to certain vehicles within the collection.
1820s Landscape
Visit our Georgian Waggonway and discover the story of the birth of the railways. Take a steam train ride through the Georgian landscape hauled by Puffing Billy, a replica of the original locomotive which was built in 1813 by William Hedley