Explore Beamish

Explore everything Beamish has to offer, from bustling historic towns and working farms to heritage transport, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

Explore our historic areas

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
Figure gardening in front of large house.

1820s Pockerley

Visit beautiful Pockerley Old Hall, enjoy the magnificent gardens and wander through the glorious Georgian landscape.
Engager next to the Drift mine

1900s Colliery

No recreation of the history of North East England would be complete without a colliery and the people who worked there

1900s Pit Village

Experience life in The 1900s Pit Village, showing a colliery community at the time of peak coal production in the North East.
Costumed staff member in coop.

1900s Town

Explore the 1900s Town and see how families lived and worked in the years leading up to the First World War.

1940s Farm

At our 1940s Farm, you’ll discover the stories of wartime life in North East England. The farmhouse and cottages of our 1940s Farm represent everyday domestic life, featuring objects from the era, ranging from a wireless (radio) to ration books. You may hear 1940s music or news broadcasts and smell cooking, using wartime rations.

1950s Farm

Explore our 1950s Farm and discover the story of upland farming in the North East during the 1950s.

1950s Town

Explore our 1950s Town and find out about life in the North East in the mid-20th century.

Explore life in the 1820s, 1900s, 1940s, and 1950s. Ride a heritage tram, visit a working farm, or enjoy traditional fish and chips, with costumed engagers bringing history to life at every turn.

Visiting with kids

Stop by the Photographers

Additional charges apply. First come, first served.

Get involved with half-term fun

Have a go at hands-on activities

Drop by the MilkBar

Young person dipping pen into ink.

Visit the school

Play in the Coronation Park and Recreation Ground

Chat to engagers

Three young people wearing hard hats, stood in front of drift mine entrance.

Go down the drift mine

Make history fun for little explorers!

Additional experiences

Posed photo in costume from photographer's studio.

Edwardian-style photograph to take home

Additional cost applies. First come first served.

Get your hair styled

Additional cost applies. First come first served.

Fairground

Additional cost applies.

Mini Golf

Additional cost applies. £2.50pp

Grand Cinema Events

Additional cost applies.

Eat, shop & experience

Davey’s Fried Fish Shop

Jubilee Sweet Shop

Heron’s Bakery

Explore life in the 1820s, 1900s, 1940s, and 1950s. Ride a heritage tram, visit a working farm, or enjoy traditional fish and chips, with costumed engagers bringing history to life at every turn.

Need help planning your day?

  • 10am

    Pockerley Gardens

    This beautiful terraced garden features Georgian-era plants, herbs and vegetables, which can often be sampled in recipes cooked in the hall.

  • Gardener tending to dhalias in Pit Village garden.
    12pm

    Francis Street, 1900s Pit Village

    Explore this terrace of miners’ cottages and their gardens, often packed with vegetables and flowers.

  • 2pm

    Redman Park The 1900s Town

    Traditional Edwardian-style, don’t forget to visit Redman Park – a beautiful spot to enjoy a rest, with a bandstand (originally from Saltwell Park in Gateshead).

  • 3pm

    Coronation Park, The 1950s Town

    Named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation Park.

Buy your Beamish Unlimited Pass

Our Beamish Unlimited Pass allows you to visit again and again after paying just once.

So if you’re worried that you won’t be able to fit everything into one day, now you can come back as many times as you like for a whole year!

Buy your Unlimited Pass
Costumed figure holding Unlimited Pass.
Costumed figure holding Unlimited Pass.

What’s on

April Meccano Exhibition 2026

11th Apr – 12th Apr

Atchin-tan and celebration of Gypsy Roma Traveller history

12th Sep – 13th Sep

Carlin Sunday 2026

22nd Mar – 9th Mar
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