Beamish Museum
Sunday 18 June 2023
This is definitely one of our favourite non railway venues, we were last here pre-covid in 2016, so a return visit is well in order. On the day of our visit several events are taking place as itemised bellow:
The 50th Beamish Reliability Run - This 150-mile run will see a whole host of cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles registered before 1956 leave the museum first thing and drive through Durham and Yorkshire before returning to the museum at the end of the day.
There will also be a display of Saab cars on the museum's Events Field, organised by North of England Classic & Pre-War Automobiles Club.
Brass Bands - The 1900’s Pit Village will be alive with the sound of music as competing band performs a hymn and a march for an independent adjudicator who will judge the performances before a short awards ceremony with the first and second place bands from each section receiving their award.
There is so much to see here a 1900’s town, and a 1950’s town, the Beamish Tramway, which opened in 1973, serves to re-create the experience and atmosphere of tramway operation from an earlier generation, whilst providing an essential means of transport for visitors around the site. A pit village, 1940’s farm and 1950’s farm, a 1900’s colliery Rowley Station, see this railway station as it looked in Edwardian times with its signal box, waiting rooms and goods yard and spot a variety of wagons on display. Step “behind the scenes” into the Open Store at the Regional Resource Centre and see fascinating objects in our collection, don’t forget to visit 1820’s Pockerley Old Hall new and old houses, enjoy the magnificent gardens and wander through the glorious Georgian landscape.
There are plenty of places to eat here too!
Depart Chesterfield: 07.30 Return approximately: 19.45
FARE (Includes coach travel and entrance to site)
ADULT (16 to 59): £43:00
CONCESSION 60+: £39.00
CHILD (5-16): £35.00
UNDER 5 COACH ONLY £28.00
CLOSURE DATE FOR BOOKINGS: 22.05.2023
EARLY BOOKING IS RECOMMENDED!