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Tanfield
Railway The world's oldest existing railway opened 1725. Three miles of railway and a collection of 40 locomotives, Victorian carriages and vintage workshop. Open daily all year 10.00-17.00, (phone for train times) Marley Hill Engine Shed, Old Marley Hill, Sunniside, Gateshead. West side of A6076, 3m N of Stanley. Tel: 3887545. |
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Long Gallery Free Admission. Mon. – Sat term time only. Newcastle University, Fine Art Dept, The Quadrangle. Tel: 2226047. |
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Quarry and Mining This sandstone quarry ceased working in 1982 and most of the preserved equipment is on display. Open Mar-Oct 11:00-16:45. Threskeld Quarry, Keswick, Cumbria Tel: 017687 79747 |
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Timothy
Hackworth Victorian & Railway
Museum Home & workplace of Timothy Hackworth the Stockton and Darlington Railway Superintendent Engineer. Restored house with period rooms and display on Hackworths life and achievements. Stables, coal drops, locomotive sheds, 1830s Beam Engine. Open Easter-Oct Wed-Sun 10.00-17.00. Admission £1.50. Location, 0.25m SE of Shildon Town centre. Tel: 01388 777999. |
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Law Nursery Butterfly Farm Greenhouse with tropical and native butterflies and other small animals. Admission Free. Open Easter-30.Sep daily 10.00-17.00 / Wed 10.00-12.00. Located at High Stoop, 0.75m NW of Tow Law on south side of A68. Tel: 01388 730980. |
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Maritime Centre Maritime history of Newcastle and the River Tyne. Admission £1.50 (concessions £0.80). Mon-Fri 11.00-16.00. April-October. Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle, Tel: 0191 2614691. |
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Riverside Country Park Country park on the banks of the river Tyne with a visitor centre, riverside walks and cycle track. Visitor centre open Sat, Sun & school hols 11.00-16.30. Station Road, Low Prudhoe. Tel: 01661 834135. |
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Tynemouth
Priory and Castle Guarding the mouth of the river Tyne, built in the 7th century, the original priory was destroyed by the Danes and later founded as a Benedictine priory c.1090, features castle walls, gate-house and a world-war I gun battery. Admission £1.80. Gift shop and picnicking. 1.Apr-1 Nov: 1000-1800, 2 Nov-31 Mar: 1000-1600 Closed Mon. |
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Gallery Temporary and touring exhibitions by artists of national and international reputation. Free Admission. Mon - Sat 10am-5pm (1am – 4pm Fri & Sat). University of Northumbria, Sandyford Road, Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2274424 |
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Talkies Walks, talks and special events re: History of Newcastle. Tel: 0191 2848068. |
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Wallington
Hall Dating from 1688, home to the Blackett and Trevelyan families, rococo plasterwork, houses collections of ceramics, 19th-century painting and wallpapers and an early 20th-century dolls' house. Set in delightful grounds comprising lawns, lakes and woodland, as well as a beautiful walled garden, and a conservatory housing a wide variety of fuchsia. House: Admission £5.20. 1.Apr-31.Oct 10.30-17.30 daily except Tues / 3.Nov-19.Dec Wed-Sun 12.00-16.00. 12m W of Morpeth B6343, 6m NW Belsay A696 take B6342 to Cambo. Tel: 01670 774283. |
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Warkworth
Castle Dramatic ruins dating from 12th century, home to the Percy family with an eight-towered keep. Open 1.Apr-30.Sep 10.00-18.00, 2 Nov-31 Mar: 1000-1600 Admission £2.40. Parking, toilets & picnicking. Further upstream, a ferryman will row you across the river to Warkworth Hermitage, a curious chapel cut deep into the rock. Admission £1.60 1.Apr-30.Sep, Wed & Sun 11.00-17.00. Located in Warkworth Village 7.5m South of Alnwick on the A1068, 3.5 miles from Alnmouth rail station. Tel: 01665 711423. |
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Washington
Old Hall Seventeenth century Manor House, home of George Washington's ancestors. Souvenirs & Tea-room. Admission £2.80. 2.Apr-31.Oct Sun-Wed 1100-1700. The Avenue, District 4 Washington. Tel: 0191 4166879. |
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Museum Small folk museum in the Minister’s house adjacent to 18th century Methodist chapel where John Wesley preached. Exhibits include and 1870 period room, Wesley room, local crystalline minerals and history display. Shop. Open Easter, May-Sep Wed-Sun and BHs 14.00-17.00 / Aug daily 14.00-17.00. Admission £1.00. Located alongside A689 at Ireshopeburn. Tel: 01388 537417. |
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and Wetland Trust Site - Washington Wetland Discovery Centre, Spring Gill Wood, James Steel Waterfowl Nursery with breeding birds, café & gift shop, 9.30am-5.30pm (closes 4.00pm in winter). District 15, Washington, Tel: 0191 4165454 |
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Colliery Museum & Railway Northumberland’s only coal mining museum together with a narrow gauge railway. Open May-Aug Wed-Sun 10.00-17.00 / Sep-Apr Wed-Sun 10.00-16.00. QEII Country Park, Ashington. Tel: 01670 856968. |
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Memorial South Shields was home to the first purpose-designed lifeboat and one of the original lifeboats is persevered here. |
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gallery Free Admission. Open Mon-Fir 10.00-17.00. Sunderland University, Ashbourne House, Ryhope Road, Sunderland. Tel: 0191 5152128. |
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Gallery Photographic gallery and displays exhibitions by local as well as national and international artists. Free Admission. Tue-Sat & Sun afternoon. Westgate Road, Newcastle. Tel: 2328833. |