Top rated Tourist attractions in Beamish, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Tourist attractions in Beamish

Experience the best that Beamish has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 35 places from Tourist attraction category.

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Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Open air museum

A recreation of Georgian, Victorian & Edwardian life with costumed staff, plus trams & buses.

4.80 (21.7K reviews) (~1.14 km from centre)

Pit Hill Methodist Chapel - Beamish Museum

Museum

Open-air, living museum portraying life & culture in northeast England in the 1820s, 1900s & 1940s.

4.80 (45 reviews) (~1.12 km from centre)

Gibside

Park

Scenic 18th-century NT house and chapel with landscaped gardens, riverside nature trail and tearoom.

$$ $$

4.70 (3.1K reviews) (~7.25 km from centre)

Saltwell Park

Park

55-acre park with gardens, woods, a boating lake, bowling greens, plus a visitor centre and cafe.

4.70 (1.5K reviews) (~7.97 km from centre)

Diggerland Durham

Theme park

Family attraction with real ride-on diggers, go-karting, costumed guides and regular events.

4.70 (1K reviews) (~8.48 km from centre)

Tanfield Railway

Tourist attraction

Restored railway with sections dating back to 1725 running preserved steam and diesel rolling stock.

4.70 (954 reviews) (~3.98 km from centre)

Gibside

Castle

👍👍 This is the place to come for walks with four different trails to chose from. I chose the "Valley Views" trail which whilst only 4.4 miles is the most demanding. This trail takes you to the top of the hill and down to the valley bottom. It also provides for a varied scenery with open fields, woodlan...

$$ $$

4.70 (954 reviews) (~7.22 km from centre)

Thornley Woodlands Centre

Places of interest

👍 Very friendly visitor centre with good selection of food. Seats outside, dogs welcome. Limited parking. We probably only did a quarter of the walks on offer from this point. We did the river walk and sculpture trail for about 3 hours, good places along the river for children to get down and plodge....

4.70 (630 reviews) (~8.32 km from centre)

Tanfield Railway - (East Tanfield Station)

Heritage preservation

👍👍 Lovely walk from Lower carpark not to busy had nice coffee and cake (take away only) from the station tearoom definitely recommend an afternoon out for fresh air and the scenery and find the Robin that posed for its picture taken.

4.70 (444 reviews) (~3.49 km from centre)

Causey Arch

Bridge

👍👍 A really lovely walk. Amazing scenery and lots of space to let your dog off the lead. Fairly quiet other than the odd dog walker/hiker. Can be really muddy in some places so bring some better footwear than we did! Definitely recommend.

4.70 (397 reviews) (~3.4 km from centre)

St Mary & St Cuthbert's Church

Parish

👍 I went to a christening here and it's a beautiful church. There are no parking spaces at the church so you'll have to use the main car park opposite the church. It's right next to the road which gets quite busy so keep an eye out for your little ones.

4.70 (134 reviews) (~5.44 km from centre)

Nine Arches Viaduct

Historical landmark

👍👍 Excellent walks around the Derwent area, plenty of wildlife including red kites

4.70 (112 reviews) (~7.81 km from centre)

Whickham Hermitage Community Garden

Community garden

👍👍 We were out walking in Whickham having never really been in the area on foot before. Stumbled on the place and were fascinated at how lovely it was. Loads of quaint, creative and unique pieces decorate the gardens and pond. A really ingenious use of space. The Orangery cafe sits within the ground...

4.70 (83 reviews) (~7.94 km from centre)

Angel of the North

Sculpture

A massive statue standing with wings outspread looking out over the Northumbrian countryside.

4.60 (7.4K reviews) (~5.69 km from centre)

Riverside Park

Park

👍👍 Today we visited the park for the first time and what a great place it is!! There is so much to do and see at the park. My kids and I went to the skate park also visited the large play area but was way too busy. Just next to the play area there is a zip wire and another wooden play area which was...

4.60 (2.7K reviews) (~6.12 km from centre)

Finchale Priory

Monastery

Extensive, free-entry ruins of a 13th-century priory, originally founded around 1196.

4.60 (1K reviews) (~9.51 km from centre)

Waldridge Fell Country Park

Country park

👍👍 Lovely walk, especially for dogs. Plenty of ground to cover, it is sign posted but quitd easy to get lost. I spent about two hours wandering about the forest and around the river.

4.60 (429 reviews) (~4.55 km from centre)

Broom House Farm Shop

Farm shop

👍👍 Took my friend Finlay to Broom House for a day out in the summer and we had such a great time. The forest adventure was full of different quizzes and games for us to enjoy and we could have stayed in there all day. Stopped off at the coffee shop before leaving as well, which was full of some great l...

4.60 (269 reviews) (~6.08 km from centre)

Seat Unique Riverside

Cricket ground

The home of Durham County Cricket Club and venue for occasional England 1-day matches and Tests.

4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~6.4 km from centre)

National Trust - Washington Old Hall

Heritage building

Stone-built mansion and serene gardens, now National Trust, with link to George Washington's family.

$$ $$

4.50 (850 reviews) (~8.99 km from centre)

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Top rated Tourist attractions in Beamish, United Kingdom