Hidden gems - Museums in Cramlington, United Kingdom not to miss (Updated January, 2024)

Museum

👍👍 Small single room museum. Local history books on sale. Steel ladders (high and steep) up into a watch room, the trap door is difficult to manuver through. The ladders although safely attached are Not suitable for young children, or none agile adults,

5.00 (8 reviews) (~7.37 km from centre)

Beamish Board Schoolroom - Beamish Museum

Museum

👍👍 A wonderful step back in time. The school is dressed like it would have been from years gone by.

5.00 (6 reviews) (~25.3 km from centre)

Blackfriars Medieval Friary

Museum

👍👍 A lovely bit of history in the middle of Newcastle. Open all year round and free to access. Go and learn about the Friars. There are acreages from low friars, from Stowell Street and from the arch in Blackfriars restaurant which uses the Friars refectory. The oldest dining room!

5.00 (5 reviews) (~15.11 km from centre)

Roker Watch House

Museum

5.00 (1 reviews) (~24.75 km from centre)

Sunderland Antiquarian Society

Museum

👍👍 A Very interesting place lots of history and lovely people to share their knowledge with you

4.90 (18 reviews) (~26.27 km from centre)

The Cooperative Society - Beamish Museum

Museum

👍👍 Always great to return to Beamish Museum. Step back in time to experience life in the 19th and early 20th century. Great value passes, pay once and you can revisit anytime during the next 12 months.

4.80 (108 reviews) (~24.66 km from centre)

Beamish Museum

Museum

👍👍 A great place to visit in north east, annual pass is a must!

4.80 (48 reviews) (~25.56 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) (~25.29 km from centre)

Shaftoe crags

Museum

👍👍 A particularly special place steeped in history. You can park beyond the first cattle grid. Be mindful this is private land and there is a lot of livestock including lambs and bulls. Keep dogs close and under control. It is also quite marshy in places There are no facilities. On the track you can se...

4.70 (67 reviews) (~21.75 km from centre)

Cragside Power House

Museum

👍👍 Cragside power house was awesome. Good interactive features in side working the pumps (oi oi). Informative plaques, and a nice picnic table outside if you need to take a breather. Very idyllic surroundings.

$$ $$

4.70 (54 reviews) (~29.96 km from centre)

Fulwell Mill

Mill

👍👍 Brilliant tour of the mill. Learnt a lot and son had a great time.

4.70 (39 reviews) (~23.23 km from centre)

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Museum

Museum

👍👍 A little treasure. Fascinating and informative. A joy I was surprised and a little disheartened that so few people know it is there Yes its a 10 mon walk from car park but so what! Free but donations welcomed as run entirely by volunteers - just as the life boats are. Go. Its really worth it and w...

4.70 (20 reviews) (~14.5 km from centre)