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Places to visit

Carrs Farm provides an excellent base to visit the great visitor attractions in the area.

Distance :16 miles
Beamish Museum
Beamish Horses

http://www.beamish.org.uk

Beamish is a world famous open air museum. We tell the story of the people of North East England at two important points of their history - 1825 and 1913.


Distance :21 miles
Killhope
The entrance to Killhope Museum

http://www.killhope.org.uk/

The North East’s 'Small Visitor Attraction of the Year' - Killhope is a great day out for all. Come and see how Victorian lead mining Families of North Pennines lived. Accompany one of our award winning friendly and knowledgeable guides on an underground tour of the mine. Find minerals as you work as a washerboy. 2009 Exhibitions include Routes and Riches, (Journeys to new lands), the National Spar Boxes collection and magnificent minerals from the North Pennines. Take a walk around the woodland and see our Red Squirrels. Visit Killhope Shop and cafe to complete your day out.

Distance :2 miles
Weardale Railway
(c) Weardale Railway

http://www.weardale-railway.org.uk/

The Weardale Railway, situated in County Durham, U.K. was a mothballed branch line from Bishop Auckland following the River Wear westwards to Eastgate-in-Weardale, a distance of approximately 18.7 miles (30km).


Distance :18 miles
Weardale Museum
(c) Weardale Museum

http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/

The Weardale Museum is a small independent folk museum which was established by volunteers in 1985. Though entirely voluntary our museum operates to the highest standards. It has achieved full accreditation from both the MLA and VisitBritain and received a Carnegie Award for excellent interpretation.