Museum · County Durham · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Beamish Museum is a museum in County Durham, United Kingdom. This place has a story in the app. Within 240 m you'll find a bench and a public toilet.
Story · Beamish Museum
You're standing at Beamish, an open-air museum in the north east of England. Take a look at the entrance arch. It's made from a huge steam hammer from Darlington. A fitting welcome, because this whole place is about the days when this region ran on coal, iron and steam.
Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first.
Hear the story of Durham Castle on the spot with the app
Yes: a public toilet at 240 m.
Find the nearest pitstop, navigate there, listen to audio tours, earn XP and make routes and lists together.
Coming soon
Scan with your iPhone camera
Outdoor Pitstop