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Beamish

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Beamish destination photograph: Beamish banner Railway Waggons.jpg
Barry Skeates from newbury, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Original photo and creditsDisplayed crop; open the original to see the complete photograph.

A first look at Beamish

Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.

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