Historic house · Newcastle upon Tyne · Tyne and Wear

Bessie Surtees House

Bessie Surtees House is a grade I listed historic house museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is maintained by English Heritage. Look also at Turbinia, 1 km away, first of 74 more within 15 km.

Photo: Bessie Surtees House, Benjamin Smith (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Newcastle upon Tyne

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Historic house in Newcastle upon Tyne

Inside Newcastle upon Tyne

Bessie Surtees House is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 32 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Newcastle upon Tyne has 724 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Jan7° / 2°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 5°51 mm

May15° / 8°44 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Newcastle upon Tyne, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Newcastle upon Tyne. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Newcastle upon Tyne’s full climate →

About

Bessie Surtees House

Articles on it exist in 3 languages.

Newcastle upon Tyne’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Newcastle upon Tyne
Official site: historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/visit/bessie-surtees-house

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

The map centres on Bessie Surtees House, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The most populous of the 7 is Newcastle upon Tyne, at 286,472. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 200 m southeast of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km west of it

Blaydon

14,237 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 4 km southwest of it

Whickham

15,680 people · 33 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Bessie Surtees House is	People	Places to visit
Newcastle upon Tyne	It’s in town	286,472	46
Gateshead	200 m southeast of it	115,278	49
Blaydon	3.6 km west of it	14,237	35
Whickham	4 km southwest of it	15,680	33
Wallsend	4.3 km northeast of it	45,351	42
Longbenton	4.6 km northeast of it	26,882	35
Hebburn	4.9 km east of it	21,341	24

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle, among 74 within 15 km.

MuseumTurbinia1 km away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral200 m away 3

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle100 m away 4

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral700 m away 5

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock1.4 km away · 638K visitors a year 6

MuseumCentre for Life800 m away · 225K visitors a year 7

Art galleryBALTIC Centre700 m away 8

MuseumDiscovery Museum1.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Bessie Surtees House: the answers

Where is Bessie Surtees House?

Bessie Surtees House is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bessie Surtees House?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Who runs Bessie Surtees House?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Bessie Surtees House?

June to September are the warmest months in Newcastle upon Tyne, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Bessie Surtees House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Bessie Surtees House?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (1 km), Newcastle Cathedral (200 m), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (100 m) and St Mary's Cathedral (700 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Bessie Surtees House: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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