Durham Mining Museum
Durham Mining Museum is a museum in County Durham. It lies inside the built-up area of Spennymoor. Close by, Durham Castle is 8.7 km away, one of 25 within 15 km.
Museum in Spennymoor
Inside Spennymoor
Durham Mining Museum is inside Spennymoor’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Afternoons in Spennymoor reach 17–20°C from June to September.
Durham Mining Museum
Museum in County Durham, England, UK.
In Spennymoor, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Spennymoor
- Official site
- dmm.org.uk/misc/contact.htm
Durham Mining Museum on the map
Durham Mining Museum sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Spennymoor’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Durham Mining Museum
In size, Spennymoor comes first of the 8, with 20,401 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Spennymoor
Ferryhill
Kirk Merrington
Croxdale
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Durham Mining Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spennymoor | It’s in town | 20,401 | 12 |
| Ferryhill | 2.1 km east of it | 8,857 | 1 |
| Kirk Merrington | 2.3 km south of it | 752 | 8 |
| Croxdale | 2.9 km north of it | 270 | 9 |
| Byers Green | 3 km west of it | 829 | 9 |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 3.5 km southwest of it | 2,522 | 9 |
| Chilton | 3.7 km southeast of it | 4,693 | 1 |
| Willington | 4.5 km west of it | 5,685 | 9 |
Beyond Durham Mining Museum
3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral are among the 25 within 15 km.
CastleDurham Castle8.7 km away2
CathedralDurham Cathedral8.5 km away3
Historic house · English HeritageAuckland Castle5.6 km away4
MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon8.5 km away · 94K visitors a year5
CastleBrancepeth Castle5.2 km away6
MuseumOriental Museum7.4 km away · 19K visitors a year7
CastleWitton Castle11 km away8
GardenDurham University Botanic Garden7.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Durham Mining Museum: the answers
Where is Durham Mining Museum?
Durham Mining Museum is in Spennymoor, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Durham Mining Museum?
Museum in County Durham, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Durham Mining Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Spennymoor, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Durham Mining Museum?
Within 15 km: Durham Castle (8.7 km), Durham Cathedral (8.5 km), Auckland Castle (5.6 km) and Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon (8.5 km).
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 (8)
- Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Auckland Castle: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oriental Museum: Wereon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Witton Castle: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durham University Botanic Garden: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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