Railway Museum
Railway Museum is a museum in Wylam. Top of the 59 other places within 15 km is Prudhoe Castle, 2.9 km off.
Museum in Wylam
Inside Wylam
Railway Museum is inside Wylam’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
From June to September, Wylam sees highs of 17–20°C.
Railway Museum
Museum in Wylam, England, UK.
In Wylam, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Wylam
Mapping Railway Museum
Find Railway Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Wylam’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Railway Museum
The most populous of the 8 is Prudhoe, at 10,285. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Wylam
Prudhoe
Crawcrook and Greenside
Heddon-on-the-Wall
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Railway Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylam | It’s in town | 1,661 | 5 |
| Prudhoe | 1.2 km southwest of it | 10,285 | 6 |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 1.6 km southeast of it | 7,544 | 6 |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 2 km northeast of it | 1,300 | 5 |
| Horsley | 2.2 km northwest of it | 403 | 4 |
| Ryton | 2.4 km east of it | 8,804 | 8 |
| Ovingham | 2.7 km west of it | 1,155 | 6 |
| Throckley | 3.2 km northeast of it | 6,207 | 5 |
Worth adding to a visit
59 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 castles and a cathedral among them.
Castle · English HeritagePrudhoe Castle2.9 km away2
MuseumTurbinia12 km away3
MuseumBeamish Museum14 km away · 350K visitors a year4
Museum · National TrustGeorge Stephenson's Birthplace900 m away5
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral13 km away6
CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle13 km away7
Castle · English HeritageAydon Castle12 km away8
Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock13 km away · 638K visitors a yearWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Railway Museum
Where is Railway Museum?
Railway Museum is in Wylam, Northumberland, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Railway Museum?
Museum in Wylam, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Railway Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Wylam, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Railway Museum?
Within 15 km: Prudhoe Castle (2.9 km), Turbinia (12 km), Beamish Museum (14 km) and George Stephenson's Birthplace (900 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 (8)
- Prudhoe Castle: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Stephenson's Birthplace: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Aydon Castle: Hadrianus1959, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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