Museum · Wallsend · Tyne and Wear

Stephenson Railway Museum

Stephenson Railway Museum is a railway museum. It lies inside the built-up area of Wallsend. Its operator is Stephens Railway Volunteers.

Photo: Stephenson Railway Museum, Robby George (CC0)

Where

In Wallsend

inside the built-up area

Run by

Stephens Railway Volunteers

the operator on record

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Wallsend

Inside Wallsend

Stephenson Railway Museum is inside Wallsend’s built-up area, with 13 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.

When to go

The year in Wallsend

Warm weather in Wallsend runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°47 mm

Feb8° / 2°44 mm

Mar10° / 3°40 mm

Apr12° / 5°50 mm

May15° / 7°43 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°59 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°57 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°74 mm

Dec7° / 2°57 mm

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

About

Stephenson Railway Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. Our list has 71 more places within 15 km; first among them is Arbeia Roman Fort Museum, at 4.4 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Stephens Railway Volunteers
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Wallsend
Official site: stephensonsteamrailway.org.uk

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

The map

The way to Stephenson Railway Museum

Orange: Stephenson Railway Museum.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

Home to 60,611 people, Tynemouth is the largest of these 8. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Wallsend

45,351 people · 42 places to visit

2 · 100 m east of it

Tynemouth

60,611 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km north of it

Shiremoor

6,965 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 1.5 km west of it

Longbenton

26,882 people · 35 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stephenson Railway Museum is	People	Places to visit
Wallsend	It’s in town	45,351	42
Tynemouth	100 m east of it	60,611	18
Shiremoor	1.3 km north of it	6,965	10
Longbenton	1.5 km west of it	26,882	35
Backworth	2.1 km northwest of it	4,483	7
Whitley Bay	2.4 km northeast of it	36,876	16
Jarrow	3.4 km south of it	29,467	19
Killingworth	3.4 km northwest of it	12,180	7

Make a day of it

Close to Stephenson Railway Museum

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and 2 castles.

MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum4.4 km away 2

MuseumTurbinia9.7 km away 3

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral8.9 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageTynemouth Priory and Castle5.1 km away 5

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle9 km away 6

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock8.4 km away · 638K visitors a year 7

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey14 km away 8

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral9.5 km away

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

Planning a visit to Stephenson Railway Museum

Where is Stephenson Railway Museum?

Stephenson Railway Museum is in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Stephenson Railway Museum?

Railway museum in North Shields, United Kingdom.

Who runs Stephenson Railway Museum?

Stephens Railway Volunteers.

When is the best time to visit Stephenson Railway Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Stephenson Railway Museum?

Within 15 km: Arbeia Roman Fort Museum (4.4 km), Turbinia (9.7 km), Newcastle Cathedral (8.9 km) and Tynemouth Priory and Castle (5.1 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 (9)

Stephenson Railway Museum: Robby George, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, 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
Tynemouth Priory and Castle: Chris McKenna (user:Thryduulf), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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