Places to visit around Shotton Colliery, from Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre
From Shotton Colliery, the big name within reach is Durham Castle, 12 km away. With nothing inside Shotton Colliery’s built-up area, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its edge. Look for a museum and an attraction.
Leading the list near Shotton Colliery
An attraction follows Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The farthest of them, Apollo Pavilion, is 3.1 km out.
The dashed line is Shotton Colliery’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Which kinds
The list holds a museum and an attraction.
Green: inside Shotton Colliery. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 2 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Shotton Colliery’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Shotton Colliery →
A little further out
Out of town, Durham Castle (12 km) leads 12 names to know.
CastleDurham Castle12 km west
CathedralDurham Cathedral12 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey17 km north
MuseumBeamish Museum22 km northwest · 350K visitors a year
MuseumTurbinia28 km northwest
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral27 km northwest
MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon22 km southwest · 94K visitors a year
CastleLumley Castle15 km northwest
CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle27 km northwest
MuseumOriental Museum12 km west · 19K visitors a year
Historic shipHMS Trincomalee14 km southeast
MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum27 km northPlaces well known beyond Shotton Colliery (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Before a day out in Shotton Colliery
What is there to see near Shotton Colliery?
No attraction is mapped inside Shotton Colliery itself. Within 5 km of it are Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre and Apollo Pavilion.
Does Shotton Colliery have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Shotton Colliery: Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Shotton Colliery?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (English Heritage), 17 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Shotton Colliery?
Within 40 km: Durham Castle (12 km), Durham Cathedral (12 km), Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (17 km), Beamish Museum (22 km).
Where are Shotton Colliery’s historic buildings listed?
Shotton Colliery has 1 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Shotton Colliery when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (12)
- Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beamish Museum: 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
- Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lumley Castle: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oriental Museum: Wereon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Trincomalee: David Manley at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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