Stanley and Beamish
Stanley is set on a breezy hilltop and commands a bird's eye view of the whole area. A former mining town situated between Consett and Chester-le-Street, the name comes from Anglo-Saxon and means 'stony field'. It was first mentioned in 1211 and there are Neolithic and Roman remains in the area.
Places of Interest
Beamish Museum is England's largest open-air museum and has a working steam railway, trams, an Edwardian town centre, a demonstration col iery, a school and a working farm. The C2C route passes within yards of the entrance gate. 0191 370 4000.
Tanfield Railway : it is the oldest railway in the world that still exists. It stops at the Causey Arch north of Stanley - 50m high and a Scheduled Ancient Monument built in 1728 - and is manned by volunteers 0191 274 2002.
Jolly Drovers Maze - built on the site of the former Eden Pit Col iery in 1989. Like the Lambton Worm (see Chester-le-Street) it was designed by Andy Goldsworthy.
Accommodation
| Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, Beamish, Co Durham, DH9 0QH | |
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Traditional inn serving six different real ales and now under new ownership after a couple of years in the doldrums. Ian has plenty and experience and lots of enthusiasm and there is a big emphasis now on good, unfussy food. Myra skins the rabbits that go into the pies and you can get well fed for a fiver at lunch time. Ian has gutted and revamped the place. |
Run by: Ian Hope 
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Telephone : 0191 370 0237 |
Rooms : 1D, 3T, 1Tpl (4 en-suite and one with a private bathroom) |
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