Museums · North East England
Locomotion
Locomotion in England North East, United Kingdom.
Chris Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Locomotion is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.6243, -1.6306
- Address
- Shildon, County Durham, England
- Established
- 2004
- Opening
- "open daily 10:00-16:00 winter; 10:00-17:00 summer"
- Official site
- www.locomotion.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q3482098 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Locomotion Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Locomotion?
- Locomotion is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Locomotion built?
- Built or established in 2004.
- How busy is Locomotion?
- Locomotion draws around 218,907 visitors a year.