Wylam Railway Museum and its collection

Our Railway Museum is here in the now leafy village of Wylam. We think we are the real home of steam locomotives, with local engineers Hedley, Hackworth and Forster building them a good ten years before the Stockton and Darlington Railway got off the ground in 1825 . The Museum features exhibits reaching back to the original horse-drawn wagonways serving the coal mines, the early development of steam power here and then bringing local railway history right up to the 21st century. The world's oldest preserved locomotives "Puffing Billy" and "Wylam Dilly" were built here, though now in London and Edinburgh respectively. And last but not least Wylam was the original home of George Stephenson, known as the 'father of the railways' who was born here in 1781 (though moving on within the region before starting his own renowned railway related work).

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Wylam Railway Museum
Falcon Centre
Falcon Terrace, Wylam, Northumberland
NE41 8EE Wylam

Visitor information Wylam Railway Museum

Opening hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday
10:30 – 12:30
13:30 – 16:30
Wednesday Closed
Thursday
10:30 – 12:30
13:30 – 16:30
Friday Closed
Saturday
10:00 – 12:00
Sunday Closed

Note library and museum only open every other Saturday. Go here for details: https://northumberland.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/GENENQ/?LOCX=WYL

Admission

0+Free

Entry is free!

Facilities

Wheelchair accessible

Location & Map

Falcon Centre, Wylam

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