Visitor attractions and information - Yarm
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 Preston Hall Museum, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees.
Tel: 01642 781184. The museum is best known for its Victorian
Street and its many period rooms, giving a glimpse of domestic
life in the area over the years. It has an impressive display
of weaponry in its cellars, and also houses Stockton's most famous
painting, the Dice Players by Georges de la Tour (photo). Set
in 112 acres of parkland, between Stockton and Yarm on A135.
About 2 miles north of
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The
Riverside Stadium has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since
the beginning of the English Premier League season 1995-96. Its
current capacity is 35,049 all-seated.
About 9 miles north of
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The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge links
Middlesbrough with Stockton-on-Tees, spaning the River Tees.
The bridge has featured in films and TV programmes including
The Fast Show, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Billy Elliot, and Steel
River Blues. About 9 miles
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Darlington Railway Centre and Museum,
North Road Station, Darlington Tel: 01325 460532 - Restored 1842
station housing a collection of exhibits relating to railways
in the North East of England, including Stephenson's Locomotion.
It is located on the 1825 route of the
Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first steam-worked
public railway. www.drcm.org.uk. About
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Darlington Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe
Road. Darlington Tel: 01325 760216 A Monument with two original
pumping engines in working order. Can be seen working about four
weekends each year. Housed in purpose built buildings, dating
from 1847 to 1901. About
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Designed
by leading contemporary artist and sculptor David Mach, Train
is made from 185,000 bricks and commemorates Darlington's heritage
as "home of the railways". It stands 60 metres long
and 6 metres high, based on the 1938 locomotive "Mallard",
complete with billowing smoke. About 7 miles west of Yarm on the
A66. |
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Welcome to our page of information, attractions and
places of interest around Yarm. The Yarm hotels
listed below are either in the town or we have given a rough
guide as to how far they are from Yarm. From Yarm you are well
placed to explore Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham with
their coastal fortresses, magnificent cities, forests and valleys,
pretty villages, wide empty beaches and the evocative ruins of
Hadrian's Wall. We hope you enjoy your stay and find your ideal
accommodation from our list of Yarm hotels and the surrounding
area.
