George Stephenson's Birthplace
Museum · Clara Vale

George Stephenson's Birthplace

Museum

Type

Clara Vale

Where

Museum · Attraction

Good for

Check before you go

Cost

Plan your visit

Opening times

Open access — check locally for facilities

Location

Wylam, NE41 8BP

Parent hack

Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.

George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam, Northumberland, the cottage is owned by the National Trust and until recently it was open to the public as a historic house museum. The house also featured exhibits about Stephenson's Rocket, an early steam locomotive. The Museum is no longer open to the public.

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