National Trust - George Stephenson's Birthplace — Attraction in Wylam

With the Great Ñorth event starting later this month and George Stephensons original Rocket coming up from London to be put on display I thought I would take my nephew to see is humble beginnings. I contacted my friend who lives near Wylam to get directions to the nearest car park and the reason why. His reply was straight forward, Don't waste your time, The National Tust closed the Museum in 2016 with vague promises to reopen it bigger and better.

I contacted the National Tust and spoke to a very nice person who proceed to give me the standard National Tust blah blah. You know the sirt of thing, oh we have many fine buildings in the area you can visit, which is true enough but what connection do they have with George Stephenson(NOTHING ), but when I pressed the person to answer my questions it all became unstuck. Q). Why did they close the Museum and Then sit down to think about improving lt ???. Q). Why after a two year closure can you not say what improvements you intend to carry out ???. Q). If this Museum was raking in cash would you still have proceeded as you have ???. Q). What improvements can you do to a .Grade 2 listed property in a Green belt area ???, well I suppose they can rearrange the furniture but you do not need two years to work this out.

Don't bother trying to get a straight answer from the National Tust because no one seems to have one to give you. I certainly wouldn't be renewing my...

George Stephenson's birth place should be of great historical interest. But the National Trust have chosen to close this cottage to the public as from early 2017 and remains closed. I live close by and pass by frequently and see first hand the number of people who have travelled to see the cottage. They are usually bitterly disappointed at its closure. This one of the main reasons I chose to terminate my membership of the National Trust...

The birth place of George Stephenson. The father of Railways. I came across this place during my cycling on the Cycle route 72 in Wylam, a small village west of Newcastle. Since it is on a cycle route you cannot reach there by any vehicle. It is on one of the lovely cycle paths. Unfortunately you cannot get in. Scan the QR code among the photos to see...