Locomotion

railway museum, transport museum, collection museum, children's museum, open-air museum in Shildon, United Kingdom
Organization railway_museum Q3482098
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Locomotion

Summary

Locomotion is a railway museum[1]. Locomotion ranks in the top 4% of railway_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Locomotion is located in Shildon[3].
  • Locomotion is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Locomotion's instance of is recorded as railway museum[5].
  • Locomotion's instance of is recorded as national museum[6].
  • Locomotion's postal code is recorded as DL4 1PQ[7].
  • Locomotion is part of Science Museum Group[8].
  • Locomotion's Commons category is recorded as Shildon Locomotion Museum[9].
  • 2004 marks the founding of Locomotion[10].
  • Locomotion's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.6243, 'lon': -1.6306}[11].
  • Locomotion's official website is recorded as https://www.locomotion.org.uk/[12].
  • Locomotion's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[13].
  • Locomotion's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+94000'}[14].
  • Locomotion's date of official opening is recorded as 2004[15].
  • Locomotion's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '18 Soho Street, Shildon DL4 1PQ'}[16].
  • Locomotion's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soho Cottages, Hackworth Close, Shildon DL4 1PQ'}[17].
  • Locomotion's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Locomotion, Shildon, DL4 2RE'}[18].
  • Locomotion's historic county is recorded as County Durham[19].
  • Locomotion's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5157'}[20].
  • Locomotion's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+4854'}[21].

Body

Founding

2004 marks the founding of Locomotion[10].

Identity

Locomotion is part of Science Museum Group[8].

Why It Matters

Locomotion ranks in the top 4% of railway_museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2] Locomotion has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Locomotion is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Street address {'lang': 'en', 'text': '18 Soho Street, Shildon DL4 1PQ'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soho Cottages, Hackworth Close, Shil, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Locomotion, Shildon, DL4 2RE'}
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P5168]]: Timothy Hackworth Victorian Railway Museum, move P1810 to P5168 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/beb1bc26|details]])"
  2. 21d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Street address {'lang': 'en', 'text': '18 Soho Street, Shildon DL4 1PQ'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soho Cottages, Hackworth Close, Shil, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Locomotion, Shildon, DL4 2RE'}
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum postcodeꓹ street address qualifiers from MML project ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/3f3697c10c8|details]])"
  3. 22d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Shildon
    Inception +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Aliases
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    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Openned/Closed dates MML project. Pt. 1 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/59540cefe77|details]])"
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