ATTRACTIONS IN M20 4BF
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2.1milesGallery of Costume
Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester, M145LL
The Gallery of Costume contains one of the largest collections of costume and accessories in Britain. The Gallery is an excellent resource for students and researchers.
2.9milesHat Works Museum
Wellington Mill, Wellington Rd South, Stockport, Gtr Manch., SK30EU
The UK's first and only museum dedicated to the exciting world of hats and hat making. Watch the hatting demonstrators as they reveal the art and mystery of hat making.
3.3milesManchester Museum
The University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL
The Manchester Museum provides access to about six million items from every continent of the globe. Butterflies and carvings from India; birds and bark-cloth from the Pacific; live frogs and ancient pottery from America; fossils and native art from Australia; mammals and ancient Egyptian craftsmanship from Africa; plants, coins and minerals from Europe; art from past civilisations of the Mediterranean; and beetles, armour and archery from Asia.
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4milesManchester Mills
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, M34FP
See thunderous cotton machinery demonstrated by our Presenters in the Textile Gallery.Weekdays 3:00pmWeekends 11:00am & 3:00pm.
4.3milesGreater Manchester Police Museum
Newton Street, Manchester, M11ET
Housed in a Victorian police station complete with original charge office and prison cells. Galleries house police vehicles and displays of uniforms and equipment.
4.4milesImperial War Museum North
Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M171TZ
The museum tells people's stories of war and its impact. Built by Daniel Libeskind to resemble three shards of a shattered globe, representing conflict on land, air and water.
4.6milesUrbis
Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M43BG
Urbis explores Urban culture and the cities of today and tomorrow through four floors of exhibitions about city life. Our exhibition programme features international large-scale exhibitions offering unique insights into the dynamic culture of the modern city, with innovative explorations of design, architecture, graffiti, music and the urban environment.
5.3milesQuarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate
Quarry Bank Road, Styal, Wilmslow, SK94LA
Water power was the wonder of the late 18th Century and today you can see this technological breakthrough in action at Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Estate. Award-winning galleries are devoted to water and steam power, with hands-on displays and exhibits, an 1830s Beam Engine and a Horizontal Steam Engine which steam daily.
5.6milesMuseum of Transport
Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester, M88UW
The Museum of Transport, Manchester has one of the largest collections of transport of its kind in the country. The vehicles themselves represent the development of public road transport in Greater Manchester, from horse-drawn vehicles to the first generation of accessible transport; and also includes the prototype for Metrolink trams.
6.9milesPortland Basin Museum
Portland Place, Ashton under Lyne, OL70QA
Housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse the museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. Portland Basin Museum is an exciting family friendly museum, with something for all the family!Step back in time on our 1920s street, as the sights and sounds of bygone Tameside are brought to life.
7.5milesDunham Massey
3m SW of Altrincham (A56), WA144SJ
Country estate including mansion with important collections and 'below stairs' areas, impressive garden and deer park. An early Georgian house built around a Tudor core, Dunham Massey was extensively reworked in the early years of the 20th century.
9milesTatton Park
Knutsford, WA166QN
A day at Tatton Park has much to offer, its two historic houses, the Mansion and Tudor Old Hall, are set in 1000 acres of beautiful parkland with lakes, tree-lined avenues and herds of red and fallow deer. Award-winning gardens, a working farm, speciality shops and a superb programme of special events complete the picture.
9.4milesHare Hill
Hare Hill, Macclesfield, SK104QB
Woodland grounds with a delightful walled garden at their heart. Spectacular rhododendron and azalea displays.
9.5milesNether Alderley Mill
Congleton Road, Nether Alderley, SK104TW
With its heavy oak framework, low beams and floors connected by wooden ladders, set beneath an enormous sloping stone roof, this charmingly rustic mill is one of only four virtually complete corn mills in Cheshire. The mill has overshot tandem wheels and is powered by water from the adjacent lake.
11.4milesTabley House
Knutsford, WA160HB
Tabley House was designed by John Carr of York for Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, Bt. , and completed in 1769.
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11.6milesCapesthorne Hall
Capesthorne, SK119JY
Capesthorne has been touched by nearly 1,000 years of English History. Roman Legions passed across it.
12milesMacclesfield Silk Museum
Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK116UT
The Heritage Centre, Roe Street, is situated in the centre of Macclesfield and provides a focus for community and cultural events in the town. The Heritage Centre houses the Silk Museum , the Silk Shop , the Victorian Schoolroom and the Mulberry Tree Coffee Shop.
12.1milesParadise Mill
Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK116TJ
Paradise Mill, situated a short distance from the Silk Museum, was a working silk mill until 1981. Today, Paradise Mill is a living museum.
12.6milesArley Hall and Gardens
Northwich, CW96NA
Recently voted amongst the top 50 in Europe and in the top 10 in Britain, the Gardens are a plantsman's paradise and are celebrated for the oldest and finest double herbaceous borders in the country. Praised by international plantsman Roy Lancaster as 'one of the most exciting and unpredictable gardens I know', the Gardens, (which) were created by the same family over successive generations, offers many unique features including the Furlong Walk overlooking the beautiful rolling park, the giant columns of Quercus Ilex, the pleached Lime Avenue and yew topiary.
12.7milesSaddleworth Museum and Art Gallery
High Street, Uppermill, OL36HS
Situated by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and housed in part of the old Victoria Mill, Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the past. The Museum tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character.
13.8milesGawsworth Hall
Gawsworth, SK119RN
Today Gawsworth Hall not only makes a delightful day out for all the family,but, between June and August, we proudly present a wide range of open air theatre events in our all seated, covered auditorium. The original Norman house was rebuilt in 1480 and, following extensive remodelling in 1701, was the subject of the most famous duel in English history in 1712 Lord Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton fought over the estates and both duellists were killed.
16milesAnderton Boat Lift
Lift Lane, Anderton, Northwick, CW96FW
The Anderton Boat Lift was designed and built by Edwin Clark in 1875, and is the worlds first boat lift, that speeded up the movement of cargoes carrying coal, salt and lay between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent and Mersey Canalthe modern and attractive operations centre houses a fascinating interactive exhibition explaining the history of the lift and its unique place in waterway historyFor younger visitors there is a play area on site and for the young at heart you can lose yourself in a special maze constructed from the old counterweights that used to hang from the liftyou can also take a Edwin Clark boat trip on a glass top boat to view the magnificent lift towers above youTravel through time as the boatmaster recounts its fascinating historyThe well stocked gift shop offers a wide range of information about the Anderton Boat Lift, selling souvenirs, books, videos and high quality gifts.
16.4milesWeaver Hall Museum and Workhouse
162 London Road, Northwich, CW98AB
Salt has been produced in Cheshire for over 2,000 years and it is the only place in Britain where it is still produced on a large scale. The original museum was established by Thomas Ward & John Brunner two local salt proprietors who felt that Northwich needed something to explain it's importance as the 'salt capital of the world'.
16.4milesTurton Tower
Turton Bottoms, BL70HG
A Delightful Tudor House in Woodland Gardens A distinctive 15th century English country house. Set in relaxing woodlands on the edge of the popular walking area of the West Pennine Moors.
16.9milesHindley Hall
Hall Lane, Aspull, Wigan, WN22SQ
Hindley Hall - golf course in Wigan, Lancashire. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01942 255131 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy (if available) and green fees at Hindley Hall golf course/club.
17.2milesPooles Cavern
Green Lane, Buxton, SK179DH
Poole's Cavern is a natural limestone cave situated in the beautiful woodland of Buxton Country Park, Derbyshire and has been visited for 5,000 years since Neolithic tribes sheltered here. The gravelled area at the cave mouth was levelled by Poole's Cavern's first custodian, Mr Frank Redfern.
18.5milesBluebell Cottage Gardens
Lodge Lane, Dutton, Warrington, WA44HP
Bluebell Cottage Gardens and Lodge Lane Nursery are set in gorgeous Cheshire countryside a few miles south of Warrington. Lodge Lane Nursery is an RHS partner nursery and specialises in hardy herbaceous perennials, with a typical stock of over 1500 varieties.
18.9milesWigan Pier
Trencherfield Mill, Wigan, WN34EF
At the heart of The Wigan Pier Experience is The Way We Were, an authentic recreation of life in the 1900s for the people of Wigan and surrounding Lancashire. Witness the Victorian way of life from schooldays through to work and play.
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