Anson Engine Museum
The Anson Engine Museum is situated on the site of the old Anson colliery in Poynton, Cheshire, England. It is the work of Les Cawley and Geoff Challinor who began collecting and showing stationary engines for a hobby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum based in Poynton, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Anson Museum”
- Address: Anson Road, Poynton, SK12 1TD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Middlewood railway station and Lyme Park.
Middlewood railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middlewood railway station serves the villages of High Lane in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, and Middlewood, near Poynton in the Cheshire East district of England. Middlewood railway station is situated 1 mile north of Anson Engine Museum.
Lyme Park
Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lyme Park is a large estate south of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park in the Peak District National Park. Lyme Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Anson Engine Museum.
Chestnut Cottages and estate workshops
Heritage site
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chestnut Cottages and estate workshops is a heritage site, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Anson Engine Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poynton and Hazel Grove.
Poynton
Town
Poynton is a town in the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, in the Cheshire East district and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in Macclesfield district.
Hazel Grove
Town
Photo: Iamali84, Public domain.
Hazel Grove is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. Hazel Grove is situated 2 miles northwest of Anson Engine Museum.
Hague Bar
Village
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hague Bar is a hamlet in New Mills, Derbyshire, near Marple and Stockport. The Manchester to Sheffield railway passes through the Goyt valley at this point. Hague Bar is situated 3 miles northeast of Anson Engine Museum.
Anson Engine Museum
- Categories: industry museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Poynton-with-Worth, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.34918° or 53° 20′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.09059° or 2° 5′ 26″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Open location code
9C5V8WX5+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 447991674OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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- Georgian: “ანსონის ძრავის მუზეუმი”
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