National Waterways Museum

The National Waterways Museum is a transport museum, at Ellesmere Port in the English county of Cheshire, which concentrates on the history of Britain's navigable inland waterways.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom
Also known as: “National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port”, “National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port”, “North West Museum of Inland Navigation”, and “The Boat Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ellesmere Port Lighthouse and Ellesmere Port railway station.

Ellesmere Port Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Ellesmere Port Dock is a dock in Britain, situated on the Manchester Ship Canal, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port Lighthouse is situated 970 feet northwest of National Waterways Museum.

Ellesmere Port railway station

Railway station

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Ellesmere Port railway station is located in the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The station was an intermediate through station on the Hooton–Helsby line. Ellesmere Port railway station is situated 2,300 feet south of National Waterways Museum.

St. Thomas

Church

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St. Thomas is a church, which is situated 1 mile southwest of National Waterways Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ellesmere Port and Ince.

Ellesmere Port

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Ellesmere Port is in West Cheshire. Surrounding villages include Willaston, Neston, Parkgate, and Hooton.

Ince

Hamlet

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Ince is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated immediately to the east of the Stanlow Oil Refinery. Ince is situated 3 miles east of National Waterways Museum.

Eastham

Village

Eastham is a village and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically, it was part of Cheshire. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bromborough and to the east of Willaston. Eastham is situated 3½ miles northwest of National Waterways Museum.

National Waterways Museum

Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.28794° or 53° 17′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.89203° or 2° 53′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C5V74Q5+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 26651103

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6979364

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“National Waterways Museum” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Vies Navegables”
Japanese: “乾ドック”
Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Vías Navegables”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whitby Top Narrow Lock and National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port.

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