The West Shed Museum
The West Shed Museum is a museum in Swanwick, Amber Valley District, England. The West Shed Museum is situated nearby to the rideable miniature railway Butterley Park Minature Railway, as well as near the museum Matthew Kirtley Building.- Type: Museum
- Description: Independent Museum in the East Midlands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust’s West Shed Experience”, “The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust’s West Shed Experience”, and “West Shed Experience”
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swanwick Junction railway station and Butterley railway station.
Swanwick Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanwick Junction railway station is a heritage railway station situated on the former Ambergate to Pye Bridge Line which closed in 1968, but has been partially reopened by the Midland Railway - Butterley. Swanwick Junction railway station is situated 1,500 feet east of The West Shed Museum.
Butterley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterley railway station is a preserved railway station on the Heritage Midland Railway - Butterley in Derbyshire. Butterley railway station is situated 2,400 feet west of The West Shed Museum.
Butterley Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir was built to provide water for the Cromford Canal which opened for use in 1794.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butterley and Ripley.
Butterley
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterley is a village in the civil parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The area is dominated by the now disused site of the Butterley Company and the Butterley Reservoir.
Ripley
Photo: Jonathan Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ripley is a market town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies north-east of Derby, north-west of Heanor, south-west of Alfreton and north-east of Belper.
Swanwick
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Swanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, also a parish within the Amber Valley district, with a population of 5,316 at the 2001 census, falling to 5,084 at the 2011 Census.
The West Shed Museum
- Categories: independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Swanwick, Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06259° or 53° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.39037° or 1° 23′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C5W3J75+2VOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q116738970
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