Lion Salt Works
The Lion Salt Works is the UK's last remaining open pan salt works, in Marston, near Northwich, Cheshire, England. It closed as a works in 1986 and is now preserved as a museum.Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM
Monday: closed
public holidays: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: salt works in Cheshire, UK, preserved as a museum
- Address: Ollershaw Lane, Marston, CW9 6ES
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Salt Barge and Northwich railway station.
Northwich railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bob Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northwich railway station serves the town Northwich, in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms in use, with a third now disused and fenced off. On the Mid-Cheshire line, it is located 28+1⁄4 miles south-west of Manchester Piccadilly. Northwich railway station is situated 1 mile south of Lion Salt Works.
Marbury Country Park
Park
Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marbury Country Park is a country park in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of Northwich Community Woodlands, an integral part of the Mersey Forest. Marbury Country Park is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Lion Salt Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northwich and Great Budworth.
Northwich
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, 18 miles east of Chester, 15 miles south of Warrington, 19 miles south of Manchester, 69 miles north of Birmingham and 36 miles south-east of Liverpool.
Great Budworth
Village
Photo: Joopercoopers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Budworth is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, four miles north of Northwich off the A559 road, east of Comberbach, northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath.
Lostock Gralam
Village
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lostock Gralam is a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England; it is sited east of Northwich. The civil parish also includes the small hamlet of Lostock Green. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,298.
Lion Salt Works
- Categories: saltworks, industry museum, salt boiling facility, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Marston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.27499° or 53° 16′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.49482° or 2° 29′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C5V7GF4+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 439814807OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q15242436
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