Astley Green Colliery Museum
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: mining museum in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lancashire Mining Museum” and “Lancashire Mining Museum Astley Green”
- Address: Astley Green, Manchester, M29 7JB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Damhouse and St Stephen’s Church, Astley.
Damhouse
Manor estate
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Road in Astley, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Damhouse is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Astley Green Colliery Museum.
St Stephen’s Church, Astley
Church
St Stephen's Church is a parish church located in Astley, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican church built in 1968, and it is part of the Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford diocese of Manchester. St Stephen’s Church, Astley is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Astley Green Colliery Museum.
St Mary’s Catholic High School
School
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Astley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a large school hosting approximately 1,700 pupils including a sixth form. St Mary’s Catholic High School is situated 3,900 feet west of Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Astley and Boothstown.
Astley
Town
Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Astley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is crossed by the Bridgewater Canal and the A580 East Lancashire Road.
Boothstown
Village
Photo: Tony Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boothstown is a suburban village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. Boothstown forms part of the Boothstown and Ellenbrook ward, which had a population at the 2011 Census of 9,599.
Tyldesley
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyldesley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, eight miles southeast of Wigan and nine miles northwest of Manchester. Tyldesley is situated 1½ miles northwest of Astley Green Colliery Museum.
Astley Green Colliery Museum
- Categories: heritage center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49513° or 53° 29′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.44668° or 2° 26′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C5VFHW3+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 980367506OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4810913
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Astley Green Colliery Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿斯特利格林煤礦博物館”
- French: “musée de la mine d’Astley Green”
- French: “Musée de la mine d’Astley Green”
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