Attraction · Hazel Grove · Greater Manchester

Brookside Miniature Railway

You can find Brookside Miniature Railway, an attraction, in Hazel Grove. Within 5 km there are 9 more places to visit. The first to add nearby is Lyme Hall, at 4.9 km.

Where

In Hazel Grove

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Attraction in Hazel Grove

Inside Hazel Grove

Brookside Miniature Railway is inside Hazel Grove’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in Hazel Grove.

Jan7° / 2°80 mm

Feb8° / 2°64 mm

Mar10° / 3°57 mm

Apr13° / 5°54 mm

May16° / 8°61 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug20° / 13°84 mm

Sep18° / 11°76 mm

Oct14° / 8°93 mm

Nov10° / 5°81 mm

Dec8° / 2°92 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Hazel Grove, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Hazel Grove. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Hazel Grove’s full climate →

About

Brookside Miniature Railway

Attraction.

In Hazel Grove, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Attraction
Town: in Hazel Grove
Official site: timpdon.co.uk/Brookside/Index.htm

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

Spot Brookside Miniature Railway in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Bases near Brookside Miniature Railway

In size, Stockport comes first of the 8, with 117,925 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Hazel Grove

20,163 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 200 m south of it

Poynton

13,015 people · 14 places to visit

3 · 2 km east of it

High Lane

4,617 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km west of it

Bramhall

17,201 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Brookside Miniature Railway is	People	Places to visit
Hazel Grove	It’s in town	20,163	18
Poynton	200 m south of it	13,015	14
High Lane	2 km east of it	4,617	10
Bramhall	2.1 km west of it	17,201	20
Higher Poynton	2.2 km southeast of it	335	11
Stockport	2.3 km northwest of it	117,925	24
Woodford	2.8 km southwest of it	2,241	15
Marple	3.1 km northeast of it	12,963	14

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Nearby, 63 places within 15 km include 5 museums and 3 historic houses.

Historic house · National TrustLyme Hall4.9 km away 2

Historic houseBramall Hall3.7 km away 3

MuseumThe Manchester Museum14 km away 4

MuseumAnson Engine Museum2.3 km away 5

Historic houseAdlington Hall5.3 km away 6

MuseumPankhurst Centre13 km away 7

MuseumHat Works5.9 km away 8

MuseumAvro Heritage Museum4.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Brookside Miniature Railway

Where is Brookside Miniature Railway?

Brookside Miniature Railway is in Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Brookside Miniature Railway?

Attraction.

When is the best time to visit Brookside Miniature Railway?

June to September are the warmest months in Hazel Grove, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Brookside Miniature Railway?

Within 15 km: Lyme Hall (4.9 km), Bramall Hall (3.7 km), The Manchester Museum (14 km) and Anson Engine Museum (2.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Lyme Hall: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramall Hall: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Anson Engine Museum: Photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. (www.clemrutter.net)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adlington Hall: John Swallow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pankhurst Centre: Kurt Adkins (WebHamster), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hat Works: Zzztriple2000 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Avro Heritage Museum: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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