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Heaton Park Tramway

Heaton Park Tramway is a museum tramway. This one is within Manchester’s built-up area. A short trip away is English Football Hall of Fame, 5.2 km off, the first of 82 within 15 km.

Photo: Heaton Park Tramway, Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Manchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Manchester

Inside Manchester

Heaton Park Tramway is inside Manchester’s built-up area, with 10 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

Picking your season

Afternoons in Manchester peak at 18–21°C, June to September.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

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

About

Heaton Park Tramway

It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Manchester
Official site: hptramway.co.uk

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

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

Orange: Heaton Park Tramway.

Towns near it

Towns close to Heaton Park Tramway

Manchester is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (470,395 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 400 m west of it

Prestwich

31,509 people · 33 places to visit

3 · 1 km northeast of it

Rhodes

2,970 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km northwest of it

Whitefield

22,193 people · 13 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Heaton Park Tramway is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	It’s in town	470,395	68
Prestwich	400 m west of it	31,509	33
Rhodes	1 km northeast of it	2,970	11
Whitefield	1.4 km northwest of it	22,193	13
Simister	1.5 km north of it	1,054	10
Salford	1.6 km southwest of it	108,431	55
Middleton	2.6 km northeast of it	46,617	14
Bury	3 km northwest of it	81,115	13

Make a day of it

Pair Heaton Park Tramway with these

82 more lie within 15 km, 5 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery among them.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame5.2 km away 2

CathedralManchester Cathedral5.2 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery6 km away 4

MuseumChetham's Library5.1 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum6.1 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum7.4 km away 7

Historic houseHeaton Park500 m away 8

MuseumNational Football Museum5.2 km away

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

What people ask about Heaton Park Tramway

Where is Heaton Park Tramway?

Heaton Park Tramway is in Manchester, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Heaton Park Tramway?

Museum tramway in Heaton Park, Manchester, UK.

When is the best time to visit Heaton Park Tramway?

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

What else is there to see near Heaton Park Tramway?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (5.2 km), Manchester Cathedral (5.2 km), Manchester Art Gallery (6 km) and Chetham's Library (5.1 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 (9)

Heaton Park Tramway: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heaton Park: Pimlico Badger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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