Museum · Astley · Greater Manchester

Lancashire Mining Museum

Lancashire Mining Museum is a history museum. Its location is inside Astley’s built-up area. Top of the 78 other places within 15 km is English Football Hall of Fame, 14 km off.

Where

In Astley

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Astley

Inside Astley

Lancashire Mining Museum is inside Astley’s built-up area, with 6 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

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Astley reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan8° / 2°80 mm

Feb8° / 2°64 mm

Mar11° / 3°56 mm

Apr14° / 5°55 mm

May17° / 8°61 mm

Jun19° / 11°72 mm

Jul21° / 13°72 mm

Aug20° / 12°78 mm

Sep18° / 10°76 mm

Oct14° / 7°91 mm

Nov10° / 5°84 mm

Dec8° / 2°93 mm

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

About

Lancashire Mining Museum

Museum: history.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Astley
Official site: lancashireminingmuseum.org

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

Plan your visit

How to visit

Entrance fees

EntryBy donation

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

The map

The way to Lancashire Mining Museum

The map centres on Lancashire Mining Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns near Lancashire Mining Museum

The most populous of the 8 is Leigh, at 45,499. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Astley

4,735 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 900 m northeast of it

Walkden

18,684 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 1 km north of it

Tyldesley

16,205 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 1.1 km east of it

Worsley

11,958 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Lancashire Mining Museum is	People	Places to visit
Astley	It’s in town	4,735	7
Walkden	900 m northeast of it	18,684	7
Tyldesley	1 km north of it	16,205	7
Worsley	1.1 km east of it	11,958	10
Leigh	2 km west of it	45,499	6
Higher Folds	2.3 km northwest of it	2,447	5
Atherton	2.9 km northwest of it	27,571	11
Little Hulton	3.1 km northeast of it	25,824	10

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

What else is near Lancashire Mining Museum

Also close at hand are 5 museums, a cathedral and an art gallery, among 78 within 15 km.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame14 km away 2

MuseumImperial War Museum North10 km away · 2K visitors a year 3

CathedralManchester Cathedral13 km away 4

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery14 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum13 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum14 km away 7

MuseumChetham's Library14 km away 8

Garden · RHSRHS Garden Bridgewater3.4 km away

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

Before visiting Lancashire Mining Museum

Where is Lancashire Mining Museum?

Lancashire Mining Museum is in Astley, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Lancashire Mining Museum?

Museum: history.

When is the best time to visit Lancashire Mining Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Lancashire Mining Museum?

Within 15 km: English Football Hall of Fame (14 km), Imperial War Museum North (10 km), Manchester Cathedral (13 km) and Manchester Art Gallery (14 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)

English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
RHS Garden Bridgewater: Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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