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Lancashire Mining Museum

This colliery was a latecomer, extracting the coal beneath Chat Moss from 1912 to 1970. It became a museum, with its impressive tall headgear and winding engine, and a collection of colliery locomotives.

Address
Higher Green Lane, Astley M29 7JB
Hours
Closed · opens 1:30 pm tomorrow
Weekly hours
MonClosed
TueClosed
WedClosed
Thu1:30 pm–5 pm
FriClosed
Sat1:30 pm–5 pm
Sun1:30 pm–5 pm

Read from the travel guide, which lists: Thu Sat Sun 1:30-5PM

Listing from Wikivoyage: Salford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 11 Oct 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.