Working example’s of the steam pumps built in the 1870’s on display. A video presentation tells how the Mersey Railway Tunnel was constructed, and shows the ‘Giant’ pump in action. Check opening times on their website.
Shore Road Pumping Station
Woodside
Birkenhead
CH41 6DN
Tel: 0151 650 1182
Sharing a car park with the Clock Warehouse Pub in Shardlow. Run by volunteers, check their website for opening times.
If you visit Shardlow let us know what you think about the centre and the village.
Shardlow Heritage Centre
Canal Bank
Shardlow
Derbyshire
DE72 2GL
Two tudor timber-framed manor houses, were moved and rebuilt in the village of Bournville by the Cadbury family. Both timber-framed houses have beautiful oak furniture. Check their website for opening times and more information. If you visit let us know what you thought about it.
Selly Manor
Corner of Maple and Sycamore Roads
Oak Tree Lane
Bournville
Birmingham
B30 1UB
West Midlands
England
Telephone : 0121 472 0199
Wakehurst Place, managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is an outstanding place to visit. Home also to some national plant collections and the Millennium Seed Collection.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Wakehurst Place
Ardingly
Nr Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH17 6TN
The history of this valley displayed with both the permanent and temporary exhibitions. Check opening times.
Valley Inheritance Museum
Park Buildings
Pontypool
NP4 6JH
South Wales
Telephone: 01495 752036