Astley Green Colliery Museum
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a museum run by the Red Rose Steam Society in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England. (grid reference SJ70509996) Before becoming a museum, the site was a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 to 1970; it is now protected as a Scheduled Monument. The museum occupies a 15-acre (6 ha) site by the Bridgewater Canal which has the only surviving pit headgear and engine house on the Lancashire Coalfield.
Astley Green Colliery Museum | |
| Location | Astley in Greater Manchester, England |
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| Coordinates | 53.4953°N 2.4473°W |
| Type | Heritage centre |
| Website | Astley Green Colliery Museum |
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