Best of North West England
The 20 best museums in North West England
Our curated top 20 museums in North West England, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 207 museums see the full museums index for North West England.
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People's History Museum
Manchester's national museum of democracy — political banners, suffragette and Chartist heritage.
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Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness, commonly known as Barrow, is an industrial port town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, Barrow is at the tip of the Furness p
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River Hodder
Lancashire
The River Hodder is in Lancashire, England. It is a County Biological Heritage Site. It rises on White Hill and flows for approximately 23 miles to the River Ribble, of which it is the largest tributa
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Bacup
Lancashire
Bacup ( BAY-kəp, ) is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries with West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The town is in the Ros
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Euxton
Lancashire
Euxton ( EKS-tən) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing dev
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Blackburn
Blackburn ( ) is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough, in Lancashire, England. The town lies north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of th
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Fleetwood
Lancashire
Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,232 at the 2021 census. Fleetwood acquired its modern charact
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Carnforth
Lancashire
Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,521 in the 2
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River Hyndburn
Lancashire
The River Hyndburn is a minor river in Lancashire, England. Beginning as Woodnook Water on the slopes of Goodshaw Hill, it passes through Stone Fold, Rising Bridge and Baxenden where it is augmented b
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Chapeltown, Lancashire
Chapeltown is a village of the civil parish of North Turton, in the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, in the north west of England. It is on the B6391 road, on the southern slopes of the West P
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Borough of Wyre
Lancashire
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Clitheroe
Lancashire
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located 34 miles (55 km) north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often use
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Bentham, North Yorkshire
Bentham is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham,
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Egremont, Cumbria
Egremont is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, five miles (eight kilometres) south of Whitehav
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Formby
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically in Merseyside, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "Fornebei", Halsa
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Borough of Blackpool
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British Commercial Vehicle Museum
Lancashire
British Commercial Vehicle Museum — automotive museum in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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Colne
Lancashire
Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Nelson, 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Burnley and 25 mi (40 km) east
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Grange-over-Sands
Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2011 census the parish had a populatio
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City of Lancaster
Lancashire
The City of Lancaster, or simply Lancaster (), is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, and also includes the towns