Portland Basin Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
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Closed — opens Tuesday at 10am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🆓 Free entry🛝 PlaygroundEducational
What’s there
- Free parking
- Baby changing
- Picnic area
Free car park with disabled parking spaces; the car park is cobbled, and wheelchair users may need support to transfer from car to museum.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Portland Basin Museum is a local history museum set in a restored nineteenth-century canal warehouse beside the Ashton Canal. Families can walk down a recreated 1920s street, look into a kitchen and parlour showing how people lived, and see historic machinery and displays on the area's mining, farming, crafts and industry. Younger children have a Nuts and Bolts play area aimed at under-fives, and the museum runs trails and activities designed for children. Schools can book workshops, and a temporary exhibition changes the programme through the year. Outside, walking and cycling routes start from the building, so a visit can easily extend into a picnic or a stroll along the water.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
Sick bagsYou only forget these once.- Teething gel
Nappies- Face wipes
- Comforter, plus a spareThe one that must not be lost. It will be lost.
Bum bag
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