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Attractions near West Gorton
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Whitworth Art Gallery
(3 Miles)*
The Gallery is home to an impressive range of watercolours, prints, drawings, modern art and sculpture, as well as the largest collections of textiles and wallpapers outside London. |
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Portland Basin Museum
(3 Miles)*
Portland Basin Museum is the centrepiece of the recently rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse, now looking much as it did in 1834 when it was first built. |
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Manchester Art Gallery
(3 Miles)*
The gallery's amazing collection of art is displayed in an innovative and imaginative way. An undoubted highlight is the outstanding collection of 19th century Pre-Raphaelite paintings. |
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People's History Museum
(3 Miles)*
The People's History Museum tells the extraordinary story of ordinary people. |
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Salford Museum & Art Gallery
(4 Miles)*
Museum of Salford's local history and art. |
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Ordsall Hall
(5 Miles)*
Ordsall Hall, once home to the wealthy Radclyffe family, is one of the finest examples of Tudor architecture in North West England. |
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Heaton Hall
(6 Miles)*
A magnificent neo-classical country house with beautifully restored 18th century interiors, set in 650 acres of rolling parkland. |
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Imperial War Museum North
(6 Miles)*
The Imperial War Museum North tells the story of how war has shaped people's lives from 1900 to the present day. With the story still unfolding, the Museum will continue to develop and change over time. |
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Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery
(8 Miles)*
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character |
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Anson Engine Museum
(8 Miles)*
This museum has one of the largest collections of engines in Europe - varying in size from desktop to 100 tons! |
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Rochdale Art Gallery
(10 Miles)*
Touchstones is an exciting arts and heritage centre that has something special for everyone. The site consists of Art Galleries, Museum, Local Studies Centre and Tourist Information Centre. |
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Tatton Park
(13 Miles)*
A day at Tatton Park has much to offer. Its two historic houses are set in 1000 acres of beautiful rolling parkland with lakes, tree-lined avenues and herds of red and fallow deer. |
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Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive
(13 Miles)*
Bolton Museum has many collections of exhibits from fine art to Egyptian archaeology. There is an aquarium where you can see snakes and a piranha fish which is 23 years old. |
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West Park Museum
(14 Miles)*
West Park Museum opened in 1898, a gift from Marianne Brocklehurst for the people of Macclesfield. The Museum is located in one of the earliest public parks which opened in 1854 and was funded by voluntary subscription. |
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Macclesfield Silk Museum
(14 Miles)*
The Story of Silk is fascinating. It links Macclesfield with China and the Far East and shaped the development of the town. |
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