Address: National Waterways Museum South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4FW View on Google map
Phone: 0151 355 5017
| Opening Times | |
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| Open daily until 4 November | 10.00am - 5.00pm |
| Open Tuesday to Sunday 6 November to 31 March (closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day) | 10.00am - 4.00pm |
Price: Adult (16 & over) £9.75. Child (6-15) £6.00. Child (5 and under) Free. Family £25.00. Concession £8.50. Your ticket allows you to return as often as you like for one year.
Toilets: In our café and in the Island Warehouse
Sitting at the point where the Shropshire Union Canal meets the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey is the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port. Together with our sister museum in Gloucester Docks, together we look after one of the greatest collection of historic boats in the world.
Using interactive technology, you can truly experience what it was like to live and work on these great waterways. Here's just a taster of what you'll discover on this fantastic family day out!
Voyage into the virtual past, present and future of the waterways.
Places to eat:
Boat trips:
Picnic spot:
As well as seven acres of green space and historic buildings there's a picnic area and outdoor playboat
Wildlife spotting:
Look and listen out for the many birds that live here or travel through - pied wagtails, swans, coots, ducks, cormorants, moorhens - you may catch sight of a kingfisher or even hear a sky lark! Tempted to feed the ducks? Download our duck guide first!
By boat - follow the Shropshire Union Canal all the way to Ellesmere Port. We have some visitor moorings available in the docks
By road - follow brown signs for 'The Boat Museum'. And you'll find loads of free parking for cars, coaches and bikes. The coach drop off point is outside main entrance. And we have designated disabled parking spaces
By rail - Ellesmere Port station is a 15 minute walk. The local cabs should only charge £3 to drive you to the museum
By bike - the towpath alongside the Shropshire Union Canal runs right up to the museum. (And one of our favourite ways to travel, just remember to Share the space!)
By bus - Ellesmere Port bus station is 20 minutes walk. For information on bus and train travel call Traveline on 0871 200 2233
Certificate of Excellence 2017
