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The National Football Museum
Sir Tom Finney Way
Deepdale
Preston
PR1 6RU
Tel: 01772 908400
The National Football Museum opened in June 2001, and can be found within two sides of Preston North End FC’s Deepdale Stadium. It is the world’s largest and best museum dedicated to the beautiful game, and its objective is to preserve, conserve and interpret a vast range of football memorabilia and to chart the history of football through fascinating displays.
The British Commercial Vehicle Museum
King Street
Leyland
Lancashire
PR25 2LE
Tel: 01772 451011
Fax: 01772 451015
The British Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland, Lancashire is dedicated to preserving the physical evidence of the history of the road transportation industry in the United Kingdom. This proud history is illustrated through a collection of fully restored vans, trucks and buses produced and sold by the British Commercial Vehicle industry over the past 100 years, including dramatic ‘sound and light’ sets which bring the role of the vehicle to life.
The Museum is located just 1 mile from Junction 28 of the M6 Motorway.
West Lancashire Light Railway
Station Road
Hesketh Bank
Lancashire
PR4 6SS
Tel: 01772 815881
The West Lancashire Light Railway is a narrow gauge passenger railway that operates from the village of Hesketh Bank, between Preston and Southport. There are a number of superb working locomotives and a collection of interesting railway artefacts, making this a great family day out.
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Market Square
Preston
PR1 2PP
Tel: 01772 258248
Housing a significant collection of historical and contemporary artwork, the Harris Museum and Art Gallery are set in a striking Grade I listed building in the centre of Preston. British oil paintings, sculpture, textiles, costumes, glass and ceramics alongside temporary exhibitions, events and family activities make this a great day out. The museum includes the Story of Preston social history display, charting the history of this Lancashire city.
Church Cottage Museum
Church Lane
Preston
PR3 5HB
Tel: 01772 862788
The Church Cottage Museum is a small, privately run museum set within the grounds of Broughton Primary School. The restored cottage tells the story of its remarkable life as a domestic dwelling during the Tudor and Victorian eras, and its life as an inn and as a school room.
The Museum of Lancashire
Stanley Street
Preston
PR1 4YP
Tel: 01772 264075
Housed within Preston's Old Court House, The Museum of Lancashire allows visitors a chance to experience days gone by, with an authentic reproduction of a 1940's street, a Second World War Anderson shelter with wailing air raid sirens and even an unexploded bomb! Learn about the role of women during the war, ration books and evacuation. There is also a Victorian classroom and a programme of touring and temporary exhibitions, as well as special holiday events and family days throughout the year.
The Queens Lancashire Regiment Museum
Fulwood Barracks
Preston
PR2 8AA
Tel: 01772 260362
The Queens Lancashire Regiment Museum, with its extensive regimental collections, archives and library make this the largest military heritage centre in the North West of England and tells the story of this proud regiment.