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Norton Priory Museum & Gardens (Runcorn)

Description: Address: Manor Park / Runcorn / WA7 1SX / Cheshire / England / Aside from the museum, one can enjoy the optical ... more

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens (Runcorn) ... stimulus of the excavated medieval ruins, the spectacular St Christopher statue, the Walled Garden and the extensive woodland and sculpture trail.

Newest Review: ... and we met one morning to look around. Although he insists that the Museum had said to turn up at 10am, we actually found it did not open until 12pm, which we found an extremely strange time to open the gates. No blame to either party was attributed and the Museum made ammends by opening up a bit earlier The costs for admission were Adults £5.50 Child/Concessions £3.95 Family £13.50 (for ... more

... 2 adults and 3 children under 16) Under 5's Free We found these prices very reasonable. To add to this the Car Parking was also free and wheelchair hire to those less abled was also free. Upon entering the premises we found ourselves in the Shop ...more

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Norton Priory Museum & Gardens (Runcorn): It is in Ruins!! (476 words)
by - written on 21/08/09 (Very useful, 51 readings)
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Norton Priory is situated in Runcorn, and is less than 30 minutes drive from Liverpool, Manchester and Chester, and is therefore very convenient to 'day trippers' from all over the North West of England. Once in Runcorn you will see many signs pointing you in the right direction. I first visited Norton Priory when I was a lot younger, back in the 1980's. At that time it had only just been made accessible to the public. Last month I received a call from a friend who was arranging a visit and was asking me to join the group who were looking to visit. Being a big History fan, I gladly agreed and we met one morning to look around. Although he insists ... Read the complete review

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