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Summerlee Heritage Park (Coatbridge)

Description: Museum of social and industrial history. Heritage Way, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire ML5 1QD Tel: +44 (0)1236 431 261 Fax: ... more

Summerlee Heritage Park (Coatbridge) ... +44 (0)1236 440 429
OPEN: Mid Feb-31 Oct Daily 10am-5pm; CLOSED: Nov-Jan.

Newest Review: ... it an ideal host for a project such as Summerlee Museum. The museum itself is situated on the site of the former Summerlee Iron Works, and has become the main showplace in Scotland for exhibits of the heavy engineering, iron and steel industries. Yes, I know that in itself may not sound too appealing to many people, but there really is so much more to Summerlee. Facilities and exhibits ... more

... include: * - A large exhibition hall which is full of reconstructions of things like a spade forge, Victorian trade exhibition, brass finishers shop, models of steelworks, vintage cars and even a 'green goddess' fire engine. * - The Ironworks G...more

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Summerlee Heritage Park (Coatbridge): Scotland's Hidden Treasure (688 words)
by - written on 29.10.00
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Billed as "Scotland's Noisiest Museum", Summerlee Heritage Park really is a hidden gem. The reason I say 'hidden' gem is that the museum does not benefit from a great deal of advertising and promotional blurb, mainly because it is free to the public to enter. That means that not too many people outwith the local area are even aware of its existence. The museum is funded by the local Council, who to their great shame recently attempted to have it shut during the winter months. A huge local public outcry soon put paid to that suggestion though, so thankfully it remains open all year round. To understand the local importance of the museum I ...

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