Horwich Heritage Centre
Horwich Resource Centre, Longworth Road, Horwich
BL6 7BG
01204 847797 or 01204 693462
http://horwichheritage.co.uk/heritagecentre.htm
Opening Times
Monday to Friday 2-4
Saturday 10-12.30
(Please note we are not open any other morning)
Full disabled access and toilet facilities
The Heritage Centre is the permanent home of Horwich Heritage and a permanent exhibition is on display there for viewing by the general public on the above days and times.
There are several exhibition areas in the new Centre, one of them being Horwich Loco Works, which includes a three-quarter scale model of a locomotive footplate. Other areas include a Victorian kitchen, local industry, World War 2 and transport. Newer parts of the exhibition include a reconstruction of the entrance to Wilderswood Mine, the actual Fall Birch Tollgate post and The Way We Were display with artefacts from the beginning to the middle of the 20th Century.
All information correct at the time of publishing
