Bury Transport Museum is a transport museum in

Bury, Greater Manchester Bury ( ) is a market town on the River Irwell in Greater Manchester, England. Metropolitan Borough of Bury is administered from the town, which had an estimated population of 78,723 in 2015. The town is within the historic county boundarie ...

, situated in the former Castlecroft Goods Warehouse, a

Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

from 1846,British Listed Buildings
Bury Transport Museum on Castlecroft Road, with the main entrance from Bolton Street, BL9 0EY. It was started in 1973 by volunteers of the

East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester and Rawtenstall in Lancashire. There are intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, , Summerseat and Ramsbottom, with ...

,Bury Times, July 23, 1974 had to close in 2003 because of roof problems but opened again in 2010.Bury Times 01 April 2010
Duke opens refurbished transport museum and black pudding factory in Bury File:Bury Transport Museum East Exterior April 2017.jpg, East Exterior File:Bury Transport Museum Interior April 2017 01.jpg, Part of vehicles display File:Steam Roller Hilda, Thomas Green, Bury April 2017.jpg, Steam roller 'Hilda' File:Bury Transport Museum Interior April 2017 03.jpg, Model of woman sitting on a station bench where visitors can also sit

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{{Coord, 53.5946, -2.3007, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Grade II listed buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury Museums in Greater Manchester Transport museums in England History of transport in Greater Manchester

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