Elsecar Heritage Centre


Iron and Coal Museum

Oct 27th, 2024 from Museum List by BertyBasset


East and South Midlands Coalfields
Elsecar
53.4943962, -1.419944
SK 3858 9990
Private Land
55m
#26,504

Tea rooms, other shops on site. Main features are:

  • The New Yard. A base for carpenters, engineers, joiners etc. supporting the village’s coal and iron works.
  • Elsecar Ironworks - A former rolling mill.
  • The Earl’s Great Engine at the nearby Elsecar New Colliery. An in situ Newcomen steam engine classified as a scheduled sncient monument in 1973.

Elsecar village was one of the UKs first model village.

Wath Rd, Elsecar, Barnsley S74 8HJ
01226740203
elsecarheritagecentre@barnsley.gov.uk
Workshops open 10am-4pm daily

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