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Saddleworth Museum & Gallery

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Address

High St, Uppermill, Oldham OL3 6HS, United Kingdom

Website

www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk

Contact

+44 1457 874093

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (219 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Thursday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Friday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Saturday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Sunday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Monday: 1 to 4 PM
  • Tuesday: 1 to 4 PM

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  • 5/5 Paula L. 1 year ago on Google
    Brilliant little museum. Interesting local stuff and traditions. Friendly staff. Fascinating parallelogram tricycle, my husband says.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Michael N. 7 months ago on Google
    My wife and I decided to make a visit to this lovely little museum spread over 4 floors, and it cost us just 3 pounds each to get in great price, and the wonderful staff are so helpful and very welcoming . there is so much to read and see . well worth a visit they have costume for children to dress up in . they have a little shop and toilets for paying customers on the ground floor. So next time you're in Saddleworth / Uppermill, pay them a visit, and you will not be disappointed
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anne N. 6 years ago on Google
    Lovely little museum. Great kids trail - our son loved finding the little playmobil characters.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sarah C. 1 year ago on Google
    Really enjoyed our visit here, initially to see the fabulous Russel Howarth exhibition. The staff were lovely, knowledgable, and very passionate about local history. Well presented exhibitions and a lovely view of the canal.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 darron r. 2 years ago on Google
    What a absolutely amazing brilliant experience, would definitely recommend a visit, and I will be going again 😀 👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Claire D. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing Museum with lots of interactive sections. Great for all ages and set in such a lovely place. Staff are friendly and they give you trails to spot things whilst going around the museum. Will return.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Con B. 7 years ago on Google
    Great local history museum in the centre of Uppermill. Although there are only two galleries downstairs and one up you get a very condensed history of the area in the space that is available. Your only going to be spending around an hour in here but it's well worth a visit. The only downside I found was as there is a charge to enter the museum this doesn't seem to be easy to find out much it will cost from the website and it didn't seem to be posted on the door or at the desk where you pay. This seems to be the standard with most museums now (even free ones seem not to state that it's free on the homepage most of the time). It's £3 adult & £2 concessionary and I believe that do a family ticket for about £6 so the cost is only nominal. Overall this is a great place visit with very helpful staff and fully accessible to the disabled on all levels.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Niall C. 5 years ago on Google
    Interesting museum on the history of the area. Industrial, agricultural and social. Sections on prehistory, geology, manufacturing. Well presented with good informative displays. We spent just over a hour there.

  • 5/5 Chris 6 months ago on Google
    Really interesting little museum, staff (volunteers) helpful and friendly. Well worth a visit.

  • 5/5 Mr Chris' Kapow Wow L. 8 months ago on Google
    The staff were friendly. It was big and spacious. There was lots to see and do. It was 2 floors too. Well worth a visit!

  • 5/5 lisa e. 9 months ago on Google
    Great museum much bigger than you think, over two floors and an art gallery we had a great few hours here

  • 5/5 Chris B. 10 months ago on Google
    Great little museum lots of interesting local knowledge , small but lots to look at staff very friendly plus great disabled access throughout . Parking can be a problem car park right outside but usually full but at £3 per person worth parking Futher on 😀😀

  • 4/5 Matthew T. 1 year ago on Google
    Worth the small fee to get it as plenty to see and do for the kids. Really well layed out museum with lots of different displays

  • 4/5 Teen B. 1 year ago on Google
    Took my grandchildren here , very inexpensive at £6 for 2 adults and 2 children. A mix of local knowledge and crafts , old bikes , weaving looms a area to see how people lived , clothes around for children to try , lots to see . My grandson (7)enjoyed himself and Mt granddaughter (2) also seemed to like it pointing out things that interested her.

  • 5/5 Shug L. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent local museum, loads of facts about life, industry and social conditions about the area. Well laid out and very visitor friendly. Well worth a visit if you are in this area.

  • 5/5 Tas A. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice and quiet, very friendly staff

  • 5/5 Paul S. 2 years ago on Google
    It's always full natural history always interesting for anybody who is come from overseas and would be quite interested in our history what would you do do if we didn't have no history there be nothing the one thing it's educational for children and for any other people so is a good little Museum

  • 5/5 Austin S. 3 years ago on Google
    Having lived in Saddleworth for many years the Museum was always an enjoyable place to visit. The nostalgia of items on display are sure to give visitors an insight into lives and lifestyles of the people who lived in the area in times gone by. There is also an excellent art gallery where many local artists display their work and pictures can be purchased if the visitors want to take home their own constant reminder of this what Uppermill and the Saddleworth areas had and has to offer.

  • 4/5 D H. 1 year ago on Google
    went to see what tourist information was available, not very good? Museum was good

  • 5/5 John S. 2 years ago on Google
    Great little museum and cheap at £3 a head with the added bonus of the art gallery

  • 5/5 MrGrenville 1 year ago on Google
    Well laid out to give a impression of the progression of the Saddleworth area since Roman times, some 'hands on items', subject to Covid, for children

  • 4/5 Leonie B. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely museum, took maximum of an hour to wander around & read up on the local history. Nice way to spend an afternoon

  • 5/5 SS C. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice surrounding. Detailed history of the area.

  • 4/5 SPARTAN o. 2 years ago on Google
    Great space to fill an hour then grab a coffee on the High street

  • 5/5 Gillian H. 2 years ago on Google
    Thankyou to all the staff and volunteers, for all the help I received, with setting up my new art group, it's been a very positive experience

  • 5/5 Caroline B. 2 years ago on Google
    Interesting local history, worth a visit. £3 to get in which supports the upkeep. Not big, but they pack a lot in.

  • 3/5 sarah k. 2 years ago on Google
    Small but shows the local history of the surrounding areas.

  • 5/5 Chloe H. 2 years ago on Google
    Great little museum with loads of information about the history of Saddleworth. There's also a small shop selling local literature.

  • 5/5 penny s. 2 years ago on Google
    Saddleworth Museum is an independent museum in Uppermill village, Saddleworth, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is a registered charity and was accredited by the MLA. The museum opened in 1962 and is housed in the outbuildings of the Victoria Mill, a 19th-century mill building which stood beside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Its collections show the history of Saddleworth, which until 1974 local government reorganisation was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In September 2015 the museum closed for repair and remedial work to be undertaken and there was a temporary cabin in place while work on the building continued. the museum re-opened a year later in September 2016 after a £1.25 million refurbishment.


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