Best places: Heritage museums in Long Eaton, United Kingdom

16th-century, English Renaissance style mansion housing natural history museum, set in parkland.

Restored period village with historic facades and the National Tram Museum's collection of vehicles.

Restored windmill, built in the 1800s, with workings on display and kids' scientific discovery zone.

👍👍 Lovely venue to call in for a hot drink and food after a walk along the canal. Very traditional cafe area on the ground floor. My personal favourite is the fruit cake however the carrot cake does take some bearing. Selection of teas and coffees plus other hot food. If its a dry day you can sit i...

15th-century battle site museum with hands-on gallery, kids activities and guided battlefield walks.

Museum displaying restored planes with an area to view takeoffs & landings from the nearby airport.

Museum dedicated to the 17th-century Civil Wars featuring diverse exhibits & living history events.

Tudor house from Henry VIII's reign featuring local historical artifacts & temporary exhibits.

👍👍 Great piece of history near Nottingham. We visited as a group and had a lovely tour from the volunteers. Got to see the framework knitting machines in use and had a go at the circular knitting machines ourselves. Very tasty meal from the cafe too.

Steam railway dedicated to the old Midland line, offering round trips, picnics and theme days.

👍👍 Just done a Woodturning course here today. What a great introduction to Woodturning and a fantastic day with something lovely to take home afterwards. I learnt a lot and the trainers were very helpful and friendly. I would love to come again and can thoroughly recommend The Derbyshire Dales Woodcraf...

👍👍 Brilliant day, lovely walks, steeped in history, great places to eat too

👍👍 This is well worth a visit. Very informative about our mining history. The staff great and its all dog friendly and all they ask for is a small donation because its run by volunteers.

👍👍 Valerie's cafe inside Aurora Wellbeing Centre, there is easy parking if you have not visited and use either library or shop car parks then you are missing a treat, home made cakes Baritsa coffees what more do u need always a pleasure to visit and apart from anything else you are supporting the chari...