Shardlow Heritage Centre
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Visit Shardlow and its Heritage Centre for a fascinating insight into this 18th century canal transhipment port. Follow the village trail, on sale at the Heritage Centre!
 
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Home Page (THIS PAGE)
Exhibition and Special Events 
REVISED 28 April 2007 
Brief History of the Village 
1882 Map of Shardlow
Shardlow - placename and surname 
A Walk through the Village
Photo Gallery 
Village Services 
Food and Drink 
Links to Related Sites 
Long Horse Bridge replacement 
REVISED 20 September 2007 
 
THE WORKING PORT
NOW IN THE FOLLOWING 5 PAGES:
 Setting the Scene and 1852 Plan
 Carriers by River and Canal at Shardlow
 Boatbuilders at Shardlow 
 Other Traders in the Canal Port 
 Local Waterways on Old Postcards 
 
 
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 Shardlow   Heritage   Centre   is  staffed   entirely  by  local   volunteers.
Registered Charity No.1052390
Company No.3112265
Opening hours are:
Easter - End of October
Saturdays, Sundays & Bank Holidays 12noon - 5.00pm
Free Parking, Admission 50 pence
Accompanied children free
Evening and/or group visits by arrangement. 
  
  • The Centre is housed in the earliest of the canal warehouses and can be found by following the signs to Shardlow from the A50 between Junction 24 of the M1 and Derby. Once in the village look for the Clock Warehouse family pub, a Mansfield Brewery house.  The Centre shares its car park, and is in the Warehouse that lies between the canal and the road. The entrance is on the canal wharf that is accessed from the Clock Warehouse carpark.
  • The Centre is accessible for the disabled and so is the Clock Warehouse.  
  • The Centre is leased from Mansfield Brewery who completely refurbished and equipped it at their own expense as a museum for the village. 
  • The Centre has a small sales area where visitors can purchase reproductions of Edwardian photographs of the village, modern postcards and other local souvenirs, and of course the village trail (25p) - a leaflet describing the interesting features and buildings as you walk round the canal port.
  
 
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last updated on 20 September 2007