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Museums & Galleries · Peak District
Museum of the Manchester Regiment
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Photo: David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Objects from the collection sometimes featured at Portland Basin Museum
- Regimental archives held at Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre
- Archives include thousands of photographs of Regiment members through history
- Free booklet available on researching a soldier's service history
- Searchable Manchester Regiment Image Archive online
The Museum of the Manchester Regiment is currently closed, with no confirmed date for reopening, though work has begun on Ashton Town Hall as part of the town's funding scheme. In the meantime, the collection is cared for by Tameside's museum service and used in education projects, with objects occasionally appearing in exhibitions at Portland Basin Museum nearby. If you're researching a soldier's service history, the Regimental archives, including photographs, documents and diaries, are held at Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, and a free information booklet is available to help. This makes it best suited to family historians rather than casual visitors for now. Based in Tameside, it sits near Ashton-Under-Lyne station, with 23 bookable places to stay within 5 miles.
Practical details
- Open
- Currently closed with no reopening timescale
- Booking
- No regimental service records held at the museum itself; contact via phone or message
From the attraction's own website on 7 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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