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Visit the British Lawnmower Museum

Open all Year 9am to 5.30pm Except Sundays and Bank Holidays
Adults £2.00 Children £1.00 (UK Sterling)
NOW WITH FREE AUDIO TOUR

Introduction to an Unique Experience

Enter the fascinating world of this internationally famous Museum and have a unique experience, it marks the culmination of a dream by Ex-Racing champion Brian Radam. His interest in this type of equipment stems from early involvement in the family business  started in 1945 which has  developed into The Discount Garden Machinery Warehouse  with over 200 new models displayed, catering for all aspects of sales, spares and service. The Museum has now become one of the Worlds leading authorities on vintage lawnmowers and is now the largest import & export specialists in antique garden machinery, supplying parts, archive conservation of manuscript materials and valuing machines from all over the world. The Museum retains a character not often seen in these modern times.

The lawnmower was invented by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830.  He was working in a cotton mill in Stroud, Gloucester, where he designed a machine to cut the knap off cloth.  His revolutionary idea was to use it to cut grass!!.  At the time people thought he was a lunatic to use such a contraption, so he tested the machine at night so no one could see him.

Why not book a guided tour and learn more of the extraordinary history of the garden machinery industry.

Included in this Unique National collection are manufacturers not normally associated with the garden industry, names such as Rolls Royce, Royal Enfield, Daimler, Hawker Sidley, Perkins Diesel, British Leyland, Fraser Nash and many more. Most of the exhibit's technical and industrial artifacts are from the Victorian and Edwardian era and the restored exhibits are devoted to keeping a small part of British engineering Heritage alive. BRITISH AT ITS BEST.


Museum Profile

The Museum workshops, not only restore machines for our collection, but also vintage garden machinery for  lawnmower enthusiasts from all over the country. Since opening, the World Famous Museum has drawn widespread interest and has captured the imagination of enthusiasts from as far a field as Australia, U.S.A. Europe and the far East. It boasts a unique collection of restored garden machinery and memorabilia, dating before the invention of the lawnmower, includes the largest Toy lawnmower collection in the world.


What's on show

Lawnmowers of the Rich and Famous

  • Prince Charles
  • Diana Princess of Wales
  • Brian May
  • Hilda Ogden
  • Alan Titchmarsh
  • Nicholas Parsons
  • Vanessa Feltz
  • Joe Pasqualli
  • AND MANY MORE

Find out the origin of the terms:

  •   Shank's Pony'
  •   Crickets 'In the Slips'.

SEE 

  • Some of the fastest Lawnmowers in the world  seen on TV.
  • The Unique Cordless Electric Ride on Mower.
  • Lawnmowers being used before the time of Custers Last Stand.
  • The water cooled 'Egg Boiler Lawnmower.
  • A genuine 2" Lawnmower.
  • Some of the most expensive Lawnmowers in the world.
  • Snow scooter & outboard motor powered by Lawnmower engines.
  • The first Atco, Ransome  and Greens Lawnmowers.
  • The Mower Great Granddad used.
  • The first Solar Powered ROBOT mower

Don't let the grass grow under your feet!

It's mower interesting and Have even mower fun!

All lawns are made of grass, but all grass are not lawns!

When the growing gets rough, the tough get mowing!

Visit the British Lawnmower Museum

It's all you need to mow.


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Contact Information

  

For a detailed map to the Museum click here

DIRECTIONS USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
The British Lawnmower Museum is a short walk away from Southport station, with connections to all of Merseyside. Bus numbers 42 and 43 also stop near to the museum.

For detailed information on how to get to the museum using public transport call Traveline on 0870 608 2 608 or log on to www.merseytravel.gov.uk

 
 
Telephone
(+44) (0)1704 501336
Guided Tours
(+44) (0)1704 501336 
FAX
(+44) (0)1704 500564
Address
106-114 Shakespeare Street
        Southport
        Lancashire
UK. PR8 5AJ
Electronic mail
General Information: info@lawnmowerworld.co.uk
Webmaster: ibritstone@lawnmowerword.co.uk
 
 
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