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Liverpool Echo
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Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Merseyside attraction features in top 10 weirdest museums in the country

A Merseyside museum has been voted into the top 10 weirdest museums in the country.

The British Lawnmower Museum offers in-depth information into the history of lawnmowers.

There are also quirky attractions - with many celebrities donating their old grass cutters to the museum.

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The museum can be found on Shakespeare Street in Southport, with audio tours on offer as well.

The list has been compiled by travel experts Holiday Cottages who have recommended 10 unusual museums. The list features 10 truly unique offerings.

The list describes the British Lawnmower Museum as: "How does your garden grow?

"The Lawnmower Museum helps tell the story of gardening through the ages, and has a quirky collection of lawnmowers to boot, from those owned by the rich and famous to racing lawnmowers and even a solar-powered robot mower!"

The list is as follows:

  • Derwent Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria
  • Cuckooland Museum, Tabley, Cheshire
  • Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle, Cornwall
  • House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey, Devon
  • Teapot Island, Maidstone, Kent
  • Purton Ship Graveyard, Berkeley, Gloucestershire
  • Hippodrome Circus Museum, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
  • Lawnmower Museum, Southport, Lancashire
  • The Smallest House in Great Britain, Conwy
  • Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh
British Lawnmower Museum in Southport (Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

Shannon Keary, PR and Communications Manager at Holiday Cottages, said: “With many of us planning to continue staycationing in 2022, there’s no shortage of great places to visit on your holidays, and these museums are no exception.

"It’s so great to have these unique museums right here in the UK, which not only offer a memorable day out but an educational one too.”

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