present. The former toll house hosts temporary and touring exhibitions. The Waterways Archive contains a wide range of material relating to waterways in Britain and abroad. A terrace of four houses known as Porter's Row contains dock workers' cottages which have been decorated and furnished to represent different periods from the 1840s to the 1950s. The museum contains a collection of historic boats. Short boat trips along the Shropshire Union Canal are arranged. The museum is open at advertised times throughout the year. The locks within the museum site are designated by English Heritage as Grade II listed buildings. Also listed at Grade II are the lighthouse at the entry of the canal into the Mersey, and a lock keeper's hut. Television In 2010, the museum was one of three featured on Richard Macer's BBC Four series Behind the Scenes at the Museum. In 2020 the museum featured as the start point of series two of Robbie Cumming's Canal Boat Diaries on BBC1. The episode travels along the Shropshire Union from the museum to Audlem. See also Gloucester Waterways Museum The Canal Museum London Canal Museum J. H. Taylor & Sons The Daniel Adamson References External links National Waterways Museum - Canal & River Trust Museums in Cheshire Canal museums in England European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points Museums with year of establishment missing Archives in Cheshire Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire Ellesmere Port