General  Information about the Museum

Site Map

Click here for a site map showing the location of the buildings and suggested walking routes.

Smoking

From the 1st July 2007 the Museum is a NON-SMOKING SITE and smoking will not be permitted in any of the buildings or open spaces or anywhere else within the curtilage of the site.  Smoking will be allowed in the car parking areas.

Disabled Access

An information sheet on wheelchair/disabled access to the site is available from the ticket office.  Click here for detailed information for people with disabilities.

Café

Enjoy a meal made with our own milled flour and produce fresh from the gardens in a timber framed medieval hall.

Overflow Café

During the summer season an overflow café serving light refreshments operates from the Winkhurst Tudor kitchen from 12.00 - 5.00pm .

Picnic Area

Picnic tables are provided in a perfect and secluded setting next to the millpond. Eat in comfort, relax and simply enjoy the peace and tranquillity while the children feed the ducks!  You may also picnic anywhere in the open areas of the site.

Guidebooks

A comprehensive guidebook giving a fully detailed history of the buildings and their construction is available on entry.  A further guidebook describes The Bayleaf Medieval Farmstead, a major exhibit.  Brief guides are available in French, German and Dutch.

Children

Please take special care of children on the site. Working demonstrations and animals can be hazardous.

Dogs

Are welcome and must be kept on a lead

Photography

We welcome amateur photography throughout the Museum site and buildings

Filming Location

The museum is frequently used as a location for TV and film shoots.  For further information contact the Office Administrator  Pictures

Litter

Please take your litter home and recycle it.

Shop

The shop has an extensive selection of gifts in keeping with the theme of the Museum including locally produced foods and crafts, postcards and souvenirs.  The museum is the UK stockist for the famous range of axes manufactured by Gränsfors Bruks AB. 

Bookshop

The bookshop contains an extensive range of publications on Historic Buildings and Building Conservation, rural crafts and countryside subjects.  These are also available by post.

Post Office

In April 2000 a Post Office was established in the shop to provide facilities for the local village and visitors to the Museum following  the closure of the local post office.  As well as the usual services, limited banking services with the Co-op, Lloyds and the Alliance and Leicester banks are available.  Opening hours are 10.00am to 2.00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; 10.00am to 1.00pm on Wednesday, closed Friday.