Plan your visit

Tickets are available to pre-book online, or on the day of your visit in our Museum gift shop. When pre-booking you can choose an entry time that suits you and once you’re at the Museum you can stay as long as you like!

For further assistance please contact the Museum on 01243 811363.

To pre-book your tickets, click here.

£17.50(£15.50)Adults
£15.00(£13.50)Seniors (60+)
£15.00(£13.50)Concession (NHS, Armed Forces and Emergency Services with valid ID)
£13.50(£12.00)Student 18+ (with Student ID)
£8.50(£7.50)Children 5–17 years
£46.50(£42.00)Two Adult family: 2 adults and up to 3 children
£30.50(£27.50)One Adult family: 1 adult and up to 3 children
£44.50(£40.00)Two Grandparent family: 2 seniors and up to 3 children
£29.00(£26.50)One Grandparent family: 1 senior and up to 3 children
£8.80(£8.00)Disabled and carer
Children aged 4 years and under enter free
Car parking is free

The Museum is a registered charity and we encourage our visitors to purchase a Gift Aid admission ticket to further support the Museum. Standard prices are shown in brackets above.

Gift Aid includes a voluntary donation to the Museum, which enables us to claim an extra 25% from the Government on the total amount that you pay.*

 

Admission to the Museum includes our daytime events and activities, unless otherwise stated. These can be booked under book and buy on the general admission calendar under the date of the visit. (These event and activity days are included in our annual memberships)

Daytime events which are marked as ‘ticketed’ require pre-booking will be listed separately under events on our ticketing pages. (These are also included in our annual memberships, unless otherwise stated).

Open air theatre events are outside our Museum standard opening hours. These are pre-book tickets only (these events are not included in our annual membership, but members receive 10% discount on tickets which must be pre-booked).

 

All admission tickets are available to buy online in advance of your visit.

* If you are a UK taxpayer
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Opening Times

We are open daily from 2 January to 23 December.

The Museum will be closed from 4pm on Saturday, 23 December until 10.30am on Tuesday, 2 January 2024. When we re-open for the New Year.

 

Winter Season:

From the 30 October to 23 December 2023 & 2 January to 29 February 2024

Café 10.00am to 4pm
(hot food is served until 3pm)

Museum 10.30am to 4pm
Last admission at 2pm

 

Summer Season:

1 March to 31 October 2024

Café 10.00am – 5pm
(hot food is served until 3pm)

Museum 10.00am – 5pm
Last admission 3pm

 

Please note:

  • we recommend approx. 4 hours for a day visit to the Museum.
  • our stewarded houses start to close from 3pm in the winter and 4.00pm in the summer season.

Museum opening times vary for certain activities– see our What’s On section for details or call us on 01243 811363

Getting Here

The Museum is located on Town Lane in Singleton, which is 7 miles north of Chichester:

Weald & Downland Living Museum,
Town Lane, Singleton,
West Sussex PO18 0EU

By Road

The Museum can be reached via the A286 Chichester to Midhurst road. The postcode is PO18 0EU. There is a free car park and disabled parking spaces are available opposite the Museum shop.

Click here to get directions

By Bus

Catch the Stagecoach 60 service, which runs between Chichester Cathedral and Midhurst – the Museum is a 5-minute walk from the Grooms Yard stop in Singleton.

Buses run every 30 minutes Monday – Saturday. On Sundays buses run every hour. For an up-to-date timetable visit the Stagecoach website

Enjoy half price entry to the Museum when you travel by bus*.

*Terms and Conditions

  • Offer is for 50% off one full priced standard Museum admission ticket purchased at the Museum entrance and does not include special events.
  • Only available for those with a valid Stagecoach bus ticket for date of entry, ticket must be shown at time of purchase. Photocopies or photos will not be accepted.
  • Pre-booking is not required when arriving by Stagecoach bus.
  • Offer cannot be redeemed online, only at Museum entrance.
  • The offer can not be used in conjunction with other concessions or discounts
  • No refunds or transfers available
  • Please note, the Museum is only open on certain dates/periods of time during the year. Please check the website before you visit.
  • 50% off entry for one bus ticket only. Cannot be used for multiple tickets.

By Train

The Museum is 7 miles from Chichester rail station and 15 miles from Haslemere station. Visit the National Rail website for trains and timetable information.

International Visitors

Our nearest airports are Southampton (36 miles) and Gatwick (43 miles). Please see our ‘By train’ section above to help you plan your journey from the airport.

Don’t forget to check out our Where to Stay page for local accommodation.

Eating & Drinking

Enjoy waterside dining at the Museum’s stunning café, with fantastic views across the mill pond. Open to both Museum visitors and to the general public, our café is dog-friendly and has free parking.

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Gift Shop

Discover unique gifts, souvenirs and produce made from our very own resources.

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Craft Demonstrations

Come and witness a past that is truly alive! We have working exhibits that, through craft demonstrations, show how they would have operated hundreds of years ago – experience blacksmithing, milling, spinning, Tudor cooking and more.

Walking Trails

Explore 40 acres of glorious downland and woodland trails

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Dog Friendly

We just ask that they are on a short lead and are well behaved

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