Waterperry Gardens, Nr. Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ.
The gardens include an 18th century granary building provides the perfect backdrop for the wide range of horticultural and agricultural tools, which give…
Alford Manor House, West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9HT.
Houses many of the town's historic artefacts, including a rare man-driven wheelwright's lathe, and winnower, huller and threshing machine. Many old workmen's…
Burton Road,
Lincoln,
Lincolnshire,
LN1 3LY.
Tel: 01522 782 040.
Illustrates all aspects of Lincolnshire life during the last 200 years, including horse-drawn transport, agriculture and industry. Major exhibits are locally…
University of Reading,
Redlands Road,
Reading,
Berkshire,
RG1 5EX.
Tel: 0118 378 8660.
The new museum aims to challenge perceptions about rural England by revealing the historical and contemporary relevance of country life. New interactive,…
The National Park, Kenare Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, IRELAND.
Step back into the past and visit a very different Ireland – the Ireland of the 1930s and 1940s. Then, a trip to the well was still a daily chore for…
Pylands Lane,
Bursledon,
Nr Southampton,
Hampshire,
SO31 1BH.
Tel: 01489 787 055.
Shows the development of agriculture in Hampshire between 1850 and 1950. Tools, artefacts, implements and machinery are used to display the many aspects…
Inver, Dunbeath, Caithness, KW6 6EH.
Laidhay is a 200 year old rush thatched Caithness longhouse just north of Dunbeath, and is a typical example of the older style of Caithness croft dwellings.…
Foresters Hall, Pike Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3JE.
The museum is housed in a Victorian Gothic style stone building, that was the former East Cornwall Savings Bank. Called Forester’s Hall, it was designed…
Johnstown Castle Estate,
Johnstown,
Co. Wexford,
IRELAND.
Tel: 00 353 53 918 4671.
The museum located in the restored farmyard on the estate, explores Irish country life from the 18th century with farming and rural life as its main themes,…
Horam, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0JB.
Traditional barns and cart sheds in an unspoilt area of Sussex countryside. Once a site of the Wealden iron industry, the farm now offers a wide range…
Greenfield Road,
Greenfield,
Nr Holywell,
Flintshire/Sir Fflint,
CH8 7GH.
Tel: 01352 714 172.
North Wales’ museum of buildings and farm is set in a 70 acre country park with seven scheduled ancient monuments, including St Winefride’s Well and…
Dairyland Farm World, Tresillian Barton, Summercourt, Nr Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 5AA.
Displays of Cornish rural heritage from the 1800s onwards, also there is a good display of tractors and engines in the Old Timers Tractor House.
Godworthy House, High Street, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1QB.
Wide and varied collection, including agricultural items, Cider Room, local 'curiosities' and the best collection of the work of John Stringfellow who…
Wenlock Lodge,
Acton Scott,
Church Stretton,
Shropshire,
SY6 6QN.
Tel: 01694 781 307.
Offers a fascinating insight into rural life at the turn of the 19th century, as farm life unfolds daily and the land around is worked by heavy horses.…
Edmondsham Road,
Verwood,
Dorset,
BH21 5RJ.
Tel: 01202 824 040.
Learn how heavy horses faithfully served man for thousands of years. Carrying soldiers into battle, transporting goods up and down the country, hauling…
Holkham Hall,
Wells-next-the-Sea,
Norfolk,
NR23 1RH.
Tel: 01328 713 111.
Tells the story of Holkham’s unique farming history and demonstrates, in a fun and engaging way, the relationship between the land and food production.
Ely Road,
Waterbeach,
Cambridgeshire,
CB25 9PQ.
Tel: 01223 860 988.
Historic farm buildings house a collection relating to Cambridgeshire farming and village life adjacent to Denny Abbey.
3 Mart Road,
Alford,
Aberdeenshire,
AB33 8BZ.
Tel: 01975 562 906.
Extensive collection of rural bygones, one of the largest in Scotland. Rural and domestic artefacts, horse-drawn implements and vintage tractors.
A 20ft Simplex wind engine mounted on a 35ft tower which has been extensively restored, alongside a small building which encloses a well. Used in the past…
106-112 Shakespeare Street,
Southport,
Lancashire,
PR8 5AJ.
Tel: 01704 501 336.
Based on a private collection of over 250 rare exhibits of garden machinery. Includes lawnmowers of the rich and famous.
East Budleigh,
Budleigh Salterton,
Devon,
EX9 7BG.
Tel: 01395 568 465.
The museum is packed with nostalgic delights for all generations including traction engines, vintage machinery, traditional tools, tractors and domestic…
Shugborough ,
Milford,
Nr Stafford,
Staffordshire,
ST17 0XA.
Tel: 01889 881 388.
Explore sweeping parkland, ancient woodland and a landscape peppered with monuments, then discover Park Farm, created at the cutting-edge of agricultural…
The Avenue, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, NE26 4QR.
Collection of horse-drawn carriages and agricultural wagons displayed in the coach house.
The Street,
Brook,
Ashford,
Kent,
TN25 5PF.
Tel: 01304 824 969.
Tucked away below the North Downs is a unique museum, with farm wagons, agricultural machinery and implements in a 14th century barn and 19th century oasthouse.…