Name: Rural Life Centre Farnham
Rating: 5.0

Rural Life Centre Farnham

The Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DL, UK

1-99 Years

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The Rural Life Living Museum is in Tilford, Surrey near Farnham in southern England. Formerly known as the Old Kiln Agricultural Museum and the Rural Life Centre, it is an open-air museum of country life run by the Old Kiln Museum Trust, a charitable trust.

Set in 15 acres, our living museum has over 30 buildings and approximately 40,000 artefacts on display. There is a museum map available if you would like one, but we find the best way is to simply walk round and explore.

Price starts from £13.50 for Adults(25 years and over), £8.25 for Children(4-16 & under 4s free) and £27.50 for Family(1 Adults and up to 3 children). If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

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Features

Stanton Shelter: Stanton shelters are air-raid shelters manufactured by the Stanton Ironworks in Derbyshire. They are typically made up of segments of reinforced concrete which enabled them to built to any length.
Frimley Green Cycle Workshop: The Frimley Green Cycle Workshop is a prime example of how family businesses adapted to social and technological change over the last century.
The Granary: The 18th century Granary was used to store threshed grain and was rescued from Borellis Yard in Farnham in 1985.
Shepherds Hut: The Shepherds Hut is a Taskers Shepherds Hut from Andover. It was used by shepherds in the fields when they were looking after the lambs when they were born, the hut is equipped with a wood stove to keep the young lambs nice and warm as well as other essential equipment such as hooks and shepherds crooks.
Eashing Chapel: In 1857, a group of Eashing residents became alienated with the Congregational church so they built a prefabricated church on land belonging to the owner of the Eashing paper mill.
Childrens Playground: The Childrens Playground is a 1950s playground from Hollowdene Recreation Ground in nearby Frensham.
Lindford Village Hall: Lindford Village Hall was originally built in the 1930s, it was a portable ex barrack block based in Bordon.
Arcon MK V Prefab: At the end of the Second World War, servicemen returned to a severe housing shortage.
Smudgers: Smudgers was originally located at Box Hill as a storage facility for camping equipment.
Anderson Shelter: Anderson Shelters were designed by William Paterson and Oscar Carl (Karl) Kerrison to accommodate up to six people.
Laundry: Aldershot is a military town located a few miles from the museum. When the Army arrived, no plans had yet been made to build laundries.
Woodyard: The Woodyard is a typical 1950s style working sawmill. When trees in the museum grounds need to be felled the wood gets milled in the Woodyard to be used in various buildings and other projects.
Arboretum: Henry started planting different species of trees in the 1950s, they now form part of our Arboretum containing over 100 species from around the world including a Californian Redwood, a Horse Chestnut whose parent was the sole survivor of the battlefield of Verdun, a 200 year old English Oak and the very unusual Snake Bark Maple with its striped bark.
Tweedsmuir: Tweedsmuir Camp was built in 1941 by the Royal Canadian Engineers in the outskirts of Thursley.
Pavilion: The Cricket Pavilion was originally a thatched building built in 1883 at the Holloway Hill recreation ground in Godalming.
Schoolroom: The Schoolroom was built around 1900 in the Bourne and is typical of a sectional corrugated iron building of the time.
Tilford Building: In the Tilford Building it is possible to find many different shops that would have traditionally been found in a village.
Plough Gallery: Originally horse drawn but later tractor drawn, ploughs are used to prepare the soil for planting.
Frensham Building: The Frensham Building houses our library, as well as several collections including the Dennis collection of fire engines and buses, agricultural equipment including a threshing machine and forestry equipment including a timber nib.
Bourne Building: Here in the Bourne Building exhibit, you can see examples of farming tools from all over the world, Traps and Trapping used in the UK and British Bee Keeping.
Hand Tool Building: An exhibit of hand tools used in a variety of industries through the ages.
Madges Waggon Shed: Madges Waggon Shed was built by one of the volunteers based on a waggon shed design with a hop kiln end to it.
Henry's Yard: This is the site of the original museum from which the Rural Life Living Museum grew. You will find here the Wealden iron furnace, the blacksmiths forge, domestic interiors room from both the Victorian age and the 1900s and a brewing exhibition.
Churt Building: Contains a shepherding exhibition and a wood turners workshop which you can see in action on special weekends.
The Old Kiln Light Railway: The OKLR is an on-site 2ft gauge railway, owned & operated by a separate group of volunteers who have collected diesel & steam locomotives, rolling stock, and other narrow-gauge relics over the years.

Facilities

Food & Drinks: The Market Garden Café, situated near the main entrance, is available to all, no museum entry ticket is required. The café serves a family friendly menu including a variety of hot and cold food and drinks and is open in line with museum opening hours.
Dogs: Dogs are welcome, but we ask that they stay on a lead in the museum.

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Price Details

General Museum Admission - Non-event days:

Adult (25+): £13.50 | £14.85 (including donation)
Young Person (16-25): £9.50 | £10.45 (including donation)
Child (4-16): £8.25 | £9.08 (including donation)
Child (Under 4): Free
Family 1+3: £27.50 | £30.25 (including donation)
Family 2+3: £38.50 | £42.35 (including donation)
Grandparent Family 1+3: £25.50 | £28.05 (including donation)
Grandparent Family 2+3: £35.00 | £38.50 (including donation)
Senior (65+): £11.50 | £12.65 (including donation)
Senior Joint (2 x 65+): £19.50 | £21.45 (including donation)

Annual Pass:

Adult (25+): £37.50
Joint Adult (2 x 25+): £70.00
Concession (65+): £31.50
Joint Concession (2 x 65+): £58.50
Young Person (4–25): £22.50
Family Membership (2 Adults & up to 3 children <16): £94.50
Family Membership (1 Adult & up to 3 children <16): £74.50

Pricing URL: https://rurallifemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/tickets

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

Summer Season: Museum open 7 days a week from April 1st to 31st August. Open 10am-4pm.
Autumn/Winter Season: Reduced opening times. From 1st September to 31st March the museum is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm. Museum closed Monday and Tuesdays during the autumn/winter season. Museum only open weekends and for Christmas events in December.

Museum Closed:

The Museum is closed from 24th December to 16th January for Christmas holidays and museum cleaning. Staff and security are still on site getting the museum ready for next year.
The Museum may also be closed for Special Events/Private Hire or if there are extreme weather conditions. Follow social media messages or check website on the day of your visit for these details.

Address: The Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DL, UK

Post Code: GU10 2DL

Council: Waverley

County: Surrey

Getting to the Museum: The museum is situated in a rural area. If not travelling to the museum by private vehicle, the easiest way to get here is by train to Farnham or Haslemere Station and from there, hiring a taxi. The museum is located approximately 3 miles from Farnham station. The address is The Reeds Rd, Tilford, Farnham GU10 2DL.