Name: Thurrock Museum
Rating: 5.0

Thurrock Museum

Thameside Theatre, Orsett Road, Grays, UK

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welcome to the Thurrock Museum, Explore your local history at Thurrock Museum, in the Thameside Complex, Grays. You can find more than 250,000 years of Thurrock's past in display cases with more than 1,500 objects.

Discover the mammoths from Aveley, the earliest known Thurrock coins dating to 75BC, prehistoric flint tools, Roman pottery, Saxon artefacts, medieval finds from Grays, and interesting objects all the way up to the last century.

Admission to the Thurrock Museum is free. 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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Free
Host birthday parties: No

Features

Events and exhibitions: You can also travel back in time with eye-opening events and exhibitions of local history and other events organised by Thurrock Museum volunteers.
Our collection: Thurrock Museum has a fascinating collection of local archaeology and social history.Our archaeological collection covers pre-history to the Anglo-Saxon era.

Highlights include:

Pre-historic flint implements
The unique Potins – 2,000 bronze coins from the 1st century BC (photo below)
Original and replica Anglo-Saxon artefacts of national significance discovered at Mucking

Facilities

Parking: Local parking is available - at a car park behind the Thameside Complex, in Cromwell Road, RM17 5HF, which offers free parking after 6pm – go to car parks in Grays for details of other charges.

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Price

Price: Free

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

Monday: 9am to 7pm
Tuesday: 9am to 5pm
Wednesday: 9am to 5pm
Thursday: 9am to 7pm
Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 1pm

Address: Thameside Theatre, Orsett Road, Grays, UK

Post Code: RM17 5DX

Council: Grays

County: Essex

On foot: You will find us on Orsett Road close to the High Street, just off the town centre
By rail: From Grays railway station on the c2c line, walk along the pedestrianised High Street and turn right into Orsett Road where you'll find us just 200 metres on the left
By bus: Grays bus station is directly opposite the railway station, just 5 minutes' walk from the Thameside Complex
By car: we are 5 miles from the Dartford Tunnel, where Grays is well signposted from the A13 (M25) Junction 30
Parking: Local parking is available - at a car park behind the Thameside Complex, in Cromwell Road, RM17 5HF, which offers free parking after 6pm – go to car parks in Grays for details of other charges.