Rural Life Centre
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Overview
The museum covers village life from 1750 to 1960. It is set in over ten acres of garden and woodland and incorporates purpose-built and reconstructed buildings, including a chapel, pavilion, village hall, schoolroom and 'prefab'. Displays show village crafts and trades, such as wheelwrighting, thatching, ploughing and gardening. The historic village playground provides entertainment for children and a narrow gauge railway operates on Sundays during the summer months. There is an arboretum featuring over 100 trees from around the world. An extensive programme of events takes place throughout the year, please contact for details.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open mid Mar-end Oct, Wed-Sun & BH 10-5; Winter Wed & Sun only 11-4
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Cafe
- Children
About the area
Surrey is one of England’s most wooded counties, with over a quarter of the landscape designated as an official AONB and plenty of history evident in the countryside. You’ll find sandy tracks, cottage gardens and welcoming village inns, and on the fringe of Greater London you can picnic in Chaldon’s hay meadows, explore the downs at Epsom, or drift idly beside the River Thames.
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