Tewkesbury Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at midday
🏠 Indoor🆓 Free entryEducational
What’s there
- Limited parking
Limited street parking outside the museum, free for a maximum of one hour. Council car parks lie within about 150 to 350 metres.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A small independent museum in a half-timbered 17th-century house in the centre of Tewkesbury. Its collection runs from Roman and prehistoric finds through to the medieval Battle of Tewkesbury, with a large diorama of the battle and a detailed model fairground with many figures. Families can also learn about Raymond Priestley, the Antarctic explorer associated with the town, and about the traditional Mop Fair. The building itself is full of original features and is an interesting place to explore. The museum describes itself as very child-friendly, with activities to keep younger visitors busy. Entry is free, and a visit of about an hour suits a family looking for an indoor stop while walking round the town. The rooms are small and the stairs are steep and uneven, so it suits visitors who can manage stairs.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Wet bagFor whatever comes home soaked.
- Travel sickness bands
- Backseat organiser
- Hand warmers
- Sun cream for after
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