Winchcombe Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
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Closed — opens Saturday at 10am
🏠 Indoor🆓 Free entryEducational☔ Rainy-day friendly
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
No car park on site. Two public car parks within about five minutes' walk: Back Lane (GL54 5PZ, £1 all-day) and Bull Lane (GL54 5HX). Nearest mainline station is Cheltenham Spa; Stagecoach service W runs hourly from Cheltenham.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Winchcombe Museum occupies the upper floors of the old Town Hall in the centre of this Cotswold town. Displays cover the town's story from its prehistoric and Roman past through its abbey, medieval town maces and wool trade, up to the present day. A highlight for many visitors is the display of fragments of the Winchcombe meteorite, which landed nearby in 2021. The museum also holds a police memorabilia collection, so older children who enjoy uniforms and old equipment can spend a while looking around. Children are welcome, and there are hands-on activities such as making clay models and mosaic pictures, plus a try-out for an old American harmonium. The building has a lift to the upstairs rooms, and the Undercroft gift shop sells sweets and gifts. The visit suits a rainy afternoon or a stop on a walk around the town.
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.
- Travel games
- Rucksack
- Hand sanitiser
- Blister plastersNew shoes and a long walk are a bad pairing.
- Sudocrem
- Painkillers for grown-ups
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