Ryedale Folk Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire
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What’s there
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
No car park of its own. The Crown Inn car park is next door (£3 per day, coins only, for visitors not eating at the pub). The North York Moors National Park car park on Moor Lane is about a 300m walk and costs more. Six EV charging points are in the National Park car park.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Ryedale Folk Museum is a six-acre open-air museum set in the village of Hutton-le-Hole inside the North York Moors National Park. Around twenty historic buildings have been rescued from nearby villages and rebuilt on the site, so a visit moves through time from a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse to a medieval crofter's cottage, a thatched manor house, a Victorian cottage and a 1950s village shop. Working rooms where a smith, shoemaker, wheelwright and carpenter once plied their trades sit among the buildings, and old-fashioned pharmacy and shop displays add plenty to look at for children. The grounds are open and suit a relaxed walk with space to run about between buildings. Some paths are uneven and a few buildings have steps, so families with buggies or limited mobility should plan ahead. Dogs on leads are welcome across the site. There is no café on site, so pack a picnic or walk to the village pubs and tearooms.
Open 9 March to 29 November 2026 only, per the 2026 calendar on the venue's site. Closed over winter.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Wellies
Wristband for lost childrenWrite your number on it before you go in.- Puddle suitThe only way a toddler stays dry at a farm in February.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Football- Tablet headrest mountFor the long way home, not the day itself.
- Comforter, plus a spareThe one that must not be lost. It will be lost.
Ice packs
Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
Spare shoesOne puddle and the day is decided otherwise.
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