🏠 IndoorEducational
What’s there
- Parking
The venue's site says parking is available in the Square and in the Yorkshire Dales National Park car park nearby.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Grassington Folk Museum sits on the cobbled square of this Upper Wharfedale village, in two old miners' cottages. It is run by the Upper Wharfedale Museum Society and staffed by volunteers. Displays cover the story of the local area from early farming and cutting terraces on the fell sides, through domestic life, to the arrival of gramophones, cameras and silent films. Children can look at geological specimens including local minerals, lead mining tools, farming equipment that is striking in its size, and a cobbler's bench. Other sections cover the Yorkshire Dales Railway and wartime memorabilia. It is a small museum, so a visit suits a short stop during a day in the village, and it is especially good for older children curious about history and objects.
Open mainly late March to end of October, plus Christmas market Saturdays and February half-term. Opening days and times depend on volunteers.
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.
Kids' headphones
Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.- Waterproof phone pouch
Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.- I-spy book
- Sun cream for after
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · david falkner from Birmingham, England, CC BY 2.0 · W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0
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