Sandwich Medieval Centre
Museums & Science Centres · Sandwich, Kent
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Closed — opens Saturday at 11am
🆓 Free entryEducationalBooking required
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The Sandwich Medieval Centre is a living history visitor centre housed in a wooden boatyard building on the slipway by the Quay in Sandwich. It is run by a charitable trust that aims to teach the public about the late medieval period, with a focus on the town's own heritage. Visitors can watch a blacksmith working in the forge, see baking in the wood-fired oven, and look at craft demonstrations such as calligraphy, wheat weaving and egg tempera painting. Costumed volunteers bring the displays to life, and there are hands-on moments that suit younger visitors. Special events through the year bring re-enactors, crafts and medieval entertainment to the site and the neighbouring quay green. Outside the building, a replica medieval cog is being built alongside the centre. Entry is free. Craft workshops need advance booking, and the centre also welcomes school visits and group sessions.
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.
- AntihistamineStings and pollen, both far from a pharmacy.
- Snack pot
- Sketchbook
- Audiobook or story CD
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Safety pinsStraps break.
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