🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Café on site
- Dogs welcome
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Bygones is a multi-floor museum of everyday life from the Victorian era through to the 1960s, housed in a former cinema. The centrepiece is a full-size Victorian street with shops, a forge and a sweet shop, alongside period rooms showing how homes looked across different decades. Children often enjoy the large model railway, the railwayana collection and a walk-through First World War trench. A 1940s and 1950s shopping arcade and vintage penny-operated amusements add a playful touch. The exhibits are mostly viewed from walkways rather than handled, which suits school-age children studying history as well as families looking for a relaxed indoor visit. A tearoom on the upper floor serves refreshments, and the venue is known for welcoming dogs throughout the building.
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.
- Sting relief
- Colouring book and pencils
- Refillable coffee cupA lot of cafés knock money off.
- Kids' headphones
- Weaning spoons
- Snack pot
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