

Explore the art and craft of English willow basket making at this working visitor centre with interactive workshops and traditional demonstrations.
Venue Type
Indoor & Outdoor
Typical visit duration
All day
Booking
Walk-in
Didn't know much about willow, but do now. The museum here is very interesting, well layed out and incredible clean. A great way to learn understand how flexible willow is. The items and functions it has worked/been used in is unbelievable. Well done museum /cleaning team. the elephant that greated us is incredible. We didn't get to go on the nature walk but it looked very interesting.
This is a beautiful centre. Lovely willow shop and workshops are offered, booking is essential. There is a beautiful shop and museum onsite. We browsed the maritime musuem, it was fantastic. The detail on the mini ships, frigates and more was amazing. Owner is very knowlegeable and super friendly. A great day out!
Nice place to visit for old and young. We took our 3 year old granddaughter there and she enjoyed the trail set up for children to hunt Jungle book characters linked with a word search. After which the child gets a small free gift. For adults there's the walk , a nice coffee shop and some nice shops selling wicker products and other well made souvenirs. No tat or mass produced articles.
Really fascinating museum. Done really well. There is a fantastic film at the end, 40 minutes long but well worth persevering with. Great little cafe and gift shop. All the staff were very friendly.
We had a first visit here and were not disappointed. We arrived to see the dinosaur trail and my lo was super excited. Entrance is free. The trail cost £3.50 which was excellent value. The sculptures were amazing and the trail took you around the forest area which is not too far for little legs. There were other walks which were more suited to older kids. On the day we went we were lucky enough to see some of the newborn lambs which we got to stroke and even fed their mum's 😊 We took a picnic and there were plenty of places to eat. Staff were super friendly - would highly recommend a visit 👍
Reviews last updated: 7 October 2026
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This venue was last updated on 7 October 2026
