Ingatestone Museum
Gatekeeper’s Cottage
Station Lane CM40BW
Visit our free entry, local community museum. The museum is the late1850s Victorian Gatekeeper’s cottage, next to the railway crossing. The cottage was restored to its1950s condition from a water damaged, empty building.
Find out about those who lived in the cottage and imagine how life used to be -see the scene set in the 1950s when the cottage was last inhabited and the model railway diorama.
Come and view the changing display of local art or photographic work and the changing main display linked to the history of the parish.
Find out about the parish from the sarsen stones, to the Roman Villa , the stagecoach era and the coming of the railway. Look at the display of how people used to live. What was the wooden mushroom used for?
Investigate the timeline and discover which Queen stayed and which just came for lunch! Follow the trail of Ruffles the Railway Cat.
The museum is on Station Lane, next to the railway crossing, close to the railway station. Parking is in the fee paying railway car park, or it is a 2 minute walk from the 351 bus stop on the High Street.
There is an accessible toilet and a removable ramp for wheelchair access.
Ingatestone Museum is usually open Friday and Saturday mornings 10-12, but please check the website; ingatestonemuseum.org.uk
Visit our free, local museum and find out about Ingatestone and Fryerning’s past.
Contact Name: Elaine Jeater
Email: imt.secretary1@gmail.com
