MuseumsBasingstoke

The Museum of English Rural Life was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 to reflect and record the changing face of farming and the countryside. It houses Designated collections of national importance that span the full range of objects, archives, photographs, film and books. …
Distance: 14.1 miles away

Calleva Roman Museum provides background information for the site visit to the Roman town walls and amphitheatre. In the centre lay the Forum and Basilica. The Forum court was surrounded on the north, east and south sides by a continuous row of shops and offices, flanked…
Distance: 6.3 miles away

The attractive village of Selborne and its beautiful countryside is famous for its association with the 18th century naturalist Gilbert White. Through Gilbert White's writings, the garden is probably one of the best documented of its type and is gradually being restored. Already established are his…
Distance: 13.3 miles away

Imagine an open‐air museum inside a massive modern building a network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub... dating from Victorian times and the 1930s it's fun... a surprise around every corner…
Distance: 0.4 miles away

The museum is housed in two of Newbury's most historic buildings. The Cloth Hall was built in 1626‐1627 by Richard Emmes, a master carpenter of Speenhamland for the Newbury Corporation as a cloth factory. Originally part of a larger range of buildings with a courtyard in…
Distance: 13.5 miles away

Whitchurch Silk Mill is a working mill with historic machinery including 14 power looms, winding frames, warping mill and an undershot waterwheel. The waterwheel was installed in 1890 to provide power to all the mill's machinery. The wheel is still operating and the belt drives, pulleys…
Distance: 10.7 miles away