Welsh Guards Museum
The Official Welsh Guards Collection at Park Hall near Oswestry, with uniforms, a barrack room and a Buckingham Palace sentry box.
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About the museum
The Welsh Guards Collection was started in 1995 by its curator Stan Evans and has grown into a regimental collection of more than two thousand items on display. It covers life in the Welsh Guards since the regiment was formed in 1915.
The collection is housed at Park Hall near Oswestry, where it is one of the museums on the Park Hall Countryside Experience site. Volunteers tell the stories behind the objects.
Displays include a complete barrack room from the 1950s and 1960s, a sentry box from Buckingham Palace and a rebuilt cell from the Guards Depot at Caterham dating from 1877. Further exhibits deal with the world wars, and visitors can try on home service uniform, stand in the sentry box and experience a cell.
Highlights
- Barrack room from the 1950s and 1960s
- Sentry box from Buckingham Palace
- Rebuilt cell from the Guards Depot at Caterham (1877)
- Over 2,000 objects telling the story of the regiment since 1915
- Dressing-up in uniform and other hands-on activities
Permanent exhibition
- The Official Welsh Guards Collection – Uniforms, artefacts and memorabilia from the Welsh Guards since 1915, including a barrack room, a Buckingham Palace sentry box and a rebuilt Caterham cell, with displays on the world wars.
- Founded
- 1995
- Operated by
- Welsh Guards (Welsh Guards Charity); hosted at Park Hall Countryside Experience
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £14.95 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | £13.95Senior citizens (65+) and disabled visitors |
| Children & teens | £14.95free up to age 1 · Child ticket for ages 2 to 16. |
| Seniors | £13.95Age 65 and over. |
| Visitors with disabilities | £13.95A carer accompanying a registered disabled person pays £7.00 online. |
| Families | –No family ticket; annual family memberships cost £195 for four, £235 for five and £275 for six. |
The ticket is general admission to the whole Park Hall farm site, including the museums. Online prices are shown; on-site prices are £16.95 (adult and child), £15.95 (senior and disabled) and £8.50 (carer). A £2.50 booking fee applies online. School visits cost £11.95 per pupil.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Park Hall describes itself as having good disabled access, with a fully equipped disabled changing room; no details are given for the museum building.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 1 |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Hands-on stations
- Playground / play area
- Kids’ birthday parties
The museum is part of a family farm attraction with indoor and outdoor play areas, animal areas and birthday party packages.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Arriva bus routes 63 and 53 serve Park Hall. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 1.5 miles away; Oswestry coach station is 3 miles away.
Use sat nav postcode SY11 4AS and choose Burma Road or North Road. Park Hall is about 30 minutes from Chester and 25 minutes from Shrewsbury by car.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
The Hungry Farmer Cafe is in the middle of the site and is open from 10:00 to 16:30 on farm opening days.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Visitors can dress in home service uniform, stand in the sentry box and experience a cell. School groups can visit between February and October. |
