Amberley Museum

Over het museum

Amberley Museum occupies a 36-acre site that was once a chalk quarry and lime-burning area on the edge of the South Downs. The museum was founded in 1979 and preserves the industrial and working heritage of the south of England. Today the former pits are largely rewilded, and visitors explore them on foot, on the narrow-gauge railway or along unpaved nature trails.

The site is mostly outdoors and holds more than thirty exhibition areas. Industry is represented by the Electricity Hall and by the story of the chalk pits and the people who worked there around the year 1900. Transport is another strong theme, with vintage buses, trains, bicycles, cars and carts, as well as a historic signal box. A building called Connected Earth tells the story of communications, and a pottery and craft workshops show traditional skills, with resident potters demonstrating on selected days.

The museum is independently run and depends on admissions, events and donations. It sits next to Amberley railway station, which makes it easy to reach without a car. Schools use it for hands-on workshops about travel, communication, electricity and everyday life in the chalk pits.

Hoogtepunten

• Narrow-gauge railway and vintage bus rides around the site
• Electricity Hall with high-voltage demonstrations
• Connected Earth building about communications
• Resident potters and traditional craft workshops
• Rewilded quarry landscape with nature trails

Vaste collectie

• Electricity Hall – Shows the history of electricity and the work of early engineers, with high-voltage demonstrations.
• Connected Earth – A building about the history of communications, including early telephones.
• Vintage transport – Buses, trains, bicycles, cars and carts from the early twentieth century, plus a historic signal box.

Opgericht

1979

Beheerder

Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gift Aid prices include a voluntary 10% donation. Visitors arriving by train can get 2-for-1 entry with a National Rail Days Out Guide voucher. Annual membership gives unlimited entry for 12 months. Booking online is preferred at weekends, on Bank Holidays and on event days. Evening and Christmas events are priced separately.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Most of the site is level; routes with steps or steep slopes are marked on the map given at entry. The entrance shop has a ramp and push-button door. Accessible toilets are opposite the Print Shop, in the cafe and opposite Connected Earth; the nearest Changing Places toilet is at a country centre near Chichester. There is no induction loop. The narrow-gauge train takes at least one wheelchair per journey; the shuttle bus is not wheelchair accessible. Ear defenders can be borrowed free, and a quiet indoor space is available on request. Dogs are welcome throughout.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

Special trails and activities run in school holidays. A playground is next to the Limeburners Cafe, and baby changing is available in the cafe and by the Print Shop. Most paths suit pushchairs, but the nature walks may not.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

On the B2139 between Storrington and Arundel, close to the South Downs Way and the South Downs Link cycle route; bike racks are in the car park.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

Limeburners Cafe (about 90 m from the entrance, reached by steps or a long ramp); a shop at the entrance.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Versatile indoor and outdoor spaces for meetings, private parties and creative projects; filming enquiries go to the marketing team.

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