Plan your visit

** Please note we are currently carrying out maintenance work on our market square area, we thank you for your support whist the work is carried out.**

To help you plan your visit, you can book online and save!

When pre-booking you can choose an entry time that suits you and once you’re at the Museum you can stay as long as you like! Please note that the last entry time to the Museum is 2 hours before closing time.

For further assistance please contact the Museum on 01243 811363.

To book online and save on your tickets, click here.

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Price
Walk In
Price
£16.90£18.75Adults
£15.10£16.75Seniors (60+)
£13.30£14.75Student 18+ (with Student ID)
£8.80£9.75Children 5–17 years
£9.00£10.00Disabled and carer
£29.80£33.00One Adult family: 1 adult and up to 3 children
£46.00£51.00Two Adult family: 2 adults and up to 3 children
Children aged 4 years and under enter free
Dogs are welcome, but must kept on a short lead at all times
Car parking is free

We are an independent Museum and charity and we value your support. If you are a UK tax payer and choose to Gift Aid when you buy your ticket, we can treat your purchase as a donation. This allows us to claim 25p for every £1 spent at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support.

  • Admission to the Museum includes our daytime events and activities, unless otherwise stated.
  • Daytime events which are marked as ‘ticketed’ require pre-booking will be listed separately under events on our ticketing pages.
  • Open air theatre events are outside our Museum standard opening hours, they do not include daytime entry to the Museum. These are pre-book tickets only, find out more here

 

All admission tickets are available to buy online in advance of your visit, book online today and save!

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Opening Times

Winter Opening hours

2 January to 2 March 2025

Café 9.30am to 4pm
(hot food is served until 3pm)

Museum 10am to 4pm
Last admission 2pm

Members last admission 3pm

Historic houses start to close from 3.30pm

 

Summer Opening hours

3 March to 26 October 2025

Café 9.30am to 5pm
(hot food is served until 3pm)

Museum 10am to 5pm
Last admission 3pm

Members last admission 4pm

Historic houses start to close from 4.00pm

 

Please note:

  • we recommend approx. 4 hours for a day visit to the Museum
  • dogs are welcome, but must be kept on a short lead at all times
  • our Museum is a non-smoking & no-vaping site

Museum opening times vary for certain activities– see our What’s On section for details or call us on 01243 811363

Getting Here

The Museum is located on Town Lane in Singleton, which is 7 miles north of Chichester:

Weald & Downland Living Museum,
Town Lane, Singleton,
West Sussex PO18 0EU

By Road

The Museum can be reached via the A286 Chichester to Midhurst road. The postcode is PO18 0EU. There is a free car park and disabled parking spaces are available opposite the Museum shop.

Click here to get directions

By Bus

Stagecoach

Catch the Stagecoach 60 service, which runs between Chichester Cathedral and Midhurst – the Museum is a 5-minute walk from the Grooms Yard stop in Singleton.

Buses run every 30 minutes Monday – Saturday. On Sundays buses run every hour. For an up-to-date timetable visit the Stagecoach website

 

Book a Bus

Book-a-Bus is a flexible on-demand service, for areas with limited or no bus service. You can book trips up to 48 hours in-advance to key destinations such as your nearest town, train station, hospital and more.

You can book the 96 Flex – North West Chichester to get to Singleton village. Visit their website to find out more Book a Bus.

By Train

The Museum is 7 miles from Chichester rail station and 15 miles from Haslemere station. Visit the National Rail website for trains and timetable information.

International Visitors

Our nearest airports are Southampton (36 miles) and Gatwick (43 miles). Please see our ‘By train’ section above to help you plan your journey from the airport.

Don’t forget to check out our Where to Stay page for local accommodation.

Craft Demonstrations

Come and witness a past that is truly alive! We have working exhibits that, through craft demonstrations, show how they would have operated hundreds of years ago – experience blacksmithing, milling, spinning, Tudor cooking and more.

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