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Amberley Museum & Heritage CentreAmberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9LT 01798 831370office@amberleymuseum.co.ukwww.amberleymuseum.co.ukAmberley Museum is approved as an Accredited Museum by Arts Council England. Registered Charity No. 278722.

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2017 Opening Dates and Admission

Prices Gift Aid Standard GroupAdult (16-59) £11.50 £10.35 £9.00Senior (60+) or Student (FT) £10.50 £9.50 £8.00Child (4-15 inc) £6.60 £6.00 £5.002 Adult / Senior + 2 Children £34.00 £30.60 N/A2 Adult / Senior + 3 Children £36.00 £32.40 N/A

Carers, children aged 0-3 and dogs are all welcome free of charge.

Pre-booked groups of 10+ who pay in a single transaction benefitfrom our group rate. Please ask our office for more informationon talks, tours and catering that can enhance your visit. Please note: Children under the age of 16 must be accompaniedby an adult.

Amberley Museum is an independent Museum and a RegisteredCharity that doesn’t receive Government or Local Authorityfunding, so we depend heavily upon donations.

Gift Aid admission prices include a voluntary10% donation, and by paying this you enableus to reclaim the tax on the whole amount as

part of the Government’s Gift Aid scheme. For us, that’s worth anextra 25p for every £1 paid, which means your donation willprovide even more support for our vital preservation, restorationand education work.

On the B2139 mid-way between Storrington and Arundel and rightnext to Amberley railway station on the Arun Valley line.Look out on our website for special offers including 2 for 1 whenyou travel by train (conditions apply).

Opening Hours 10am to 5pm, Wednesday to Sunday fromMarch until October. We are open every day during Sussexschool holidays. Please see our calendar of opening dates(on reverse).

Catering Our Limeburners Cafe serves hot and cold food,with outdoor picnic areas available around the site.

Education We offer workshops and talks to educationalgroups on topics including transport and inventions for allages/key stages. Email education@amberleymuseum.co.uk.

Membership Join as an annual member for entry to theMuseum (except evening events, Ale Festivals and Christmasevents) also receive discounts in the shop and Cafe. If youjoin on the day of your visit we will refund your standard dayadmission.

Accessibility We are accessibility friendly with mainly flatsurfaces and some gravel paths. With free wheelchair hire(subject to availability, please enquire in advance). We alsohave designated disabled parking in our car park, anddisabled facilities available.

Dog Friendly Dogs are permitted on-site but must be kepton a lead at all times. We have been awarded the KennelClub ‘Best Dog Friendly Attraction Award’ for Days Out 2016.

Parking We have our own large free car park located next toAmberley railway station.

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“A lovely day out at an interesting Museum”mrsflight, Tripadvisor, Nov 2016

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About Amberley Museum What can you see at the Museum? Support the Museum

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Visit the De Witt Kilns and quarrybuildings and see the ‘Life and Lime atAmberley’ exhibition to discover moreabout working life at the chalk pits.

The narrow gauge railway and busservices provide free transport to explore the site, offering manyopportunities to get up close to commercial vehicles, rail and roadsteam engines. We aim to have both the train and bus running everyday we are open but due to the age of the vehicles this is not alwayspossible.

Age old skills are kept alive by craftspeople and volunteers working totraditional methods. Meet the woodturners, wheelwrights, potters,blacksmith, printers and greenwood workers. We aim to have at leastthree crafts demonstrated each day we are open, but this isdependent on the schedules of the independent craftspeople. If thereis a particular craft you would like to see, please contact the MuseumOffice in advance of your visit.

Amberley Museum was established in 1979, and seeks to reflect theindustrial and transport heritage of Sussex. The Museum is not set ina particular period of time, but allows you to explore exhibits fromaround 150 years ago up to the present day.

The site of the Museum was once a largeand busy chalk quarry and limeworks, andits buildings and kilns are now preservedalongside buildings that were rescuedfrom other locations, and erected withinthe Museum to house and display ourexhibits.

Covering 36 acres with over 40 exhibits, the Museum is home to aunique collection of listed buildings and scheduled ancientmonuments, many of which were rescued from the Sussex area.

Our exhibits include:- A working narrow gauge railway- Railway exhibits- Fire Station- Paviors’ Museum of Roadmaking- Village Garage and Cycle Shop- Historic buses and the Southdown Bus Garage- Tools and Trades History Society (TATHS)- Printing workshop- Greenwood Village- Wheelwrights shop and yard- Radio and Television Exhibition- Electricity Hall- BT Connected Earth- Nature trails

Amberley Museum resides in the heart ofthe South Downs National Park withoutstanding wildlife and nature trailswhich provide the perfect setting for walksand picnics.

Please note the Hillside Trail is very steep in places and notrecommended for pushchairs. In bad weather it may be closed forsafety reasons.

Amberley Museum is a registered charity, and we aim to preserve theMuseum and the heritage it contains for future generations. We arealways looking into ways to help fundraise and support the Museum.

To help support the Museum you can:- Become a Member of the Museum.- Help as part of the ‘Friends of Amberley Museum’.- Visit our JustGiving page and donate to our latest project.- Pay a Gift Aid donation on your entrance ticket / Annual Membership.- Leave a legacy in your will to the Museum.- Sponsor an event at the Museum.- Or become a volunteer.

Normally one of the preserved buses takes passengers around the Museum and a traintakes visitors between Amberley and Cragside stations on the Museum site. Theseservices run from 11am to approximately 4pm (a lunch break may apply), whenvolunteers are available. There is no charge but donations would be appreciated.

Museum Bus and Train Services

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