The Rural Life Centre

The Rural Life Centre is a museum of past village life covering the years from 1750 to 1960. It is set in over ten acres of garden and woodland and housed in purpose-built and reconstructed buildings including a chapel, village hall, cricket pavilion and granary. Also newly arrived - a 1909 corrugated iron fully-furnished schoolroom and a small laundry shed. Displays show village crafts and trades such as wheelwrighting, blacksmithing and village shops.

Besides the items on display we have a comprehensive collection of items available for use as props, from hand tools and domestic items to agricultural machinery. There is also a 1960s village playground and a preserved two foot gauge light railway is maintained on site by an associated group.

The museum has its own catering facilities and a car park large enough for around 300 cars.

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Rural Life Centre
Reeds Road, TilfordTel./fax. +44 (0)1252 795571
Farnham, Surrey,info@rural-life.org.uk
GU10 2DLwww.rural-life.org.uk
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Rural Life Centre is a premier English village life museum and a registered museum. The Old Kiln Museum Trust is a registered charity