Thursday, February 09, 2006
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
One of my favorite places to be. It is an open air museum set in the South Downs in Sussex. It has over 40 historic buildings from Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey. They have been saved from demolition and re-built at the museum. They range from a medieval cottage to a Victorian farm laborers house. There is a working water mill, a forge and a Tudor kitchen which often has food to sample. They also have animals including Southdown sheep, Tamworth pigs and chickens. The best part of the museum from my point of view is the stables with it's 4 working Shire horses. But more of that later.
Here are a few of my own photos of the museum.
Here are a few of my own photos of the museum.
Longport. The main entrance and shop.
The House From Walderton
The Market Square
Bayleaf Farmstead
The Stable
The Charcoal Burners' Camp.
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The museums' animals.
Three of the museum shires, from the left, Neville, Gym and Donald.
Geese.
Tamworth Piglets.
Southdown Sheep.
Tom the cockerel.
Sussex oxen.
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Special events at the museum
There are several special events held at the museum each year.
These are from the Heavy Horse Spectacular held in June each year
Shire with a cart harness on.
Suffolk Punch.
A horse drawn steam powered fire engine, pulled by 2 percheron.
A pair of Suffolk punch at speed in a cross country race demonstration.
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