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Overview
About Grassington Folk Museum
Why stop
- Historic stone cottages with dense local collections
Heads up
- Seasonal opening depends on volunteer availability
Grassington grew as an industrial village as well as a farming one, shaped by mills and lead mining, and the collection makes that double history easy to follow in one place. Rooms are compact and densely packed, so it reads as a short cultural stop rather than a long visit. Volunteers on duty are known for being welcoming and well informed about the objects and the dale, and are usually happy to explain what you are looking at.
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A village museum in an old pair of cottagesFacing the cobbled square in the middle of Grassington, this small museum fills a building that…
Facing the cobbled square in the middle of Grassington, this small museum fills a building that dates from around 1728 and began life as two cottages, probably built for miners. A room behind the right-hand cottage started as a single-room cottage in the mid-seventeenth century. The low rooms and two floors are now given over to the story of Upper Wharfedale, gathered largely from local sources.
What is on displayLead mining and minerals: tools and ore from the dale's mining past, with galena, barites,…
- Lead mining and minerals: tools and ore from the dale's mining past, with galena, barites, limonites, calamine, calcite and fluorspar among the geological specimens.
- Archaeology: Mesolithic arrow points and scrapers, a medieval whetstone, a set of spear-heads, Iron Age bones, and the jaws of a tundra reindeer from Stump Cross Caverns.
- Farming and trades: Dales farming equipment, craft tools and lathes, and a cobbler's bench.
- Home and health: period clothing, domestic artefacts and medical items, including a moustache cup.
- Technology and memory: gramophones, cameras and silent-film equipment, World War II memorabilia, local folklore, Craven Gold, and memories of the Yorkshire Dales Railway.
- Industrial finds: material from a small coal mine uncovered during the Grimwith Reservoir excavations.
Practical notesAddress: 6 The Square, Grassington, BD23 5AQ, in the centre of the village and facing the…
- Address: 6 The Square, Grassington, BD23 5AQ, in the centre of the village and facing the square.
- Parking: available in the Square and at the nearby national park car park, with the museum a short walk from either.
- Opening is seasonal and depends on volunteer availability, so check current opening details before setting out, especially if the museum is the main reason for your trip.
- Easy to combine with a walk around the village, since the square and its shops and cafes are on the doorstep.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Yorkshire Dales
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27 sightingsTawny OwlMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
34 sightingsCommon KingfisherMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Yorkshire Dales. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
