Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre
Overview
Located in the heart of the South Downs national park, our Museum is dedicated to preserving the industrial heritage of the South East. With 36 acres to explore and over 40 exhibits to visit, you can discover the South's working past.
Contact details
New Barn Road Amberley Near Arundel West Sussex South East BN18 9LT United Kingdom
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Access guidance
- Amberley Museum covers 36 acres of buildings, connected mostly by level tarmac or concrete paths. Walking between all the exhibits is a round journey of about 1 mile/1.5 kilometres, although you can also cover much of the distance by narrow-gauge train (wheelchair accessible) or bus (not wheelchair accessible). Two nature trails and a small number of paths indicated on your site map (which you will be given on entry) include numerous steps and steep slopes and are not wheelchair accessible. The only access to the Billingshurst Signal Box is via fifteen steep steps with a handrail. Our narrow-gauge railway can accommodate at least one standard size wheelchair (under 300kg total) per journey. If there is more than one wheelchair user in your party, please contact us in advance by phoning 01798 831370 or emailing office@amberleymuseum.co.uk so that we can arrange for our accessible train carriage to be available (this can take up to 4 wheelchairs per journey). Unfortunately, none of our buses are wheelchair accessible due to their age.
- There are lots of picnic benches and seating around the Museum where you can rest. There are also some chairs inside the exhibition buildings.
- Accessible toilets can be found at three points around the site: opposite the Print Shop, in the Café and opposite the Connected Earth building.
- We are a dog-friendly site. Your guide-dog is welcome in all indoor and outdoor areas, and can make use of a number of water bowls around the Museum, including the Café. You can relieve your dog anywhere within the open-air part of the site: dog refuse bins are located outside the café and Connected Earth building.
- An Essential Carer accompanying a disabled person (with carer/disability card or similar) are admitted for free. Please select 'Complimentary Pass' when booking online.
- We do not currently have audio description around our site.