West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
The Visitor Centre
Icklingham Road
West Stow
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 6HG
England

Website

www.weststow.org

E-mail

weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01284 728718

Fax

01284 728277

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Photo of a modern day girl looking quizzically at an Anglo-Saxon man
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West Stow is the site of an Anglo-Saxon settlement occupied 420 – 650AD. Today there is a unique reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Village built on the original settlement site, giving visitors the opportunity to touch and experience Anglo-Saxon houses as we imagine them to have been. Visitors can also see the archaeological finds from the site on display in a specially built Anglo-Saxon Centre. Schools and other groups are welcome provided they are booked in advance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archaeological site, Gallery, Garden, parklands or rural site, Archive, Association or society, Prehistoric site, Historic house or home, Heritage site

See also

 Opening hours

All year except Christmas
1000-1700, last ticket 1600 (Summer) 1530 (Winter)

 Admission charges

Heritage Ticket: £21.00 family (maximum 6 including 1 child conc.)£7.00 Adults; £5.00 child / concs. Allows multiple free return entries and entry to sister site West Stow Anglo - Saxon village for one year.

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

The Anglo-Saxon Village is set within a large Country Park with picnic areas, adventure playground, nature trails, lake, river, bird hides and free parking.

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
The Visitor Centre
Icklingham Road
West Stow
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 6HG
England

Website

www.weststow.org

E-mail

weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01284 728718

Fax

01284 728277

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The Anglo-Saxon Centre contains an extensive collection of early Anglo-Saxon finds from West Stow settlement and cemetery, along with finds from more recently excavated local cemeteries of the same period. A dispaly of 5-7th Century fashion forms the centre piece of the museum. Grave goods, pottery, bone combs, tools and weaponry also feature.

Collection details

Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • Early Anglo-Saxon archaeology.

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
The Visitor Centre
Icklingham Road
West Stow
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 6HG
England

Website

www.weststow.org

E-mail

weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01284 728718

Fax

01284 728277

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Winter Warmer Family Bushcraft Day

18 February 2012

Join expert Rob Bevington for a day of bush craft; fire making, shelter building, tracking, wild foods, and much more. Keep warm and have fun!

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 11-13
  • 16-17
  • 7-10
  • 14-15
  • 18+

When

10am-4pm

Where

West Stow

Admission

£16 adults. £6 Children aged 5-16 (must be accompanied by an adult)

Website

http://www.weststow.org

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
The Visitor Centre
Icklingham Road
West Stow
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 6HG
England

Website

www.weststow.org

E-mail

weststow@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

01284 728718

Fax

01284 728277

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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