Standing on a corner of old sunken roads close by the churchyard in the village of Uffington, this tiny and unusual museum has an interesting history.  It is housed in the 390 year-old schoolroom that featured in Thomas Hughes' book 'Tom Brown's School Days'.

The Museum has displays of local history and archaeology as well as mementoes of Thomas Hughes and the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, who spent many happy years living in Uffington.

Overlooking the village is the Iron Age hillfort of Uffington Castle, with the world famous White Horse just beneath.

A short distance away, on the Ridgeway National Trail, there is a megalithic tomb known as Wayland's Smithy, and there are other well-documented prehistoric sites nearby.

The Museum is now closed for the winter, but in 2012 it will be open from 2pm to 5pm each Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from Easter until the end of October. (Our Curator will be pleased to arrange visits at other times for parties or for special research.)

Tom Brown's School Museum
Broad Street
Uffington
Oxfordshire
SN7 7RA
museum@uffington.net