Description
Ashford Borough Museum showcases exhibits associated with Ashford’s history including a pre-historic collection featuring a 200 million old dinosaur leg bone. Visitors can also explore artefacts from the Neolithic, Romano-Briton, and Anglo Saxon periods, as well as the World War I feature, Life in the Trenches. This World War II prisoner of war display highlights the military history of the town. Local business past and lost, exhibits of medical instruments from the old Ashford and cottage hospitals, the lives and the demise of the so-called smugglers the Aldington Gang, and railway memorabilia including two model railways that recall the importance of many industries and fields in the history of the town. This is a real display of the eclectic heritage of Ashford.
Opening Hours
April to October
Tuesday to Saturday
11am-2pm.
Price
Free.
Accessibility
Ramped access to the ground floor, but access to the first floor is by steep steps, mobility scooters may not be able to negotiate turns at the top of the entrance ramp bottom of the ramp between the buildings.
Train
Ashford International station - 10 minutes.
Picture Credit: © Ashford Borough Museum.
