Visiting - Families

We offer plenty for families to do and additionally arrange for extra free activities and family events during the school holidays. Check our what’s on page for news on our events.

Dock Lane – our recreated war-torn street scene

Take a unique step back in time as you walk the cobbled streets of our recreated street scene which is perfect for children to explore and learn. There is a grocer’s store full of the rations of the day sparsely stacked on the dusty wooden shelves, demonstrating to children how meagre rations were and the kind of food you would have had to eat. 

There are menu cards to take home to recreate wartime recipes, dressing up for children, a sweet shop, a blacked-out pub where if you listen at the door you can hear the noises of the drinkers and there’s even a real unexploded bomb the children can touch – if they dare!