{"id":975,"date":"2025-04-25T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=975"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:01:09","slug":"visit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Getting Here<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Dorchester-on-Thames is 9 miles south of Oxford. If driving use the postcode OX10 7HH. The nearest bus stop for the village (1.4 miles away) is on the Dorchester <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">bypass, (Dorchester Bypass stop) with buses (X39 and X40) to and from Oxford or Reading every half hour. The nearest train station is Didcot Parkway, about 5 miles from the Museum, from where you can book a taxi. Dorchester is easily accessible from the Thames Path (about a mile away) if walking or cycling.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Opening Times<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>We open from Easter Saturday until the end of September, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holiday Mondays 2-5pm.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Cost<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>The Museum is free, but donations are welcome to help care for our collections and to create new displays and events.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Parking<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>There is no parking adjacent to the Museum. The nearest drop-off points are approximately 200 metres from the Museum. Dorchester has one free public car park in Bridge End, just across the road from the Abbey and Museum, where there are direction signs and a local map. Limited free parking is also available on Dorchester High Street, with single disabled spaces outside the White Hart Hotel and close to the George Hotel, as well as on nearby side streets.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Places to Eat<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The Dorchester Abbey Tearoom next door to the Museum.<br \/>\nThe Snug Caf\u00e9 at Bishops Court Farm off the High Street.<br \/>\nThe George Hotel, and the White Hart Hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Contact Us<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>To arrange a group or school visit to Dorchester Abbey and the Museum, contact the Abbey Office on: <a href=\"mailto:admin@dorchester-abbey.org.uk\">admin@dorchester-abbey.org.uk<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor all other Museum enquiries, please contact us on:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:museum@dorchester-abbey.org.uk\">museum@dorchester-abbey.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" 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