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Countryside Museum

East Devon, Devon

Museum

Opening Bicton Park Botanical Gardens is currently open from 10am – 5pm (Indoor Soft Play Barn open 10:30am – 4:30pm, last entry 4:00pm).

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Age fit All ages — a source of wonderment for younger visitors, a valuable educational resource for school field trips, and evocative for older visitors.

Setting indoor

The experience

About this day out

The Countryside Museum at Bicton Park features a huge collection of exhibits mirroring changes to village life, farming, horticulture, social history and rural crafts during the early 20th century. Alongside sits the R. A Lister Co. display of portable petrol and diesel engines, and two cinemas show films on agricultural machinery and the company's history. The collection was founded by NDG (Noel) James, Land Agent to Lord Clinton, who gathered tools, household items, farm machinery and rural trade items to document more than a century of rural life.

When to go

Opening calendar

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens is currently open from 10am – 5pm (Indoor Soft Play Barn open 10:30am – 4:30pm, last entry 4:00pm).

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Facilities & accessibility

At a glance

Two cinemas showing films on agricultural machinery and the history of the R.A. Lister Co.Orangery Restaurant with a dedicated dog-friendly orangeryGift ShopGarden CentreLarge heated Indoor Play AreaOutdoor Play AreaCovered FarmlandBicton Woodland Railway (18 inch narrow gauge, 25-minute journey)Palm House & GlasshousesOver 60 acres of gardens and grounds

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Dogs: A dedicated dog-friendly orangery is available at the Orangery Restaurant.

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