Framework Knitters Museum

The Framework Knitters Museum is a unique surviving example of a 19th century framework knitters’ yard which has been restored as a living history museum. Three furnished cottages show where the manager worked and how a framework knitter and the yard owner lived in Victorian times. There are examples of 18th, 19th and 20th century knitting frames and visitors can see a demonstration of a frame in use. Visitors can try knitting on the vintage circular knitting machines (and take their knitting home with them). There is a laundry outhouse and an example of a long drop toilet together with a collection of hosiery including a pair of Queen Victoria’s stockings. Tours of the museum are offered during opening hours. The reception area houses the ticket office, a café, a small shop and toilets, including a unisex accessible toilet and baby changing facility. There is a garden with seating, a small fenced pond, and an accessible summer house.