Welcome to Pendon Museum
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
Pendon is now open but for a period visits need to be pre-booked.
Bookings are made for parties of up to 6 people arriving together.
'CLICK TO BOOK SLOT' to reserve a date and time for a party. For bookings for dates after 19 June you will be asked to pay a small deposit.
Details of our temporary booking arrangements and associated processes can be found here
Pendon opens at 11:00 and closes at 16:00. The last admission time is 14:40
Digital jigsaws based on photos of Pendon with a range of difficulties - for children through to expert
Our membership organisation - we need you especially through this difficult period.
Explore some highlights from the Vale Scene - buildings and trains.
An ambitious model of the countryside of the Vale of White Horse as it was in the 1930s. It captures in miniature an impression of the calm unhurried beauty of the past.
Part of an imaginary Great Western branch line meandering from South Devon into Cornwall.
A famous, pioneering layout on permanent display. It runs on specific days during the year.