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Forge Mill Needle Museum & Bordesley Abbey Visitor Centre

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Overview
The Needle Museum tells the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of how needles are made. Working, water-powered machinery can be seen in an original needle-scouring mill. The Visitor Centre is an archaeological museum showing finds from excavations at the nearby Bordesley Abbey. Children can become an archaeologist for the day and explore the ruins of this fascinating ancient monument. Regularly changing temporary exhibits.
Features

  • Opening Times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, Feb-Oct, Mon-Fri 11-4.30 (Oct 11-4), Sat-Sun 11-4 (Feb-Mar Oct 1-4)

  • Facilities
  • Parking onsite
  • Parking nearby
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Location
Forge Mill, Needle Mill Lane, Riverside, REDDITCH, B98 8HY
About the area
Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.
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Forge Mill Needle Museum & Bordesley Abbey Visitor Centre

Recommended by Visit England Logo
Overview
The Needle Museum tells the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of how needles are made. Working, water-powered machinery can be seen in an original needle-scouring mill. The Visitor Centre is an archaeological museum showing finds from excavations at the nearby Bordesley Abbey. Children can become an archaeologist for the day and explore the ruins of this fascinating ancient monument. Regularly changing temporary exhibits.
Features
  • Opening Times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, Feb-Oct, Mon-Fri 11-4.30 (Oct 11-4), Sat-Sun 11-4 (Feb-Mar Oct 1-4)
  • Facilities
  • Parking onsite
  • Parking nearby
Show more (1)
Location
Forge Mill, Needle Mill Lane, Riverside, REDDITCH, B98 8HY
About the area
Area image
Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.