Time to explore!

Find your own way all around Norton Priory with free quizzes and trails.

Discover the Tots Garden with plants to touch, see, smell and hear.

Explore the hidden pathways in the woods and find your own special hiding place!

Have some fun!

Plenty of room in the woodlands and gardens  to run around and play!

Delve into a Storysack and have some fun with stories and games all about Norton Priory!

Find out more!

Hands-on activities in the museum mean you can find out more for yourself!

Enjoy special exhibitions with activities for kids!

Be a mini gardener with a free to borrow Gardener's toolkit!

Get up close!

Get face to face with the giant St Christopher!

Borrow some binoculars and see what wildlife you can spot.

See for yourself how people lived nearly a thousand years ago!

See something different!

Follow the sculpture trail to see some of the weird and wonderful artworks!

Run wild in a wildflower meadow, shiver in the Ice House and don't fall over the ha ha wall!

What about the essential info?

• There are dedicated picnic areas in the Museum grounds, as well as a family friendly café serving lunches, ice cream and treats.
• There are baby changing facilities at the Museum.
• At the main entrance there is a shop which sells pocket money gifts especially for children and there is an additional shop at the Walled Garden where you can buy gifts, seasonal fruits and vegetables and refreshments.
• You can bring your dog with you if you want and he can go everywhere except the Walled Garden
• Norton Priory is buggy friendly and there is only one set of stairs.
• The Museum & Gardens are wheelchair accessible apart from an area on the ruins.
• We ask that visitors supervise their children at all times.