Step Back in Time at Milestones Museum, Basingstoke
Milestones Museum is an indoor outdoor experience that recreates the streets of the past complete with cobbles and tramlines, workshops and stations, buses and lorries.
Milestones Museum
The streets are set up to immerse you in times gone by, with people working, old modes transport
and also shops, some of which you can go into.
At the 1940s sweet shop, you can swap an old penny (bought at the ticket desk) for a bag of sweets. You choose from jars on the shelves and the sweets are weighed out in front of you on old scales.
The Post Office
We love the Post Office, where children under 5 years old can play postman. There is a fancy dress box, a post van, a post office counter, a sorting wall, an opening postbox, a door with a letterbox and some letters for posting.
We also found books to read, jigsaws to solve and bricks to stack as well as magnetic letters.
Milestones calls this a space for learning for 3 to 5 year olds. It is locked and can only be used by someone with a key (freely available from the downstairs desk).
The Pier and Penny Arcade
Outside the Post Office is the Penny Arcade where you can swap modern money for old pennies and play on the machines.
There is a good variety of things to use – some you sit in, some you watch and some you play.
Other Activities
Other activities around the museum include bridge building bricks, Victorian fancy dress, a working pub and a hopscotch course.
There is also a cafe and you can bring picnics.
Temporary Exhibits
Milestones Musuem often has fantastic temporary exhibits.
We visited to try the LEGO® Brick Around the World Challenge – an indoor trail where you crack codes, solve puzzles and answer riddles to help agents of the Tiger Club save the Crown Jewels from the evil clutches of the Master Collector…
Mwah hah hah hah hah!…
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Further Information
Nearest Town: Basingstoke
County: Hampshire
Nearest Postcode: RG22 6PG
Opens: Daily but closed on some Mondays.
Adult Cost Range: From £16.50
Child Cost Range: From £13.25
Free if: Under 5 years
Where to Eat: Bring a picnic or eat at the cafe.
Facilities: Picnic area, cafe, snacks, ice creams, toilets and accessible toilets.
How Long We Spent There: About three hours.
Buggies: Buggy friendly.
Parking: There is a good-sized car park.
Cost of Parking: Free
Information Written: March 2017
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