Every Friday in the Summer holidays, join an inmate as they take you for a behind the scenes tour before the site opens at 12noon. Start your day here with a pauper inmate and find out what life was really like in The Workhouse on this family-focused introductory tour.
Step back in time at The Workhouse - find and help the inmates doing their daily jobs. Go back to school at The Workhouse, write on a slate, learn to count but don't even think about misbehaving! Education played an important part in pauper children's lives, discover how this prepared them for life outside the […]
Every Saturday in August pick vegetables with the paupers in the garden. Explore the abundance of fresh, local and seasonal produce and fill a bag to take home with the help of the pauper inmates.
Explore and discover The Workhouse kitchen garden and take part in special sensory activities.
Every Friday in the Summer holidays, join an inmate as they take you for a behind the scenes tour before the site opens at 12noon. Start your day here with a pauper inmate and find out what life was really like in The Workhouse on this family-focused introductory tour.
Step back in time at The Workhouse - find and help the inmates doing their daily jobs. Go back to school at The Workhouse, write on a slate, learn to count but don't even think about misbehaving! Education played an important part in pauper children's lives, discover how this prepared them for life outside the […]