Museums & Galleries · Shropshire
The House on Crutches Museum
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Photo: Paul Buckingham (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Picturebook Elizabethan timber-framed building with crooked interior
- 17th century upstairs extension propped up by wooden posts
- Bishop's Castle Heritage Resource Centre open select Saturday mornings
- Museum entrance beside the Town Hall on cobbled footway
The House on Crutches Museum is a small town museum in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, set in a picturebook-perfect Elizabethan timber-framed building with wooden posts propping up a crooked 17th century upstairs extension. It's open Saturdays and Sundays from 1.30 to 4.30, with the adjoining Bishop's Castle Heritage Resource Centre open on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday mornings of each month, though both are closed until Spring 2027. The entrance sits beside the Town Hall on a sloping, cobbled footway that can be slippery in wet weather, and the museum itself is not accessible to wheelchair users due to the age of the building. If you're staying nearby, there are 23 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays, with Broome station 6.9 miles away.
Practical details
- Open
- Saturdays and Sundays 1.30–4.30, closed until Spring 2027
- Accessibility
- Not accessible to wheelchair users due to the building's age; alternative route via Town H
From the attraction's own website on 5 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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