Explore The Weald & Downland Living Museum in Chichester (2024)

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How long does it take to go around the Weald and Downland Museum? ›

we recommend approx. 4 hours for a day visit to the Museum.

The Museum's Court Barn from Lee-on-the-Solent is home to BBC's The Repair Shop series and is closed for private hire (filming). Whilst the production team are busy filming for the TV show, the area around the barn is closed to the public, however you might be able to take a glimpse of the team in action.

The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum was launched in 1967 by a small group of enthusiasts led by the Museum's founder, the late Dr J R Armstrong MBE. It opened to the public on 5 September 1970.

Can you visit The Repair Shop's filming location? The simple answer is yes! As expected, Weald & Downland Living Museum is open to the public all year round. The admission price for adults is £15.50, with reduced costs for children, students and seniors, as well as discounted family tickets.

Regrettably, the Court Barn is frequently closed for private hire to facilitate filming of The Repair Shop, making it inaccessible for tours during production. However, apart from the barn, the rest of the museum remains open for visitors, with entry fees set at £15.50 for adults and £7.50 for children.

The recipients are always delighted by the results - but do they have to pay for the service? We've done some investigating to find out the answer - plus how you can apply to be on the show! Luckily for people taking their family heirlooms to be repaired, the BBC show does not charge for the service.

The Repair Shop is filmed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The Court Barn is the principal setting, though some repairs are carried out in the Victorian smithy and nearby wagon shed.

The Repair Shop is filmed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton village, Chichester, West Sussex. The museum is home to over 50 historic houses and buildings – from an Anglo-Saxon house to a 19th-century toll house – each offering visitors a window into how our ancestors lived.

It has been in use as a general word for "forest" since the days of Old English, and it has also long been used, in its capitalized form, as a geographic name for a once-heavily forested region of southeast England.

Is The Repair Shop a real workshop? ›

The Repair Shop is not an operational business. Many of the experts featured on the show – the professionals who specialise in fields like woodwork, toys, or jukeboxes – do, however, run their own private shops, separate to the one seen on the programme.

Fast becoming one of the most widely used film locations in the south east, Eastbourne has played a starring role in many of your favourite television shows, from Little Britain to Poirot, as well as proving a hit on the silver screen in Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging, Notes On A Scandal, Brighton Rock, and many more ...

Unfortunately, the Court Barn is often closed for private hire in order for The Repair Shop to be filmed so when production is taking place, it isn't open for visitors to tour. Nevertheless, the museum, with the exception of the barn, is available to visit, costing £15.50 for adults and £7.50 for children to enter.

Dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, The Court Barn was originally built at Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire. It had the normal arrangement of a central threshing floor between the storage bays and there is an owl loft above the entrance.