Walter’s Museum

Find out about the founder of the museum, Walter Rothschild, and handle fascinating specimens connected with him. FREE – drop in 1030-1200

Timings & Tours

Saturday 07 September:

1030-1200

Sunday 08 September:

1030-1200

Location & directions

Akeman Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6AP

Directions:

Transportation By road Tring is on the A41, 48 kilometres northwest of London. From the M25, exit using Junction 20. By train There are regular train services to Tring station, which is about three kilometres from us. From the train station you can reach us by bus or taxi. Use the National Rail journey planner to check train times. Find local transport information on the Tring Town Council website. By bus Buses run from most of the towns in the area. Plan your bus journey on the Hertfordshire Travel Information website or call Traveline on +44 (0)870 608 2608.

Contact on day:

Hailey Bickham

Telephone number:

+442079426177

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Entrances and Access Our main entrance is on Akeman Street. It has eight steps with a handrail in the middle and on either side. There are two heavy, glass doors into our foyer that are 87 centimetres wide and that open inwards and outwards. Our other entrance is on Park Street and is step free. The road is quiet but the pavement is narrow and there’s often cars parked half on it. Go into our quad through the pinned-back double gate, up the paved path then turn left at the end. Before entering our main building, you’ll pass our cloakroom and accessible toilet. To enter our main building, go

Additional information

There’s free car parking in Dawes Park, just off Hastoe Lane. It has 48 spaces, including three Blue Badge holder spaces and two parent-and-toddler spaces. The car park surface is small stones with a bound surface underneath. It’s about 120 metres from our step-free schools entrance on Park Street. To reach us from Dawes Park car park go through the woodland on the bound sand path. On the way you’ll cross a five-metre-long wooden bridge that’s slightly raised from the path and then go through a gate that’s 1.1 metres wide and pinned open. The path through the woodland has some bends and there

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