Dean Heritage Centre in the Forest of Dean

About Dean Heritage Centre...

Discover the story of the Forest, in the heart of the Forest.

Step out into the woodland to experience the lives of charcoal burners, traditional cottage-dwellers, and free miners. Explore a Victorian Foresters’ cottage, free mine entrance, and charcoal burners camp. An impressive waterwheel and beam engine are also on show.

Indoors the museum tells the history of a beautiful Forest formed by an industrial past. It reveals a unique culture which visitors will find hard to forget.

For families, dressing up clothes, craft activities, and trails around the museum provide plenty to occupy everyone - not to mention our brilliant adventure playground!

Enjoy a range of homemade cakes, meals and drinks in our cafe overlooking the mill pond. Picnic areas and specially built barbeques can be found around the site.

Our shop stocks a wide range of gifts, from small pocket-money items, to the stunning work of a range of local artists including the Dean Oak Cooperative, Mary Rose Young, and Victor Hugo.

We also sell charcoal produced on site during our traditional charcoal burns.

A great place to start your visit to the Forest!

An exciting programme of events runs throughout the year; please visit www.deanheritagemuseum.com for full details.

2010 Admission at Dean Heritage Centre

• Adults: £5.40
• Concessions: £4.65
• Children (under 16): £2.75
• Family(up to 2 adults and 4 children): £15.40
• Children under 5 go free    

These prices include a voluntary 10% Gift Aid donation, enabling the museum to claim back 28% of the whole amount from HMRC. If you are a UK tax payer please fill in the Gift Aid form in the shop.

We are a registered charity, and your extra donation helps us to provide educational activities, exhibitions, outreach, and to continue the preservation and communication of the Forest of Dean’s unique heritage. We are reliant on the support of volunteers and donors for our survival.