Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden
Museum
Shaftesbury
Dorset
SP7 8JR
Tel: +44 01747 852910
Facilities
Other
- Gift Shop
Attraction Facilities
- Dogs on Lead Only
- Plant Sales
- Shop
Provider Preferences
- In town/city centre
- Indoor Attraction
- No Smoking Attraction
- Of historic, literary or architectural interest
- Outdoor Attraction
Accessibility
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors - Audio tours, printed script of audio tour.
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors - Audio tour. Large print guides
- Guide Dogs Permitted
- Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
- Ramp/Level Access
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
Parking & Transport
- On Bus Route
- Parking (charge) - There are pay & display car parks in the town, about 5 mins walk away. Disabled parking outside Abbey by prior arrangement.
Catering
- Picnic Site
Payment Methods
- Approx length of visit - 01:30
- Blue Badge Guides admitted free
- Groups Accepted
- JCB accepted
- Maestro accepted
- MasterCard accepted
- Max group size - 50 by prior arrangement. Groups can also be split with Gold Hill Museum
- Min group size - 10 by prior arrangement preferably
- Open by appointment outside normal opening times
- Solo accepted
- Special group rates
- TIC Staff Admitted Free
- Visa accepted
Establishment Features
- Dogs Accepted - On a lead
- Event Venue - Can be hired out of normal opening times.
- Event venue
- Printed Material in Foreign Languages
- Toilets - Including disabled toilets
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
- Marketed towards children - Childrens’ activity backpacks, quiz & audio guide available
- Marketed towards families - Please contact for children's activities & events
- Marketed towards senior citizens
- Marketed towards student/youth
Printed Material in Foreign Languages
- Danish printed material
- Dutch printed material
- French printed material
- German printed material
- Italian printed material
- Spanish printed material
Tours and Demonstrations
- Educational Visits Accepted - Please contact us for details of our education programme.
- Guided Tours Available for Groups
Group Travel
- Out of Hours Visits
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