Welcome to Wilderspin School

Our winter opening times are now operating, restricted to Winter Warmers and Tour days (see below), school and group visits.
Regular weekly opening hours will resume in April.

Saturday 25 January: Classroom Curiosities

Looking for something different to give this Christmas?  Why not treat your loved one (and yourself!) to a tour with morning coffee or afternoon tea, early in the New Year.

Winter Warmers

The Night Before Christmas – Saturday 14 December, 11am – 3pm, FREE admission

Back to School – Elizabethan Trade (talk) – Saturday 14 December, 1.30pm, £4

Rainy Days – Thursday 20 February, 11am – 3pm, FREE admission

School Dinners – Saturday 15 March, 11am-3pm, FREE admission

Weekend Tours

Barton Church School tours, £5 (free with Annual Ticket),11am & 1.30pm, booking essential (01652 635172).  Other dates can be arrranged for small groups – please give us a ring.

Sunday 8 December

Saturday 14 December

Saturday 11 January

Saturday 8 February

Thursday 20 February

Saturday 15 March

News

Our winter opening times are now operating, restricted to Winter Warmers and Tour days (see above), school and group visits. Regular weekly opening hours will resume in April.

Access information for visitors with specific needs.  Click here for details.

Wilderspin Lottery Club summer winners and how to support the Trust

JOSEPH WRIGHT HALL

CURRENT EVENTS

The Night Before Christmas

Remember your childhood excitement and anticpation as Christmas Eve approached?

We’re re-living some of those traditions from making DIY streamers. lametta and a sixpence in the pudding – or was it a thre’penny bit?

Pop in (it’s free!) between 11am and 3pm, warm up and grab a hot drink and try the Christmas Quiz or vist Santa between 11.30 and 2.30 (£4).

Fun activities for children and adults!

Museum Tours at 11am and 1.30pm (£5 or Free with Annual Ticket)

The Night Before Christmas

Back to School – Elizabethan Trade

Jean Cannon’s talk focusses on the links between Hull and Scotland in this fascinating period of history.

1.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall, £4 including refreshments

More information

South Bank Singers Christmas Concert

A Christmas cracker of festive music to get you into the Christmas spirit!

7pm, Joseph Wright Hall

£7.50 (tickets available from Euronics or on the door). Under 16s free.

Classroom Curiosities

Join our teachers from the past who will escort you through time, experiencing the strictness of the Victorian schoolrooms, the hardships of wartime in the 1940s Classroom, and the liberation and enjoyment of the post war classrooms. Along the way there are mystery objects to test you, a puzzle or two to solve and a well-earned cup of tea or coffee with cake or scones at the end of the tour.

Click here for more details and how to book.

Displays

Displays

Discover the story of Samuel Wilderspin and see the unique Infant Schoolroom and Playground that he designed in 1845.

The Wilderspin Story
Schools Programme

Schools Programme

Our Schools Programme has been developed to provide children with an exciting way of engaging with the history of Victorian school life.

Schools Programme
History of the School

History of the School

Learn about Samuel Wilderspin and the Wilderspin National Schools and how his innovations gradually transformed schooling for children of all ages.

Wilderspin History
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