Over the years we have mentioned various placed to visit with thatch, both in articles and on our social media. With the summer weather and school holidays upon us, it made sense for us to bring all this useful information together.
Please find below a list of places to visit with thatched roofs. Lovely places to visit, where to choose to go first? We are always happy to add more – get in touch and let us know (see below).
A Lovely List
Here is a lovely list of places to visit with thatched roofs. As you can see, this wonderfully showcases the variety of outstanding thatch roofs there are to appreciate.
In no particular order:-
Weald & Downland Living Museum
https://www.wealddown.co.uk
01243 811363
Furzey Gardens
https://www.furzey-gardens.org
02380 812464
Butser Ancient Farm
https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
02392 598838
Scottish Crannog Centre
www.crannog.co.uk
01887 440231
St Fagan’s National Museum of History
https://museum.wales/stfagans
0300 1112 333
Robbie Burns Cottage
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/robert-burns-birthplace-museum
Ranworth Broad
https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/RanworthBroad
01603 625540
Ann Hathaway’s Cottage
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk
Thomas Hardy’s Cottage
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/hardys-cottage
01305 262366
Glencoe Folk Museum
https://www.glencoemuseum.com
01855 811664
Shakespeare Globe
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com
Old Thatch Teashop
https://oldthatchteashop.co.uk
01983 865587
We hope this list has been useful and we are always happy to add to it. Just send us an email (with a link and/or picture with as much information as possible) and we will happily update this article.
There are too many thatched pubs to mention…… hmmm should we (with your help) start making a list of them too? More ideas….
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