Visitor Information
We are in the centre of Coggeshall next to the Village Hall and adjoining the public car park.
The car park is free for the first 2 hours, (you must get a ticket – press the green button twice) and on Sunday parking is free all day.
If you want to stay longer, 2-4 hours costs £1 and all day is £4.
There is a disabled parking space outside the museum and others are close by in the car park.
There are public toilets next door at the Village Hall – ask if you would like the key to the disabled access toilet.
There is no charge for entry to the museum but donations are encouraged (we have no outside funding).
Opening Times and Dates 2025
We are open on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays between 2:00pm – 4:30pm
and on Saturdays in June, July and August
from 2:00pm – 4:30pm
______________
Private visits to the museum can be arranged
by prior appointment
(There is a charge for this.)
__________
Coggeshall has some 240 listed buildings – more than almost any other town or village in Essex
We offer two leaflets offering guided walks around Coggeshall
The first. ‘A Guide to Coggeshall’ is a town trail which tells the town’s story through some of our many many historic buildings.
It also feateres three longer circular walks into the surrounding countryside including one of about 2 miles to our famous wrought-iron footbridge built in 1892 by local hero and blacksmith Henry (Dick) Nunn.
The second is another self-guided walk which tells the perhaps unexpected story of Coggeshall’s indutrial heritage.
In 1851 our town was one of the most industrialised in Essex.
Both are free of charge and can be picked up from ‘the museum or from Bakelicious on Market Hill
and ‘Norman’s’ sweet-shop next to the town clock
_____________________