Welcome to Beccles and District Museum.

The museum is now closed for the 2024 season, thank you for all those who visited this year.

We re-opened on the 2nd of April 2025 and the museum and stewards look forward to welcoming you.

VISITING DURING THE WINTER MONTHS

While the Museum is not open on a routine basis during the winter, Volunteers will still be busy behind the scenes. If you want to know more about the work of the museum or need help with some local private research then please do get in touch by contacting the Curator at museummanager@btconnect.com

LOCATION

The Museum is located in Ballygate, Beccles. It is a short walk from St Michael's Church and its tower, which dominates the centre of town. With your back to the church, walk past the Swan House Inn on your left and then past Barclays Bank also on your left, taking you into Ballygate. 400 metres up Ballygate on the right hand side you will see the flint-fronted Grade 1 listed 16th Century building, Leman House, that accommodates the Museum.

If arriving by train or by boat, it is possible to walk from the railway station and from Beccles Quay on the River Waveney.

Once at the Museum building, enter the garden through the pedestrian gate off the pavement and walk round to the back of the building, where you will see the porch and entrance.

DISABLED ACCESS

For anyone unable to manage the three steps into the museum entrance we have a separate disabled entrance, please ring the door bell and a Steward will open the door. Once in the museum there is a lift that circumvents the short flight of steps down to the School Room.

GROUP VISITS

We normally welcome group visits and it is usually possible to arrange visits in or out of normal opening hours, subject to staffing. We can accommodate groups of up to 25 people, and we find that groups usually spend about an hour in the Museum.