Wellington Local History & Museum Society

08/10/2026

The Fox Brothers Walking Tours are now sold out. There are still a few places left on the Town Crier Walking Tours.

06/10/2026

Starting this week until 31st October our opening hours will be -

28/09/2026

We are excited to announce that Talitha Clarke, Fox Brothers historian and textile specialist will be hosting two more tours around Wellington this year. On the tour she will be stopping at buildings and sites significant to Fox Brothers, their families and businesses, finishing up at Tonedale Mill.
* When: Sunday 18th October & 1st November
* Where: Meet at the Bulford entrance of South Street car park
* Cost: £10 per person
* Duration: 2 hours
To book your place please pop into the museum. Open 10-4 Mon-Fri & 10-1 Sat.

27/09/2026

Ever wondered what happened on Wellington streets in years gone by?
Join our upcoming Town Crier History Tours to uncover stories behind our oldest buildings and the people that lived and worked there.
Come explore the past with us!
* When: Sunday 25th October & 29th November
* Where: Meet outside the Wellington Museum
* Cost: £5 per person
* Duration: 2 hours
To book your place please pop into the museum. Open 10-4 Mon-Fri & 10-1 Sat.

23/09/2026

Our window display this month is all about when the American troops came to Wellington in WWII. Pop in to take a look. Open 10-4 weekdays and 10-1 on Saturdays. We also have a booklet available in our publications called ‘We Also Served’ if you wanted to find out more.

20/09/2026

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Museum volunteers are appealing for help to find the 1,000th council house built in Wellington. The museum has a golden key to its front door which was presented to the local council when it was built in 1969, but nobody knows whose house it is.

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20/09/2026

Our photo of the month is this newspaper clipping from 1979.
Court Fields School pupils received acting classes from the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the October and November of that year, the Royal Shakespeare Company visited Wellington with a production of Much Ado About Nothing, performing at the Sports Centre. The local schools became very involved in the visit, with students from Wellington School helping to build the stage, arrange seating, and sell programmes and tickets. The actors also held acting workshops. Any further information, memories or photos about this would be gratefully received!

18/09/2026

The quarterly Wellington Independent Market takes place tomorrow. Why not also visit the Museum, which will be open until 3pm and find out more about Wellington’s history? Tomorrow is also the final day of an additional display featuring current and past industries in the town with oral histories of former employees. This is in connection with the Heritage Open Days festival.

14/09/2026

WELLINGTON MUSEUM AUTUMN TALKS

Autumn sees the return of the Wellington Museum talks which are held at the Wellington Prep School Hall at 7.30 pm. Members are £3 and non members £4.
September’s talk is on Thursday evening, 24th September when the museum will be welcoming Dr Adrian Webb, MA, PhD, FRHistS who will be talking about the trials and tribulations of top secret chart and map making in Taunton and Bath and preparations D-Day.
This is sure to be a fascinating look into the top secret world of map making and the preparations for what was to be a decisive part of World War 2 and is sure to be very popular with everyone.
The museum looks forward to welcoming you on the evening of 24th September.
The museum itself is at The Squirrel, 28 Fore Street, Wellington, TA21 8AQ and is open Friday 10 am – 4 pm and Saturday 10 am – 1pm.
Mike Menhenitt
Chairman
Wellington Local History & Museum Society

09/09/2026

Our forthcoming town crier tour and Fox Brothers tour is sold out.