Welcome to Wilderspin School

New opening  Thursday – Saturday 10am – 3pm

Our Summer School Holidays Admission Discount (£1 per person – adults & children) starts from Thursday 23 July and runs through August.

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JOSEPH WRIGHT HALL

CURRENT EVENTS

Once Upon a Time

Celebrating the Year of Reading this story trail is great fun for children and brings back some memories for adult visitors. Trail sheets £1.

Playground Challenge

Children and grown ups alike will enjoy trying our playground and street games in our “school sports day” with a difference! Maybe you can get to the top of the league table! Free

Toddlers Satchel

Borrow a school satchel packed with things for our very youngest visitors to do.  £1

Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Short story sessions in Mr. Wilderspin’s historic schoolroom or playground.  11am. Free.

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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Contact us

Wilderspin National School
Queen Street
Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5QP

wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com 01652 635172

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The Wilderspin National School has received help and support from the following organisations:

Heritage Lottery Fund Sandford Award Winner English Heritage North Lincolnshire Council Accredited Museum