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Ordinary house, extraordinary home
5-7 Blyth Grove, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81 0JG
Asset | Opening time |
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Mr Straw's House | Closed |
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £8.00 | |
Child | £4.00 | |
Family | £20.00 | |
1 adult, 2 children | £16.00 |
Cacti grown in the greenhouse at Mr Straw's House are available to purchase.
Original privy space used for toilets. Step up into each toilet. No accessible toilet.
Free parking in the orchard.
Several flights of steep stairs inside both houses. Steps to access back gardens and greenhouse.
Alternative, accessible route on request.
Large print guide available.
Braille guide available.
Parking is in the Orchard opposite the house.
Several flights of steep stairs inside both houses. Steps to access back gardens and greenhouse.
It is possible to have a drop off on the street in front of the property if required, before parking in the car park.
Follow signs for Bassetlaw Hospital. Blyth Grove is a small private road off the B6045 Blyth Road, just south of Bassetlaw Hospital entrance. Out of courtesy to local residents, please park only in the car park.
Parking: Free car park in the orchard opposite the house. Please come to reception at 5 Blyth Grove on arrival.
Approximately 20-30 minutes walk from Worksop town centre. Follow signs for North Nottinghamshire College and Bassetlaw Hospital. Blyth Grove is a small private road north of the college and south of the hospital off the B6045 Blyth Road. Please come to reception at 5 Blyth Grove on arrival.
Worksop ½ mile with regular services from Sheffield, Lincoln and Nottingham. Turn left out of the train station. Follow signs for North Nottinghamshire College and Bassetlaw Hospital. Blyth Grove is a small private road north of the college and south of the hospital off the B6045 Blyth Road. Please come to reception at 5 Blyth Grove on arrival.
Stagecoach services 22/25 between Worksop and Doncaster and 42/43 between Worksop and Retford and TM Travel service 34 between Worksop, Retford and Tuxford stop on Blyth Road close to Blyth Grove. Please come to reception at 5 Blyth Grove on arrival.
NCN6, ¾ mile. Blyth Grove is a small private road off the B6045 Blyth Road south of Bassetlaw Hospital entrance. Please come to reception at 5 Blyth Grove on arrival.
Preserved 1920s period home of a grocers family, virtually unchanged since the Straws moved here in 1923. See over 30,000 treasured possessions exactly where their owner's left them.
In 2023, explore a hundred years of fashion, inspired by the anniversary of the Straws moving into the house. We are peeling back the layers to look at how a turn-of-the-century, middle-class family dressed and furnished their house to impress, and how their sense of style impacted the lives that they led.
The lovingly tended back garden offers visitors a quiet oasis and features a greenhouse housing Walter Straw's cacti collection.
Join us on the last Friday of the month for a guided walk through Worksop, the town the Straw family called home, and discover the places where the Straws worked, worshipped and wandered. Booking required.
Find out about the great outdoors both near and far through the Straws’ love of cacti and homegrown produce, and their interest in walking through town and the local rights of way.
Walk through Worksop from Mr Straw's House, taking in the places the Straw Family walked, worshipped and worked.
A stylishly restored gate lodge with after-hours access to Clumber Park.
Tucked away in the heart of Clumber Park, between the walled garden and the cricket ground, Kitchen Garden Cottage is the perfect base from which to explore this country estate.
Stay on the Hardwick estate in this restored stableyard building with room for six people.
Step back in time to the 1920s and discover how a grocer's family lived in a Midlands market town through their furnishings and household objects.
The modest semi-detached house at number 7, Blyth Grove has remained virtually unchanged since the Straws moved here in 1923. For over 60 years they threw little away and chose to live without many of the modern comforts we take for granted today.
Treasured possessions and ordinary domestic items can still be seen exactly where their owners left them in number 7, while number 5 provides space for displaying objects normally hidden inside drawers and cupboards.
Outside, the lovingly tended garden and orchard includes a greenhouse housing Walter Straw's cacti collection and various fruit trees once used by the family to make preserves and other recipes.
Find out more about this unassuming red-brick semi which, once inside, reveals a house frozen in time filled with a treasure chest of objects and memories from inter-war Britain.
Discover more about some of the collection highlights from Mr Straw’s House, a house frozen in time and containing a mix of treasured possessions and ordinary domestic items.
From daily cleans to deep cleans and knitted slippers to coal bags, find out how the team care for the 30,000 objects squeezed into this ordinary house, but extraordinary home.
Find out more about volunteering at Mr Straw’s House and how you can play your part in caring for this little gem in the heart of Worksop.
Everyone needs nature, now more than ever. Donate today and you could help people and nature to thrive at the places we care for.