For the size of the building we were surprised about how packed full of information the museum was. This is a small upstairs museum, accessed through a small, but very interesting shop. It is upstairs & consists of 2 adjoining rooms. The space is used well, with information on boards in the centre. Around the edges are large hives, where you can see a few types of honey bees at work. There are a few hive displays, a small childrens colouring area & another room with an interactive, opening hive & a television presentation (with a seating area). This is a mainly, look-only museum but there is an opportunity to touch & take home a piece of honeycomb. The building is next to a cafe & a small mead production building. Set in a large, beautiful wood area, where separate walks & guided tours & activities are available. If you're in to honey & bees, this is a must see & the shop will be much appreciated too with the honey produce available. More like a house than a museum but ample information & spectacular hives.

Lovely little shop and exhibition. Very friendly and welcoming. Only £4 to see the exhibit. Learnt a lot about bees and really appreciated the chance to see the hives up close. We tried some mead and honey and really enjoyed the experience. Well worth visiting a small business like this.

Brilliant place to have some delicious honey , tasting platter is plenty for 2 . Delicious ,lots of information and nice little shop too

Love this place. Been twice now without kids 13 years ago, and with our 7and 12 year old now. Very interesting, and a great place to spend a few hours. Plenty of Gluten free options in the shop too!

Lovely little find! Worth a visit if you’re in the area and are interested in bees! Also enjoyed a really nice lunch with honey and mead tasting, so cafe worth a visit!

Review based on visit in August. I'm going to be honest, I wouldn't recommend coming here as a family trip. Teenagers will likley be disappointed unless they're super into bees. The "exhibition" is very small, you could get through it in about 10 minutes (if you don't watch the 2 videos). They have some educational videos playing which are dated, i think they are over 30 years old. There is a colouring area for children. There are about 5 small hive areas that you can see the bees live in action in boxes- they're the most interesting part of the "exhibition". There are meant to be light switches that enable you to see better inside the bee boxes but some of them didn't work properly. Downstairs is a small shop with selection of honey, mead and other bits. It is quite a nice shop. I asked for a sample of the different honeys - the shop assistant appeared reluctant and did not give any so I had to again ask at a later stage in the conversation - I can see from other reviews that people sampled honeys so I don't expect it to have been made into an awkward thing for me to have asked especially if im going to be buying honey. Anyway we were given a small bit of honey on the end of the spoon for 3 of us to share and they only had samples of 2 of the honeys despite having them all available in the cafe. Between 3 of us, we spent over £60 on honey (not including the £12 spent on the exhibition). I think considering the amount of money we spent, the experience could have been a lot better. The mead factory was also closed! And on the website it says there are grounds nearby to walk around - we were not given any info on how to find these. Outside the shop, there are a few chairs and tables which is nice. Dogs are not allowed inside the building. I don't think you should have to pay for the "exhibition" - it is not worth it. Yes it may be rather cheap per person, but when you go as a family it all adds up. Instead they should ask for a donation or if you spend over a certain amount, you should get your money back for the exhibition because let me tell you, woo it isn't even worth 1 pound. And if your kids or yourself are going to want something from the cafe or gift shop, it's not a cheap outing in total, all in less than half an hour! I would not recommend coming here in general - especially not the exhibition but If you really want to come then the cafe or the shop then that may be worth a visit. The "exhibition" is not wheelchair or walking disability friendly as the only access it stairs. Over all a disappointing experience. I would not come back here.

After reading the reviews I decided to visit as it sounded very interesting. The place is very small and nothing to really see. This is the most strangest exhibition I have ever seen. A few chairs scattered around which enabled you to sit down and watch some extremely boring old videos most of which I found irrelevant as it was talking about killer bees....I was expecting a guide but there was no-one there to ask questions. They had some bees behind glass cubes who were buzzing around and some ants in another glass cube. It was very disappointing especially as we had to pay 4 pounds each, I personally feel that it should either have been free or maybe a small donation 😕. On a more positive note the shop was full of honey and the cafe was reasonably priced. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the honey but reluctant to allow us to taste any honey before we bought even though we bought several jars as souvenirs. I thought there would be an area to take a stroll through but there was nothing. I personally think that buying the honey as souvenirs is a great idea but I wouldn't bother with the " exhibition" as it is a complete waste of money in my opinion.

What a fantastic place to visit!! We really enjoyed learning about the bees and how they spend their lives followed by a wonderful sharing platter in the cafe afterwards. Such a super idea! It's a great value and interesting trip! Staff were super friendly too 😄