Wild About Wool

Chiltern

Type:Heritage & History

Chiltern Open Air Museum, Newlands Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, HP8 4AB

Tel: 01494871117

hands in multi-coloured wool

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Join us for our special Wild About Wool knitting event and discover different types of textile crafts. Chat to our experts about your knitting conundrums, learn about wet felting and find out the importance of knitting for the troops on the home front during WWI.
Visit our Home Front reenactors and find out about the role of knitting in the Great War, the manufacture of Soldier's woollen comforts and their distribution to the men, and women, at the front by the British Red Cross and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
All activities are weather dependent and subject to change.
£13 for adults and £10 for kids if pre-booked

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Opening Times

Season (11 Oct 2025)
DayTimes
Saturday10:00 - 17:00
Season (12 Oct 2025)
DayTimes
Sunday10:00 - 17:00

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