The Devil's Porridge Museum

One of the UK's most impressive small museums

My wife and I found this gem whilst travelling through the area. We just followed the brown signs fascinated by the name. We had no idea what we would find or any knowledge of the fascinating history ...

Great little museum to visit

Fascinating stories and experience. The collection has been well curated and provided such an interesting insight into the history of the area

Defiantly worth a visit

Very well laid out place, friendly staff, plenty to see and learnt a lot. As a disabled person I was impressed with the access and especially the number of seats around the building for a rest. Not ...

Fantastic story telling

Fantastic local history museum telling the story of thousands of women’s endeavours to support British efforts to win WW1. Ground floor gives history of the Devil’s Porridge production with an emphasi...

How did I not know about this piece of history!

This museum is really fantastic. It tells the story of how a munitions factory popped out of nowhere during the First World War and employed 17000 women and was the largest munitions factory in the wo...