Times
11.45am and 2.15pm
Prices
£5 per person plus Museum entry
Age range
For age 6 and up
Access information
This step-free walk leads you out of the Museum along pavements, some of which can be narrow. The section of the walk up to the church is along a steep road. One part of the walk is over a playing field which may be muddy.
The walk lasts about 45 to 50 minutes.
Book Tickets
To book online, first select your Museum admission. You’ll then be given the option to add any workshops running that day.
Book todayJoin our expert guide, Michael, on a whistle stop tour around the sights of Great Missenden
You’ll hear extracts from Roald Dahl stories that feature fantabulous child heroes; Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World and The BFG. You’ll see places that feature in the books and that inspired the stories including Sophie orphanage and Matilda’s library before heading back to the Museum to enjoy the rest of your visit.
For age 6 and over.
£5 per person in addition to Museum entry
Walk route
The walk leads you out of the Museum along pavements past the old, characterful buildings of Great Missenden. We stop to look at buildings which inspired the stories, and gather at Matilda’s library on the High Street. We visit the storytelling chair on the playing field and then head up to the Church of St Peter and St Paul’s, which dates back to the 14th Century and is the final resting place of Roald Dahl.
The walk lasts about 45 t0 50 minutes.
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The BFG
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