Godalming Museum

Godalming Museum is an exhibit in its own right as it is housed in the town’s oldest building - excluding the parish church, of course.

Beamwork in the medieval High Street building has been dated to the mid-fifteenth century when Henry VI was king. Today, though, the ancient walls house a fantastic display of the town’s history with many interactive exhibits guaranteed to engross the young and young-at-heart.

There is also an Arts and Crafts Gallery and a Local Studies Library with an invaluable collection of documents and records ideal for those in pursuit of their family history.

The museum is open from Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and entry is free. Godalming Town Museum is in High Street, Godalming. Tel: (01483) 426510.

Godalming Library

If you are still under the impression that town libraries are little more than repositories for musty old volumes that no one wants to read, you have definitely lost the plot ...

For Godalming Library offers a fantastic range of services to the local community. There are newspapers, DVDs, music CDs, and a great range of ‘Talking Books’.

The library has a number of internet-enabled computers for people to use and it also offers scanning, printing, CD-rewriting and printing services. For those with disabilities, there are also computers with a large, flat-screen monitor, easy-use mouse, large keyboard with easy-to-see keys, wrist-rest and height-adjustable table.

Library staff are always on-hand to help those unfamiliar with the Internet get started so no one needs to be intimidated by ‘technology’. Oh, and the library also has quite a few good books to read, too! Godalming Library is in Bridge Street, Godalming. Tel: (0300) 200 1001.